Building Local Power
Episodes
Is Congress Starting to Take Antitrust Seriously? (Episode 79)
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Building Local Power Host Zach Freed is joined by ILSR's Stacy Mitchell to discuss the team's most recent efforts in fighting monopolies.… Read More
Local Storage is Changing the Decision Making Power of the Energy System (Episode 52)
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Building Local Power, host Nick Stumo-Langer sits down with Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell to discuss John's lat...
Want to Strengthen Independent Businesses? Use These Policies (Episode 51)
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Nick Stumo-Langer is joined by researchers Stacy Mitchell and Olivia LaVecchia to discuss their new guide to policy tools that strengthen indepen...
The Huge Supreme Court Cases You May Have Missed (Episode 49)
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Nick Stumo-Langer and ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell discuss two recent Supreme Court cases that have vast implications for the state of o...
Innovation in Small Town America (Episode 48)
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Three of our researchers (Christopher Mitchell, John Farrell, & Brenda Platt) sit down together to discuss how small cities across America are innovat...
A Better Way to Think about the Future of Work (Episode 47)
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sarita Gupta of Jobs With Justice joins us to discuss the state of labor rights in the "gig economy" and how the care sector presents a huge opportuni...
Understanding Media Monopolies with Laura Flanders (Episode 45)
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Building Local Power podcast, ILSR co-director and Community-Scaled Economy initiative director Stacy Mitchell sits down with L...
Big Utilities See Pushback to Their Dominant Role in State Houses (Episode 44)
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Experts Stacy Mitchell, Christopher Mitchell, and John Farrell discuss the impact that concentrated economic power has in state legislatures in topics...
Rescuing Materials and Building Community in Berkeley Thanks to “Waste” (Episode 43)
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer sit down with long-time friend and ILSR co-founder Neil Seldman and Communications Manager Nick Stumo-Langer to di...
Paying Taxes Is More Popular Than You Think (Episode 41)
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa Williamson of the Brookings Institution joins Christopher Mitchell to discuss her new book, Read My Lips: Why Americans Are Proud to Pay Taxes...
Brendan Greeley on Why We Need a Pro-Competition Political Party (Episode 40)
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Economics writer Brendan Greeley joins Stacy Mitchell and Christopher Mitchell to discuss what we all get wrong when we talk about economic indicators...
Colorado State Senator Steve Fenberg on Local Power Versus Corporate Power (Episode 39)
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Fenberg (D-Boulder) talks with John Farrell about his history as a renewable energy activist and local control advocate and how he translates th...
Environmental Justice & Local Activism, A Conversation with NAACP Leader Jacqui Patterson (Episode 38)
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqui Patterson, the director of the NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program, talks with ILSR’s Neil Seldman and Nick Stumo-Langer abou...
Want Your City to Prosper? Then Forget Everything You Think You Know about Economic Growth (Episode 37)
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ILSR's Building Local Power podcast, Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns sits down with Stacy Mitchell to discuss why the conventional wis...
The Rising Anti-Monopoly Movement (Episode 36)
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This roundtable discussion between ILSR's Stacy Mitchell, John Farrell, and Christopher Mitchell delves into the growing movement against monopoly pow...
Building a Zero Waste World, One Community at a Time (Episode 35)
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Zero waste activist Paul Connett joins ILSR's Neil Seldman and Nick Stumo-Langer to detail how to move communities across the world to a zero waste re...
Internet Connectivity in Indigenous Communities (Episode 34)
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Rantanen, Director of Technology at the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association, and Hannah Trostle, an ILSR research associate talk ...
Supporting Family Farming in the Age of Monopoly with Joe Maxwell (Episode 33)
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Maxwell of the Organization for Competitive Markets details how our economy is tilted against family farms and rural communities, and how he’s w...
This Ag Economist Preached Bigger is Better. Now He Says the Evidence Favors Small Farms. (Episode 32)
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Ikerd, an agricultural economist, sits down with Stacy Mitchell to discuss the consolidation of our food system and why he supports family farms ...
San Francisco Breaks the Chain Stores, Strengthens Neighborhood Economies (Episode 31)
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
San Francisco has one-third as many chain stores as the national average. That's thanks in large part to a city ordinance that restricts "formula" bus...
Beating the Monopolies: Barry Lynn Explains How We Will Win (Episode 30)
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Building Local Power podcast, ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell sits down with Barry Lynn, head of the Open Markets Institute, to...
Electric Vehicles Use Local Power to Cut Pollution and Driving Costs (Episode 29)
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Electric vehicles are enabling energy democracy. That's the takeaway from the latest Building Local Power podcast episode, a discussion between guest ...
What Neighborhood Retail Gets Right (Episode 27)
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Schaefer, the founder and owner of several local hardware stores in Washington, D.C., joins us to talk about starting and growing a neighborhood ...
Connecting Rural America: Internet Access for All (Episode 26)
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week, our Building Local Power podcast contains a conversation between guest host Nick Stumo-Langer and ILSR researchers Hannah Trostle and Chris...
Fishing for Local Power (Episode 25)
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode of Building Local Power is a great conversation with a close ally and friend of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Niaz Dorry,...
Local Solar Power: Red Plus Blue Makes a Green Tea Party (Episode 24)
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of Building Local Power we interview Debbie Dooley, President of Conservatives for Energy Freedom and co-founder of the Green T...
How Big Businesses Get Big Subsidies (Episode 23)
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our podcast, Building Local Power, ILSR's Stacy Mitchell interviews Greg LeRoy of Good Jobs First about the tax incentive packages ...
The Monopolist’s Playbook: Strategies To Retain Overwhelming Economic Power (Episode 21)
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week in Building Local Power, we’re discussing how concentrated economic power responds to communities that are supporting their own local econ...
Tech Startup Allows Communities to Support Local Businesses (Episode 20)
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week in Building Local Power, we’re discussing independent businesses and the communities that support them. Host Christopher Mitchell and ILSR...
Creating Community Wealth Through Compost (Episode 19)
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Building Local Power this week, we're delving into the potential community-based composting holds to empower historically marginalized communities ...
Policies That Make Markets Work, Hello Antitrust! (Episode 18)
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week in Building Local Power, we are focusing on what makes and breaks markets – market power, monopoly, and antitrust. As we discuss with note...
Mayors Take on Preemption to Defend Local Solutions (Episode 17)
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode seventeen of the Building Local Power podcast. In this episode, Andrew Gillum, Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida and founder of the adv...
Small Banks, Big Benefits (Episode 16)
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Building Local Power podcast, our guest is Justin Dahlheimer, president of a community bank in west-central Minnesota. Justin a...
Thanks To Your Local Economy, Renewables Aren’t Going Anywhere (Episode 15)
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode fifteen of the Building Local Power podcast. In this episode, Christopher Mitchell, the director of ILSR’s Community Broadband Ne...
Breaking Through Partisanship: Left-Right-Local (Episode 14)
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Farrell, Director of ILSR’s Energy Democracy Initiative, Stacy Mitchell, Director of Community-Scaled Economies, and David Morris join host Chr...
The Power and Perils of Cooperatives (Episode 12)
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Christopher Mitchell, the director of ILSR’s Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews Hannah Trostle and Karlee Weinmann...
Bolstering Waste Recovery Through Model Legislation (Episode 11)
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Christopher Mitchell, the director of ILSR's Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews Brenda Platt, ILSR co-director and d...
Preemption, Local Authority, & Municipal Broadband (Episode 10)
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, John Farrell, the director of ILSR's Energy Democracy initiative, interviews Christopher Mitchell (our usual podcast host) and Lisa G...
The Perils of Privatization (Episode 9)
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews David Morris, a co-founder of the Institute f...
The Year in Building Local Power (Episode 8)
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews a roundtable of ILSR staff members. Participa...
Composting Cultivates Economic Development (Episode 7)
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews Linda Bilsens, Project Manager of ILSR's Neig...
Broadband Boosted at the Ballot, An Election Wrap-Up (Episode 5)
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews Lisa Gonzalez, Senior Researcher for the Comm...
Energy Democracy: Customer Control over Renewable Energy (Episode 3)
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews John Farrell, the director of our Energy Demo...
The True Value of Recycling and the Waste Stream (Episode 2)
06 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews Neil Seldman, ILSR co-founder and senior staf...
The Dark Store Tax Dodge of Big-Box Retailers (Episode 1)
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of our new podcast series, "Building Local Power," Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, i...