David Leonhardt of The New York Times joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how a lack of investment in infrastructure has put the U.S. behind in nearly every category from education to even life expectancy.
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Building Cities That Climate Change Won’t Wash Away
Shayla Love, a senior staff writer at Vice covering science, medicine, health, drugs, and climate, talks to us about the hidden things that make a city run smoothly and why it’s not ready to face the reality of climate change.
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Rebuilding Our Roads
This hour, we’ll talk with Duke University civil engineering professor Henry Petroski about how our economic future is tied to our willingness to shore up our infrastructure.
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Rust: The Great Destroyer
You can’t spell frustration without rust– and for good reason. It wreaks havoc on cars, bridges and boats, costing the government billions. This hour, we’ll talk about about the destructive force with Jonathan Waldman, author of “Rust: The Longest War.”
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