# John Rennie Short

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Ep. 33: The Health Consequences of Political Polarization w/ Dr. Sameera Nayak

On today's episode we hear about the consequences of political polarization for the mental and physical health of Americans. I speak with Dr. Sameera Nayak, Assistant Professor of Public Health at UMBC. Dr. Sameera Nayak Is divisive politics making Americans sick? - Social Science & Medicine On …

Insurrection with John Rennie Short

Today on the History with Jackson Podcast Jackson sits down to talk with Author and historian John Rennie Short! Today we discuss his book with Reaktion Books, 'Insurrection: What the January 6 Assault on the Capitol Reveals about America and Democracy'. In this conversation, we spoke about the two…

Make downtown great again: what's next for dead and dying downtowns?

John Rennie Short, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, joins Mike and Kathie to talk about how many traditional downtowns across North America are dead or dying and what’s next for these areas

Book Of The Year Winner: Insurrection with John Rennie Short

Today on the History with Jackson Podcast Jackson sits down to talk with Author and historian, and our Book of the Year Winner, John Rennie Short to discuss our book of the Year, 'Insurrection: What the January 6 Assault on the Capitol Reveals about America and Democracy'. In this conversation, we …

Why there's a good chance your city is facing a budget cliff

Seattle city leaders were met with some less than ideal news this month: the city is facing a $241 million dollar budget shortfall over the next two years. And maybe you’re thinking, hey didn’t city council use the Jump Start tax to fill the $250 million budget gap this year? Surprise: that was a …

Episode 29 Introducing the NOlympics Committee

In this episode, Nat & Anna discuss the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games, and why being a host city is, overwhelmingly, a bad thing for the city and a worse thing for a city's poorer and more marginalised inhabitants. We draw on John Rennie Short's idea of "event capture" to look at the ways hosting a …

Episode 33 - NOLympics Committee #2 - Event Capture & Securitisation

G'day friends and welcome to the second official meeting of the Brisbane NOlympics Committee! In this episode, Anna and Nat are continuing the conversation from our first NOlympics show to consider why exactly the Olympics is such a bad proposition for host cities (and what we could still be doing …