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 33: The City Connection
A majorly successful social engagement program with a yearlong waiting list. Pianos left in the urban outdoors for any random person to play. And a totally mysterious city data collector. We plunge i…
00:42:39 |
Tue 12 Sep 2017
EP 32: Games Over Gangs
Those dang video games. Can't peel kids these days away from them. And there's one city using that to its advantage -- with an innovative partnership that's actually teaching video game development t…
00:28:40 |
Tue 29 Aug 2017
EP 31: 'City People Lose Their Minds for Sunflowers'
On a summer day last year in Burgaw, North Carolina, a farmer named Michael Lanier snapped a photograph of bright new life on his family land and put it up on social media. The next day, a massive cr…
00:22:03 |
Tue 15 Aug 2017
Preview of Episode 31: The Plant
A preview of Episode 31, out on Aug. 15.
00:01:07 |
Mon 07 Aug 2017
EP 30: State of the Cities, Eclipse and Turbo Growth
If we gather up a bunch of "State of the City" addresses from mayors across the U.S. and rub them together, what happens? Well, the National League of Cities does that kind of work, and it's enlighte…
00:38:56 |
Tue 01 Aug 2017
EP 29: Into the Alley
When you think of downtown alleys, what comes to mind? Bad associations, maybe? The place to avoid at night? Ever since childhood, Americans have had the general impression that alleyways are dark, d…
00:33:57 |
Tue 18 Jul 2017
EP 28: Government and Art
Why does government feel inclined to support or invest in local arts? We ask the director of a municipal government arts office and talk with a notable public artist who together paint a picture of b…
00:41:45 |
Tue 04 Jul 2017
EP 27: The Skatepark Solution
Local governments are always looking for ways to get kids involved. Meanwhile, millions of skaters across the U.S. are doing their thing -- often to the irritation of business owners and law enforcem…
00:45:17 |
Tue 20 Jun 2017
EP 26: Bee in the City
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 compatibility between cities and …
00:41:42 |
Tue 06 Jun 2017
Memo From Far Away (Depending on Where You Are)
From a distant land, an iPhone memo to stand in for our usual off-week preview.
00:01:32 |
Sat 27 May 2017
EP 25: Inclusive Innovation
There are so many cities and towns right now on amazing rebounds in the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. But what's missing? As innovation economies grow, we keep hearing more and more abou…
00:50:01 |
Tue 23 May 2017
Preview of Episode 25: Christopher Gergen Returns
A preview of Episode 25
00:01:51 |
Tue 16 May 2017
EP 24: Autonomous Vehicles in Your City
Do autonomous vehicles or driverless cars still sound futuristic to you? Even if deployments are planned for just a few years away? That's right, this technology is developing so quickly that it's ca…
00:30:56 |
Tue 09 May 2017
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