TEASER: You Can't Afford to Live Here Because of Cars
What if we told you that some of the biggest, most exciting, and potentially transformative victories in The War on Cars are being fought and won these days by people working on affordable housing? In...
28 Mar 20238min
CONSPIRACY!
"15-minute cities" are having a moment, and not exactly in a good way. How did a mundane urban planning concept turn into the latest grist for the culture-war mill? Why does the idea of making it easi...
21 Mar 20231h 1min
Feminist City with Leslie Kern
EPISODE 101: FEMINIST CITY WITH LESLIE KERN Cities have almost always been designed by men, prioritizing men's needs as defined by the traditional male-female binary. But as scholar and author Leslie ...
7 Mar 202338min
TEASER: Super Bowl Roundup
It's our annual Super Bowl roundup, where we analyze the car ads that ran during the Big Game and ask what they say about driving and, more importantly, U.S. culture. This year's ads included Will Fer...
28 Feb 20235min
The War on Cars Turns 100
This marks the 100th episode of The War on Cars, and we're feeling pretty good about it! In our centenary edition, we go all the way back to Episode 1 and ask what we got right, what we got wrong—and ...
21 Feb 202357min
TEASER: Cars, Consumerism and Climate
What does the recent culture-war freakout over gas stoves have in common with efforts to maybe, possibly, just a little, pretty please, slightly reduce the many harms of automobiles, especially large ...
7 Feb 20233min
Car Brain with Dr. Ian Walker
Is it acceptable to harm another person? To steal someone's private property? To bend health and safety rules just to save a few minutes or make more money? According to a new study, it might depend o...
31 Jan 202341min
The High Cost of Free Parking with Donald Shoup
Parking is at the heart of every fight about how we build our cities and towns, with effects that go far beyond transportation. Minimum parking requirements — laws that dictate how many parking space...
17 Jan 202345min
