Municipal Equation Podcast
Municipal Equation is a podcast about cities and towns in changing times. Created by the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Producer/host: Ben Brown.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 142
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
EP 57: 'We Can't Arrest Our Way Out of This'
A little while back, we began talking with police chiefs for a video series on what they're doing to tackle the surging opioid problem locally -- and sat upright at the different approaches of chiefs…
00:43:06 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
EP 56: The Best Food Delivery Ever
We revisit the intersection of drones, local government and public need with a trip to Holly Springs, North Carolina, a small town innovating nationally with a pilot project to see commercial food de…
00:27:49 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
EP 55: Games Over Gangs (Encore)
Here's an encore of a favorite: Games Over Gangs. Those dang video games. Can't pull the kids away from them. And there's one city using that to its advantage -- with an innovative partnership that's…
00:31:11 |
Tue 07 Aug 2018
EP 54: A Day at the Beach (The Wild Intersection of Gov't and Summer Vacation)
It's summer, and beach towns all along the coast are each receiving thousands and thousands of visitors from across the U.S. Take Atlantic Beach, N.C., for example. It has a year-round population of …
00:50:11 |
Mon 23 Jul 2018
Episode 53: Back Into the Alley
Muni Replay! Here's one of our most popular episodes. Meanwhile, we're headed to the coast to record a special live episode, which we'll bring you soon! When you think of downtown alleys, what comes …
00:35:40 |
Tue 10 Jul 2018
EP 52: Driverless Cars 2
Let's catch up on driverless cars, shall we? Last year, we did a primer on autonomous vehicles and policy implications, but it seems like a lot can change in short time with this technology. What's t…
00:29:23 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
EP 51 - City Hall Beat
The local media landscape is pretty fluid right now: extinct or shrunken newspapers, online-only outlets, freshly grown media entities that may or may not be objective. What's all this mean for local…
00:30:47 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
EP 50: Talking Dialects
For our 50th episode, we're taking a break from the frequent talk of policy, economics and technology to tour the local dialects of the United States, the spoken identifiers of a city or region. Why …
00:38:23 |
Tue 15 May 2018
Episode 49: Bee Downtown (Rebroadcast with Updates)
***REBROADCAST with UPDATES*** We've all heard about the hard times that honeybees are going through and the huge implications for us all. But how do cities fit into all this? There's a surprising co…
00:43:03 |
Tue 01 May 2018
EP 48: Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide
Of all the political, economic and cultural concerns of today, the “urban-rural divide” is no slouch. But sometimes it’s oversimplified, devoid of nuance, or turned into an adversarial narrative (i.e…
00:26:12 |
Tue 17 Apr 2018
EP 47: Leaping the Digital Divide
The people say it's time to close the broadband gap, and really find a way to make internet speeds adequate for the modern age, for everyone, from areas in cities where the service isn't enough, to r…
00:24:34 |
Mon 02 Apr 2018
EP 46: Doggonomics
How do dogs figure into economic development? It's no joke. Ask the analysts who take economic vitals from man's best friend. Ask the industries that profit majorly from pet ownership. Or ask the Tow…
00:12:29 |
Tue 20 Mar 2018
Let's Hear Your Feedback and Ideas (New Episode Next Week)
We'll be back with a new episode next week, but I'm also working on a a lot of other episodes and new ideas. I want to hear from you on what should be different about this podcast, as we've been doin…
00:01:40 |
Wed 14 Mar 2018
EP 45: Crime as a Public Health Issue
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looks into the ailments of a particular community, it’s safe to assume the concern is infection or some similar local threat to human bodily …
00:21:17 |
Tue 06 Mar 2018
EP 44: Chief Storyteller
There's a lot of exploration on part of local government for better community engagement. With such a diversity of communication and preference out there, it seems pretty complex. But what if it isn'…
00:34:36 |
Tue 20 Feb 2018
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