Latest A2council Podcast Episodes
HouseParty Interlude
Ann Arbor AF - September 11, 2023 01:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsCheck out the week of events and updates at www.dogoodwork.org/houseparty Registration for Jess' panel: History to Present Day: Race and Housing in Ann Arbor Come check out our episodes and transcripts at our website, annarboraf.com. Keep the conversation going with fellow Ann Arbor AFers on T...
Civic Therapy: WTF Community Engagement with Yodit Mesfin Johnson
Ann Arbor AF - August 31, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we talk to Yodit Mesfin Johnson about the problematic promises of community “engagement,” and what it could look like to pivot more towards community-driven planning. Yodit is presently co-leading (with Jess and developer partners Avalon Housing and the Ann Arbor Housing Commission) a com...
Civic Therapy: WTF Schools with Liz Lin
Ann Arbor AF - August 14, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWe continue our Civic Therapy miniseries talking to Ann Arbor Public Schools parent Liz Lin about WTF Schools: amygdala parenting, Zoom kindergarten, why she almost ran for school board, and why she didn’t. Links we referenced: The Free Press article that broke the story of the lawsuit The or...
Civic Therapy: Transportation with Reverend Donnell Wyche
Ann Arbor AF - June 28, 2023 11:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOur Civic Therapy miniseries continues with Reverend Donnell Wyche about WTF Transportation. We embrace our collective Big Feelings about kids being able to bike to school, e-bikes as a vector of radicalization, the just-proposed Driving Equality Ordinance, and the cost of not taking Vision Zero...
Civic Therapy: Library Lot with Dan Adams
Ann Arbor AF - June 21, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn a continuation of our new miniseries, Civic Therapy, we are talking with Dan Adams about WTF, Library Lot. Dan is a corporate attorney, local housing activist, and long-time bike person. He has lived in Ann Arbor since 2008 and grew up down the road in Dexter. In November 2022 he published a...
Civic Therapy: WTF, Planning?? – with Lisa Sauvé and Scott Trudeau
Ann Arbor AF - May 21, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsA proposed development with robust sustainability and affordability components, considered by many in our community to be a slam dunk for approval, hit a surprising road block this week. Join Jess and Molly for our first Civic Therapy session with Lisa Sauvé and Scott Trudeau: what happened to S...
We’re Back!: ...the same but different
Ann Arbor AF - May 10, 2023 20:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWe’re back! Ann Arbor AF is…the same but different. Molly and Jess catch you up on the haps and where the pod will be going this summer. Come check out our episodes and transcripts at our website, annarboraf.com. Keep the conversation going with fellow Ann Arbor AFers on Twitter and Facebook. A...
Ben Connor Barrie on Damn Arbor
Ann Arbor AF - December 03, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking with Ben Connor Barrie about yet another blue-language civic engagement media project: Damn Arbor! We cover a lot of ground, including why it's important to say nice things about where you live. Come check out our episodes and transcripts at our website, annarboraf.com. Kee...
Jerome Horne on Radically Abundant Transit
Ann Arbor AF - November 19, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking with Jerome Horne about radically abundant transit. We also took deep detours into being vulnerable, what our kid selves would think of us today, and navigating advocacy as and with humans. Links we mentioned: TransitCenter's website and podcast, High Frequency Jerome on ...
Ryan Henyard and Paul Fleming on the Coalition for Reenvisioning Our Safety
Ann Arbor AF - November 05, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we talk (and dream a little) with members of the Coalition for Reenvisioning Our Safety. Paul is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and helps to organize the Michigan Chapter of Public Health Awakened. He spends his time thinking about, researchi...
Conversation with FIXER-UPPER author Jenny Schuetz
Ann Arbor AF - October 22, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking with Jenny Schuetz! In addition to being the author of the phenomenal book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems, she is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro and is an expert in urban economics and housing policy. Before joining Brookings, Jenny worked at...
November 2022 General Election Ballot Explainer
Ann Arbor AF - October 08, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWe’ll be talking about the November 2022 general election up and down the Michigan, Washtenaw County, and Ann Arbor ballots, plus some general tips that will help you vote smart no matter where you live. Getting ready to vote (especially in Michigan): Preview your ballot Read answers to the L...
Conversation with Aaron Lubeck in Durham, N.C.
Ann Arbor AF - September 24, 2022 13:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIt’s a new season of Ann Arbor AF, and with the new season comes a new format! Today we are talking with Aaron Lubeck of Durham, N.C. about Jim Crow zoning, why some advocacy feels so taboo in community conversations, and how churches might be coming to save the day on housing. We also dropped ...
BONUS! August 2022: Election Elation
Ann Arbor AF - August 03, 2022 18:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMolly and Jess do an impromptu reflection on the excellent election results. (Brought to you in part by a very good idea from #a2council Twitter, thanks #a2council Twitter; and also car-free streets, thanks car-free streets.) Support the show
A2 Climate Millage: Molly and Jess Have A Fight
Ann Arbor AF - July 31, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday, we are talking about the climate millage coming up on the November 2022 ballot. Last episode, we interviewed Office of Sustainability and Innovation director Dr. Missy Stults about what passing the millage would accomplish. This time, we get into some differences of opinion about the mill...
A2 Climate Millage: Getting Informed With Missy Stults
Ann Arbor AF - July 16, 2022 18:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking to the director of Ann Arbor’s Office of Sustainability and Innovation, Dr. Missy Stults, about A2Zero, the climate millage coming up on Ann Arbor’s November ballot, and a little big dreaming. This is the first of two episodes where we’ll talk about this millage; this one we...
August 2022 Primary Ballot Explainer
Ann Arbor AF - July 10, 2022 19:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking about this summer’s primary election, coming up in just a few weeks on Tuesday, August 2nd. Absentee voting is already open, so make your plan to vote! Links we mentioned: Preview your ballot Request an absentee ballot or find your polling place Learn about and support...
[rerun] That D*mn Bridge
Ann Arbor AF - June 25, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are rerunning episode 47: That. Damn. Bridge. Support the show
[rerun] Conversation with Alex Thomas
Ann Arbor AF - June 18, 2022 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are rerunning episode 35: our conversation with Alex Thomas. Support the show
[rerun] Deeper Dive: Healthy Streets
Ann Arbor AF - June 11, 2022 13:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are rerunning episode 15: our Deeper Dive on Healthy Streets. Support the show
[rerun] Deeper Dive: Boards + Commissions
Ann Arbor AF - June 04, 2022 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are rerunning episode 7: our Deeper Dive on Boards + Commissions. Support the show
City Council Meeting: 16 May 2022
Ann Arbor AF - May 14, 2022 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, May 16th. We talk about the agenda, but the way we do it is that Molly has a rant, Jess has a rant, and then Molly has another rant. At the end of the episode, we’ll be looking ahead to the summer, and talking about some...
City Council Meeting: 5 May 2022
Ann Arbor AF - May 01, 2022 19:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Thursday, May 5th. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items, including budget, tax collection, and spending…a.k.a.: money, money, and money. Links we referenced: this week’s City Council agenda; our annual survey i...
City Council Meeting: 18 April 2022
Ann Arbor AF - April 16, 2022 19:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, April 18th. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items, including road bonds, water and sewer rates, and something that may or may not be housing. Links we referenced: NACA resolution, where the whereases are ...
City Council Meeting: 4 April 2022
Ann Arbor AF - April 02, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWe talk about the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, April 4th. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items, including ARPA, ARPA, and more ARPA. Links we referenced: This week’s agenda. The ARPA funding resolution. Those infamous amendments. Derrick Miller’s letter on how...
City Council Meeting: 21 March 2022
Ann Arbor AF - March 19, 2022 22:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, March 21st. We touch on a few interesting agenda items, including parking, police contracts, and a permanent city administrator. Links from today’s episode: Vote for us as one of Washtenaw’s best podcasts! this week’s...
City Council Meeting: 7 March 2022
Ann Arbor AF - March 05, 2022 20:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up on Monday March 7th at 7:00pm. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items, including American Rescue Plan Act funds, infrastructure, and a couple of important rezonings. Links we referenced: This week’s agenda The AR...
City Council Meeting: 22 February 2022
Ann Arbor AF - February 19, 2022 20:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we talk about the next City Council meeting for about one hot second and spend the rest of the time on the one thrilling Top Ten list you didn’t know you needed. Municipal reports that made the Top Ten (but actually 3) (but really 6): Moving Together Towards Vision Zero, the city’s compr...
That D*** Bridge: ...what just happened?
Ann Arbor AF - February 10, 2022 02:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are recording a special episode, a breakdown (in more ways than one) on the East Medical Center Drive Bridge decision. We’ll be talking about how folks got informed and involved, and how it went sideways anyway. This may go without saying, but there are lots of swears. Discretion fo...
City Council Meeting: 7 February 2022
Ann Arbor AF - February 05, 2022 20:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsToday we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, February 7th.. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items, including transit-oriented zoning, deer, and That *** Bridge. (There are a few swears in this episode, so heads up for sensitive listeners.) Things we...
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