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Talking Headways Podcast: Urban Journalism with Nate Berg

The urban issues writer talks to us about his love of writing about highways — for good and evil! — and his overall process for coming up with ideas.
Talking Headways Podcast: Urban Journalism with Nate Berg

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This week, we’re joined by freelance urban issue writer Nate Berg, who talks to us about his love of writing about highways, his piece for Curbed on the history of the Bauhaus, our collaborative piece on urban transportation data, writing about housing in Japan, and his process for writing articles.

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Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.

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