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  • Episode 200: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - What is Our Future?

    October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, Tracy McMillan and Chrissy Mancini-Nichols join the show for episode 200!!! We talk about a mobility idea that's like cap and trade, the idea of time, nostalgia and an imagined future for…

  • Episode 597: The Gap Between Talent and Passion

    October 15, 2026 · 41 min

    This week on Talking Headways is Part 2 of our discussion with Reece Martin in Toronto at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference. We discuss projects getting picked apart in the media, The gap between talent and passion in transit…

  • Episode 596: Towards a Palpable Sense of Progress

    October 8, 2026 · 42 min

    This week on Talking Headways we are sharing Part 1 of a conversation with Reece Martin of The Transit Brief in Toronto at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference. We discuss the politics and impacts of fare policy, construction costs…

  • Episode 199: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - New Ways to Think About Transport

    October 6, 2026 · 40 min

    This week we're back and Han Solo but we're covering lots of things including the thinking differently about our transportation investments around the country, the sillyness of cutting property taxes in states, and thinking more about…

  • Episode 595: Architecture's Role in Population Decline

    October 1, 2026 · 57 min

    This week we're joined by the director of UNC Charlotte's school of Architecture Blaine Brownell. We talk about the role architecture and urbanism play in population decline, the need for permeability in walkable neighborhoods, and a…

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  • Episode 594: People Based Accessibility

    September 24, 2026 · 33 min

    This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by recent USC PhD graduate Wendy Zhou to discuss her dissertation, which focuses on dynamic accessibility. We talk about how static maps without a time based dimension don't tell the…

  • Mondays Flashback: Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians

    September 22, 2026 · 51 min

    This week we're flashing back to Talking Headways episode 379 in which we were joined by Frank Markowitz and Leni Schwendinger to talk about the book Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians. We chatted about creating legible nighttime spaces…

  • Flashback: Episode 542: Measuring Transportation System Success

    September 17, 2026 · 57 min

    This week we're away at a conference, but we're flashing back to episode 542 where we're joined once again by professor Karel Martens. We learn about how transportation engineering is good at measuring only one problem and ignoring others…

  • Episode 593: Carspreading

    September 10, 2026 · 55 min

    This week we're joined by Sofia Navas and James Nix of the NGO Transport & Environment to talk about their recent report: Ever Bigger? Car Size at a Crossroads. We discuss the increasing size of vehicles and why they keep growing. The…

  • Episode 198: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Creating Systemic Change

    September 8, 2026 · 42 min

    This week we're Han Solo, but that won't stop us from sharing some interesting news including daylighting urban streams, why we shouldn't put everything on transit, Barcelona's e-bike subsidy, and Charlotte's value created.  News Items…

  • Episode 592: New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies

    September 3, 2026 · 56 min

    This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Joshua Schank to talk about his book New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies: Improving Policy Outcomes in the Public Sector. Joshua talks about the inner workings of LA Metro, benefits of…

  • Episode 591: The Urban Pulse

    August 27, 2026 · 41 min

    This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Yale's Karen Seto and University of Connecticut's Zhe Zhu to talk about their study: The Urban Pulse. We talk about using frequent time series satellite data to measure change in…

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About the show

A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.