Decoder Ring: Why You Can’t Find a Damn Parking Spot

Decoder Ring: Why You Can’t Find a Damn Parking Spot

From our colleagues at Decoder Ring:


Parking is one of the great paradoxes of American life. On the one hand, we have paved an ungodly amount of land to park our cars. On the other, it seems like it’s never enough.

Slate’s Henry Grabar has spent the last few years investigating how our pathological need for car storage determines the look, feel, and function of the places we live. It turns out our quest for parking has made some of our biggest problems worse.


In this episode, we’re going to hunt for parking, from the mean streets of Brooklyn to the sandy lots of Florida. We’ll explore how parking has quietly damaged the American landscape—and see what might fix it.


This episode was written by Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World. It was edited by Willa Paskin, who produces Decoder Ring with Katie Shepherd. We had extra production from Patrick Fort and editing help from Joel Meyer.


Your regular What Next programming resumes Tuesday.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(2487)

Off the Record: Democrats Go to War (With Other Democrats)

Off the Record: Democrats Go to War (With Other Democrats)

The wins, the losses, the wins-that-are-so-close-are-they-REALLY-wins, and more from the primary elections this week, that left us asking, “Can we just get the midterms over with now?”Guest: Jim Newel...

7 Aug 7min

Artificial Intelligence, Very Real Debt

Artificial Intelligence, Very Real Debt

Investments in—and among—artificial intelligence companies have pushed the S&P 500 to record highs. It’s also introduced a volatility to the markets that may be unprecedented. Is this growing pains or...

7 Aug 32min

Why Ariana Grande Is Stepping Away

Why Ariana Grande Is Stepping Away

If you feel compelled to comment on a famous woman’s body, a good rule of thumb to remember is “don’t.” But to avoid feeling complicit or like we’re normalizing something we know to be harmful, there ...

6 Aug 29min

Will Laura Loomer Save Ukraine?

Will Laura Loomer Save Ukraine?

Laura Loomer may not have an official position in the White House (or anywhere?) but she nevertheless does have the president’s ear—and newfound affinity for Ukraine and its war against Russia.Guest: ...

5 Aug 28min

A Test For Pro-Israel Democrats

A Test For Pro-Israel Democrats

More Democrats than ever are suspicious of big money in politics and against unconditional American military support for Israel. The prominent lobbying group AIPAC sits right where these issues inters...

4 Aug 34min

The Odyssey’s Neverending Journey Through the Discourse

The Odyssey’s Neverending Journey Through the Discourse

Roiling like a wine-dark sea since the casting was announced, controversies surrounding Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” didn’t stop with the film’s release. But what turned a summer blockbuster into...

3 Aug 27min

Bonus: Cory Booker on Blanche, Epstein, and 2028

Bonus: Cory Booker on Blanche, Epstein, and 2028

As part of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Cory Booker had questions for Todd Blanche—and made space for Jeffrey Epstein survivors. Guest: Cory Booker, US Senator for New Jersey, member of the...

31 Jul 6min

Can We Trust the Jobs Report?

Can We Trust the Jobs Report?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a department for wonks, by wonks. But under the dual pressures of the changing nature of work—like the growing gig economy—and an administration that doesn’t accept b...

31 Jul 32min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
forklart
popradet
stopp-verden
fotballpodden-2
rss-gukild-johaug
nokon-ma-ga
hanna-de-heldige
det-store-bildet
dine-penger-pengeradet
rss-ness
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
aftenbla-bla
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
e24-podden
aftenpodden-usa
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-utenrikskomiteen-med-bogen-og-grasvik
rss-borsmorgen-okonominyhetene