129 Episodes

  1. Taking a Risk for Rural Economic Growth with Dante Pittman

    Published: 3/6/2025
  2. From Neighborhood Streets to City Hall with Zac Blanchard

    Published: 2/20/2025
  3. Staying Local at the Statehouse with Tristan Rader

    Published: 2/6/2025
  4. How Structural Racism Fuels American Monopolies

    Published: 1/23/2025
  5. “The Bad Target”: The Rise of Consumer Redlining

    Published: 1/9/2025
  6. A Rebalancing Act: How We Restore Local Power in 2025

    Published: 12/26/2024
  7. The Environmental Inequity of AI

    Published: 12/12/2024
  8. Pizza, DMs, and Solidarity: Filming the Amazon Labor Fight

    Published: 11/27/2024
  9. David Morris: 50 Years of Pioneering Work and Impact

    Published: 11/20/2024
  10. Amazon, Labor, and Race

    Published: 11/14/2024
  11. Bookstores and Local Power with BLP’s New Host, Danny Caine

    Published: 10/31/2024
  12. The Will and the Way to Revive ‘the Mecca’

    Published: 10/18/2024
  13. Mending Broken Promises on Dorr Street

    Published: 10/4/2024
  14. A Heyday in the Toledo Life

    Published: 9/19/2024
  15. Rediscovering Toledo’s Black Wall Street

    Published: 9/5/2024
  16. Healthy Skepticism of Pharmacy Giants is Spreading

    Published: 8/22/2024
  17. Absolute Power Corrupting Our Energy System

    Published: 8/8/2024
  18. A National Strategy for Community Composting

    Published: 7/25/2024
  19. DOJ Takes On Live Nation/Ticketmaster

    Published: 7/11/2024
  20. Inside Scoop on Local News’ Future

    Published: 6/21/2024

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At the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, we work to break the chains of monopoly power in all sectors of our economy. From challenging incumbent cable monopolies in order to promote better Internet connectivity to pointing out how Amazon pushes local retailers out of the market, our researchers develop positive policy prescriptions to improve local economies. This podcast series provides a first glimpse at some of our newest original research and a unique economic perspective on today's most pressing topics.