This week's podcast is a conversation with one of the country's leading urban thinkers, Joe Minicozzi of Urban 3. Joe and Chuck talk about Brainerd, Lafayette, communicating complex ideas and Taco John's.
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Rachel and Chuck discuss last week's events in Louisville, KY and Peterborough NH, Chuck's new title as "Colonel Marohn," plus the schedule for Chuck's trip to Toronto and Peoria this week and the book, D-Day Through German Eyes.
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The question and answer session of the debate in Lafayette, Louisiana, between Chuck Marohn and Randal O'Toole.
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Rachel and Chuck discuss last week's events in Salt Lake City, the schedule for Kentucky and New Hampshire this week and The Selfish Gene.
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Audio of the opening statements and rebuttals from Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns and Randal O'Toole of the Cato Institute from their debate in Lafayette, LA.
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A podcast preview of the upcoming week including introducing Jason Schaefer, the new Member Support Specialist at Strong Towns, a trip to Lafayette with Joe Minicozzi, a debate with Cato fellow Randal O'Toole and a success story in Waco.
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The global climate is a complex system. Economic markets are a complex system. Why do we react so differently to these different forms of complexity and what can we learn from those reactions?
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In this week's podcast, Chuck Marohn talks about the organization behind the Strong Towns movement, an update to their strategic plan based on what has been learned and a powerful theory of change.
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Aaron Brown -- author, college instructor and radio producer from Minnesota's iron range -- joins the podcast to talk about the history of the Iron Range, economic development issues and cultural obstacles to change. You can get Aaron's book, Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range, and read his regular blog at his site, MinnesotaBrown.com.
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A little update on the storm that passed over Chuck's home last weekend. Thanks to everyone who checked in and sent well wishes.
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A revelation from the Iowa DOT Director and a speech on transportation to the Iowa ULI by Chuck Marohn.
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Chuck reviews three different incidents involving children killed by automobiles and asks: Who are really the ones showing casual indifference here?
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Tony Dutzik, Senior Policy Analyst with Frontier Group, joins the podcast to talk about a new report he co-authored: Who Pays for Roads? How the "Users Pay" Myt Gets in the Way of Solving America's Transportation Problems.
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A ruling last week in U.S. District Court has potentially profound implications for road widening projects. This podcast features an interview with Steve Hiniker, Executive Director of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, the plaintiff that prevailed in a recent lawsuit against the USDOT, WisDOT and others. We also speak with an appellate attorney, Mahesha Subbaraman, about details in the ruling and potential subsequent moves.
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