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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2026 · 1H 7M

Why Can't We Have Nice Trains?

from The Political Orphanage · host Andrew Heaton, Will Poff-Webster

It's not that America won't spend money on mass transit, it's that we piss it away when we do. Our transit system is a mess, with a lot of problems in spending, procurement, NIMBYism and good 'ol fashioned idiocy. Will Poff-Webster is the Director of Infrastructure Policy at the Institute for Progress, where he works on energy, transportation and housing policy.

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