Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTEASER: Discovering Oil with Amy Westervelt
Weird things happen when you're an investigative reporter trying to cover an international oil giant like ExxonMobil. Your plane tickets are mysterio…
3 years, 1 month ago
Arrested Mobility with Charles Brown
Episode 104
In Huntsville, Alabama, it's illegal to play ball on any street, alley, or sidewalk. In Lewiston, Maine, pedestrians must keep to the right half of t…
3 years, 1 month ago
TEASER: Into the Fold with Brompton's Will Butler-Adams
On our last episode, we mentioned the brief cameo that a Brompton folding bicycle had on season 2 of Ted Lasso and why that bicycle model in particu…
3 years, 2 months ago
Why Does Hollywood Hate Bikes?
Episode 103
Chances are, if a character rides a bicycle in a movie or TV show that character is a huge loser. From The 40-Year-Old Virgin to Arrested Development…
3 years, 2 months ago
TEASER: You Can't Afford to Live Here Because of Cars
What if we told you that some of the biggest, most exciting, and potentially transformative victories in The War on Cars are being fought and won the…
3 years, 3 months ago
CONSPIRACY!
Episode 102
"15-minute cities" are having a moment, and not exactly in a good way. How did a mundane urban planning concept turn into the latest grist for the cu…
3 years, 3 months ago
Feminist City with Leslie Kern
EPISODE 101: FEMINIST CITY WITH LESLIE KERN
Cities have almost always been designed by men, prioritizing men's needs as defined by the traditional ma…
3 years, 3 months ago
TEASER: Super Bowl Roundup
It's our annual Super Bowl roundup, where we analyze the car ads that ran during the Big Game and ask what they say about driving and, more importan…
3 years, 4 months ago
The War on Cars Turns 100
Episode 100
This marks the 100th episode of The War on Cars, and we're feeling pretty good about it! In our centenary edition, we go all the way back to Episode …
3 years, 4 months ago
TEASER: Cars, Consumerism and Climate
What does the recent culture-war freakout over gas stoves have in common with efforts to maybe, possibly, just a little, pretty please, slightly red…
3 years, 4 months ago