The Strong Towns Podcast

Some miscellaneous interviews and speeches from CNU 21 in Salt Lake City. Speakers include (in order) Edward Erfurt, Will Dowdy, Andrew Burleson, Nate Hood, Faith Cable Kumon, Howard Blackson, Kevin Klinkenberg, Jen Krouse and John Anderson.

Steven Shultis of the blog RationalUrbanism.com joins Chuck Marohn to talk about competing casino proposals in Massachusetts, including one in downtown Springfield that is surprisingly well done.

Chuck Marohn's speech during the closing plenary at CNU 21 in Salt Lake City. We've also uploaded the audio along with the timed slides as a YouTube video.

From the Peery Hotel at CNU 21, Chuck Marohn talks with people about their big ideas. Special guests include Grant Humphries, Karja Hansen of Ioby, Howard Blackson of Placemakers, John Anderson of Anderson|Kim and Ian Rasmussen of Urban Cartographics.

Andrew Burleson visits Brainerd and sits down in studio to interview Chuck Marohn and find out where he's been (and where the Strong Towns podcast has been). A podcast short with a longer episode on transportation to follow tomorrow.

Mississippi traveler and author Dean Klinkenberg is the guest on this week's podcast. Dean has spent many years traveling the Mississippi river and he provides his insights, assessments and thoughts for the future of this important waterway. You can follow Dean's work on his blog at mississippivalleytraveler.com. Dean Klinkenberg has written the Mississippi Valley Traveler series, which currently includes three books that cover portions of four states along the Mississippi River (Iowa, Illinois,