The Squeaky Wheel Podcast
Episodes
How Skye Duncan is Globally Multiplying Lessons She Learned in NYC.
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this month is Skye Duncan, a brilliant communicator who is Executive Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI). This innovat...
Grant Ennis Explains the Dangers of Corporate Disinformation
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to season three of The Squeaky Wheel Podcast! We’re starting the year with an amazing guest who’s from San Francisco, USA, but liv...
Peter Norton Warns Don’t be Dazzled by the “Magic” of Automated Vehicles
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month we’re very excited to be speaking with Associate Professor Peter Norton who is a historian at the University of Virginia in Charlotte...
Are we being killed by traffic engineers? Shocking revelations from Wes Marshall
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this month is Wes Marshall, Author of the thought provoking book, “Killed by a Traffic Engineer.” This book has certainly ruffle...
How Prue Oswin achieved better outcomes for safe children’s travel
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After graduating with degrees in Geography and Environmental Engineering, Prue Oswin spent eight years as a water engineer before switching to active ...
National Transport Conference Special Edition Featuring Keynotes Lucy Saunders and Giles Perkins
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We recorded this month’s episode at the National Transport Conference, that is run each year by the Transport Professionals Association. Both th...
Sam Johnson Reveals the Amazing Potential of the World Bank
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The World Bank might not be the first organisation that active travel advocates think of as an important potential partner. But with billions of dolla...
Voices of Velo-city: Wins, Challenges and the Future of Active Mobility
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a completely different format for this month’s Squeaky Wheel Podcast. At the Velo-city conference 2025 in Gdansk, Poland, held from 1...
Valuable, Not Vulnerable: Reframing Road Safety for Active Travel with Hafez Alavi
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re talking with leading safety expert, Dr Havez Alavi. Hafez has a passion for making our lives safer when we travel. Ha...
Wheels of Progress: Jill Warren Reflects on 5 Years as CEO of the European Cycling Federation
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just over five years ago, Jill Warren left a very senior global corporate career and took a serious pay cut to follow her passion and become the CEO o...
AITPM's CEO Kirsty Kelly on decarbonising our transport systems
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kirsty Kelly is quietly spoken, but in this interview she shares great insights with authority. Since 2019, Kirsty has been CEO of the AITPM (Australi...
Matt Burke wants us to reckon with autobesity
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt is a great communicator who not only gives many insightful comments, but does so with a smile on his face and a glint in his eye. In our intervie...
Sara Stace wants to boost active transport in Australia for the cost of two coffees per person
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Stace is a city shaper, urban transport innovator, and bold advocate for better streets. With a career spanning 30 years across federal, state, a...
Kevin Mayne
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For more than a quarter of a century, Kevin has been one of the world’s most senior and successful leaders of cycling advocacy organisations.At the ...
Phil Jones
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Jones is a quietly spoken achiever who has played a significant role behind the scenes in some of the UK’s most important advancements in activ...
Kylie Nixon
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kylie Nixon is one of Australia’s most experienced active transport professionals, but also a mum who encourages her kids to walk and ride and of co...
Lee Waters
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over recent years Lee Waters has been one of the most courageous and consequential politicians in the world when it comes to advocating for safer, mor...
Melinda Hanson
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Melinda has dedicated her career to sustainable transportation. Her impressive qualifications and career record are only matched by her high energy le...
Tom Cooper
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Cooper is the Australia New Zealand General Manager of Beam, a global micromobility company undergoing impressive growth in the APAC region. With ...
See.Sense
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Philip and Irene McAleese are the co-founders of See.Sense. Established in 2013 by Philip and Irene McAleese, See.Sense leverages advanced sensor and ...