The Strong Towns Podcast

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A weekly conversation on the Strong Towns movement hosted by Charles Marohn. The podcast blends fiscal prudence with good urban design to highlight how America can financially strengthen its cities, towns and neighborhoods and, in the process, make them better places to live. You can support the podcast and become a member of Strong Towns at www.StrongTowns.org.

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Chuck on 'Bike Messiahs', State Highways and Housing

2026-11-09 · 58 min · Episode 722

From the fight for safer bike routes to the strange economics of city development, members have plenty to ask Chuck in this special Q&A in honor of Member Week. How do you convince a state DOT to respect your town? Why…
How Do We Design for Drivers?

2026-10-05 · 55 min · Episode 721

Drivers are usually treated as the obstacle when cities try to build better places for walking, biking and transit. Houssam Elokda of Happy Cities and Nick Falbo of Mobycon argue that this framing misses something…
Massachusetts Is Putting Starter Homes on the Ballot

2026-09-21 · 49 min · Episode 720

Massachusetts voters are being asked a surprisingly simple housing question: Should a single-family home be legal on a 5,000-square-foot lot with public sewer and water? Chuck talks with Andrew Mikula, a Boston policy…
What Comes After Cities Kill Parking Mandates?

2026-09-14 · 54 min · Episode 719

Parking reform used to feel like a niche fight. Now North Carolina has eliminated most parking mandates statewide, cities are following one another’s lead, and Tony Jordan says he sometimes finds out about reforms only…
Is Homeownership Still Part of the American Dream?

2026-09-07 · 1 hr 5 min · Episode 718

If housing feels impossibly expensive, one answer is that a smaller home, a less in-demand place, or a slower climb may simply be part of starting out and working your way up. But what if getting the house that has long…
Chuck’s Engineering Lawsuit Finally Has a Ruling

2026-08-31 · 46 min · Episode 717

After six years of legal fights, we finally have a federal court ruling in Chuck’s dispute with Minnesota’s engineering licensing board. Chuck and Strong Towns executive director John Reuter go back to the complaint…
Chuck on Data Centers, YIMBYs and E-Bikes

2026-08-24 · 1 hr 3 min · Episode 716

Strong Towns members filled the Commons with questions, and Chuck sat down to answer as many as he could. Should cities require data centers to pay for their own eventual cleanup? Has Strong Towns been too wary of the…
The $1 Trillion Infrastructure Backlog Cities Aren’t Counting

2026-08-10 · 1 hr 6 min · Episode 715

A strong bond rating can tell investors that a city is likely to repay its debt. It says much less about whether that city can afford to replace the roads, pipes, and other infrastructure its residents depend on.…
This Atlanta Corridor Makes Walking Normal and Deadly

2026-08-03 · 50 min · Episode 714

Atlanta’s Buford Highway supports apartment communities, small businesses, and an international food scene that draws people from across the region. It also carries six to eight lanes of fast traffic, and drivers use it…
America’s Half-Funded Highway System

2026-07-27 · 52 min · Episode 713

The Highway Trust Fund brings in roughly $45 billion a year and spends closer to $80 billion. Congress keeps the system running by borrowing the difference and moving that money into a program still treated as if road…

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Oldest episode in feed: 10/2015 · over 11 years
Typical length: 44 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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