Is Your Voice Heard in Your Government? Steven Kull Discusses Critical Communications Between the Public and Policymakers

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Do policymakers make assumptions about how the public feels without genuinely understanding the public? How can communication between policymakers and the people be improved for everyone?

These questions are at the center of Steven Kull's work as Founder and President of Voice of the People, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to amplifying the voice of "the people" in government.

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How to communicate with your representatives in Congress

Kull is a political psychologist and Director of the Program for Public Consultation in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He offers an in-depth look at the importance and interconnectedness of policymaking, public opinion, politics, human psychology, and more.

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0:29.0	Come the geniuses.
0:30.0	This is the Finding Genius Podcast.
0:33.0	The Richard Jacobs.
0:36.0	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast.
0:41.0	I've Steven Paul is the founder and president of Voice of the People.
0:45.0	The website is VOP.org.
0:48.0	He's a political psychologist and a director of the program for public consultation.
0:53.0	Part of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
0:56.0	So we're going to talk about the public policy issues that he's been working on.
1:00.0	Steven, thanks for coming.
1:01.0	Thanks for having me.
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