To the Point
Will the United States Become the United Cities of America?
The 50 United States are accidents of history, unrelated to current population density or productivity. They were never designed to solve today's problems. Now there's a movement for something new: connections across state borders between the vast metropolitan regions where power really lies.
By Warren Olney • • 33m ListenThe 50 United States are accidents of history, unrelated to current population density or productivity. They were never designed to solve today's problems. Now there's a movement for something new: connections across state borders between the vast metropolitan regions where power really lies. And cities around the world are getting together -- hoping to end national gridlock and address security, pandemic disease and climate change.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christine Detz
Producer, 'To the Point'
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Parag Khanna
global strategist and author
Aaron Renn
Manhattan Institute
Benjamin Barber
Political theorist and author
The full episode
2 of 3The City as the Power Center- 1:53Sadiq Khan Becomes London's First Muslim Mayor
- 8:44Will the United States Become the United Cities of America?You’re reading this
- 42:54Will the Media Scrutinize Trump Like Other Candidates?