In our crazy messy world, we need a reality check on open governments!Who better to give us this reality check than writer, digital governance expert and long time open government advocate Alex Howard.We had a chance to sit down with Alex at this year's Code for Canada Summit where we discussed not only the current health of democracy but also brainstormed solutions to strengthen our civic capacity.Alex Howard’s Twitter accounttwitter.com/digiphileThe Digital Democracy Project’s Twitter accounttwitter.com/DigitalDemocrcyCode for America’s Twitter accounttwitter.com/codeforamericaRichard Pietro’s Twitter accounttwitter.com/richardpietroDerek Alton’s Twitter accounttwitter.com/DerekAltonReOpenGov Twitter accounttwitter.com/re_open_govABOUTStories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like.Your hosts are Richard Pietro and Derek Alton, Open Government & Open Data practitioners for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality!MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusionSinging Sadie - I Can't Dancefreemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_DanceAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/