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Dec 19, 2022 Podcast

The neighborly, the cloudy, the nice, and the naughty

Pat and Chad talk about the missing second-ring relationship, whether computers are taking over too much, and which city functions deserve to get a lump of coal in their stocking.Not a Stranger, Not a...

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Nov 11, 2022 Podcast

The Bicycle

Pat and Chad are joined by Milford John-Williams for a wide ranging discussion about bicycle infrastructure (or in some cases, the lack thereof) and the many, many elements of city design that it touc...

bicycling transportation

Oct 25, 2022 Podcast

The "Why" (with bonus content!)

Chad and Patrick talk about California's recent spree of housing legislation and how (or if) it fits into the topic of local control; a recent Strong Towns podcast about customer service, and; ho...

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Oct 12, 2022 Podcast

The staff meeting

Join us for a virtual TeamZac staff meeting as Chad and Patrick debate options for allocating sales tax revenue in our recently released neighborhood profitability calculator, plus some random musings...

sales tax profitability

Sep 23, 2022 Podcast

The profitable city

Pat and Chad talk about what it means for cities to be profitable, and why it matters.

profitability development patterns

Sep 9, 2022 Podcast

I'm your density... I mean, your destiny

It's Patrick's episode today. He has 100% control over the content and deserves 100% of the blame for any concerns you may have.RIP Queen Elizabeth IITennis serves vs Baseball pitchesTarrant...

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Aug 26, 2022 Podcast

Meddlers of the world, unite (then cut it out, please)

Pat and Chad return from summer holiday with an action packed discussion of meddling: from sales tax rule changes to property tax rule changes to employee tracking.The Rise of the Worker Productivity...

sales tax property tax management

Apr 22, 2022 Podcast

Isn't budgeting so much fun these days?

Kyle Lester, finance director for Colleyville, Texas, joins us again. Two years ago, he was on the pod to talk about building a budget under the looming cloud of Covid-19, something that we all knew n...

budgeting covid19 property tax

Mar 31, 2022 Podcast

Open Mic Morning

It's another free-wheeling roundtable discussion, covering the economy, pro-family policymaking, housing, building new cities, internal audits, and much more.American Consumers Are Starting to Hi...

economics housing city planning internal audit

Mar 10, 2022 Podcast

Local impacts of Ukraine and the 2020 Census changes

Pat and Chad talk about local impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the anonymity changes to the 2020 CensusWhy the 2020 census has 9 fake people in a single house (Full Stack Economics)Cloud...

ukraine census

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