129 Episodes

  1. How To Get Away With Merger (Season Preview)

    Published: 8/31/2023
  2. Keeping My Public Options Open

    Published: 7/6/2023
  3. Broadband is Good for Your Health

    Published: 6/20/2023
  4. Left Out in the Coal

    Published: 6/10/2023
  5. Housing Is Where the Heart Is

    Published: 5/18/2023
  6. Composters Dreaming, Investors Scheming

    Published: 5/3/2023
  7. Graying of the Fleet

    Published: 4/18/2023
  8. A Country with No Farmers

    Published: 3/30/2023
  9. A Food Oasis in North Tulsa

    Published: 3/16/2023
  10. Toledo Takes Dollar Stores to Church

    Published: 2/28/2023
  11. Shifting the Paradigm, One Community at a Time

    Published: 12/29/2022
  12. Community Broadband’s Broad Appeal

    Published: 12/15/2022
  13. Small Businesses Rise Up

    Published: 12/1/2022
  14. Breaking Bad Energy

    Published: 11/17/2022
  15. Unpacking the Year in Composting

    Published: 11/3/2022
  16. A Renewable Rural America

    Published: 10/20/2022
  17. A Short-Term Win, A Long-Term Target

    Published: 10/6/2022
  18. A Renaissance for Black Voices and Spaces

    Published: 9/22/2022
  19. Rats Aren’t the Problem in Cities. We Are.

    Published: 9/8/2022
  20. Inflation: The True Monopoly Story

    Published: 8/25/2022

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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.