Building Local Power

By Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Building Local Power brings you thought-provoking stories and new ideas for breaking the hold of corporate monopolies and expanding the power of communities to chart their own futures. We deliver insi... more

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The podcast currently has 155 episodes available.

Building Local Power episodes:

July 26, 2018 Want to Strengthen Independent Businesses? Use These Policies (Episode 51)
Host Nick Stumo-Langer is joined by researchers Stacy Mitchell and Olivia LaVecchia to discuss their new guide to policy tools that strengthen independent businesses. … Read More
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33min
June 28, 2018 The Huge Supreme Court Cases You May Have Missed (Episode 49)
Guest host Nick Stumo-Langer and ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell discuss two recent Supreme Court cases that have vast implications for the state of our economy and the role of the court as a centralized entity in ILSR's decentralized worldview.… Read More
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32min
June 14, 2018 Innovation in Small Town America (Episode 48)
Three of our researchers (Christopher Mitchell, John Farrell, & Brenda Platt) sit down together to discuss how small cities across America are innovating in the ways they are supporting their local economies. Mitchell discusses this innovation in Idaho; Farrell details the discussions in Decorah, Iowa; and Platt portrays many different home composting programs.… Read More
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29min
May 31, 2018 A Better Way to Think about the Future of Work (Episode 47)
Sarita Gupta of Jobs With Justice joins us to discuss the state of labor rights in the "gig economy" and how the care sector presents a huge opportunity to change both work and aging. … Read More
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51min
May 03, 2018 Understanding Media Monopolies with Laura Flanders (Episode 45)
In this episode of the Building Local Power podcast, ILSR co-director and Community-Scaled Economy initiative director Stacy Mitchell sits down with Laura Flanders to discuss the disturbing trend toward a calcified and monopolistic media landscape.… Read More
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42min
April 19, 2018 Big Utilities See Pushback to Their Dominant Role in State Houses (Episode 44)
Experts Stacy Mitchell, Christopher Mitchell, and John Farrell discuss the impact that concentrated economic power has in state legislatures in topics as wide-ranging as high-speed broadband access, electric utilities, and Facebook's recent Congressional foibles.… Read More
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38min
April 05, 2018 Rescuing Materials and Building Community in Berkeley Thanks to “Waste” (Episode 43)
Dan Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer sit down with long-time friend and ILSR co-founder Neil Seldman and Communications Manager Nick Stumo-Langer to discuss their successful reuse business and how they fit into the wider Berkeley community.… Read More
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40min
March 08, 2018 Paying Taxes Is More Popular Than You Think (Episode 41)
Vanessa Williamson of the Brookings Institution joins Christopher Mitchell to discuss her new book, Read My Lips: Why Americans Are Proud to Pay Taxes, and the changing American attitudes in regard to taxation.… Read More
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29min
February 23, 2018 Brendan Greeley on Why We Need a Pro-Competition Political Party (Episode 40)
Economics writer Brendan Greeley joins Stacy Mitchell and Christopher Mitchell to discuss what we all get wrong when we talk about economic indicators and how he's working to change that.… Read More
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45min
February 08, 2018 Colorado State Senator Steve Fenberg on Local Power Versus Corporate Power (Episode 39)
Steve Fenberg (D-Boulder) talks with John Farrell about his history as a renewable energy activist and local control advocate and how he translates that work into his role in the state legislature.… Read More
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25min

FAQs about Building Local Power:

How many episodes does Building Local Power have?

The podcast currently has 155 episodes available.