Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny
Government
The Strong Towns Podcast
by Strong Towns
Today: #42 in Government on our combined chart.
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| Date | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | #43 | #37 |
About the show
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.
Latest episodes
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Massachusetts Is Putting Starter Homes on the Ballot
September 21, 2026 · 49 minMassachusetts 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 researcher who…
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What Comes After Cities Kill Parking Mandates?
September 14, 2026 · 54 minParking 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 after they happen…
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Is Homeownership Still Part of the American Dream?
September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minIf 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 stood at the center…
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Chuck’s Engineering Lawsuit Finally Has a Ruling
August 31, 2026 · 46 minAfter 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 that started the case…
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Chuck on Data Centers, YIMBYs and E-Bikes
August 24, 2026 · 1 hr 3 minStrong 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 YIMBY movement? Are…
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The $1 Trillion Infrastructure Backlog Cities Aren’t Counting
August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minA 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. Richard Ciccarone…
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This Atlanta Corridor Makes Walking Normal and Deadly
August 3, 2026 · 50 minAtlanta’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 as an alternate…
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America’s Half-Funded Highway System
July 27, 2026 · 52 minThe 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 users fully fund it…