web02.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:20:50 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Cities” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/cities Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:00:00 -0800 Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust en-us episodic A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible. Emmet Penney Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust yes politics, culture, history, philosophy Emmet Penney emmetmpenney@gmail.com Episode 79: What's Wrong With American Cities? ft. Xander https://exhaust.fireside.fm/79 7cf232c0-026b-43e6-a552-cfab1cbf7989 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Xander sits down with Emmet to talk about what's going on with American cities. What happened to them? Why won't congestion die? Do we have to get in the pod and eat the bugs? What makes a city beautiful? Why is it so hard to figure out what's going on in your city? Emmet harasses Xander with these questions and more. 1:04:16 yes Xander (https://twitter.com/xandeaux) sits down with Emmet to talk about what's going on with American cities. What happened to them? Why won't congestion die? Do we have to get in the pod and eat the bugs? What makes a city beautiful? Why is it so hard to figure out what's going on in your city? Emmet harasses Xander with these questions and more. Become a patron to get two exclusive episodes a month and our entire paywalled back catalog, including our After Virtues and Christopher Lasch reading series. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: God's Bathroom Floor by Atmosphere. (https://atmosphere.bandcamp.com/album/gods-bathroom-floor) urbanism, cities, cars, transit, robert moses, new york, chicago, los angeles, america, real estate, density Xander sits down with Emmet to talk about what's going on with American cities. What happened to them? Why won't congestion die? Do we have to get in the pod and eat the bugs? What makes a city beautiful? Why is it so hard to figure out what's going on in your city? Emmet harasses Xander with these questions and more.

Become a patron to get two exclusive episodes a month and our entire paywalled back catalog, including our After Virtues and Christopher Lasch reading series.

Closing Song: God's Bathroom Floor by Atmosphere.

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Become a patron to get two exclusive episodes a month and our entire paywalled back catalog, including our After Virtues and Christopher Lasch reading series.

Closing Song: God's Bathroom Floor by Atmosphere.

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