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Talkin Winter OpsEpisode 138: Designed for snowplowsDeveloping an infrastructure project is series of compromises and tradeoffs and so often maintenance and operations considerations end up on the cutting room floor. Unfortunately, those decisions have implications that agencies have to live with for a long time. In the case of the GARS Intersection project in Fairbanks, Alaska everyone knew that snow removal was to be a significant consideration during the development phase.Sarah Schacher, Transportation Department Manager for the Michael Baker International Alaska office, describes the process that had maintenance as stakeholder and shares some of the discussions and compromises that unfolded during the de...
2025-10-2946 min
Ghosts and GarnetsEpisode 11: The Pathological Self Absorption of Sarah Marie JohnsonThis week we're talking Parricide, people. Puppy love and teenage greed. Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comSupport the show
2022-12-1444 min
From the BorderlandsRemain in Mexico or MPP 2.0: Can Inhumane be Less Inhumane?The Grand Finale of Witness Radio's Inaugural SeasonA cruel, anti-asylum Trump-era policy is back under a president who promised a more humane border: the Migrant "Protection" Protocols, which never protected anyone at all.Biden maintains that his Remain in Mexico program, or MPP 2.0, will be a gentler, “lite” version of his predecessor’s policy.But can Inhumane be less Inhumane?That is the question Sarah Towle, Host and Director of Witness Radio, asks Charlene D’Cruz, Lawyers for Good GovernmentAaron Reichlin-Melnick, American I...
2021-12-2249 min