You got your Oscars, your Pulitzers, your Nobel, and there are the Flemming Awards. Never heard of them? If you work in government or public service then you know what they are. Given this year to 12 individuals in government who have a brought about change in government through public service. Flemming Award President Kathryn Newcomer joins us to talk about the award, the winners and public service.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci spent 54 years in public health. He led the fight against HIV/AIDS and then COVID. He is what public service is all about. He talks about the current challenges in public health and his extraordinary career.

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James-Christian Blockwood is the president and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration. Their mission, delegated by Congress is to improve government. That's good government, just listen.

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Mayor Lauren McLean is the mayor of Boise, the city of trees. She says trees make a neighborhood cooler, cleaner and safer. A lot of good government in Boise, wait until you hear. Oh and it's Idaho, of course we talk potatoes.

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Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO, two different cities. Recently the Chiefs announced a big move, from the Missouri side to the Kansas side. Earlier this year I talked about that possibility with Kansas City Kansas Mayor Tyrone Garner. Listen to what he had to say about what was then just a proposal.

Listen to the whole original episode A Tale of Two Cities, Well One City.

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Earlier this year, the nation's first National Medal of Honor Museum opened in Arlington, Texas. On this episode I talk with Arlington Mayor Jim Ross about the new museum in his city. And we talk about some new alternatives to transportation, including, flying taxis.

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When nearly 100 people move into your city every day, the city has to plan for that and do it with smart plans and an eye toward the future, Mayor Scott Singer discusses just that on this episode.

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Ok, not everything, but Mayor Ethan Baker talked about how he works to make his city work well and work better.

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The Good Government Show is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.

Executive Producers: David Martin, David Snyder, Jim Ludlow
Host/Reporter: David Martin
Producers: David Martin, Jason Stershic
Editor: Jason Stershic