<p>Chuck and Rachel discuss <a href='http://www.strongtowns.org/eventspage/2016/8/4/mason-city-ia'>an upcoming event in Iowa</a>, plus Chuck's <a href='http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/8/1/tractor-trailer-tradeoff'>recent article on semi trucks</a> and why we don't actually need to build our cities around them. They also touch on some other recent Strong Towns stories and two excellent podcasts Chuck just listened to.</p>
<p>Mentioned in this episode:</p>
<ul><li>"<a href='http://mcalvanyweeklycommentary.com/richardduncan-2/'>Richard Duncan: Creditism has Replaced Capitalism</a>," from the McAlvany Weekly Commentary</li>
<li>"<a href='http://radioopensource.org/yanis-varoufakis/'>Yanis Varoufakis’s Greek Tragedy</a>," from Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon</li>
</ul>

The Week Ahead, August 8, 2016

The Strong Towns Podcast is a weekly conversation on the Strong Towns movement, hosted by Strong Towns Founder and President Charles Marohn and frequently featuring special guests. The podcast explores how we can financially strengthen our cities, towns, and neighborhoods and, in the process, make them better places to live. Join Chuck in examining how everything from urban design to economics to systems theory to psychology helps inform this core question.