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- Yesterday40 min
Upzoned - When Boomers Don’t Downsize, What’s Left for Everyone Else?
What happens when one generation holds much of the country’s housing wealth and has little reason to give it up? Chuck Marohn talks with Strong Towns board chair Andrew Burleson and historic property renovator Richard Rumrill about boomers buying bigger homes, even as younger families wait for those houses to come back onto the market. The generational frustration is easy to understand, but the expected handoff assumes older homeowners will be ready to leave. What happens when the people expected to move have nowhere they want to go, and everyone behind them is still waiting? ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES "Boomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead." by Rachel Louise Ensign, Wsj.com (July 2026) Chuck Marohn (LinkedIn) Andrew Burleson (LinkedIn), Free Range City (Substack) Richard Rumrill (LinkedIn), Strong Towns RVA (Site) Articles Mentioned and Downzone: Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan (Site) Kids Over Cars (Substack) #42 Charles Duff: North Atlantic Cities - The Forgotten Blueprint for the Future Building Culture (Podcast) The North Atlantic Cities by Charles Duff (Site) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons.
- 2 days ago36 min
The Brion McClanahan Show - Ep. 1304: The Fantasy of "Natural Conservatives"
Rich Lowry thinks there are "natural conservatives" among members of American minority groups that will eventually fill out the GOP. Paul Gottfried correctly states, false.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com
- 2 days ago3h 1m
The Joe Rogan Experience - #2531 - Forrest Galante
Forrest Galante is an international wildlife adventurer, conservationist, and author. His new special, "Alien Sharks: Untamed America," premieres July 29 as part of Discovery Channel's annual "Shark Week" programming block.www.discovery.com/shark-weekwww.patreon.com/cw/ForrestGalantewww.youtube.com/@ForrestGalantewww.forrestgalante.com Perplexity: Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at https://pplx.ai/rogan. Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/rogan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 2 days ago54 min
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar - 7/28/26: Data Center Blackouts, McConnell Wild Proof Of Life Picture, Centrists In Shambles Amid Socialist Rise & MORE!
Krystal and Emily discuss data centers cause blackouts, McConnell new proof of life picture, centrists in shambles amid socialist rise. Francesca Hong: https://francescahong.com/ Desiree Townsend: https://x.com/Cheering4Change?lang=en To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 days ago44 min
The Messy City Podcast - Is the Housing "Crisis" Real?
I get personal in this episode, in order to ask questions about the nature of what is called the “housing crisis.” Are we all just doom-pilling way too much?As a case study, I talk through the life and history of my parents, and discuss whether or not their life and lifestyle is still available today. I discuss house sizes, mortgage rates, lifestyle choices, lifestyle inflation, and more.Find more content on The Messy City on Kevin’s Substack page.Music notes: all songs by low standards, ca. 2010. Videos here. If you’d like a CD for low standards, message me and you can have one for only $5.Intro: “Why Be Friends”Outro: “Fairweather Friend”AI TranscriptIntroductionWelcome back to The Messy City Podcast. This is Kevin Klinkenberg. I’m going to do something a little different today and just talk without a guest about the topic of housing in particular and how it ties into a few other kind of hobby courses of mine. Why Challenge the Housing NarrativeReally what I want to spend some time doing is taking a contrarian view of how we talk about the so-called housing crisis. And in one sense, this is kind of fun for me to do. One of the things I really loved about my father is when we would have our discussions or debates in the family about various things that were going on, he would often take an opposite view of Almost just for the sport of it. And the truth is, there are a lot of times he was so good at it, you didn’t really know if he felt that way or not. Because he could do really well to argue multiple sides of an argument. And that was really a lot of fun. It was an education for me. It’s something I wish more people would just do generally and try to see an issue from multiple perspectives and try to steel man different perspectives or perspectives that are different from your own. And so I’ve kind of taken to obviously do that if you know me at all.You know I’ve done that a fair amount in my own life. Not nearly as good as my father was at it, but it has been fun to do occasionally. And I really wanted to apply this to the topic of housing. And there’s a couple of reasons for this. And this also ties into a story. I’m going to tell you a little bit of a story about my parents and how they grew up and their trajectory through life, because I think it’s actually very relevant to this topic. And whether or not we have a housing crisis at all in America, or if we do, what is the actual nature of of that crisis. And I want to talk about this because I just see so much online and in person conversation that I just feel like there are too many people, especially too many young people that have been kind of doom pilled on life today and life in America generally.And the thing that I want to start out that I really want to propose to everybody and talk about is the life that my parents had And their trajectory through life is still available today. It is absolutely and unequivocally still available to anyone who wants to choose the life that they lived. And in my opinion, obviously, I knew them really well. In my opinion, they had a tremendous life. They had a great life. They’ve both passed on in recent years. And so I have to talk in the past tense. But by any measure that matters, they had a great life. They lived well into their 80s. They had four kids. We actually all like each other. So it’s not just like a, you know, there are some families where you can say, well, I love my family. But as my brother used to say, or after my dad passed, he would say, you know, that... We didn’t just love our parents, we really liked our parents.And I think if you’re fortunate to be in a family like that, you know a little bit of what I’m talking about. And the four of us a
- 2 days ago14 min
The Way the World Works: A Tuttle Twins Podcast fo... - John Adams, Free Speech, and the First Constitutional Crisis
John Adams helped write America's promise of free speech, then signed a law that made criticizing him a crime. The Revolution was won and the Constitution was ratified. But then what happened? Did the Constitution actually stop the new American government from becoming the very thing the Revolution was fought against? Brittany picks up right where the last Tuttle Twins history book left off, tracing what happened once George Washington stepped aside and the country's first contested election handed the presidency to John Adams and the vice presidency to his rival, Thomas Jefferson. Almost immediately, two rival parties emerged: Adams and Alexander Hamilton's Federalists, who wanted a stronger central government, and Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Republicans, who pushed for states' rights. As war raged in Europe between France and Britain, fear of French influence led Adams and the Federalist Congress to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts, laws that made it a crime to criticize the president or government officials. Journalists were arrested. Newspapers were penalized. The First Amendment was barely a decade old. Brittany explains how Jefferson and Madison responded, not through the courts, but by secretly drafting the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, laying out an early version of the states'-rights doctrine of nullification. It's a question still argued today: who really gets the final say on what's constitutional? This episode is a reminder that ratifying a constitution doesn't end the argument over what it means, it just starts it. What You'll Learn in This Episode Why George Washington's decision to step down set off America's first real political rivalry How John Adams narrowly became president while his rival Thomas Jefferson became vice president Why the Federalists (John Adams and Alexander Hamilton) and the Republicans (Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) split over the size of government How James Madison went from writing the Federalist Papers to leading the opposition to the Federalists Why war between France and Britain nearly dragged the brand-new United States into the "Quasi-War" What the Alien and Sedition Acts actually did, and why they targeted French and Irish immigrants Why journalists and newspaper editors were arrested for criticizing President Adams How John Adams's pride played a role in signing laws that clashed with the First Amendment he'd helped establish What the secret Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, drafted by Jefferson and Madison, actually argued Why the idea of "nullification" started with these resolutions and still shows up in state politics today How this early showdown reveals that the Constitution didn't end arguments about power, it just gave Americans a framework for the fight Timestamps 0:00 Welcome: picking up where the last history book left off 0:53 What the Constitution was actually supposed to fix 1:24 Remembering the Whiskey Rebellion 2:17 Washington steps down and a divided nation elects Adams 3:23 Federalists vs. Republicans: two rising parties 3:48 How political words change meaning over time 6:08 Crisis in Europe and the push to stay neutral 7:02 The Alien and Sedition Acts 8:51 Criminalizing criticism of the government 10:51 Jefferson, Madison, and the secret Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions 11:35 Nullification explained, then and now 12:36 The Constitution didn't fix human nature 13:22 Wrap-up: pick up the new book Like this video if you think free speech should never depend on who's in power Subscribe for more true stories from America's founding era Comment below: Do you think states should be able to ignore federal laws they believe are unconstitutional? Shop Resources Dig deeper into the document at the center of this fight in The Tuttle Twins Guide to the Constitution <a href= "https:
- 2 days ago17 min
The Bottom-Up Revolution - Why City Hall Is So Hard to Navigate
Residents are often told to get involved at City Hall, but first they have to figure out where to go, who has authority, and which committee will actually hear them. Jacob Hyman learned that firsthand when his attempt to advocate for multimodal transportation turned into a frustrating tour of local government. As a civil engineer and leader of Strong Towns Steubenville, he helped build a power map showing the officials, boards, departments, and relationships behind city decisions, giving residents a clearer route into a system that had been difficult even to describe. Hyman will also be a speaker at the Civic Leader Summit in Pensacola, Florida, from October 6–8, where he’ll lead a session on building power maps for local communities, and early-bird tickets are available now. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES Jacob Hyman (LinkedIn) Strong Towns Steubenville (Site) Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Do you know someone who would make for a great Bottom-Up Revolution guest? Let us know here. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons.
- 2 days ago2h 0m
REAL AF with Andy Frisella - 1049. Andy & DJ CTI: White House Posts Bizzare Video Online, Dead Internet Theory & Cracker Barrel CEO Steps Down
On today's episode, Andy & DJ discuss whether the White House's bizarre Instagram video is a distraction from something bigger, why the "Dead Internet Theory" may no longer be just a conspiracy after AI agents were found to be growing nearly 8,000% and what the resignation of Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino signals for the struggling restaurant chain.
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