Ep 4 - Halt the Highways! A Call from City Hall Station

Beneath City Hall, we find the hiding work of the highway. And little moments on public buses that, maybe, could transform the world as we know it. How does power hide in the ways we move, or can't move, around?

Part 1 - The Bus Problem and Possibility (2:56 - 32:11)

Part 2 - The Car Problem and Possibility (32:11 - 1:12:32)

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Education Recommendations

• “Cell Therapy” by Goodie Mob, 1995
• Eminent domain explained: “The Legal Basis for Planning,” Chapter 5 of Contemporary Urban Planning, 11th Edition by John Levy (2016)
• Eminent domain abuse in 2000s Philly: All for the Taking: 21st Century Urban Renewal (2005, 1hr)
• Black Bottom Archives - Detroit, MI
• “With I-375 redesign, Detroiters could have a chance to right past community wrongs.” by Olivia Lewis for Bridge Detroit. (June 26, 2025)
• Philly's Black Bottom - Philadelphia, PA
• Sign the petition for Philly’s Black Bottom reparations
• “Philadelphia's Mason-Dixon Line: Urban Renewal and the Crosstown Expressway Battle,” a chapter in Black Citymakers: How The Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America, by Marcus Anthony Hunter (2013)

Credits

Gigi Guida, host & producer

Alana Burke, interviewee

Khary Frazier, interviewee

Gabrijela Skoko, voice actress

Maya Keren, musician

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