YIMBY Pod – formerly The Abundance Agenda

On YIMBY Pod this week:
* James talks about Tory plans for a ‘National Pothole Patrol’, and explains how AI can be used to detect potholes.
* Martin tells the story of a big NIMBY campaign to save… a car park.
* And we speak to Asif Ghafoor, CEO of BE.EV, about the bureaucratic and political challenges of rolling out electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
James’s newsletter is here, his latest on the AI/copyright debate is here.
You might also like his written piece on how AI can be used to spot potholes is here.
Martin’s newsletter is here, and his latest video is here.
Don’t forget to tell your friends about the pod – and leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts!
YIMBY Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!
You can find James on Bluesky here, and Martin here.


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.abundancepod.com

James gets annoyed his new build was saddled with old technology. Martin tells the story of the surprisingly futuristic British wine industry. And we speak to Thomas Ableman about his proposal for Mini-Switzerland, a plan that could make rural trains and buses… actually good?!
James’s newsletter is here, his latest on our geospatial data mess is here.
Martin’s newsletter is here, and his latest video is here.
Don’t forget to tell your friends about the pod – and leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts!
YIMBY Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!
You can find James on Bluesky here, and Martin here.


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.abundancepod.com

James talks about how Rachel Reeves’ plan to give mayor a slice of income tax could help get infrastructure built. Martin digs into two more BBC Local Democracy Reporting Service stories with an alarming NIMBY slant. And we speak to Simon Kaye, Director of Policy and Research at Re:State, about his new report, arguing for a more powerful London Mayor and fewer London boroughs!
James’s newsletter is here.
Martin’s newsletter is here, and his latest video is here.
Don’t forget to tell your friends about the pod – and leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts!
YIMBY Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!
You can find James on Bluesky here, and Martin here.


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.abundancepod.com

James argues that Reform’s idea about politicising the Civil Service could be good, and begs everyone not to hate him. Martin tells the maddening story of his local playground, and how two years on kids are still not allowed to use it. And we speak to Laurel Boxall and Neil Ross from Public First about text and data mining (TDM), aka the eternal AI/copyright debate.
Laurel and Neil’s TDM report is here.
James’s newsletter is here.
Martin’s newsletter is here, and his latest video is here.
Don’t forget to tell your friends about the pod – and leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts!
YIMBY Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!
You can find James on Bluesky here, and Martin here.


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.abundancepod.com

James tells Martin the story of Open Safely, an incredible tool that scientists can now use to research country-wide NHS GP data. And we speak to energy policy guru Adam Bell, partner at Stonehaven, ex-head of the government’s energy strategy, and writer of the excellent Unbalancing Mechanism Substack about the wild complexity of pricing energy as we transition to Net Zero.
James’s newsletter is here. This week he wrote about proportional representation.
James wrote about Open Safely here.
Martin’s newsletter is here, and his Old Bridge Way video is here.
Don’t forget to tell your friends about the pod – and leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts!
YIMBY Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!
You can find James on Bluesky here, and Martin here.


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.abundancepod.com