Rethinking with Alex Torpey

About Rethinking with Alex Torpey

Our nation’s public institutions at nearly all levels are failing to be the proactive, thoughtful, strategic forces for good that they were founded to be. As a result, our society is currently incapable of effectively identifying and addressing our most pressing challenges, threats, and needs. Rethinking aims to provide those who work in public institutions or whose work relates to community and public problems, access to a completely nonpartisan, thoughtful, and critical place to question everything and develop strategic and practical real-world solutions to some of our most pressing needs. From serving as mayor (non party affiliated) of his hometown of South Orange at age 23, a municipal business administrator, founder of a digital consulting firm, an emergency management director and volunteer EMT, and as a graduate level adjunct professor, management consultant, mentor and speaker, Alex Torpey brings together his uniquely diverse experiences to help provide us a platform to rethink the future of our communities, our republic, and ourselves.

Publisher

Alex Torpey

Category

government · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

27 Nov 2020

Latest episode

16 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Jun 2026

   Ep #36: Five easy ways to regain attention and agency amidst growing tech dependence

   After meeting Beth Malow at a Vermont Town and City Management Association Braver Angel’s workshop last month, we not only brainstormed some ways for me to get more involved with Braver Angels, but talked a lot about how people engage with what’s around them (Beth is a neurologist after all). This is a topic I’ve […]

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   13 May 2026

   Ep #35: A reflection on AI, tech, and dystopias from my own science-fiction books

   In this special episode of Rethinking with Alex Torpey (aren’t they all special though?), I read a chapter from one of my science fiction books “Be Present” to give us a platform to reflect on technology, media, AI, attention, and societal organization and governance. In this chapter, which I wrote in 2021 while driving across […]

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   1 Nov 2024

   Ep #34: The allure of Ted Lasso

   In this episode I want to reflect on three themes of the TV show Ted Lasso that I think make up part of how alluring I believe it is, and what’s happening in our culture and world right now that make it such a compelling set of stories for so many people. This is probably […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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