The National Zoning Atlas (Sara Bronin and Scott Markley) Densely Speaking programming note: this is the first episode of our new season. Sara Bronin, Professor at the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and Chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, is the Director of the National Zoning Atlas. Scott Markley …

Remote Work and City Decline: Lessons From the Garment District (Clay Gillette) Clay Gillette is the Max E. Greenberg Professor of Contract Law at New York University School of Law. He is the author of Remote Work and City Decline: Lessons from the Garment District, 15 Journal of Legal Analysis 201 (2023). Appendices: Clay Gillette: the book In a B…

Firms, Fires, and Firebreaks: The Impact of the 1906 San Francisco Disaster on Business Agglomeration James Siodla is an Associate Professor of Economics at Colby College. He is the author of Firms, fires, and firebreaks: The impact of the 1906 San Francisco disaster on business agglomeration. We also discuss related work by him: Clean slate: Land-…

The Role of Private Law in Land Use Regulation (Molly Brady) Molly Brady is the Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She is the author of Turning Neighbors into Nuisances. Appendices:Molly Brady: Magic Mike’s Last Dance and This $5,750-a-Month Brooklyn Apartment Has a Smell Test. Greg Shill: the Culdesac development and its rep…

The Impact of WFH on Brick-and-Mortar Retail (Lindsay Relihan) Lindsay Relihan is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business at Purdue University. She is the author of The Impact of Work-from-Home on Brick-and-Mortar Retail Establishments: Evidence from Card Transactions, with James Duguid, Bryan Kim, and…

The Work-from-Home Technology Boon and Its Consequences (Andra Ghent) Andra Ghent is Professor of Finance at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business. She is the author of The Work-from-Home Technology Boon and Its Consequences, with Morris A. Davis and Jesse Gregory. Appendices:Andra Ghent: the miniseries Show Me a Hero and the book …

Work From Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse (Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh) Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh is the Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He is the author of Work From Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse (joint with Arpit Gupta and Vr…

Decluttering your home or workspace can have a positive impact on your daily life and helps you change your mentality drastically. Discover the benefits of decluttering and learn how to get started with these simple tips. [Lan: Eng]

An Episode on Confrontations where I point out the reasons for people failing to achieve this skill and why it's necessary in the real world. [Lan: Eng]

Special Series on History and Urban Economics - Part III This episode is the third and final in a series based on a new special issue on Urban Economics and History in Regional Science and Urban Economics. It contains a series of short conversations with authors and concludes Season 2 of the show. Today’s Guests: Ed Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor …

Special Series on History and Urban Economics - Part II This episode is the second in a series based on a forthcoming special issue on Urban Economics and History, to be published in the journal Regional Science and Urban Economics. It contains a series of short conversations with multiple authors. Guests: Brian Beach is Assistant Professor of Econ…

Special Series on History and Urban Economics - Part I This episode is the first in a series based on a forthcoming special issue focused on Urban Economics and History, to be published in the journal Regional Science and Urban Economics. It contains a series of short conversations with multiple authors. Guests: Walker Hanlon is Associate Professor…

Evan Mast, Does Building New Apartments in Low-Income Areas Cause Displacement? Evan Mast, Assistant Professor of Economics at Notre Dame, is our guest. The focus of the conversation is Evan's paper Local Effects of Large New Apartment Buildings in Low Income Areas (with Brian J. Asquith and Davin Reed). Kate Pennington, Economist at the U.S. Censu…

Constitutional Law for NIMBYs? The guests discuss the National League of Cities' Principles of Home Rule for the 21st Century, which two of them (Nestor Davidson and Richard Schragger) helped draft and the third (David Schleicher) has criticized as "Constitutional Law for NIMBYs." Nestor Davison is the Walsh Professor of Real Estate, Land Use, and …

With our previous Episode on the Educational Institutions new demeanor towards Muslim girls, in this full Urdu episode, our guest Hamza breaks down the reality behind the traditional schooling system & expose the real power of Homeschooling. Check out https://wonderyearsschool.com/ for Homeschooling techniques by Asim Qureshi. [Lang: Urdu]…

Season 2 starts with co-host Aamir returning for the first episode as we discuss the reality behind the not so focused reality of the education system. [Lang: Eng/Urd]

Diego Puga's Favorite Urban Economics Papers of 2021 Diego Puga is Professor of Economics at CEMFI in Madrid, Spain. In recent years, he has made a tradition of sharing his favorite urban economics papers of the year (specifically, urban econ articles published in the calendar year). In this interview, we chat about his favorites from 2021. They ap…

Peter Norton, The Past and Future of Driving in High-Tech Cities Peter Norton is an associate professor of history in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the author of the new book Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving as well as Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American C…

Marcus Casey - The Evolution of Black Neighborhoods Since Kerner Marcus Casey is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. Author of The Evolution of Black Neighborhoods Since Kerner (with Bradley L. Hardy). [N.B. "Kerner" refers to the Kerner Commission Report o…

Matt Kahn and Mac McComas - Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities Matt Kahn, Provost Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California, and Mac McComas, senior program manager at John Hopkins’ 21st Century Cities Initiative, joins us to discuss their recent book, Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities. Appendice…

Cailin Slattery, Bidding for Firms Cailin R. Slattery, Assistant Professor of Business, Economics Division, Columbia Business School, joins us to discuss her paper: Bidding for Firms: Subsidy Competition in the U.S. David R. Agrawal joins as guest co-host. He is Associate Professor, Martin School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Ken…

A Discussion with Afrah & Ekhlas who counter the typical forms of stereotypes thrown at Muslim women in the community.

The 3 forms of dirty acts that people impose on others with no remorse.

Rebecca Sanders and Robert Schneider, Fatal Pedestrian Crash Locations and Characteristics First episode in the new season of Densely Speaking: Conversations About Cities, Economics & Law. We release new interviews periodically. Take a spin through our back catalogue and subscribe so you don't miss our next release. Rebecca Sanders is the Founder a…

A Brief Episode on Waqar Bux, a Muslim Entrepreneur from the Andaman Islands who started his journey with 3D Printing. With the college & the education system holding him back, Factory 4.0 was initiated striving through the COVID phase to help build PPE Masks.

Transportation Law Symposium Special - Beth Osborne (Keynote) Today episode is the sixth and final in a special series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium, hosted by the Iowa Law Review and featuring scholars from multiple disciplines. Afte…

Transportation Law Symposium Special: Transportation & Finance Today is the fifth in a special mini-series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, the recent Symposium on The Future of Law & Transportation, hosted by the Iowa Law Review and featuring scholars from multiple disciplines. Af…

Transportation Law Symposium Special - Transportation Planning & Land Use II Today's is the fourth in a mini series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium, featuring scholars from multiple disciplines. After a brief intro from Greg Shill, each…

The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium: Mobility, Segregation & Polarization Today's is the third in a special series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, featuring scholars from multiple disciplines. After a brief intro from Greg Shill, each scholar speaks for about 12 minutes, …

Transportation Law Symposium Special - Rights of Way & Public Space The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium: Rights of Way & Public Space Today's is the second in a special series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, featuring scholars from multiple disciplines. Each scholar speak…

Arpit Gupta, Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects Arpit Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business and the co-author of Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects. Chris Severen, Senior Economist at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank and autho…

The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium: Transportation Planning & Land Use I Today's is the first in a mini series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, featuring scholars from multiple disciplines. Thanks to Talking Headways podcast host Jeff Wood, who edited and ran this episode…

Michelle Layser, How Place-Based Tax Incentives Can Reduce Geographic Inequality Michelle Layser is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law and the author of How Place-Based Tax Incentives Can Reduce Geographic Inequality, forthcoming in the Tax Law Review. Cailin Slattery, Assistant Professor of Business at Colum…

Devin Michelle Bunten, People or Parking? Devin Michelle Bunten is the Edward H. and Joyce Linde Assistant Professor of Urban Economics and Housing at MIT. We discuss her working paper, People or Parking? (joint with Lyndsey Rolheiser, Assistant Professor of Urban Economics at Ryerson University). Katherine Levine Einstein, Associate Professor of P…

Note to listeners: this interview was recorded shortly before Election Day. Our guest is Jonathan Rodden, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and author of Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide. Jonathan also authored an amicus brief in a partisan gerrymandering case that was decided by the U.S. Supre…

Our guest is Katherine Levine Einstein, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston University and an author of Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis. Her co-authors David Glick and Maxwell Palmer are professors in the same department. Michael Hankinson, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Geo…

Professors Ganesh Sitaraman, Morgan Ricks, and Chris Serkin are Professors of Law at Vanderbilt Law School. Professor Michelle Layser, an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, joins as guest co-host for this discussion. Appendices: Ganesh Sitaraman: Jump Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Grow…

Professor Allison Shertzer, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, joins the show to discuss her working paper, Racial Segregation in Housing Markets and the Erosion of Black Wealth (joint with Profs. Prottoy A. Akbar, Sijie Li, and Randall P. Walsh). Professor Devin Michelle Bunten, the Edward H. and Jo…

Professor Conrad Ciccotello, director of and professor at the Reiman School of Finance in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, joins the show to discuss his working paper, Gender and Geography in the Boardroom: What Really Matters for Board Decisions? (joint with Profs. Zinat Alam, Mark Chen, and Harley Ryan). Note: the inte…

Professor Leah Brooks, economist and Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, joins the show to discuss Infrastructure Costs, her working paper (joint with Prof. Zachary Liscow, Yale Law School). Jenny Schuetz, a fellow at the Brookings Ins…

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