City Voice Podcast

City Voice Podcast episodes:

• 07.20.2018

  Trust? City Voice Podcast 068

  Over the course of my life it’s become clear to me that trust is the foundation of all relationships. Trust shows up in different levels based on need and circumstances. When I go on Amazon and click on the battery powered...

  
• 07.05.2018

  Formerly Known As Food Kristin Lawless City Voice Podcast 067

  If your life is anything like mine you think about eating healthy. To the extent that actually happens in my life, I owe it to my wife Jacqui. I am a willing participant but she makes it happen. That's probably a big...

  
• 06.29.2018

  What Is Mindfulness Dr. Tamara Russell City Voice Podcast 066

  A few minutes before I started recording my conversation with Tamara Russell I was contacted by a friend who just lost his wife. As it turned out Dr. Russell helps us through a process called the Transitional Pause Process in this...

  
• 06.21.2018

  The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs City Voice Podcast 065

  Dinosaurs have been a fascination of mine since I was a boy. That seems to be true for many young boys and girls. I loved asking my guest on this episode of the City Voice podcast, paleontologist Steve Brusatte, for his opinion of...

  
• 06.15.2018

  Children Taken An Insider’s Experience City Voice Podcast 064

  We have all seen the news reports of children being separated from their parents on America's Southwestern border. I think for many of us there is confusion and revulsion regarding the fact that America is doing this. We hear from the Whitehouse...

  
• 06.07.2018

  Origin Story A Big History of Everything City Voice Podcast 063

  Unifying stories or history, if you like, are a part of the fabric of what binds us as a race. Each country and religion has its stories of how it was founded and who the heroes and heroines are. This...

  
• 05.31.2018

  How Bernie Won Jeff Weaver City Voice Podcast 062

  My conversation this week on the City Voice Podcast is with Jeff Weaver, Bernies 2016 Presidential Campaign Manager. He is the author of "How Bernie Won Inside The Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country-And Where We Go From Here." People across the political...

  
• 05.24.2018

  How Important Are Neighbors And Communities To America’s Future? City Voice Podcast 061

  It's easy to think about how things were when you were a kid and fall into pure nostalgia. Nothing wrong with that but that's not where I'm going with my thoughts today. When I was a boy in the early/mid-1970's we...

  
• 05.18.2018

  Chris Matthews Hardball Bobby Kennedy Trump and High Speed Rail City Voice Podcast 060

  Chris Matthews has been both loved and hated by legions of fans on both sides of the political spectrum. Either way you view Matthews, it's hard not to believe he loves America and our history.  His years as a presidential speechwriter for President Jimmy...

  
• 05.10.2018

  Ours Towns An American Exploration James Fallows and Deborah Fallows City Voice Podcast 059

  America is a treasured tapestry of towns and cities. On this week’s City Voice Podcast I’ve enlisted the help of James and Deborah Fallows. With their help, we hear about that tapestry. What does it really look like? Is it...

  
• 04.19.2018

  How do Mainstreets Remain Relevant City Voice Podcast 058

  As shoppers increasingly look to virtual shopping platforms how do mainstreets remain or regain relevance? In large part, it's a technology issue and also an issue of generational sensibilities. Boomers are increasingly online. Millenials have always been online. Brick and mortar retailers work to...

  
• 04.14.2018

  Demystifying Linkedin City Voice Podcast 057

  I am very much about connection and connectivity. You may already know that on the City Voice Podcast I frequently talk about urban planning and transportation issues. However, connection and connectivity comes in many forms. One of those forms is...

  
• 03.29.2018

  Cities United For All of Our Kids City Voice Podcast 056

  Across the United States of America, there are predominately African American Communities that experience higher rates of violence, unemployment, single-parent families, school dropout, and because of those things and more… there is a hope deficit for many. The most glaring example...

  
• 03.05.2018

  Clematis St Redesign Details City Voice Podcast 055

  A streetscape reset or redesign… What is that and what does it mean? Is it purely about the way a street looks? The aesthetics of the street? Some may say when a streetscape redesign is presented that the pavement looks fine. Do...

  
• 02.22.2018

  Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns City Voice Podcast 054

  Ever heard of an organization called Strong Towns before? At first glance, you might hear the name and think it’s an organization that comes to town and promotes fitness. Strong Towns is about Urban Planning, Place Making, and Transportation. However, it needs to...

  
• 02.16.2018

  Meet Grandview Public Market City Voice Podcast 053

  The Grandview Public Market will Open Its Doors to the Public on Tuesday, February 20. The repurposed 14,000 square foot warehouse, 14,000 square will provide dining and shopping from local and national purveyors with 15 vendors and serve as a unique event...

  
• 02.02.2018

  Bruce Katz Brookings Institute Scholar on The New Localism City Voice Podcast 052

  No matter what your political views are, I think we are all frustrated with the ineffectiveness of the U.S. Congress and in many cases state legislatures. Bruce Katz is the Centennial Scholar at the Brookings Institution. He focuses on the challenges...

  
• 01.19.2018

  Trains The Truth Connectivity and Coffee City Voice Podcast 051

  Today I took a ride to nowhere with a group of friends I have weekly coffee with. My group of friends has become known locally as the Friday Morning Philosophers. We are philosophers because we say we are. Does that make it true? Our...

  
• 01.13.2018

  Train Horns Downtown Design and The President’s Racist Remarks City Voice Podcast 050

  My conversation is with West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio. We discuss the issue of quiet zones for high-speed rail crossings in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. What's the hold up on the quiet zones? When will they be finished? What...

  
• 01.05.2018

  Sean Scott Is The Coffee Life a Subculture City Voice Podcast 049

  If you have ever been to downtown West Palm Beach you probably have been to or know about SubCulture Coffee. The Coffee is excellent but there is something going on there that lives and breathes outside of your coffee cup. The energy,...

  
• 12.29.2017

  Local Government Goes Global in 2018

  In this episode of the City Voice Podcast, I look forward into 2018. In 2017 we began to see local governments i.e. Mayors stretch their muscles collectively on the global stage. Expect to see more of that in 2018. This will particularly be...

  
• 12.22.2017

  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas City Voice Podcast 047

  Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukkah, Cool Kwanzaa, and Leave Festivus for the rest of us. This episode of the City Voice podcast has a special gift at the end presented by my love,  Jacqui Agostinelli. All the best to you all!

  
• 11.30.2017

  Joe Cirincione regarding North Korean Missiles and their New Ability to hit the U.S. Anywhere City Voice Podcast 046

  More often than not the City Voice Podcast discusses issues that are thought of as local. Urban planning, how we interact with local officials, mobility issues... Well in the last couple of days North Korean Missiles just got local for most...

  
• 11.25.2017

  Voices of Gratitude City Voice Podcast 045

  During this week of the Thanksgiving holiday, my thoughts have frequently gone to being thankful and towards gratitude. Initial thoughts were to do a commentary on gratitude and how it serves us in our personal lives and towards strengthening our community. After further...

  
• 11.16.2017

  Matt Chambers on Historic Old Northwood’s 30th Annual Candlelight Holiday Home Tour

  This episode of the City Voice podcast is about Old Northwood's Holiday Home Tour on December 17. For me, it's also a different way of seeing how neighborhoods and neighbors come together. It's about community building. I hope you will listen and...

  
• 11.09.2017

  Bob Cosgrove Tells His Story of Vincent Van Gogh Nuclear Submarines and the Grandview Heights Neighborhood City Voice Podcast 043

  This week on the City Voice Podcast: I hope this is the first of many conversations that explore, record and reveal interesting aspects of the lives of people. People that we stand next to in line at the grocery store or pass...

  
• 10.26.2017

  Meet Connect West Palm Beach Jesse Bailey and Juan Orellana City Voice Podcast 042

  A non-profit organization called Connect West Palm Beach is on the scene in West Palm Beach.  Connect WPB sees itself as an organization for all of West Palm Beach. Educate, Activate, and Change in street designs in favor of people and neighborhood Connection...

  
• 10.19.2017

  Housing from the Homeless to Our Workforce City Voice Podcast 041

  In past episodes of the City Voice Podcast, we have discussed housing for the homeless with our friends at The Lords Place and with others. We are going to discuss homelessness today. First I want to talk about what's most often...

  
• 10.12.2017

  Joe Chase On The Chamber The Marathon Walkability And Public Service City Voice Podcast 040

  One of my favorite people to have coffee and conversation with is Joe Chase. Joe is The Chairman of The Chamber of Commerce of The Palm Beaches an accomplished business and corporate attorney for the Gunster Law Office. He is also husband to...

  
• 10.09.2017

  Live From Flagler Drive City Voice Podcast 039

  This week was the opening of The West Palm Beach Green Market. It seems that this year is the biggest and most interesting Green Market yet. One of the most interesting new aspects of downtown West Palm Beach this year is the...

  
• 09.28.2017

  Innovative Pedestrian and Retail Ideas In Downtown West Palm Beach City Voice Podcast 038

  The City of West Palm Beach, it's CRA, and the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority are rolling out an innovative idea on Flager Drive. Six-tenths of a mile between Banyan Blvd and Lakeview Ave will go from two northbound and two southbound...

  
• 09.22.2017

  Post Hurricane Irma Update on Emergency Response Trash and Vegetation Pick Up City Voice Podcast 037

  On this week's City Voice Podcast my conversations are with Assistant West Palm Beach Fire Rescue Chief Brent Bloomfield and Kerlyne McHenry. Assistant Chief Bloomfield is also the City of West Palm Beach Emergency Manager. Kerlyn McHenry is an Industrial Engineer...

  
• 09.16.2017

  Is Building a Roadway Through Our Drinking Water a Good Idea? City Voice Podcast 034 REPOST

  This Podcast was originally sent out just before Hurricane Irma arrived in West Palm Beach. Understandably, many of you were busy with Irma. I feel our drinking water is a very important issue worthy of your consideration. Hence the repost. In a recent...

  
• 09.08.2017

  Some Mostly Useless Thoughts On Hurricane Irma City Voice Podcast 036

  Some Mostly Useless thoughts on Hurricane Irma.  Spaghetti Model Zombie Stare Windshield Wiper Fluid Fear Not underestimating the power of...

  
• 09.06.2017

  Hurricane Irma Update from West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio City Voice Podcast 035

  The latest on West Palm Beach from Mayor Jeri Muoio. Know Your Zone http://pbcgov.com/knowurzone City of West Palm Beach Storm info http://www.wpb.org/storm  

  
• 09.05.2017

  Is Building a Roadway Through Our Drinking Water a Good Idea? City Voice Podcast 034

  In a recent West Palm Beach City Commission meeting, I heard residents urge the City to keep fighting the construction of a State Rd 7 Extension (hear their comments) in our water catchment area (where we catch rainwater that becomes our drinking...

  
• 09.01.2017

  Lets Be Our Best Without Waiting For The Worst City Voice 033

  Doesn't it ever seem to you that we don't see the best in others or ourselves until the worst happens? Without fail when a storm like Harvey, Sandi or Andrew hit we the best in people. Of course, we can never...

  
• 08.30.2017

  WPB Bicycle Master Plan Is WPB Working Toward Bicycle World Domination? City Voice 032

  The City of West Palm Beach has been working on a Bicycle Master Plan. It may be a game changer. It's part of an overall effort to improve mobility, create a sense of place, and generally improve quality of life. THE INTERVIEW: Uyen...

  
• 08.24.2017

  Mary Pinak Talks WPB Events and Tells All About Clematis By Night and Sandi The Christmas Tree City Voice 031

  The City of West Palm Beach has become known for it's amazing year round downtown events. Mary Pinak, City of West Palm Beach Community Events Manager, has been at the creative center of every Downtown West Palm Beach event for the...

  
• 08.19.2017

  Resignation letter from The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities City Voice 030

  This evening (08/18/17) all seventeen members of The President's Committee On The Arts And Humanities have resigned. This episode is the content of their powerful letter to the President.

  
• 08.17.2017

  Jim Kovalsky on Trains from Brightline to TriRail

  How much do you know about trains? Jim Kovalsky knows a great deal. I would call him an expert. He is President of the Florida East Coast Railway Society and a former volunteer presenter with train crossing safety program Operation Life Saver. Jim dispells myths, talks...

  
• 08.17.2017

  Charlottesville Commentary City Voice 029

  May thoughts about Charlottesville

  
• 08.16.2017

  Is Mar-a-Lago a Knockoff or a Treasure? CityVoice 028

  Vanity Fair Magazine recently made reference to New York's Trump Tower and Palm Beaches' Mar-a-Lago in the context of Trump's Bedminster New Jersey Golf Club as follows, "It isn't faux cosmopolitan, like Trump Tower, or a poor man’s version of...

  
• 08.13.2017

  Local Preparedness Reaction and Reality from Guam

  I record City Voice from West Palm Beach, Florida. In my hometown, our big heightened awareness and preparedness issue shows up during hurricane season. Even then, mostly only when a storm is imminent.  North Korean ICBM missiles are a threat to hit the US...

  
• 08.10.2017

  Local Politics Fire and Fury City Voice Podcast 025

  This week I was struck by the stark contrast between two completely different events. Either event can or could have ended up turning into "Fire and Fury". This is my point of view.

  
• 08.03.2017

  City of West Palm Beach’ Scott Kelly on Mobility and What’s Next City Voice Podcast 024

  Did you know the City of West Palm Beach is not the "decider" on most issues that related to the Okeechobee Blvd. Corridor? Who is and what can you do to support The City of West Palm Beach? This weeks conversation: Scott Kelly is...

  
• 07.28.2017

  Ricky Aiken of Inner City Innovators Brings Hope to the Hood City Voice Podcast 023

  Ricky Aiken, Executive Director of Inner City Innovators grew up on the Tamarind Ave. Corridor in West Palm Beach. He grew up tough. He grew up hopeless. That is until hope found him. Ricky spent years figuring it out, being mentored, educating himself,...

  
• 07.20.2017

  Andrew Gillum Mayor of Tallahassee wants to be the next Governor of Florida

  Andrew Gillum is the Democratic Mayor of Tallahassee. Gillum is campaigning to be the Democratic nominee and hopes to be the next Governor of Florida. I had the chance to meet him while he was speaking at a Chamber of Commerce of the Palm...

  
• 07.13.2017

  Turo is a new Global Marketplace where You can rent a Car From or To Anyone City Voice Podcast 021

  Recently, I was watching "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" and I saw a segment on a company called Turo. Turo works in a similar way for cars that Airbnb does for houses. You can rent a car from high end to...

  
• 07.07.2017

  Is There Something Wrong With Clematis Street? City Voice Podcast 020

  In a recent West Palm Beach Mayor / City Commission workshop, Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Raphael Clemente started his presentation by asking the question, "What's wrong with Downtown". We explore that question. Show notes, links, and discussion points: What makes a place "sticky"? How is Subculture...