Covid resurgence, broken ice cream, street grids, and murder hornets
In what might be our nerdiest episode yet, we talk about the recent surges of Covid-19 and street grids, a software engineer who hacked McDonald's to find out which ice cream machines are broken, a French protest via murder hornets, and more.
- Texas is on the cusp of another COVID-19 surge. Is the state better prepared to handle it?
- This Site Knows if Your Local McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Is Broken
- In a Land of Cul-de-Sacs, the Street Grid Stages a Comeback
- The amazing route diversity of street grids
- The power of gridded streets (contains image of grocery store designed by a traffic engineer)
- Angry French beekeeper delivers more than 1000 'murder hornets' to local government building
- Alexander Hamilton: The father of American economic development incentives
Creators and Guests

Host
Chad Janicek
Former city manager, current local government nerd. I build fun stuff that helps cities make better decisions @zactax