A Streetsblog California podcast talking to experts on various issues that impact how California grows.
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Signup to Generate a PitchStreetSmart is hosted by Damien Newton. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "StreetSmart 15: Homes Before Highways" (17 March 2026, 18 minutes), "StreetSmart 14.2 - The Governor's Race and High-Speed Rail" (5 March 2026, 26 minutes), and "StreetSmart 14.1 - What to look for from the 2026 Legislature" (4 March 2026, 29 minutes).
StreetSmart publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 17 episodes.
Booking probability for StreetSmart is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. StreetSmart requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. StreetSmart's contact route on record: verified email.
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Damien Newton hosts StreetSmart, a news podcast with 17 episodes published.
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Episode #15
<p >In StreetSmart 15, Damien Newton spoke with Yesenia Perez of the Greenlining Institute about the connection between freeway expansion and California's housing crisis. Perez discussed research behind her recent story...
<p></p> <p> Following up on yesterday's podcast, today Damien Newton speaks with Adriana Rizzo of Californians for Electric Rail and Eli Lipmen of Move California about two major statewide issues: the California...
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<p >On this episode of StreetSmart, Streetsblog California editor Damien Newton talks with Marty Beard, CEO of Hayden.AI, about the rapid expansion of automated camera enforcement on buses and city vehicles across...
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<p >In a special AMA episode of the Street Smart podcast, Streetsblog California editor Damien Newton reflects on his first year leading the site while answering reader-submitted questions on politics, transportation...
<p ></p> <p>On this week's StreetSmart Podcast, host Damien Newton spoke with UC Berkeley professor Zach Lamb about his team's new report, A Safety Dilemma, which examines why some fire departments across the country...
<p></p> <p>In this episode, host Damien Newton sits down with Zack Deutsch-Gross, the new executive director of Transform, for a wrap-up of California's 2025 legislative session. For a quick recap of all of the...
<p >StreetSmart launched its fall session with guest Melanie Curry, former editor of Streetsblog California. Host Damien Newton welcomed Curry back for her first official appearance since retiring in January, noting her...
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<p>Episode 8 of StreetSmart features an interview with Hana Creger, the Associate Director of Climate Equity with the Greenlining Institute. The interview was conducted on June 3 before the budget deals and before the...
<p >In StreetSmart Episode7, Streetsblog California editor Damien Newton and Sam Speroni from UCLA discussed the unequal distribution of car ownership costs in Los Angeles, using data from 2021 to 2023. </p> <p> </p> <p...
<p></p> <p>There's lots of legislation pending in California that will impact the way California grows and tries to address the global climate emergency. One of the most important decisions the legislature has to make...
<p></p> <p>Episode 4 of the StreetSmart podcast features Monica Mallon and a discussion of the VTA strike in Silicon Valley.</p> <p> </p> <p>If you're not familiar with Mallon, she is a one-person advocacy machine...
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<p >The StreetSmart podcast returns with an episode where we discuss how transit agencies can best fight global warming by encouraging more people to ride transit and by eliminating freeway widenings. This episode's...
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<p>This week's StreetSmart brings in not one, but two experts on California High-Speed Rail</p> <p>Joining me are Adriana Rizzo and Roger Rudick.</p> <p>Adriana Rizzo is with Californians for Electric Rail, a non-profit...
<p>Welcome to the second episde of the Streetsblog California podcast, StreetSmart. In this podcast, I'll be talking to experts about various topics, policies, programs, and people that I'll be covering as part of the...
<p>Welcome to the first edition of the Streetsblog California podcast, StreetSmart. In this podcast, I'll be talking to experts about various topics, policies, programs, and people that I'll be covering as part of the...
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Californians for Electric Rail
Co-Founder and CEO, Always AI
Greenlining Institute
Move California
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