Wedge LIVE!
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsA show about Minneapolis politics from the maker of Wedge LIVE, the award winning local news website.
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"Walk" - A Wedge LIVE Book Club Selection
April 18, 2023 10:15 - 1 hour - 113 MBJohn's conversation with Jonathon Stalls, author of "Walk: Slow Down, Wake Up, and Connect at 1-3 Miles Per Hour." It's a book about the power of walking: for physical, mental, and community health; to forge human connection; as a force for creativity; as a way to stay connected to nature; and as a human right that needs to be defended politically. Join Jonathon for a book talk and/or a walk at Magers & Quinn on Friday, April 21. There's also a walk on Franklin Avenue on Saturday morning, ...
Aisha Chughtai - Ward 10 Minneapolis City Council Member Running for Re-Election
April 13, 2023 09:45 - 57 minutes - 106 MBJohn's conversation with Council Member Aisha Chughtai, who's running for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council in Ward 10. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee
Bryant Avenue Switcheroo - Monthly with Melody
April 11, 2023 10:20 - 57 minutes - 105 MBJohn is joined by Melody Hoffmann from Southwest Voices for a conversation about the city's last minute changes to the Bryant Ave South reconstruction project. Other topics: a shortage of farmers markets, money in local politics, the latest outrages affecting the people of the lakes area, a dramatic reading of comments from the Bryant Avenue reconstruction meeting, and Melody's vegetable characters (possibly related to Christian fundamentalism). You can find Melody's work at https://southwe...
Jeremiah Ellison - Ward 5 Minneapolis City Council Member Running for Re-Election
April 06, 2023 10:20 - 1 hour - 116 MBJohn's conversation with Council Member Jeremiah Ellison, who's running for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council in Ward 5. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee
Booker Hodges Sex Sting
March 30, 2023 10:15 - 22 minutes - 40.3 MBIn an episode inspired by Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, John is joined by Andi Snow of SWOP Mpls (Sex Workers Outreach Project) for a conversation about sex work, the distinction between sex work and "trafficking," and the policy agenda her group is advocating for here in Minneapolis and across the state of Minnesota. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by An...
111th Episode!!!
March 28, 2023 10:20 - 1 hour - 114 MBJohn is joined by Jason Garcia and Taylor Dahlin for a fond look back at more than 100 episodes of the Wedge LIVE podcast - and a look forward at some of the challenges facing Minneapolis in this year's city council election. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee
Katie Cashman - Ward 7 Candidate for Minneapolis City Council
March 22, 2023 10:10 - 55 minutes - 101 MBJohn's conversation with Katie Cashman, who's running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 7. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee
Kate Mortenson - Ward 13 Candidate for Minneapolis City Council
March 13, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 111 MBJohn's conversation with Kate Mortenson, who's running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 13. Incumbent Ward 13 Council Member Linea Palmisano has been invited on the podcast and is welcome anytime. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact. Minneapolis DFL precinct caucuses are happening citywide on March 14. Get out there and become the only kind of person these candidates care about right now - a delegate to a DFL ward convention: https://minneapolisdfl.org/ Watch: http...
Soren Stevenson - Ward 8 Candidate for Minneapolis City Council
March 08, 2023 09:46 - 54 minutes - 99 MBToday's episode features John's conversation with Soren Stevenson, who's running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 8. In the coming weeks, we hope to schedule a conversation with City Council President Andrea Jenkins, who is running for reelection in Ward 8. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact. Minneapolis DFL precinct caucuses are happening citywide on March 14. Get out there and become the only kind of person these candidates care about right now - a delegate to a D...
Conrad Zbikowski - Ward 3 Candidate for Minneapolis City Council
March 02, 2023 11:15 - 58 minutes - 106 MBJohn spends significant portions of this episode unsuccessfully goading Conrad Zbikowski, Ward 3 candidate for Minneapolis City Council, into attacking his opponent, incumbent Michael Rainville. We talk about public safety failures, Conrad's unapologetically pro-housing agenda, rent control, homeless encampment response, zoning for complete neighborhoods where everyone has a grocery store, Conrad's campaign strategy (bring in new people or focus on reliable caucus-goers?), and much more. Mo...
If Not a Sexually Oriented Use, How About a Grocery Store?
February 21, 2023 11:10 - 49 minutes - 90.5 MBWe're at the next step of 2040 Plan implementation in Minneapolis. This time it's not about the scary things like density and building height. At the risk of oversimplifying, this isn't about how big you can build a given property, but about what that property is used for. Is this neighborhood solely residential? Are commercial uses allowed? If yes, what kind? Dry cleaning? Child care? How many square feet? What about parking lots? Planners at the City of Minneapolis have put forward a pro...
Park Planning and the Future of Cedar-Isles
February 14, 2023 11:09 - 58 minutes - 108 MBJohn is joined by former TV weatherman Aaron Shaffer (@AShafferWX) for a conversation about the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's long term plan for the area around Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles (Cedar-Isles). We talk bathroom politics; rain gardens and water quality; scarce pedestrian space; ADA accessibility; the fate of the trails through the wooded northeast corner of Cedar Lake; two-way bike routes; commuter traffic vs recreation; and the far-too-wide parkways devoted to ca...
Ice Cast Ep. 3: St. Paul Cat Show
February 08, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBWith zero degree weather having cancelled our plans for winter sports, John and lifestyle producer Paula Chesley head indoors to spend time with award winning cats at the Saintly City Cat Club's 45th Annual Championship & Household Pet Cat Show. We hear the stories of cat show participants from all over the country, visit with a few vendors, Paula becomes notorious on the convention hall for spilling soup on a grand champion, and we witness the crowning of the king and queen of cats. That's ...
Jerome T. Evans - Ward 12 Candidate for Minneapolis City Council
February 01, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 121 MBIt's an election year in Minneapolis. All 13 wards are voting for who will represent them on the City Council. With incumbent Andrew Johnson leaving office, there's an open seat in Ward 12. I had conversations with three of the candidates vying to replace him: Aurin Chowdhury, Jerome T. Evans, and Luther Ranheim. We talked about public safety, police accountability, housing and zoning, rent control, transportation and much more. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact...
Aurin Chowdhury - Ward 12 Candidate for Minneapolis City Council
February 01, 2023 10:15 - 1 hour - 114 MBIt's an election year in Minneapolis. All 13 wards are voting for who will represent them on the City Council. With incumbent Andrew Johnson leaving office, there's an open seat in Ward 12. I had conversations with three of the candidates vying to replace him: Aurin Chowdhury, Jerome T. Evans, and Luther Ranheim. We talked about public safety, police accountability, housing and zoning, rent control, transportation and much more. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact...
Luther Ranheim - Ward 12 Candidate for Minneapolis City Council
February 01, 2023 10:05 - 49 minutes - 90.2 MBIt's an election year in Minneapolis. All 13 wards are voting for who will represent them on the City Council. With incumbent Andrew Johnson leaving office, there's an open seat in Ward 12. I had conversations with three of the candidates vying to replace him: Aurin Chowdhury, Jerome T. Evans, and Luther Ranheim. We talked about public safety, police accountability, housing and zoning, rent control, transportation and much more. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact....
Ice Cast Ep. 2: Art Shanties
January 26, 2023 11:30 - 53 minutes - 98.3 MBJohn is joined by Wedge LIVE lifestyle producer Paula Chesley for a special miniseries featuring the stories of real people, not just surviving, but thriving through a Minneapolis winter. This time we're featuring the artists and participants in the Art Shanty Projects. Music, meditation, climate awareness, winter fashion, froga (frozen yoga), bathwater ice sculpting -- this episode has something for everyone. You can see the Art Shanty Projects at the Lake Harriet bandshell Saturdays and S...
Mitra Jalali Reflects on Another Election Year in the Twin Cities
January 24, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour - 139 MBWith city councils in both Minneapolis and St. Paul on the ballot in 2023, John has a conversation with St. Paul Councilmember Mitra Jalali about the issues that will define this election year. What is the conversation we should be having on public safety? What accounts for the different approach and results in the Twin Cities when it comes to homeless encampments? Are there lessons for Minneapolis in the St. Paul rent control experience? We talk about how Mitra's relationship to the ...
Winter Sidwalk Talk with Grammy-nominated recording artist José Antonio Zayas Cabán
January 19, 2023 11:15 - 52 minutes - 97 MBJohn is joined by Grammy-nominated transportation organizer José Antonio Zayas Cabán (Our Streets Minneapolis) for a conversation about the push for municipal sidewalk clearing. In a northern city with significant annual snowfall every winter, how seriously do we take our commitment that each of our neighbors should get where they're going with bodies unbroken? We talk about the cost to do it right, the skepticism, what it looks like in other places, why the city council voted down fun...
It Begins: Minneapolis Election 2023
January 12, 2023 11:10 - 1 hour - 114 MBJohn is joined by Josh Martin (aka "the new new Larry Jacobs") for an introduction to another Minneapolis City Council election year. Why should you get off your butt and pay attention? Will we rehash the crime-themed election of 2021 or find a new theme? What are the big issues? Which wards are especially key or likely to be competitive? Please share this episode with your friends so they can get pumped about Minneapolis Election 2023! Content warning: Any lip smacking you hear in this epi...
The Work Group Experience with Jonathan Kim
January 10, 2023 11:11 - 37 minutes - 68.8 MBJohn is joined by biostats grad student Jonathan Kim for a conversation about rent control. Jonathan's claim to fame is that he spent 2022 serving on two very high profile volunteer work groups for the City of Minneapolis: one to come up with a recommendation on rent stabilization policy and the other on citywide redistricting. We talk about what swayed him towards the more aggressive version of rent control policy, some of his potential concerns, and his assessment of how effectively the wo...
Pretend Environmentalists vs. the 2040 Plan
January 05, 2023 11:20 - 50 minutes - 93.1 MBThis episode features endless frustration about fake environmentalism weaponized against something that's unquestionably an environmental good, with guests Adam Wysopal and Alex Schieferdecker. Adam provides an update on the 2040 Plan lawsuit, initiated in 2018 by a group of rich southwest Minneapolis residents unhappy that their neighborhoods would no longer be reserved exclusively for single-family homes. Last last month, an appeals court upheld one part of the district court's decision (r...
Ice Cast Ep. 1: Lake Harriet Ice Dip and Sauna
January 03, 2023 11:07 - 47 minutes - 86.7 MBJohn is joined by Wedge LIVE lifestyle producer Paula Chesley for a miniseries featuring the stories of real people, not just surviving, but thriving through a Minneapolis winter. For this episode recorded January 1, 2023, we're at Lake Harriet narrating people jumping into a hole in the ice as if it's the Rose Parade. We speak with first timers, longtime ice dippers, and skeptical observers who live in the neighborhood. Then we head over to Embrace North, a sauna and ice bath facility in Li...
IceCast Ep. 1: Lake Harriet Ice Dip and Sauna
January 03, 2023 11:07 - 47 minutes - 86.7 MBJohn is joined by Wedge LIVE lifestyle producer Paula Chesley for a miniseries featuring the stories of real people, not just surviving, but thriving through a Minneapolis winter. For this episode recorded January 1, 2023, we're at Lake Harriet narrating people jumping into a hole in the ice as if it's the Rose Parade. We speak with first timers, longtime ice dippers, and skeptical observers who live in the neighborhood. Then we head over to Embrace North, a sauna and ice bath facility in Li...
Holiday Special with Surprise Musical Guest
December 21, 2022 11:28 - 1 hour - 115 MBIt's the Holiday Special! John, Elissa, and PeggySue talk about what this time of year in Minneapolis means. We name the persons and/or concepts that Scrooged us the hardest in 2022. And offer thanks to the people who "Saved Christmas" - which is a necessary trope of any holiday special. Elissa has tips for how you can do end of year self reflection and 2023 goal-setting in a positive way, without being hard on yourself. Lots of recommendations in this episode if you're looking for a book or...
Rent Control Policy with Jennifer Arnold of Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia (IX)
December 19, 2022 11:14 - 53 minutes - 98.8 MBIn 2021, Minneapolis voters approved a ballot question giving the go-ahead for a rent control ordinance. In 2022, the City Council and Mayor Frey formed a Rent Stabilization Work Group to make policy recommendations. Those meetings began in September and wrapped up last week. A majority of the work group (14 of 25) voted for a policy recommendation that, if placed on the ballot and approved by voters in 2023, would be the most strict in the country. We start the episode with a ten-minute ch...
Monthly with Melody - December 2022
December 13, 2022 11:15 - 1 hour - 110 MBIt's our not-quite monthly appointment with Dr. Melody Hoffmann, PhD. Melody starts us off with the farmers market report. We talk about the massive fire that destroyed a 25-unit, 100 year old apartment building at 24th and Lyndale in the Wedge -- and whether city hall failed to properly intervene to stop a public safety threat that neighbors had been predicting for months. We talk about a failed effort to put $200,000 in the city's 2023 budget for a municipal sidewalk snow clearing pilot. J...
What's needed from a new police oversight commission in Minneapolis
December 05, 2022 11:15 - 51 minutes - 94.7 MBJohn is joined by Abigail Cerra for a conversation about a proposal for a new police oversight commission in Minneapolis. Cerra is the former chair of the Police Conduct Oversight Commission, a body that hasn't met for most of 2022 due to the failure of the mayor and city council to appoint new members. We talk about the draft creating the new commission and its several glaring flaws; Cerra's experience; why she resigned from the PCOC; and how the old commission was ignored by city lea...
What's missing from local news in Minneapolis?
November 30, 2022 11:15 - 1 hour - 123 MBJohn is joined by Logan Carroll (a recent third place finisher for a prestigious journalism award) for a conversation about what our otherwise vibrant local news scene is lacking. He says we're missing stories that take the long view, that offer depth and accountability. He wants journalism that creates a greater understanding of what's happening at city hall. We look at Logan's 6 month analysis of local news stories. Who is producing the most coverage? What gets talked about? Who gets quote...
A Drug-Fueled Election Results Episode
November 10, 2022 12:49 - 1 hour - 154 MBJohn is joined by an excessively large panel of pundits to analyze Tuesday's election results, the Democratic wave across Minnesota, Mary Moriarty's historic and crushing victory in the race to become Hennepin County's top prosecutor - and what it might mean for Minneapolis in 2023 and beyond. On the panel: Jason Garcia, Taylor Dahlin, Dianna E. Anderson, and Josh Martin at the results desk. You won't want to miss Taylor's live reports from the election night parties of all the losing candid...
Sonya Emerick - Minneapolis School Board At-Large
October 20, 2022 09:20 - 36 minutes - 67.3 MBThis week on the Wedge LIVE podcast, John is joined by candidates for Minneapolis School Board At-Large: Collin Beachy, KerryJo Felder, and Sonya Emerick (We weren't successful in our attempts to contact candidate Lisa Skjefte). We talk about why they want this low pay/high stress job; the candidates' leadership experience; what they're looking for when they hire the next schools superintendent; what's behind declining enrollment numbers and how to reverse them; the Minneapolis Public School...
KerryJo Felder - Minneapolis School Board At-Large
October 20, 2022 09:15 - 41 minutes - 76.8 MBThis week on the Wedge LIVE podcast, John is joined by candidates for Minneapolis School Board At-Large: Collin Beachy, KerryJo Felder, and Sonya Emerick (We weren't successful in our attempts to contact candidate Lisa Skjefte). We talk about why they want this low pay/high stress job; the candidates' leadership experience; what they're looking for when they hire the next schools superintendent; what's behind declining enrollment numbers and how to reverse them; the Minneapolis Public School...
Collin Beachy - Minneapolis School Board At-Large
October 20, 2022 09:10 - 40 minutes - 74.3 MBThis week on the Wedge LIVE podcast, John is joined by candidates for Minneapolis School Board At-Large: Collin Beachy, KerryJo Felder, and Sonya Emerick (We weren't successful in our attempts to contact candidate Lisa Skjefte). We talk about why they want this low pay/high stress job; the candidates' leadership experience; what they're looking for when they hire the next schools superintendent; what's behind declining enrollment numbers and how to reverse them; the Minneapolis Public School...
Anne Winkler-Morey's 420-Day Bike Trip Around the Perimeter of the US
August 18, 2022 11:55 - 53 minutes - 97.6 MBAfter getting laid-off from her job as a college professor during the great recession a decade ago, a Minneapolis woman with a fear of bikes and strangers, takes a 420-day bike trip around the perimeter of the country with her spouse, accepting invitations to stay in the homes of strangers along the way. I met Anne Winkler-Morey at Open Streets on Franklin Avenue several weeks ago and was taken by her story. Who doesn't fantasize about leaving it all behind, escaping the political despair, f...
Minneapolis Primary Results Episode 2022
August 11, 2022 10:07 - 59 minutes - 110 MBJohn is joined by Jason Garcia and Josh Martin for a reaction to the results of the 2022 Minneapolis primary election. Though this episode premieres two days after election day, Josh announces results as if in real time, accompanied by breaking news music. We ponder the meaning of Rep. Ilhan Omar's surprisingly small margin of victory; Mary Moriarty's comfortable first place finish in the Hennepin County Attorney's race; Don Samuels and Martha Holton-Dimick's failure to win in North Minneapo...
Beachcast: Lake Nokomis Main Beach with Patrick Scully and Wendy Morris
July 26, 2022 13:03 - 1 hour - 131 MBJohn and co-host/producer Paula Chesley begin by storming the main beach at Lake Nokomis doing "person on the beach" interviews. Then we're joined by local artist and activist Patrick Scully and his friend Wendy Morris for a conversation about a different beach: Twin Lake's hidden beach. For decades it's been unofficially a place where it's ok to swim naked -- until the police show up. Patrick tells a story of a 1977 police raid of the beach and how he barely escaped arrest (after a police o...
Monthly with Melody #2
July 21, 2022 10:57 - 59 minutes - 110 MBJohn is joined by Melody Hoffmann from https://SouthwestVoices.news, who is finally off podcast probation, for our regular "Monthly with Melody" conversation. Topics include: a a very brief farmers market update from an unprepared Melody; Mayor Frey's choice for Community Safety Commissioner, Cedric Alexander; the burgeoning movement against 5G towers in the Kingfield neighborhood; and we dissect John's thesis that "Fear is ruining Minneapolis politics, mainstreaming offensive and/or oddball...
Beachcast: Longfellow Beach on the Mississippi River
July 19, 2022 10:38 - 46 minutes - 84.9 MBJohn and co-host/producer Paula Chesley climb down a 90-year-old staircase to visit Longfellow Beach, an unsanctioned beach on the Mississippi River. Experts will advise you not to swim in it. It's full of agricultural runoff and bacteria -- and the currents might carry you off. Paula gets out the pH test strips to see how the river water compares to kimchi, a substance that is apparently safer to swim in than the river. Paula recounts some river beach history and reveals her rating system f...
Beachcast: Hidden Beach at Cedar Lake with Minneapolis Parks Commissioner Tom Olsen
July 13, 2022 09:45 - 45 minutes - 83.3 MBThe first in our Beachcast series of episodes. John and co-host/producer Paula Chesley are joined by Minneapolis Parks Commissioner Tom Olsen at his favorite beach: Hidden Beach on Cedar Lake. We discuss planned improvements (including an amphitheater) and past changes to Hidden Beach -- and beach politics in the Kenwood neighborhood. We talk about park issues, including bathroom availability, public drinking, nudity, crime, and mansion owners encroaching on the lakeshore (which is legally...
What if free transit was included in your rent?
July 06, 2022 11:01 - 43 minutes - 79.5 MBWhat if instead of a dog grooming station or a cable TV subscription, your landlord or condo association provided you with free transportation? John's guest is Molly Burns-Hansen from Move Minnesota, who is seeking out tenants, landlords, condo associations, and neighborhood groups in order to sign buildings up for Metro Transit's residential transit pass program. It's just $14 per month to provide an unlimited ride transit pass to every unit in a building (or several buildings, with a minim...
What's next for the Minneapolis 2040 Plan lawsuit?
June 28, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 80.5 MBFollowing the City of Minneapolis' recent loss in Hennepin County District Court, John is joined by Matthew Melewski -- a lawyer with experience in Minnesota land use and environmental law -- for a conversation about the ongoing four year legal battle over the Minneapolis 2040 Plan. We review the arguments, the law, the fake environmentalists behind this lawsuit, and anticipate the next 18 months of appeals. That's right, there could still be 18 more months of this. John takes issue with the...
On Location in Uptown
June 21, 2022 09:04 - 1 hour - 118 MBJohn is joined by Melody Hoffmann (@MelodySWV from https://southwestvoices.news) for a Saturday night special report on location from the streets of Uptown. All with a goal of answering the question: what is the relative aliveness of Uptown these days? We start in LynLake and move west towards Uptown proper. We visit local art such as the Uptown Trolley Ball, assess the 29th Street "shared street," climb a local parking garage for a bird's eye view of Hennepin Avenue, endure an extended c...
Pedal Pod: Mike Norton, Minneapolis DFL Vice Chair
June 16, 2022 08:28 - 44 minutes - 81.9 MBOn the series finale of the Pedal Pod: There's an empty seat in the pod-mobile. John faces the prospect of podcasting without a partner in conversation. Increasingly desperate, he picks up Mike Norton, logistics tycoon and Lakewood cemetery tour guide. As we pedal up and down Lyndale Avenue, we talk about the disgruntled reaction to Mike taking on his new role as vice chair of the Minneapolis DFL, his 2021 attempt to unseat Ward 13 Council Member Linea Palmisano, and we disagree on how likel...
Pedal Pod: Marion Greene, Hennepin County Commissioner
June 14, 2022 08:14 - 50 minutes - 91.9 MB"Pedal-Powered Podcast Week" does something we never intended: stretch into a second and final week (we promise). That's what happens when you record six hours of conversations at Open Streets on Lyndale Avenue. Today's guest is Commissioner Marion Green, who represents district 3 (which includes the Wedge, Southwest Minneapolis, Downtown, and St. Louis Park) on the Hennepin County Board. Some of our topics: Lyndale Avenue safety improvements that have been years in the making, the county's ...
Pedal Pod: J.D. Duggan replaces Brian Mitchell
June 10, 2022 09:30 - 32 minutes - 60 MBThe pedal-pod rolls on. Before we have a chance to really get to know our first guest Brian Mitchell (@BrianMitchL), John decides he's found a better guest in J.D. Duggan (@JDugganMN). J.D. is a journalist with Finance & Commerce who bears a striking resemblance to Bill Lindeke. We talk about the state of local journalism, why it seems that the only jobs remaining are with local business magazines, whether J.D.'s friends think he's gone corporate, Mayor Frey's job performance and where he go...
Pedal Pod: Aisha Chughtai, Minneapolis City Council Member in Ward 10
June 09, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 81.1 MBWe continue the Pedal-Pod series, recorded on location at Open Streets on Lyndale Avenue -- everyone's favorite summer street festival in Minneapolis. John boots failed Ward 13 candidate Mike Norton out of the pod-mobile so he can pick up a winner: Aisha Chughtai, who represents Ward 10 on the City Council. We talk about bike earrings, Aisha's status as "the bus lady," whether she's able to summon optimism about the future, the debate over Mayor Frey's pick to be city coordinator, fru...
Pedal-Pod: Aisha Chughtai, Minneapolis City Council Member in Ward 10
June 09, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 81.1 MBWe continue the Pedal-Pod series, recorded on location at Open Streets on Lyndale Avenue -- everyone's favorite summer street festival in Minneapolis. John boots failed Ward 13 candidate Mike Norton out of the pod-mobile so he can pick up a winner: Aisha Chughtai, who represents Ward 10 on the City Council. We talk about bike earrings, Aisha's status as "the bus lady," whether she's able to summon optimism about the future, the debate over Mayor Frey's pick to be city coordinator, fru...
Pedal-Pod Part 1: Ash Narayanan and Elissa Schufman
June 07, 2022 10:14 - 52 minutes - 95.3 MBThe first installment of a many part series recorded during the Lyndale Avenue edition of Open Streets Minneapolis on June 5, 2022. We haven't Open Streets on Lyndale in June since 2019. To mark the occasion, John has borrowed a four-wheeled recumbent bicycle with side-by-side seating, and transformed it into what he's calling "the world's first pedal-powered podcast." Our first two guests are Ash Narayanan, executive director of Our Streets Minneapolis, and Elissa Schufman, a transportation...
Pedal Pod: Ash Narayanan and Elissa Schufman
June 07, 2022 10:14 - 52 minutes - 95.3 MBThe first installment of a many part series recorded during the Lyndale Avenue edition of Open Streets Minneapolis on June 5, 2022. We haven't Open Streets on Lyndale in June since 2019. To mark the occasion, John has borrowed a four-wheeled recumbent bicycle with side-by-side seating, and transformed it into what he's calling "the world's first pedal-powered podcast." Our first two guests are Ash Narayanan, executive director of Our Streets Minneapolis, and Elissa Schufman, a transportation...
Pedal-Pod: Ash Narayanan and Elissa Schufman
June 07, 2022 10:14 - 52 minutes - 95.3 MBThe first installment of a many part series recorded during the Lyndale Avenue edition of Open Streets Minneapolis on June 5, 2022. We haven't Open Streets on Lyndale in June since 2019. To mark the occasion, John has borrowed a four-wheeled recumbent bicycle with side-by-side seating, and transformed it into what he's calling "the world's first pedal-powered podcast." Our first two guests are Ash Narayanan, executive director of Our Streets Minneapolis, and Elissa Schufman, a transportation...