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The Overhead Wire Daily | Don’t Think of a Climate Change

August 13, 2024

Many years ago I attended a political event with friends on political and issue messaging in Austin featuring George Lakoff as a speaker. Lakoff is a cognitive linguist and in his many books and writings he discusses how people use language and metaphors to evoke feelings and reactions. His most famous book, Don’t Think of


The Overhead Wire Daily | August 7th, 2024 | There are Champions Everywhere

August 9, 2024

Earlier this month we shared a NYT article about what cities get or haven’t got out of the Olympic games since Barcelona. That city famously revitalized its waterfront in 1992 and regenerated different parts of the city in an attempt to create lasting improvements. They are still building on that success. Since then many cities


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 494: Bandaids on a Lack of Density

August 8, 2024

This week on the Talking Headways podcast swe’re joined by Nico Larco, Director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon. We chat about his new book with Kaarin Knudson, The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook as well as a realization about how most of what we do in the United States seems to



Mondays Flashback: The Digital City

August 5, 2024

This week we’re jumping back in time to visit Talking Headways episode 285 featuring Professor Germaine Halegoua discussing her book The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place. It’s one of my favorite book discussions ever and I thought it would be a nice episode to revisit. In this episode, Germaine talks about


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 493: Transit to the Great Outdoors

July 31, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we have a conversation moderated by Corrie Parrish of Kittleson Associates with Andrea Breault of Cascades East Transit and Amy Schlappi of Hood River County Transportation District discussing Transit service to the Great Outdoors. This podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. For more information, go to http://mpactmobility.org To listen




Mondays 156 – Universal Basic Livability

July 23, 2024

This week on Mondays Chrissy Mancini-Nichols is back! We talk about universal basic mobility, cool corridors, Japan’s idea for a massive underground freight conveyor belt and freight’s first mile last mile problem, health problems caused by a Texas bitcoin mine, and USDOT’s push for emissions reductions. Chrissy also mentioned commenting on the PROWAG regulations Also


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 491: IrrePLACEable

July 17, 2024

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Kevin Kelley, founding partner and principal at Shook Kelley. We talk about his book Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places that Bring People Together. We discuss eliciting emotions, the debate between themes and authenticity, changing the meaning of cities, and embracing density. You can purchase


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