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For many travelers, Antarctica is a bucket-list destination, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to touch all seven continents. In 2023, a record-breaking 100,000 tourists made the trip. But the journey begs a fundamental question: What do we risk by traveling to a place that is supposed to be uninhabited by humans? And as the climate warms, should we really be going to Antarctica in the first place? SHOW NOTES: Kara Weller: The Impossible Dilemma of a Polar Guide Marilyn Raphael: A twenty-first century structural change in Antarctica’s sea ice system Karl Watson: First Time in Antarctica Jeb Brooks : 7 Days in Antarctica (Journey to the South Pole) Metallica - Freeze 'Em All: Live in Antarctica Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices…

Aaron Renn Podcast

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Creative insights on cities, culture, technology, politics, and more, including interviews with mayors and other thought leaders from around America and the world, from Aaron Renn, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

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Aaron Renn Podcast

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The Coronavirus Impact on Cities and Life (on GoLocalProv) 24:18

5 years ago24:18

24:18

I joined Josh Fenton of GoLocalLive to talk about the affects of coronavirus on business, work life, and state and local budges. We also talk about the possible road ahead.

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The Dallas Way of Urbanism (with Rik Adamski) 32:55

6 years ago32:55

32:55

Risk Adamski of Ash+Lime joins me to talk about urbanism in Dallas. We discuss the state of urbanism in the city, the nature of the "Dallas way" of urbanism, and also a bit about the city's little known Fair Park (home to a World's Fair in the 1930s), as well as creative redevelopment of aging suburban retail centers in the area.…

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Bus Rapid Transit in Indianapolis (with Jerome Horne) 13:06

6 years ago13:06

13:06

Jerome Horne of IndyGo, the Indianapolis transit agency, joins me to talk about the city's new Bus Rapid Transit network now under construction, as well as its new fare payment system and overall bus network redesign. This collection of changes represents a quantum leap in transit service for a city traditionally lacking it.…

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Reinventing City Procurement (with Sascha Haselmayer) 20:59

6 years ago20:59

20:59

Sacha Haselmayer of CityMart(https://www.citymart.com/) joins me to discuss how government can reinvent procurement into an innovation engine for government transformation - and significant significant improvements to supplier diversity at the same time.

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Updates on Chicago (New Mayor) and New York (Congestion Pricing) 29:01

6 years ago29:01

29:01

Nicole Gelinas, Seth Barron and I discuss recent events in Chicago and New York in this edition of the City Journal 10 Blocks podcast. We review the recent mayoral election in the Windy City and the passage of a new flawed congestion pricing law in New York.

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The Quest for Human Flourishing (with Tyler VanderWeele) 16:41

6 years ago16:41

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Tyler VanderWeele, director of Harvard's Human Flourishing Project, joins me to discuss their work, including what human flourishing is, the state of society today, what factors produce a more flourishing life, and how we can individual can maximize our chances of finding it.

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Chicago: Past, Present, Future 21:59

6 years ago21:59