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PCC Local Time is a government podcast hosted by Nancy Joan Hess. It has 97 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

No other level of government impacts us as much in our daily lives as local government.For the last 40 years I have been talking to managers as an organization consultant and am as fascinated by their work today as when I began. The professional municipal manager is entrusted with a ship that often runs over rough waters even as it delivers vital services to communities. This show is about the ideas and innovation that will drive the future of the profession of municipal management. If you are interested in learning more about the Pioneering Change Community, sign up for the Friday newsletter and get access to more in-depth episode information. Check for a link in the show notes.[Intro and exit music by Joseph Hess. Cover art by Nancy Hess]

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1

Generation on the Rise: Marbles in the Pocket

2

Who Decides What a Place is Worth? Guests Christa Breum Amhøj, and John Diamond

3

APMM Series: Who Really Shapes the Future of a Place? with Erin Trone and Keri (MIller) Kenepp

4

APMM Series: What Happens When a Community Wants to Change its Local Government?

5

Finding Your Place: Why Boroughs Demand Everything. A conversation with Maggie Dobbs

6

Free Agency in Local Government: A conversation with Brad Gotshall about protection, advocacy and reputation.

7

Crisis as the New Normal - Management Under Pressure with Jeffrey Stonehill

8

Heavy Lies the Crown - The Managers Toughest Job

9

Inform, Respect, Deliver: Local Government Managers in the Policy Arena

10

When Loyalty Gets Complicated in Local Government - Generation on the Rise shows us some heat!

11

Strategic Planning: From Vision to the Cross-offable Action

12

Navigating Bias in Local Government

13

Generation on the Rise: Work Life Balance

14

Generation on the Rise - How to Shape Your Team

15

APMM Series: Everybody’s Hometown: How Media Borough Built a Sense of Place with Brittany Forman

16

APMM Series - City Managers as Deliberative Systems Leaders with Martín Carcasson

17

Conditions for Change: What it Takes to Move......a team, an organization, a local government.

18

Back from ICMA in Tampa - and a Deep Dive on Trust, Boundaries, and the Human Side of Leadership

19

APMM Series: Mapping our Path to Sustainable Communities with Sara Gibson, Bailey Rocco and Kate Robeson Grubb

20

Generation on the Rise - Episode 2 - Networking, Mentorship, and the Art of Going There

21

Generation on the Rise — Episode 1 - The New Normal: Why We Chose Local Government

22

APMM SERIES: Lessons from Town Gown Leaders Nicole Sipos, Rebecca DeSantis-Randall and Jessica Whitely

23

The Limits of Empathy - A Book Discussion about Paul Bloom's book "Against Empathy"

24

APMM 2025 Roundtable Series - Southeastern Dispatch with John Ernst, Amanda Lafty and Dave Burman

25

APMM 2025 Series - Western Roundtable Dispatch - Greg Primm, Kristen Denne and Seth Abrams

26

Mike Baumwoll on why human-connected communication matters in local government.

27

Everyday Resistance & Local Power: Exploring James C. Scott with Mike Rowe

28

APMM Series: She Leads - Not by Accident: Stephanie Mason, Amy Farkas, Stephanie Teoli Kuhls & Amanda Serock

29

APMM Series: The Return of the Managers: Reckoning with the Pennsylvania Exception: A conversation with Municipal Managers who left Pennsylvania

30

APMM Series: Pre-Conference Chat with Dan Santoro, APMM President and Sara Gibson, Conference Chair.

31

APMM SERIES: Navigating the Status of the Profession: Insights from Tom Fountaine, David Kratzer Jr and George Needles

32

Adaptive Thinking and Leadership in Policing with Lou Hayes Jr. and Gary Wong

33

Coaxing Out Potential: Coaching Teams and Leaders with Yaron Prywes

34

APMM Series: The Life and Times of Larry Comunale

35

APMM SERIES: As the Board Turns: Lessons in Board Transitions and Leadership with Scott Hutt and Sara Gibson

36

AI in local government: A conversation with Joe Mench

37

Bring your ideas and expertise to life: A conversation with Ghostwriter Emily Crookston

38

APMM Series: Navigating the Crossroads: Crandall Jones on Career Transitions in City Management

39

APMM Series: When Tradition Meets Transformation: A conversation with Rick Kane

40

APMM Series: From Volunteer to Career: Evolving Fire Services in Northampton Township with Robert Pellegrino and Adam Selisker

41

Fire Services: A conversation with Bert Brugghemans about decision making in crises

42

APMM Series: Stephanie Teoli Kuhls and Sandra Zadell on labor relations and the path from conflict to collaboration..

43

APMM Series: A conversation with Peter Buck about Local Government's Role in Climate Action

44

APMM Series: Zoning and Community Health: A Deep Dive with Ben Estell and R.J. Susko

45

Crisis leadership and the evolving landscape of emergency services: A conversation with Paresh Wankhade

46

APMM SERIES: A conversation with Jerry Ozog about Leadership in Emergency Services

47

Voices from the APMM 2024 Conference

48

Crisis Governance: A conversation with Hugo Marynissen

49

Dustin Hinkel on funding disaster mitigation and recovery

50

APMM SERIES: The Future of Local Government: A Conversation with Amanda Serock and David Pribulka

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