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KunstlerCast #107: Sprawl Defenders

KunstlerCast #107: Sprawl Defenders

FromKunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy


KunstlerCast #107: Sprawl Defenders

FromKunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy

ratings:
Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Apr 15, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This conversation was recorded one day before James Howard Kunstler was scheduled to debate Randal O'Toole at Brown University in Providence, RI. O'Toole is a well-known advocate for the suburban living arrangement. Host Duncan Crary chats with JHK about the pro-suburbia arguments in preparation for the debate. JHK refutes some of the major arguments used by sprawl defenders, including the notions that sprawl is good because people choose it and that sprawl represents liberty. JHK also notes that while the infrastructure required to deliver suburbia is extremely subsidized with government money, many sprawl defenders argue against public transportation because it is subsidized. Sponsor: www.CNU18.org
Released:
Apr 15, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, The Long Emergency, and World Made By Hand, takes on suburban sprawl, disposable architecture and the end of the cheap oil era each week with program host Duncan Crary.