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Talking Headways Podcast: Cooperating Academic and Urban Institutions

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Talking Headways Podcast: Cooperating Academic and Urban Institutions

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This week, we’re joined Ben Levine, executive director of the Metrolab Network, who talks about the partnerships that Metrolab forges between cities and academic institutions. We also talk about data collection and usage, as well as the Civic Innovation Challenge.

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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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