129 Episodes

  1. Creating New Narratives: Youth are the Present — Episode 157 of Building Local Power

    Published: 8/11/2022
  2. When a Win is a Win, and a Loss is a Lesson - Episode 156 of Building Local Power

    Published: 7/28/2022
  3. A Movement to Rectify Digital Inequities

    Published: 7/14/2022
  4. How Black Gold (Composting) Combats the Climate Crisis

    Published: 6/30/2022
  5. Anti-Merger Guidelines Would Stop Corporate Concentration, Revive Local Economies

    Published: 6/16/2022
  6. Maps Can Make or Break Communities’ Broadband Futures — Episode 152 of Building Local Power

    Published: 6/2/2022
  7. Policy Progress and Coalition Building — Episode 151 of Building Local Power

    Published: 5/19/2022
  8. In New York and Oregon, Canning Reduces Waste and Changes Lives — Episode 150 of Building Local Power

    Published: 5/5/2022
  9. Monopolistic Utility Companies Suppress the Use of Customer Data

    Published: 4/21/2022
  10. Building Local Power Highlight: People Love Local Food. Yet Local Farmers are Disappearing. What's Going On?

    Published: 4/14/2022
  11. Corporations Rake in Subsidies at Communities' Expense

    Published: 4/7/2022
  12. The Leaders Working to Build a Robust Small Business Economy

    Published: 3/24/2022
  13. How Monopoly Energy Utilities Impede Innovation

    Published: 3/10/2022
  14. Building Local Power Highlight: Democratizing Antitrust with Harry First

    Published: 3/3/2022
  15. Cities' Exclusive Agreements With Trash Collectors Are Holding Back Community Composters

    Published: 2/24/2022
  16. Building Local Power Highlight: Independent Musicians and the Anti-Monopoly Movement

    Published: 2/17/2022
  17. Local Organizing Efforts Are Reframing the Digital Divide

    Published: 2/10/2022
  18. Building Local Power Highlight: Centering Racial Justice in the Antimonopoly Fight

    Published: 2/3/2022
  19. The Movement to Take Back Control From Monopoly Electric Utilities

    Published: 1/27/2022
  20. Building Local Power Highlight: Is Amazon Picking Winners and Losers Among America’s Cities

    Published: 1/20/2022

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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.