The Government Mechanic

Episode 26 concludes Season 3, which focused on the failures of family law, family court, foster care, medical kidnapping and parental alienation. The host, Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn, had three final points, found in the title of this episode, 3 reasons why 90 million Americans hate the Democrats. Doctor Kahn aimed her comment at her Democrat friends, Democrat leadership and progressive podcasters. Fir...

Episode 25 summarizes problems and solutions for farming, ranching, fishing and America’s food supply in Episodes 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The first lesson is that USDA -- the US Department of Agriculture -- policies are consistently horrible, with destructive impacts on family-owned farms, ranches, fisheries and their small communities. For example, the USDA sets the price of milk below what it costs t...

Episode 24 summarizes the 7 episodes posted about America's children lost in foster care and through family court. I warn you, my listeners and viewers, this is heartbreaking stuff. Please find your support network if you are triggered by these clips. Start with the list of resources below. Dr. Kahn showed some clips from these episodes:  Episode 17 spotlights Rachel Bruno, who had her ow...

David R. Shubert Author, Speaker, and Family Rights Advocate Shubert’s work stems from his own painful experience of international parental abduction, parental alienation and struggles through family courts. He authored Parental Alienation Unmasked, a guide to the emotional aspects of parental alienation and navigating the legal system; Stolen Memories, about his journey after the international pa...

The episodes bring back guests Connie Reguli, lawyer and child welfare reform advocate; Rachel Bruno and Bailey Templeton, parents whose children were taken by child protective services and returned many months later; Terri LaPoint, investigative journalist researching medical kidnapping for 15 years; and Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn, organizational psychologist and YouTube and podcast host. More Informat...

The episodes bring back guests Connie Reguli, lawyer and child welfare reform advocate; Rachel Bruno and Bailey Templeton, parents whose children were taken by child protective services and returned many months later; Terri LaPoint, investigative journalist researching medical kidnapping for 15 years; and Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn, organizational psychologist and YouTube and podcast host. More Informat...

On Season 3 Episode 20, Dr. Kahn’s special guest is Connie Reguli -- a family lawyer and advocate for child welfare reform who has spent 30 years defending families in our family court systems. More than that, Reguli has built a support network for parents threatened by child protective services and brought together resources, guidelines and training videos for parents who suddenly find themselves...

Terri La Point Investigative Journalist, Speaker and Author Episode 19 is the third in a series about the failures of family law, family court and foster care. The topic is medical kidnapping with investigative journalist, speaker and author Terri LaPoint.   Terri started investigating the child welfare system by looking at medical kidnapping. She had no bias going in, she just wanted to know...

The theme for Episodes 17 to 22 is the failure of the child welfare system in the United States, including the failures of foster care, family law, family court and government policies to take custody of your child. My special guest today for Episode 18 is Baily Templeton -- mother and advocate for family rights and child welfare reform.    ATTENTION: I warn you, my listeners and vi...

Season 3 opens with Episode 17 and Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn introducing Rachel Bruno, a courageous mother, author and advocate for parents falsely accused in the child welfare system. The Episode begins with a warning from Dr. Kahn: this interview may trigger emotions related to foster care and family court or images of violence and children separated from their parents. Viewer discretion advised. Ple...

Episode 16 closes out Season 2. Creator and host Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn and co-host Kathleen Monahan, management consultant and strategic planner, talk about making government more efficient. They start with the graphic labelled Reinventing Government: 1992 to 2000 and then the Reinventing Government: Transformation Roadmap. The Roadmap is an artist’s drawing of a vision for reinvention, a mission t...

In Episode 15, host Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn and co-host Kathleen Monahan talk about how the podcast and YouTube channel started and how it’s going. Then they discuss the 15 most viewed clips with number of views: ·     Top Challenges for Veterans 10K ·     The truth behind dairy prices 6.4 K ·     Ending Veteran Homelessness 5...

In Episode 14, Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn presents nine different strategic plans and implementation roadmaps, and the areas of reinvention, aviation, justice reform, and regional food processing. Dr. Kahn is the host of The Government Mechanic. 

Episode 13, The 7 Track Plan, describes the strategic plan used by Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn and Kathleen Monahan when they ran as independent candidates for President and Vice President of the United States in 2015 and 2016. The 7 tracks are: 1. Cut one trillion dollars of government waste and invest in local communities 2. Multiple solutions  3. Transforms all federal agencies  4. Build Par...

In her 1988 book,  Peacemaking: A Systems Approach to Conflict Management , Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn talked about the technology, psychology, theory and application of peacemaking skills. Episode, she reviews some key points:  For  Technology , she walks listeners through the design of the 1994 Cleveland Summit on Violence. For  Psychology , Dr. Kahn   describes both indi...

You may wonder how a podcast and YouTube channel called The Government Mechanic arrive at Episodes 11 and 12 to talk about the activities of peacebuilding, the psychology of peacemaking, and international diplomacy among countries and peoples in conflict. The answer is that fixing broken Departments and Agencies means leaders in these government departments and agencies get out of their offices an...

Episode 10 looks under the hood at the US Department of Veterans Affairs with Steve Sanson, Co-founder and President of Veterans in Politics International; Kathleen Monahan, an organizational consultant with 40 years of federal government experience and volunteer with homeless vets; and Dr. Lynn Sandra Kahn, organizational psychologist in the federal government for more than 35 years and host...

Episode 9 is the first of our special episodes called “Under the Hood” where we look at the key elements of any organization: mission statement, strategic goals, priority actions, performance metrics and even communication style. In this episode, looking under the hood of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is Brenda Cochran, a dairy farmer for 50 years; Kathleen Monahan, an organizational consulta...

Episode 8 focuses on small-scale fisheries and reveals similarities with family farming and traditional ranching. Our special guest is Niaz Dorry and we talk about fishing, farming, ranching and America’s food supply system. Niaz Dorry has been a community organizer for over 35 years. Now she is both the Director of the North American Marine Alliance (NAMA) and the Director of the Nation...

Episode 7 could also be titled Do You Know Where Your Hamburger Comes From ? This is the third of five episodes about our food supply system here in America. The   accomplished and surprisingly talented guest is Marty Irby, the director of the Organization for Competitive Markets based in Lincoln Nebraska, though he works and lives in Washington, D.C. Marty Irby was born in southern Alab...

Episode 6 is the second of five episodes about America’s food supply system. The special guest is Sherry Bunting, investigative reporter extraordinaire, an independent agriculture journalist since 1981. She was born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she now lives and works. She has worked on dairy farms, milking and feeding cows, sometimes as a relief milker called in at the last...

Episodes 5 through 8 are all about farming, ranching, fishing, and our food supply system here in America. The special and outspoken guest on Episode 5 is Brenda Cochran, co-founder of Farm Women United. Cochran has been a dairy farmer for nearly fifty years; her husband was born and raised on a dairy farm; and they are now farming in Pennsylvania. Together they raised and homeschooled 14 children...

Episode 4 brings back Steve W. Sanson, co-founder and president of Veterans in Politics International. Steve served in the United States Marine Corps from 1985 to 1991 and in the United States Army from 1992 to 1998. He was deployed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. He has advocated for veterans for almost 25 years, testifying in front of the Nevada state legislature on issues from veterans’ cemete...

Episodes 3 and 4 feature Steve W. Sanson, president of Veterans in Politics International. Steve served in the United States Marine Corps from 1985 to 1991 and in the United States Army from 1992 to 1998. He was deployed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. He has advocated for veterans for almost 25 years, testifying in front of the Nevada state legislature on issues including veterans’ cemeteries, k...

John Kamensky is the featured guest in Season 2, Episode 2 where he describes government reform efforts over the last 35 years. Kamensky is currently a visiting lecturer in the School of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is also an emeritus fellow at the IBM Center for the Business of Government, Washington, D.C. and a Senior Fellow at the National Academy of Public Adm...