The Strong Towns Podcast
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- Narrator: Vários
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- Duration: 422:15:31
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Synopsis
We advocate for a model of development that allows our cities, towns and neighborhoods to grow financially strong and resilient.
Episodes
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Verdunity at CNU 23
29/04/2015 Duration: 30minKristin Green and Kevin Shepherd from the Dallas-based engineering and planning firm Verdunity talk about doing fiscally-based comprehensive plans, green infrastructure and the CNU Legacy Charettes.
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Brainerd Council President Gary Scheeler
23/04/2015 Duration: 01h10minThe council president of Chuck's hometown of Brainerd, MN, Gary Scheeler, stops in the studio to talk about the future of the city. The conversation gets heated in the way you would expect with two passionate Minnesotans.
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Steven Shultis on Urban Schools
16/04/2015 Duration: 01h12minOur friend and Strong Towns member Steven Shultis from Springfield, Massachusetts, joins Chuck this week to talk about his experience as a parent of children in an urban school system. Get more on this subject from Steve's site at Rational Urbanism.
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Loose Ends
09/04/2015 Duration: 56minChuck does a solo podcast this week in an attempt to tie together a bunch of loose ends.
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John Dominic Crossan
02/04/2015 Duration: 01h06minThis week New Testament scholar, historian and author John Dominic Crossan returns to the podcast to talk about his latest book, How to Read the Bible and Still be a Christian: Struggling with Divine Violence from Genesis through Revelation.
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Sam Western
19/03/2015 Duration: 50minThe American West is a unique and fascinating place. This week Chuck is joined by Sam Western, author, poet and correspondent for the Economist, to talk about the American West.
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Heidi Johnson-Wright on the ADA
12/03/2015 Duration: 54minThis week Chuck talks to Heidi Johnson-Wright, an ADA coordinator in Miami Dade County, about the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Patrick Kennedy on a walkable Dallas-For Worth
05/03/2015 Duration: 59minThis week Chuck has a long overdue conversation with Patrick Kennedy, an urban designer advocating for more walkable/bikable neighborhoods in one of the country's most car-focused cities. They discuss the controversial Highway 345 project in Dallas as well as the Trinity Toll Road, among other things. You'll want to follow Patrick on Twitter at @walkableDFW as well as read his well-respected work at D Magazine's Street/Smart blog.
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Russ Roberts on Adam Smith
26/02/2015 Duration: 54minThe host of EconTalk, Russell Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institute (Twitter / personal website), joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, How Adam Smith can change your life: An unexpected guide to human nature and happiness.
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Joe Cortright on Gentrification
19/02/2015 Duration: 39minJoe Cortright of City Observatory talks about their report -- Lost in Place -- explaining why consistent and concentrated poverty -- not gentrification -- is America's biggest urban challenge.
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Member_Profile-Jace_Deloney
17/02/2015 Duration: 15minJace Deloney (@jacedeloney) is the Web Content Manager at Invodo in Austin, Texas, and a passionate advocate for Strong Towns. He is a member of our Founder's Circle and has played a part in bringing Strong Towns to Austin on four occasions.
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Can you be an engineer and speak out for reform?
12/02/2015 Duration: 01h04minChuck Marohn talks about the complaint made against him to the state licensing board for speaking out about reforming the engineering profession.
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America Answers
12/02/2015 Duration: 54minPoliticians on the left and right struggle to speak coherently about transportation infrastructure.
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The antifragile city (Part 2)
29/01/2015 Duration: 55minA continued look at a Nassim Nicholas Taleb speech titled Small is Beautiful, but also Less Fragile. This is part two, Last week's episode can be heard here.
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The_antifragile_city_Part_1
22/01/2015 Duration: 49minThis week Chuck Marohn dissects a speech that Nassim Nicholas Taleb gave recently titled Small is Beautiful, but also Less Fragile. This is part one of two on this subject.
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Chuck on Ken Rose
15/01/2015 Duration: 01h03minChuck Marohn made a full hour appearance on Ken Rose's radio show What Now.
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Show 200 Q&A
08/01/2015 Duration: 01h03minFor our 200th show, we asked listeners to submit questions for Chuck to answer.
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Just Another Pedestrian Killed
18/12/2014 Duration: 01h07minChuck Marohn and Andrew Burleson sit down to discuss a tragedy in Springfield, Mass, where a mom and two girls were hit by a drunk driver on an urban stroad. The seven-year-old girl was killed and the other seriously injured. Marohn and Burleson discuss the engineering profession's approach to safety, the implications for those outside of an automobile and how our approach needs reform if we are truly build safe, productive places. Donations can be made to the family through this website.
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Live from New York
10/12/2014 Duration: 48minAndrew Burleson and Jim Kumon sit down with Chuck Marohn in an AirBnB in Brooklyn to talk about the future of the Strong towns movement.
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Strength Test
04/12/2014 Duration: 01h22minJim Kumon joins Chuck Marohn to discuss the Strong Towns Strength Test and how it can be applied to measure the strength and resiliency of a place.