Ann Arbor AF

Today we are talking with Jenny Schuetz! In addition to being the author of the phenomenal book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems, she is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro and is an expert in urban economics and housing policy. Before joining Brookings, Jenny worked at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. and taught at the University of Southern California.

• Wanna buy FIXER-UPPER?
• Wanna know more about FIXER-UPPER? 
• Wanna know more about America's dysfunction(al housing policies)? 
• To hear Jenny in her own words, you can catch her interviews with Ezra Klein on his NYT podcast and with Rachel, Jasmine, and Amanda on The Suburban Women Problem.

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We’ll be talking about the November 2022 general election up and down the Michigan, Washtenaw County, and Ann Arbor ballots, plus some general tips that will help you vote smart no matter where you live.

Getting ready to vote (especially in Michigan):

• Preview your ballot
• Read answers to the League of Women Voters surveys at Vote411

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It’s a new season of Ann Arbor AF, and with the new season comes a new format! Today we are talking with Aaron Lubeck of Durham, N.C. about Jim Crow zoning, why some advocacy feels so taboo in community conversations, and how churches might be coming to save the day on housing.  We also dropped a hint about the next interview coming to the pod…

Here are links to the books we mentioned - Snob Zones by Lisa Prevost, Fixer-Upper by Jenny Schuetz, and Arbitrary Lines by M. Nolan Gray - in case you’d like to pick up copies for yourself. And remember that Economist interview Aaron mentioned? Here's the link to that, too.

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Molly and Jess do an impromptu reflection on the excellent election results.  (Brought to you in part by a very good idea from #a2council Twitter, thanks #a2council Twitter; and also car-free streets, thanks car-free streets.)

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Today, we are talking about the climate millage coming up on the November 2022 ballot. Last episode, we interviewed Office of Sustainability and Innovation director Dr. Missy Stults about what passing the millage would accomplish. This time, we get into some differences of opinion about the millage, including a little skepticism and a little hope. 

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Today we are talking to the director of Ann Arbor’s Office of Sustainability and Innovation, Dr. Missy Stults, about A2Zero, the climate millage coming up on Ann Arbor’s November ballot, and a little big dreaming. This is the first of two episodes where we’ll talk about this millage; this one we’ll get informed, and in the next episode, Molly and I will talk more about getting involved.

Links from today’s conversation:

• Here’s the language to order the Millage, which includes the Attorney General’s approved ballot language; 
• Here’s the resolution which discusses how Council intends to spend the millage if passed; 
• A2Zero (which, as Missy reminded us, is more than a plan, it’s a framework and a practice);
• and information about a prospective sustainable energy utility in Ann Arbor. 

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Today we are talking about this summer’s primary election, coming up in just a few weeks on Tuesday, August 2nd.  Absentee voting is already open, so make your plan to vote! 

Links we mentioned:

• Preview your ballot
• Request an absentee ballot or find your polling place
• Learn about and support the AAATA transit millage
• Between now and July 30, vote us as the Best Local Podcast of Washtenaw!

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Today we are rerunning episode 47: That. Damn. Bridge.

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Today we are rerunning episode 35: our conversation with Alex Thomas.

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Today we are rerunning episode 15: our Deeper Dive on Healthy Streets.

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