Month: November 2018

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City of the Future - 4: Delivery Robots

Every day, truck drivers are out battling rush hour traffic, maneuvering through narrow city streets, circling for parking, emitting exhaust — all to get you your package as fast as possible. For the sake of our cities, and our planet, things have to change.

The future of delivery will be smaller, less loud, and more sustainable. In fact, in the future, you package might just find its way to you. 

City of the Future is produced by Benjamen Walker and Andrew Callaway. Our hosts are Vanessa Quirk and Eric Jaffe. Mix by Sharif Youssef. Music is by Adaam James Levine-Areddy (check out his band at amsterdamlost.com). Art is by Tim Kau. Special thanks to all who made this episode possible: Chris Lutick, Brian Clark, Anne Goodchild, Sandra Rothbard, and Rohit Aggarwala. 

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Read Me a Poem - “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” by Edward Lear

Amanda Holmes reads Edward Lear’s poem, “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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The Nod - How to Make Free People

Writer and thinker Casey Gerald reflects on what we lose when we buy into the promise of the American dream. In his new book, “There Will Be No Miracles Here,” Gerald unravels his origin story, which was previously held up as a “rags to riches” tale, and tells his truth, which is much more complicated.

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The City - The Cleanup | S1 E9

The illegal dump is finally eradicated—but at whose expense?


To learn more about the cleanup, visit thecitypodcast.com

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Sticky Wicket - Coming Soon: ‘Sticky Wicket’

Sticky Wicket: Louisiana Politics Versus the Press is a new mini series out of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio and WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio that takes on four historic clashes between Louisiana politicians and the media, one at a time. These relationships have always been love/hate in the Pelican state.array(3) { [0]=> string(55) "https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wwno/audio/2018/11/SWtrailer.mp3" [1]=> string(0) "" [2]=> string(1) "0" }