
Perception Reception with Advanceman Rick Jasculca
Rick Jasculca, former White House Advanceman and co-founder of Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications has been living politics for 50 years. From his time attending the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City as a Young Illinois Democrat to serving as a special consultant to the White House—and Advance Lead—during the Carter and Clinton Administrations to playing a role in nearly every Democratic National Convention since 1968. Join Rick in his new series that features conversations with the men and women who have been behind the scenes of politics for decades helping shape policy and perception.
Episodes
18 episodes
Dr. David Ansell
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on an issue plaguing America for far too long - healthcare disparities. In this episode, Rick sits down with Dr. David Ans...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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31:09

Advance Files: Vol. 3
Back by popular demand - it's another episode of the Advance Files. Today, Rick is joined by the power team that made up the Scheduling and Advance operation of the Clinton White House - Stephanie Street, Aviva Rosenthal and Rob Rosen. To...
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48:41

Mike Wagner
Joint Force Headquarters National Capitol Region / Military District of Washington. Bet you can't say that five times fast. On today's episode, Rick sits down with Mike Wagner, Chief of National Events Planning for the JFHQ-NCR/MDW to tal...
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Season 2
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33:43

Carol Marin
On today’s episode, Rick sits down for a conversation with award-winning journalist, Carol Marin, whose career spans nearly 50 years as both a Chicago and national reporter and anchor for NBC, CBS and WTTW, and who now serves as the Director at...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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39:52

Lilly Weinberg
Lilly Weinberg, Senior Director of Community and National Initiatives at the Knight Foundation, joins the podcast this week. She and...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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35:29

Advance Files: Vol. 2
It's time for another Advance Files. In this episode Rick is joined by a new generation of advance folks , Grant O'Brien and Andrew Jasculca , as they discuss the roles they have played in Presidential Inaugurals. Andrew, as the lead advance fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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34:09

Lynn Sweet
Welcome to 2021. In the first episode of season 2, we barely scratch the surface on all that has happened in the first days of the new year. Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, Lynn Sweet, joins Rick to talk about the insur...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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45:22

The Advance Files: Vol. 1
What the heck is advance anyways? For our season finale of Perception Reception, we're diving into the Advance Files, and Rick and four of his longtime friends from the world of advance reminisce about the their days "on the road". Listen...
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Episode 10
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1:06:19

Teaser: Special Advance episode
What the heck is advance anyways? Tune in this Thursday to find out!
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2:02

Geoff Garin
In this never ending election cycle, there is no such thing as too much analysis about the state of public opinion polling. So, today Rick is joined by Geoff Garin, president of Hart Research, who along with Public Opinion Strategies has ...
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Episode 9
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32:55

Ambassador Jim Collins
Ambassador Jim Collins is no stranger to foreign relations, intelligence and international diplomacy, having served in the U.S. foreign service in multiple capacities in Russia, including as U.S. Ambassador from 1997 to 2001, as well as diploma...
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Episode 7
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34:34

Mark Sullivan
Today's episode features Mark Sullivan, former director of the United States Secret Service and until 2017, was a principal at GSIS, a global security consulting and business advisory firm. Rick and Mark discuss the pressing national and intern...
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Episode 7
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31:12

Michael Tyler
Acceptance. Hope. Transformation. In this powerful episode, Rick is joined by critically acclaimed author, Michael Tyler, who, among many accomplishments, wrote the children's book, "The Skin You Live In.” Michael discusses the indoctrina...
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Episode 6
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40:03

Rep. Cheri Bustos
On this special episode of Perception Reception, Rick is joined by longtime friend and Representative for IL-17, Cheri Bustos. The Congresswoman and Rick reflect on the 2020 election, goals for improving the brand of the Democratic Party, the i...
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Episode 5
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32:39

Anna Greenberg
The election is over... or certainly should be. And today Rick is joined by Anna Greenberg, Managing Partner of GQR, one of the nation's most respected public opinion research firms. Listen in as Anna and Rick unpack all the latest headli...
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Episode 4
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33:26

John Podesta
This week, Rick is joined by the political jack of all trades, John Podesta. Among serving as special counsel on climate policy to President Obama; he was the Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton; was a member of the U.N. Secretary General’...
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Episode 3
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36:36
