Welcome to the Blip Report's Interview Series! My guest today is Professor Nicholas Bloom, author of "The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight." If you are wondering why there aren’t more transit options in America besides a personal car that sits 90% of its life, requires insurance, gas, maintenance, and for 40% of Americans, have to make high monthly payments on, well, this interview might reveal just how we got here. CREDITS: Guest: Professor Nicholas Bloom Book: The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight Produced by: ⁠John Money⁠ The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

Welcome to the Blip Report's Interview Series! My guest today is Jeff Speck, author of "Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time." If you've been wanting to know how to make your community more walkable, Jeff gives some practical next steps that could make your streets safer and your communities more livable. Enjoy! CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: ⁠John Money⁠ Theme music by: ⁠Josh Money⁠ The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

Salvador Dali was a firm believer in the power of sleep and micro naps. He once said, “When we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another.” What about the 70% of high school and college students today that are sleep deprived Dali? They might very well be asleep in this world, but, I think they are probably napping in the other one. Let’s talk about it.  CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: John Money Theme music by: Josh Money The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

In some parts of the world, this hard and shiny rock is still the cause of wars, rape, slave labor, and famine, but now, you can make it in a lab, let’s talk about it. CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: John Money Theme music by: Josh Money The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

In a memo last week, two representatives from Pennsylvania, one republican and one democrat, created a proposal to lower the driving age to 15, under the pretense of age discrimination and extending job opportunities. America, hear me when I say, this has nothing to do with age and opportunities and has everything to do with an old system vs a new one, let’s talk about it.  CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: John Money Theme music by: Josh Money The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

You’ve heard the phrase, from ashes to ashes, dust to dust. So, why are we paying $9000 dollars to become dust again, and destroying the earth in the meantime? Let’s talk about it! CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: John Money Theme music by: Josh Money The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

In the 1800's, only 4% of Americans lived there. Now, 83% of us do. Let's talk about it! CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: John Money Theme music by: Josh Money The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

Since the 1950's, we have been sitting an hour more a day each decade. If this trend continues, the economy could become bankrupt in 54 years, due to the cost to the health care system and to the lack of efficiency in the workforce. Let's talk about it.  CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: John Money Theme music by: Josh Money The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

The US ranks 125th in literacy in the world! Um, I'm not sure how we can champion our "bestessness" (word check), if half of our population reads below a 6th grade level. For the past decade, our reading and math scores have dropped, while at the same time, we have infused more technology in the classroom, what's with that? Let's talk about it.  CREDITS: Produced and hosted by: John Money Theme music by: Josh Money The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.

What does a society do when one industry is dependent on an aging population? And what if that industry doesn't change its philosophy or approach to meet the growing demands for safer and more age-friendly options? Well, for the automotive industry, it seems like the approach is, keep doing the same thing, no matter the negative outcome. Let's talk about it.  CREDITS:  Produced and hosted by: John Money Theme music by: Josh Money The Blip Report with John Money podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other streaming platforms.