Episode 575: Megan Kimble

Longform

2024/04/03

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Shownote

Megan Kimble is the former executive editor of The Texas Observer and has written for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and The Guardian. Her new book is City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways. “I have never lived in...

Highlights

Megan Kimble, an acclaimed long-form journalist and author, reflects on her evolution from borderlands reporting to investigating the deep-rooted inequities embedded in America’s highway infrastructure.

08:03

She left the LA Times because it was not sustainable and lacked space for in-depth investigation

11:01

A senior editor job at The Texas Observer in 2019 changed their life and career

21:06

Eisenhower knew routing highways through cities wouldn’t fix congestion—but buried the memo during an election year

49:09

Many people don't think highways impact their lives, despite the far-reaching effects of highway expansion

Chapters

Megan Kimble on Writing, Infrastructure, and Borderlands Journalism

00:00

Kimble’s Austin Monthly archive

11:00

"Austin’s Not-So-Fair Housing Market" (Austin Monthly • Sept 2018)

13:00

"The Road Home" (Texas Observer • July 2021)

49:00

Transcript

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