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  • KC East West Streetcar routes for Taylor and Travis to use

    Killa Trav out here for the streetcar.



    (Skip to 14:00 if you want only streetcar expansion talk)





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    Articles referenced in this episode:


    Royals potential third stadium option: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mcdowell/article281877638.html


    East-West Streetcar planning site (Both the presentation and the slides fore it are through here): https://kcstreetcar.org/east-west-transit-study/


    KC Star East-West streetcar expansion: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article281689973.html

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    36 min
  • Part Two of The Erie Kansas Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    extra context that ran too long. also have you ever been to a small town? they are cool for a little bit.


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    Articles referenced in this episode:


    The reason article we besmirch - https://reason.com/2023/10/23/government-run-grocery-store-is-predictably-losing-money/


    The WSJ article the reason article references - https://archive.ph/icyxq


    The article covering the background of the Erie, KS market - https://thehustle.co/the-small-town-that-saved-its-only-grocery-store-by-buying-it/


    Random other article about the Chicago store stuff - https://ktvl.com/news/nation-world/chicago-proposes-opening-city-run-grocery-store-but-the-concept-is-not-new-socialism-food-deserts-brandon-johnson-usda-argiculture-nutrition-grocery-stores-supermarket-nonprofit-crime-retail-gap

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    45 min
  • The Erie Kansas Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    Reason doesn't use reason as they fail to see context or reason for the reason of reasons for a community owned grocery store. calling that article reason is like calling this podcast entertaining.


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    Articles referenced in this episode:


    The reason article we besmirch - https://reason.com/2023/10/23/government-run-grocery-store-is-predictably-losing-money/


    The WSJ article the reason article references - https://archive.ph/icyxq


    The article covering the background of the Erie, KS market - https://thehustle.co/the-small-town-that-saved-its-only-grocery-store-by-buying-it/


    Random other article about the Chicago store stuff - https://ktvl.com/news/nation-world/chicago-proposes-opening-city-run-grocery-store-but-the-concept-is-not-new-socialism-food-deserts-brandon-johnson-usda-argiculture-nutrition-grocery-stores-supermarket-nonprofit-crime-retail-gap

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    42 min
  • KC gets $15 billion for Railroads, your city gets nothing (probably)

    Trains are cool and KC is getting it. that's all I have.


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    Articles referenced in this episode:


    https://www.kctv5.com/2023/10/24/taking-closer-look-goals-reconnecting-kansas-city-public-transportation-project/


    https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-establishes-partnership-kansas-city-finance-mobility-and#:~:text=Reconnecting%20The%20Westside%2C%20a%20study,Business%20District%20(%241.5%20billion).


    https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-10-24/kansas-city-could-get-a-train-to-the-airport-or-an-east-west-streetcar-with-new-federal-deal

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    37 min
  • More Missouri River Runner

    Kansas made two man crews the law of the land and we talk about family road trips.


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    Articles Referenced in this Episode:


    https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/kansas-becomes-the-10th-state-to-require-2-person-18420582.php#taboola-1


    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/missouri-transportation-officials-seek-federal-aid-for-expansion-of-amtrak/article_5fc3af94-677d-11ee-8189-0bc41e4213e2.html#:~:text=Federal%20funding%20could%20be%20used,St.%20Louis%20and%20Kansas%20City.&text=JEFFERSON%20CITY%20%E2%80%94%20State%20transportation%20officials,passenger%20rail%20service%20in%20Missouri.

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    42 min
  • The Land Value Tax Episode

    you love our guest episodes? well we have another hot, steamy episode ready to drip into those moist ear holes! we talk about land value tax with our friend and expert Ben Ferlo.


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    you love our guest episodes? well we have another hot, steamy episode ready to drip into those moist ear holes! we talk about land value tax with our friend and expert Ben Ferlo.


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    Ben's Notes:


    This is the reading that converted me into a LVT foamer. If you read the entire thing I swear to god you will never be able to enjoy walking around your city ever again:

    https://gameofrent.com/content/progress-and-poverty-review


    Strong Towns links:


    LVT Advocacy Primer

    https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/articles/360053137172-You-Get-What-You-Tax-For-How-a-Land-Value-Tax-Can-Help-Us-Build-Prosperous-Places-


    How LVT Works

    https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/16/the-power-of-the-land-value-tax


    Political Understanding of LVT Difficulties

    https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/3/8/if-the-land-tax-is-such-a-good-idea-why-isnt-it-being-implemented


    LVT in Pennsylvania

    https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/3/6/non-glamorous-gains-the-pennsylvania-land-tax-experiment


    Mr. Beat Video:

    https://youtu.be/6c5xjlmLfAw?si=yJOdmjQzEHPfMcSy

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    42 min
  • Covid Nostalgia

    Zombies, 2020, and other things. life's been weird here's an episode.



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    37 min
  • Middle Class Rebellion

    from presidents to the housing crisis, we talk about it all on this episode. basically this is a whole lot of nothing part 3 but we can't name it that because we aren't star wars doing trilogies and shit. no i do know how to hold shift and where to capitalize and no i won't do it.


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    48 min
  • Transit Funding from the Feds: Is It Enough?

    KC gets 14 bucks also we get doomer then correct ourselves. folks its a process trust the process. also, math isn't exact but we believe it's close.



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    References in this episode:


    https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwaytrustfund/ (Highway and Mass Transit Trust fund Information)


    https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/onh2p11.htm (Highway usage and Highway fuel usage per state)


    https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/apportionments/current-apportionments (All the funding info for transit projects, the top two are by state and metro area which we used for this episode)


    Metro populations were just whatever popped up on google, probably statistica or wikipedia or similar.

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    42 min

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The KleioCast is a (semi)weekly talk show starring two bozos from the Kansas City Metro area talking about whatever comes to mind that week. It's local news or politics, sometimes national news or…