2 chapters across the catalog
The hosts discuss how the ambiguous legal definition of "blight" is used by governments to seize private property through eminent domain for redevelopment. Examples include New York's Penn Station and the Barclays Center. They argue that "urban renewal" has historically been used to displace black communities and suggest that current migrant crises could be used to create "artificial blight" for future land grabs.
Dr. Logan Westbrook explains how black R&B stations were historically relegated to the far right of the radio dial, where signals were weakest. This "radio redlining" forced black executives to seek "crossover" hits on Top 40 stations located in the stronger center of the dial. Adam Curry provides a technical explanation of how frequency assignments and transmitter power affected these disparities.
