The KunstlerCast is a weekly audio program about the tragic comedy of suburban sprawl.
Featuring: James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere", "The Long Emergency" and other books.
Duncan Crary, host/producer, speaks with Kunstler weekly about the failure of suburbia and the inevitable end of this living arrangement with no future.
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I believe a lot of people share my feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work. - James Howard Kunstler,
from The Geography of Nowhere |
The KunstlerCast is an ongoing conversation unfolding in no particular order. But some installments are better entry points than others. Try starting with show #8, #10, or #6.
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Most Recent Episode:
KunstlerCast #23: One City Block - Part 1
The Rise, Decline, Revitalization and Future of One American City
James Howard Kunstler often describes Saratoga Springs N.Y. as a classic Main Street American town. In part one of this special program, we take to the streets of Saratoga to experience the sense of place in this small city. Kunstler brings us from the busy sidewalks along Broadway to a sidestreet leading to a major urban infill project. He explains the urban sensibilities of the 19th century structures, points out the boneheaded decisions of the 1960s one-story development, and the promising efforts of mid-1990s new urbanism.
[Note: Use Google Street View to follow along with this program. Visit: http://maps.google.com and enter this address: 402 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866]
Direct Download: KunstlerCast_23.mp3 ( 21 MB | 30 mins.)