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 43: Wise Cities (And Smart City Ethics)
It's an age of big dreams and cool feats in the space of smart cities -- tech-forward, super-efficient places of living and business, with advanced data-gathering, analytics and automation that save …
00:59:00 |
Tue 06 Feb 2018
EP 42: Banning the 'M' Word
Is government wrong in the way it attempts to reach out to young people? Does it work against its own interest when it tries to "have a talk" or come to terms with millennials? Is "millennials" maybe…
00:43:13 |
Tue 23 Jan 2018
EP 41: Shifting Thoughts on the Sharing Economy
Did you take an Uber or a Lyft home on New Year's Eve? Did you wonder on your way back what that ride meant for city policy? Probably not as such, sure, but you've likely heard the conversation about…
00:30:33 |
Tue 09 Jan 2018
EP 40: Know Your Maker (Plus: More of the Best Fictional Mayors)
It's time to meet your maker -- your talented, independent, local creator of tangible goods, like art, clothing, instruments, toys, knick-knacks, tech tools, anything. Your city or town might even ha…
00:40:24 |
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Inbetweenisode - Police Recruitment Followup (And A Request)
An "inbetweenisode" ahead of next week's episode and following up on the content of last week's > https://soundcloud.com/municipalequation/ep-39-the-police-recruitment-problem-and-solutions And a spe…
00:04:10 |
Tue 05 Dec 2017
EP 39: The Police Recruitment Problem (And Solutions?)
It's a nationwide issue weighing on police departments of all sizes: the lack of good, qualified applicants when police chiefs seek to hire officers. Salary concerns, public scrutiny, the inherent da…
00:31:07 |
Tue 28 Nov 2017
EP 38: Being Careful About Smart Cities and Civic Tech (And the Best Fictional Mayors)
Appropriate to the age of exponential innovation, the smart-cities conversation is moving quickly. Should we it slow down? Explore additional ethical questions? Evaluate our best practices and ideas?…
00:41:02 |
Tue 14 Nov 2017
EP 37: The Power to Change Time (Halloween Mini Episode)
Typically, it would be time for the off-week preview. But since it falls on Halloween, we figured "why not?" and did a silly episode in tribute. But we keep our focus. We talk with a municipal offici…
00:19:24 |
Mon 30 Oct 2017
EP 36: Urban Cowboy 2, or Squashing 'Urban Vs. Rural'
For as often as we hear the phrase "urban versus rural" -- like it's an irreconcilable competition between two oppositely distinct regions -- there are loads of examples of urban and rural communitie…
00:34:06 |
Tue 24 Oct 2017
EP 35: 'Without Being Nudged' - Advancing Women in Government Leadership
Women are the majority of the United States, but only a slice of government leadership. On this episode, we talk with women working to turn the dial with research, myth-busting, confidence-building a…
00:38:02 |
Tue 10 Oct 2017
EP 34: Beer, Economic Development, and Civic Advice from Sinbad
"Beer is the beverage of community," says Sean Lilly Wilson, a brewer who played a role in changes that brought exponential growth in the number of breweries in his state -- with happy extras for the…
00:37:26 |
Tue 26 Sep 2017
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