{"podcast":{"title":"Active Towns","slug":"active-towns-188135","podcast_index_feed_id":188135,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/active-towns","website_url":"https://activetowns.transistor.fm","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OmDkfBiv3pr_9QdenrfbxraNlq94mGjToNdvAln-LHM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzgwNjcvMTY0NTE5/MDIxMi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg","author":"John Simmerman","episode_count":347,"summary":"Conversations about Creating a Culture of Activity: Profiling the people, places, programs, and policies that help to promote a culture of activity within our communities.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T14:19:29.479413+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135"},"episode":{"title":"The Goal is Free Range Kids w/ Prof Sara FL Kirk","slug":"the-goal-is-free-range-kids-w-prof-sara-fl-kirk","published_at":"2026-06-05T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135/the-goal-is-free-range-kids-w-prof-sara-fl-kirk","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/88c3260f","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/88c3260f/0d710a11.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I connect with Professor Sara FL Kirk, with Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for an in-depth discussion about her research centered on environments that promote healthy, active living, what prompted her to become a safer streets activist, hint: it's the story as we heard from Tom Flood with the Urban Truth Collective, and some of her favorite initiatives she's been involved with there in Halifax. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): 👉 Urban Truth Collective episode 👉 Grant Ennis Dark PR episode 👉 Tim Gill and Alice Ferguson Free Range Childhood episode 👉 Lenore Skenazy Free Range Kids - Let Grow episode 👉 Bruce Appleyard episode 👉 Peter Norton playlist 👉 Ian Walker and Marco Te Brömmelstroet motonormativity episode 👉 Carter Lavin’s You Have to Fight episode 👉 Academia and Research playlist 👉 Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us by Tom Vanderbilt via my Bookshop or from Amazon 👉 Tristin Cleveland episode 👉 Kidical Mass video from Austin 👉 My recent Bike Streets episode 👉 Bike Streets website 👉 Wes Marshall's recent Livestream 👉 Uplift Partnership website 👉 Navahine Settlement episode 👉 Growing Up Boulder Mara Mintzer episode If you are a fan of the Active Towns Podcast, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways: 1. Become an Active Towns Member on YouTube for exclusive member-only content and Livestreams 2. Join the Active Towns Patreon community . Contributions start at just $3 per month 3. If you enjoyed this episode, you can also \"leave a tip\" through \"Buy Me a Coffee\" 4. Make a donation to my non-profit, Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. , to help support my pro bono work with cities Credits: - Video and a…","meta_description":"In this episode, I connect with Professor Sara FL Kirk, with Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for an in-depth discussion about her research c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/active-towns-188135/episodes/the-goal-is-free-range-kids-w-prof-sara-fl-kirk/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135/the-goal-is-free-range-kids-w-prof-sara-fl-kirk.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}