In this episode with featured guest, Chuck Marohn, Chuck discusses his complicated relationship with Kansas City, MO culminating in a recent successful event there. Chuck also introduces the newest member of his family, Gryffindor the puppy! And Rachel introduces the 3rd annual Strongest Town Contest — with some new twists.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
STROADing in Kansas City by Chuck Marohn
Nominate your city for the Strongest Town contest! Applications due February 25.
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier by Edward Glaeser
This week's Slackchat on #slowthecars (Friday, Feb. 9 at 
The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan by Rick Perlstein
Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks


In this episode with featured guest, Chuck Marohn, Chuck discusses his complicated relationship with Kansas City, MO culminating in a recent successful event there. Chuck also introduces the newest member of his family, Gryffindor the puppy! And Rachel introduces the 3rd annual Strongest Town Contest — with some new twists.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
<ul><li><a href='https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2013/2/13/stroading.html'>STROADing in Kansas City</a> by Chuck Marohn</li>
<li><a href='https://www.strongtowns.org/strongesttown/'>Nominate your city for the Strongest Town contest!</a> Applications due February 25.</li>
<li><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Healthier/dp/0143120549'>Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier</a> by Edward Glaeser</li>
<li><a href='https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/2/this-weeks-slackchat-slow-the-cars'>This week's Slackchat on #slowthecars</a> (Friday, Feb. 9 at 11:30am CT)</li>
<li><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Bridge-Fall-Nixon-Reagan/dp/1476782423/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8'>The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan</a> by Rick Perlstein</li>
<li><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Hildegard-Bingen-Woman-Her-Age/dp/0385498683'>Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age</a> by Fiona Maddocks</li>
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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.