

The Strong Towns Podcast
Strong Towns
We advocate for a model of development that allows our cities, towns and neighborhoods to grow financially strong and resilient.
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16 snips
Feb 19, 2015 • 39min
Joe Cortright on Gentrification
Joe 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.

Feb 17, 2015 • 15min
Member_Profile-Jace_Deloney
Jace 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.

Feb 12, 2015 • 1h 4min
Can you be an engineer and speak out for reform?
Chuck Marohn talks about the complaint made against him to the state licensing board for speaking out about reforming the engineering profession.

Feb 12, 2015 • 54min
America Answers
Politicians on the left and right struggle to speak coherently about transportation infrastructure.

Jan 29, 2015 • 56min
The antifragile city (Part 2)
A 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.

Jan 22, 2015 • 50min
The_antifragile_city_Part_1
This 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.

Jan 15, 2015 • 1h 3min
Chuck on Ken Rose
Chuck Marohn made a full hour appearance on Ken Rose's radio show What Now.

Jan 8, 2015 • 1h 4min
Show 200 Q&A
For our 200th show, we asked listeners to submit questions for Chuck to answer.

Dec 18, 2014 • 1h 8min
Just Another Pedestrian Killed
Chuck 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.

Dec 10, 2014 • 48min
Live from New York
Andrew Burleson and Jim Kumon sit down with Chuck Marohn in an AirBnB in Brooklyn to talk about the future of the Strong towns movement.