Chuck and Rachel discuss <a href='http://www.strongtowns.org/infrastructure/'>Chuck's recent writing on federal infrastructure spending</a> and today's article, "<a href='http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/8/a-utah-republican-might-have-the-best-urban-transportation-plan'>A Utah Republican Might Have the Best Urban Transportation Plan.</a>" They also discuss books they're reading (Rachel finally got around to starting Hillbilly Elegy) and political language in the context of Strong Towns.
Mentioned in this podcast:
<ul><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_Elegy'>Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis</a> by J. D. Vance</li>
<li><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Road-Ruin-Global-Elites-Financial/dp/1591848083'>The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis</a> by James Rickerts</li>
<li><a href='http://www.thecontenttrap.com/'>The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change</a> by Bharat Andand</li>
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The Week Ahead, January 17, 2017

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.