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The world's #1 podcast about city council meetings. Entertaining interviews about city council meetings across the globe by Michael Karlik every Sunday. City council meeting reviews, "Best T...
Jim Paine--Superior, WI mayor--presided over a series of meetings this year in which the common council failed to select a council president...
Carrie Tergin--Jefferson City, MO mayor--returns to critique the top 10 city council selfies from International #CityHallSelfie Day. Follow...
Warren Lieberman--Belmont, CA vice mayor--was around when the first class of Belmont second graders began their mock council meetings at cit...
Casey Brown--Golden, CO mayor pro tem--was prepared to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in municipal elections, despite concerns a...
Rafael Espinoza--Denver, CO former councilman--discusses the shortfalls of his council, including the resistance to televised public comment...
Nicole Johnston--Aurora, CO council member--attended a pro-immigrant rally at an ICE facility, where a small group of protesters vandalized...
It's Christmas in July, which means it is only appropriate to take the holiday off and look back at our favorite interviews. This episode fe...
Jon Wizard--Seaside, CA council member--sorts his fellow council members into their Hogwarts houses. Then, he discusses a council proposal t...
Jennifer Andress--Homewood, AL councilor--explains the painful decision to condemn a nuisance property and why Homewood committee meetings h...
Joseph Geierman--Doraville, GA Council Member--walks through the "council court" hearing that Doraville employed and resembled a trial more...
ABC's George Stephanopoulos spends 30 hours with Michael Karlik, peering into the mind of the podcast's creator and listening back to some o...
Kate Stewart--Takoma Park, MD mayor--recalls the saga of Takoma Junction, a small development that generated oversized outrage. We listen ba...
Barbara Simpson--Saint John, NB reporter--assuages fears that people will be wandering around Saint John with bows and arrows killing indisc...
Samba Baldeh--Madison, WI alder--answers a crucial question: why does Madison call its council members "alders"? Then he discusses an emotio...
Eva Murray--Glasgow, SCT councillor--describes the tickets that a person needs to come watch Glasgow council meetings, the strategy for coun...
Ahmad Zahra--Fullerton, CA coucilmember--is a film producer and first-year council member whose first major decision was how to fill a vacan...
As Michael prepares for an audit, he plays some of his favorite episodes, reads from the Listener's List, and celebrates the one year annive...
Emily LaDouceur--Berea, KY councilwoman--talks about the "hate group" that she sees as responsible for bullying and for pushing Christian-on...
Davina Duerr--Bothell, WA deputy mayor--reveals the motivation for the new "council conversations" segment of Bothell's meetings. Then we di...
Ethan Baker--Troy, MI mayor pro tem--describes the series of events that culminated in the city manager's arrest and firing in 2018. That wa...
DeDreana Freeman--Durham, NC Council Member--describes her reaction to the council's slick new opening video and the city's "Durhamina" digi...
Rhashonna Cosby--Linden, NJ councilwoman--helps make sense of a chaotic and antagonistic council environment. She describes the power strugg...
While Michael is away on Spring Break, we hear segments from some of our favorite interviews, including Kristerfer Burnett, Nancy Pearson, a...
Nancy Pearson--Portsmouth, NH councilor--helped pioneer a "public dialogue" in her council meetings. While it replaced some council meeting...
Luis Del Toro--Dubuque, IA council member--felt targeted by a council proposal to move up the start time of council meetings, which infringe...
Kristerfer Burnett--Baltimore, MD councilman--discusses early critiques of his young council and how council members have pushed back agains...
Adam Adkisson--Coalinga, CA council member--is new to the Coalinga council, yet has already encountered disgruntled residents itching to fig...
Nicole Bolden--Bloomington, IN city clerk--may not be part of the council, but she is certainly part of the council meetings. She talks abou...
It is the biggest night of the year! Michael Karlik addresses Congress about the tests and triumphs of city council meetings. There is a sho...
Eileen Weir--Independence, MO mayor--was surprised when a sudden motion to eliminate city jobs hit the council floor this summer. We listen...
Derek Green--Philadelphia, PA councilman--assures me that he pays attention to public comment, even if his colleagues do not. We hear the qu...
Candice Quarles--DeSoto, TX councilwoman--reveals the tasty treats that council members receive before their meetings. Plus, we listen to ho...
Charlie Luke--Salt Lake City, UT council member--explains how the mayor's "question time" is a tradition of the SLC council that sometimes g...
Susan Moffitt--Clawson, MI councilmember--describes how the sudden enforcement of a decades-old chicken ordinance caused a furor and was emb...
Mary Rita Holland--Kingston, ON councillor--discusses the hotbed of activity in her council: childcare at public meetings. A disturbing gest...
Tom Lisi--Decatur, IL reporter--walks us through two narrow votes that surprised council watchers: a last-minute decision to yank a golf tou...
While Michael celebrates being named a "Top 100 Local Government Influencer," the interns have to work on Christmas Day. Subsequently, three...
Christina Romelus--Boynton Beach, FL vice mayor--gives us a window into the "Pirate Fest" (and her pirate accent!) and explains what happene...
Alexa Loo--Richmond, BC councillor--gives us a farmhouse tour! Specifically, we find out why large farmhouses dominated the Richmond council...
Joe Mihevc--former Toronto, ON councilor--walks through the last three months of the Toronto council, in which the province suddenly and uni...
John D'Amico--West Hollywood, CA mayor pro tem--introduced a resolution to oppose Donald Trump's star on the Walk of Fame. We hear from that...
Andrea Jenkins--Minneapolis, MN council vice president--explains why a race equity training occurred in a council meeting earlier this year,...
It was Election Day last week for city councils across the country, which means we have updates on the hottest races! Plus, we revisit inter...
Anne Watson--Montpelier, VT mayor--defends her council's omission of the Pledge of Allegiance from the meetings and explains why high school...
Jyoti Gondek--Calgary, AB councillor--has seen her council wrestle with the way it conducts closed door meetings. Who leaked confidential ma...
Heidi Williams--Thornton, CO mayor--discusses why her council rejected prayer and a moment of silence, only to have one of her frequent publ...
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy--Tempe, AZ reporter for "The Arizona Republic"--was a trendsetter with his purchase of the "Tempe Tie." He was in the r...
Rich Tran--Milpitas, CA mayor--is a huge fan of Barack Obama's, and that fandom landed him in some hot water after his inaugural speech. He...
Raj Salwan--Fremont, CA councilmember--explains the complicated and occasionally fluid process of appointing members to his council. Then we...
Tucker Poling--Prairie Village, KS council member--boldly moved to rearrange the council meetings right away, and he explains why some peopl...