Ten Across Conversations
Ten Across Conversations examines pressing issues impacting communities along the U.S. Interstate 10 corridor. From Jacksonville, Florida to Los Angeles, California, this region provides a compelling and comprehensive window into the major challenges and opportunities of the 21st century in their most extreme. Join founder and executive director, Wellington “Duke” Reiter, as he chats with subject experts bringing unique insights and new ways of thinking to reveal our collective capacity to create a more resilient future. For more information about the Ten Across Initiative visit www.10across.com.
Episodes
April 25, 2024 • 40 mins
A note to listeners who may be sensitive to the subject matter: This episode contains brief descriptions of death and distress caused by climate events.
With a widescale and urgent phenomenon like climate change, there are innumerable ways to imagine communicating its impacts through articles, film, or television. That said, given the immensity of this subject within our minds and environment, certain audiences may be unwilling o...
With a widescale and urgent phenomenon like climate change, there are innumerable ways to imagine communicating its impacts through articles, film, or television. That said, given the immensity of this subject within our minds and environment, certain audiences may be unwilling o...
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April 18, 2024 • 43 mins
A note to listeners who may be sensitive to the subject matter: This episode contains a brief discussion of suicide risk among construction workers.
The work of decarbonizing our communities and cities has never been more critical than it is today. Countless observers of climate change are warning the world that our window to drastically reduce or eliminate fossil fuel use and avoid 1.5°C or more of global warming is narrowing wit...
The work of decarbonizing our communities and cities has never been more critical than it is today. Countless observers of climate change are warning the world that our window to drastically reduce or eliminate fossil fuel use and avoid 1.5°C or more of global warming is narrowing wit...
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April 11, 2024 • 43 mins
Gensler began as a corporate interior design firm in the 1960s. Today, it is the world’s largest architecture firm in terms of revenue and staff. In 2023, Gensler employed 6,000 professionals across 53 offices globally, reaching 3,500 clients in more than 100 countries.
The influence of this firm within the building and design industry cannot be overstated. Given its reach, it is encouraging that Gensler consistently demonstrates ...
The influence of this firm within the building and design industry cannot be overstated. Given its reach, it is encouraging that Gensler consistently demonstrates ...
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April 4, 2024 • 44 mins
Artificial intelligence is advancing and intersecting with nearly all professional sectors today, including local government. However, without much AI-specific policy yet established at the federal or state levels, many cities are learning to navigate this emerging technology on their own.
A combination of public policy and residents’ openness to new ideas in the Phoenix metropolitan area has made it an ideal place for the launch ...
A combination of public policy and residents’ openness to new ideas in the Phoenix metropolitan area has made it an ideal place for the launch ...
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March 14, 2024 • 46 mins
Arizona's unique natural beauty and lingering "Wild West" spirit often charm outside observers. That allure may waver when closer examination reveals realities of extreme temperatures, extended drought, and what author Tom Zoellner refers to as a "transient" community fabric.
In his 2023 book, Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona, Tom's collection of essays details his one-man pilgrimage across the state to better under...
In his 2023 book, Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona, Tom's collection of essays details his one-man pilgrimage across the state to better under...
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March 7, 2024 • 41 mins
In part one of our interview with Brookings Metro fellow Tracy Hadden Loh, we discussed lasting influences of post-pandemic work trends on urban design and governance.
Although it is the most recent example, the COVID-19 pandemic is not the first major disruptor of economic activity within major U.S. metros, and it certainly will not be the last. A century earlier, the widespread adoption of automobiles changed the way metropolitan...
Although it is the most recent example, the COVID-19 pandemic is not the first major disruptor of economic activity within major U.S. metros, and it certainly will not be the last. A century earlier, the widespread adoption of automobiles changed the way metropolitan...
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February 29, 2024 • 41 mins
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent rise in remote work sent a ripple through most U.S. cities. Heavy office districts became ghost towns, public transit services struggled, and downtown brick and mortar retail spaces emptied in response to a sudden drop in foot traffic. During this period, there was also a significant migration of remote workers from more crowded and expensive cities like New York or San Francisco to the suburbs ...
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February 22, 2024 • 47 mins
The responsibility of U.S. mayors expanded dramatically at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as cities of all sizes were forced to reckon with aging infrastructure, dated public health procedures, and a dramatic drop in revenue and activity within their urban cores. This historic disruption in communities compounded upon many other issues which local leaders in the 10X region and beyond have been grappling with in recent years, i...
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February 16, 2024 • 64 mins
Phoenix, Arizona has seen meteoric population growth since 2010. Now the nation’s fifth largest city, its population increased by around 12% over the course of a decade. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this highly-engineered metropolis has continued to expand at the second fastest rate in the nation between 2021 and 2022.
Counterintuitively, the region has experienced an escalation of extreme heat and drought risk. The summer ...
Counterintuitively, the region has experienced an escalation of extreme heat and drought risk. The summer ...
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January 25, 2024 • 42 mins
The fifth National Climate Assessment, or ‘the NCA,’ was released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program in November 2023. This robust and thoroughly peer-reviewed collection of scientific findings among 500 experts describes current climate impacts and recommended adaptation strategies across every sector and region of the country.
The Ten Across Summit in Los Angeles took place less than a month after its release. To mark thi...
The Ten Across Summit in Los Angeles took place less than a month after its release. To mark thi...
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January 19, 2024 • 42 mins
At our recent Ten Across Summit in Los Angeles, we opened the event with a conversation between Ten Across Founder and Executive Director Duke Reiter and the award-winning political analyst and culture writer, Ron Brownstein. In the discussion, Brownstein shared his observations on the mood of the nation going into the 2024 election and the challenges he sees ahead; challenges often felt most profoundly in the Ten Across region.
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January 11, 2024 • 45 mins
In the last few decades California has been preoccupied with preparing for immediate disasters such as extended drought, wildfire, and earthquakes, thinking relatively little about the slow-moving threat upon its shores. Lulled by a century of no more than nine inches of sea level rise, California’s coastal communities now seem to be caught unprepared for the adaptations required by the three and a half feet of inundation projected...
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January 4, 2024 • 41 mins
In this special podcast distribution of our recent Ten Across Summit journalism panel, you’ll hear from six talented and prominent media professionals on how their work is changing alongside the climate. As the impacts of human-caused warming intensify and bleed into nearly every aspect of our lives, it has become an unavoidable story. With that in mind, this discussion explores best practices for writers, editors, and other leader...
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December 21, 2023 • 28 mins
We’re back from preparing for and hosting our recent Ten Across Los Angeles Summit with highlights and reflections from the event and from our most popular 2023 Ten Across Conversations podcast episodes. Join Ten Across Founder and Executive Director Duke Reiter as he shares insights from the summit and reviews salient points made in some of the most popular podcast episodes, along with hints at what is to come in 2024.
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October 19, 2023 • 36 mins
An influential and predictive set of events are currently playing out in Florida around climate, real estate, and insurance, which the rest of the nation would be well-served in keeping within their sights.
As the third largest and notoriously weather-beaten state, Florida has added 3.1 million new residents within the last decade—an amount greater than the entire population of Arkansas. This population boom in conjunction with mor...
As the third largest and notoriously weather-beaten state, Florida has added 3.1 million new residents within the last decade—an amount greater than the entire population of Arkansas. This population boom in conjunction with mor...
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October 12, 2023 • 42 mins
A drought on the Mississippi River has pushed a massive saltwater wedge from the Gulf of Mexico toward New Orleans, contaminating clean water supplies for several Louisiana river communities. Aside from the obvious public health concerns, this salty water is highly destructive to pipes and appliances within residents’ homes.
Unfortunately, this risk comes at a time when local insurance industry services have never been more constra...
Unfortunately, this risk comes at a time when local insurance industry services have never been more constra...
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October 4, 2023 • 37 mins
With climate change, it is becoming harder to find comprehensive and affordable home insurance policies across the nation— and especially in California, where the state’s four largest private insurers have significantly reduced their coverage within the last year due to increasing construction and reinsurance costs, and wildfire risk.
Earlier this year, State Farm and Allstate stopped underwriting in the state, while Farmers and U...
Earlier this year, State Farm and Allstate stopped underwriting in the state, while Farmers and U...
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September 21, 2023 • 45 mins
The first eight months of 2023 brought $23 billion in damages from weather-related events, a new record at this point in the year. Those events included unique flooding from atmospheric rivers in California; an extended heat dome over Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and other parts of the US; the Category 3 Hurricane Idalia in Florida; and of course, the horrific wildfires in Maui. The human and physical toll of these disasters cannot b...
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August 24, 2023 • 30 mins
As our summers become hotter and longer, droughts become more likely, foliage dies at a faster rate, and the likelihood of personal exposure to a wildfire inevitably increases. According to The Washington Post, one in six Americans now live in a wildfire prone area. And as the transpiring events of this particularly devastating fire season for Canada have demonstrated— even if a community is not considered to be in the direct path ...
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August 17, 2023 • 47 mins
As private sector leaders look to locate or expand their businesses—especially within the Ten Across region—they are asking questions that now far exceed the traditional real estate matters of land, space, and cost. In addition to this checklist, they are asking about water availability, energy sources, transportation, resilient public infrastructure and how climate change will impact or influence all the above. To better serve the...
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