<p>Rachel and special guest, Michelle Erfurt (Strong Towns' Pathfinder) discuss <a href='http://www.strongtowns.org/suburban-poverty'>Suburban Poverty Week</a> and dive into the <a href='http://www.strongtowns.org/events/'>event calendar</a> for the rest of 2016.</p>
<p>Mentioned in this episode:</p>
<ul><li><a href='https://www.amazon.com/1Q84-Vintage-International-Haruki-Murakami/dp/0307476464'>1Q84</a> by Haruki Murakami</li>
<li><a href='http://www.evictedbook.com/'>Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City</a> by Matthew Desmond</li>
</ul>

The Week Ahead, August 22, 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.