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The Strong Towns Podcast is a weekly conversation on the Strong Towns movement, hosted by Strong Towns Founder and President Charles Marohn and frequently featuring special guests. The podcast explores how we can financially strengthen our cities, towns, and neighborhoods and, in the process, make them better places to live. Join Chuck in examining how everything from urban design to economics to systems theory to psychology helps inform this core question.
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Jan 15, 2015
Jan 8, 2015
Jan 8, 2015
1 hr 3 min
For our 200th show, we asked listeners to submit questions for Chuck to answer.
Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014
1 hr 7 min
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
Dec 10, 2014
48 min
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.
Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014
1 hr 22 min
Jim 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.
Nov 20, 2014
Nov 20, 2014
1 hr 10 min
Engineer and shared-space designer Ben Hamilton-Baillie returns to the podcast to talk about how to get started with building shared space, the chances of success in the United States and some memories of his father, a World War II veteran who lead and assisted a number of escapes from German prisoner-of-war camps.
You can follow Ben Hamilton-Baillie on Twitter, see more of his work on his firm’s website and watch the video, Poyton Regenerated, that was discussed in the podcast. The book about the escape Jock Hamilton-Baillie was invovled in is called Zero Night by Mark Felton. It is a really good read.
Nov 14, 2014
Nov 14, 2014
Nov 14, 2014
20 min
Hans Noeldner - energy and environmental activist - talks about winter biking, transportation as a social justice issue and getting started living a Strong Towns life.
This week is our membership drive. Become a member of Strong Towns by going to www.strongtowns.us/membership.
Nov 14, 2014
Nov 14, 2014
19 min
Mike Christensen, graduate student at the University of Utah, talks about meeting Chuck at CNU, working as a GIS professional and connecting with people on social meeting.
This is our membership week. Sign up to be a member by going to www.strongtowns.us/membership.
Nov 14, 2014
Nov 14, 2014
14 min
Gracen Johnson - Place Activator from New Brunswick - talks about promoting good ideas, working with Strong Towns and how worms have brought her closer to her neighbors.
Become a member of Strong Towns today by going to www.strongtowns.us/membership.