{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast","slug":"talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084","podcast_index_feed_id":170084,"rss_url":"https://streetsblog.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://streetsblog.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/f/d/7/afd7fbbdc263d748e5bbc093207a2619/TalkingHeadways-20231003-ovzbrpe2ii.png","author":"The Overhead Wire","episode_count":803,"summary":"A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T16:17:41.267607+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 578: Sidewalk Nation","slug":"episode-578-sidewalk-nation","published_at":"2026-05-14T04:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084/episode-578-sidewalk-nation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084","url":"https://streetsblog.libsyn.com/episode-578-sidewalk-nation","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/streetsblog/TalkingHeadways_MP_05132026.mp3?dest-id=170891","summary":"This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Cardozo Law professor Michael Pollack to talk about his new book Sidewalk Nation: The Life and Law of America's Most Overlooked Resource . Michael discusses who manages, owns, and feels ownership of sidewalks and advocates for a Department dedicated to them. We also talk about the nexus between sidewalks and roads, the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Denver's successful funding and maintenance referendum. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube ! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public ! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com","meta_description":"This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Cardozo Law professor Michael Pollack to talk about his new book Sidewalk Nation: The Life and L…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3639,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084/episodes/episode-578-sidewalk-nation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084/episode-578-sidewalk-nation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}