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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

The Overhead Wire
Urban Planning
Public Transit
Sustainable Transportation
Public Transportation
Transportation Policy
Community Engagement
Urban Design
Transportation
Public Health
Climate Change
Congestion Pricing
Affordable Housing
Economic Development
Housing Policy
Electric Vehicles
Transportation Equity
Traffic Safety
Transportation Planning
New York City
Infrastructure

A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.

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Latest Episodes

This week we're joined by Ryan Avent to discuss his new book In Good Faith: How the Nature of Belief Shapes the Fate of Societies. We discuss human evolution and the impact of collective knowledge and culture and the need to create a new story about ... more

Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show again and we have a blast talking about all kinds of urban topics. We discuss the rise of electro-states, a new way to measure accessibility from Wendy Zhao, short versus long term thinking on BRT alignments, an... more

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Jaime Benavides and Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou of Brown University to discuss their new paper showing how community severance by road infrastructure and traffic has led to more mental hea... more

This week we're joined by Dabney Sanders, Project Manager of the Greensboro Downtown Greenway. We chat about opening the final section of the Greenway after 25 years of work, the amazing art projects on the route, and lessons for other cities wanting... more

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Recent Guests

Ryan Avent
Author of In Good Faith, How the Nature of Belief Shapes the Fate of Societies
Author, Journalist
Episode: Episode 581: In Good Faith
Chrissy Mancini Nichols
Guest, urbanist; co-host of the show's guest segment
Episode: Episode 192: Mondays at The Overhead Wire – No BRT for Christmas, Only Ham
Jaime Benavides
Civil engineer with a background in pollution modeling and health-oriented traffic studies
Brown University
Episode: Episode 580: Community Severance by Road
Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou
Environmental engineer turned environmental epidemiologist focused on climate exposures and urban health
Brown University
Episode: Episode 580: Community Severance by Road
Dabney Sanders
Project manager for the Downtown Greensboro Greenway
Action Greensboro / Downtown Greenway
Episode: Episode 579: Greensboro's Downtown Greenway
Michael Pollack
Cardozo Law School Professor, expert on property and local government law
Cardozo Law School
Episode: Episode 578: Sidewalk Nation
Stephanie Dockery
Bloomberg Philanthropies staff lead for Public Art Challenge
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Episode: Episode 577: Find the Bus Art
Dr. Anat Caspi
Director of the Tasker Center for Accessible Technology; researcher focused on accessible sidewalks
University of Washington; OS Connect
Episode: Bonus Mondays at The Overhead Wire: Mapping Every Sidewalk in Your State
Benjamin Fong
Arizona State University Professor; associate director of the Center for Work and Democracy; researcher in labor and logistics
Arizona State University
Episode: Episode 576: The Logistics of Package Delivery

Host

Jeff Wood
Host of The Overhead Wire / Talking Headways podcast; frequent host and interviewer covering transit, urbanism, and related policy.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 241 ratings
  • Good but needs work

    This show is now 50% content from other shows that I don’t want to hear. Removing them from my feed is messing with my other subscriptions

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    I do mountains
    United States2 years ago
  • Good content, bad audio

    The show has good perspective and great guests, but the audio is intolerable. Jeff seems to fade into mumbling frequently, and the interstitial audio is often much louder than the talking. It’s painful to listen.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    ΘΔΡ
    United States4 years ago
  • One of my favorite urban planning pods

    I love the mix of expert interviews and weekly news review on Mondays (plus links to said articles in the show notes!). Keep up the great work.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    AMP89613
    United States4 years ago
  • New to the Show

    I’m new to the show and I’m loving it so far. Particularly interesting in what midsize cities are doing to improve equity.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Booberry2013
    United States5 years ago
  • Informative, Entertaining and well researched

    This Podcast is a must- listen for anyone interested in public transport, from professionals to hobby enthusiasts like me. Jeff Woods is a kind and calm host, the quality is very good. I would love a little more content from around the world but am happy with the broad perspective offered on various topics.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Toni L aus M
    Germany5 years ago

Listeners Say

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The host and guests provide broad urbanism perspectives with accessible explanations.
Audio quality is inconsistent with off-mic issues noted by listeners.
Great mix of expert insights and current transit news; a must for planners and enthusiasts alike.

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How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Episode 580: Community Severance by Road
Q: What are the next steps or potential implications for cities?
They plan to expand the approach to other cities, explore green-space access, and design studies that can inform practical, community-level changes to reshape urban spaces and health.
Episode 580: Community Severance by Road
Q: Why look beyond air quality to focus on traffic severance, and what did you discover about the mechanisms?
They hypothesized that road infrastructure affects health through social pathways, accessibility, and stress, not just pollution; the analysis showed both pollution-related and non-pollution pathways contribute to mental health outcomes.
Episode 580: Community Severance by Road
Q: Can you tell us about the work and what you found?
The team quantified Community Severance in New York City and examined its relationship with mental health hospitalizations, finding that severance is linked to higher rates even after controlling for air pollution, with schizophrenia showing a notable signal.
Episode 578: Sidewalk Nation
Q: Are we free on the sidewalk?
We are freer than we might think, but also more subject to being made unfree than we might think, because the sidewalk is public space with constitutional rights, yet subject to local rules that can limit protest or speech in certain contexts.
Bonus Mondays at The Overhead Wire: Mapping Every Sidewalk in Your State
Q: How did you create a scalable solution for sidewalk data that can be extended beyond Washington?
By combining a machine-learning inventory derived from aerial imagery with heavy human vetting, and structuring the data as a platform with programmable interfaces, which enables other jurisdictions to adopt the same approach.

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What is Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Listeners tune in for in-depth conversations at the intersection of sustainable transportation, urban planning, and civic economy. Episodes combine expert interviews with data-driven policy discussions, case studies from cities, and practical insights on topics like transit equity, sidewalk policy, freight and logistics, and public art in urban spaces. A standout is the show's ability to pair academic or policy expertise with on-the-ground urbanism, often featuring city leaders, researchers, and practitioners shaping walkable, transit-oriented communities. The show frequently highlights equity, funding challenges, governance, and the role of data in planning, making it a valuable resource for practitioners, advocates, and municipal decision... more

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