Grant Ennis
@grantennis.bsky.social
Author of Dark PR: How corporate disinformation undermines our health and the Environment, 2023, Daraja Press. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/bookdarkpr
Excellent @brenttoderian.bsky.social
NEW/LISTEN! Been REALLY looking forward to this one — my interview with Jason from #NotJustBikes IS LIVE on many podcast platforms plus YouTube! We cover a LOT of really important ground on how to ACTUALLY ACHIEVE BETTER CITIES IN REAL PRACTICE! I’m looking forward to your thoughts and comments!
How to Actually Improve a City (w/Brent Toderian)
YouTube video by The Urbanist Agenda Podcast
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December 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Excellent @brenttoderian.bsky.social
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Paradise Valley, Detroit, seen on a John Lee Hooker album cover that captures the neighborhood before it was demolished for construction of the Chrysler Freeway and “urban renewal” in the 1960s. More info: www.segregationbydesign.com/detroit/hast...
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Paradise Valley, Detroit, seen on a John Lee Hooker album cover that captures the neighborhood before it was demolished for construction of the Chrysler Freeway and “urban renewal” in the 1960s. More info: www.segregationbydesign.com/detroit/hast...
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NEW/LISTEN! Been REALLY looking forward to this one — my interview with Jason from #NotJustBikes IS LIVE on many podcast platforms plus YouTube! We cover a LOT of really important ground on how to ACTUALLY ACHIEVE BETTER CITIES IN REAL PRACTICE! I’m looking forward to your thoughts and comments!
How to Actually Improve a City (w/Brent Toderian)
YouTube video by The Urbanist Agenda Podcast
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW/LISTEN! Been REALLY looking forward to this one — my interview with Jason from #NotJustBikes IS LIVE on many podcast platforms plus YouTube! We cover a LOT of really important ground on how to ACTUALLY ACHIEVE BETTER CITIES IN REAL PRACTICE! I’m looking forward to your thoughts and comments!
This headline…. what a way to generation-blame for industry malfeasance @felly500.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This headline…. what a way to generation-blame for industry malfeasance @felly500.bsky.social
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“The phenomenon is known as induced demand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” #InducedTraffic
It’s an American Obsession. It’s Based on a Total Lie. We Have to Stop Before It’s Too Late.
The truth about what's happening on America's roads—and how we can stop it.
slate.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“The phenomenon is known as induced demand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” #InducedTraffic
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Mis and dis information. Notes for PH professionals
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Mis and dis information. Notes for PH professionals
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
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Dark PR - applied to roads, cars and driving
Discourse and how it is shaped has very real public policy (& thus outcome) consequences
Thus a v legit target for those seeking better outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Discourse and how it is shaped has very real public policy (& thus outcome) consequences
Thus a v legit target for those seeking better outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Dark PR - applied to roads, cars and driving
Discourse and how it is shaped has very real public policy (& thus outcome) consequences
Thus a v legit target for those seeking better outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Discourse and how it is shaped has very real public policy (& thus outcome) consequences
Thus a v legit target for those seeking better outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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Amazing to me how many people upload their CVs to a grant management system with filenames like ‘CV template SC’.
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Amazing to me how many people upload their CVs to a grant management system with filenames like ‘CV template SC’.
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Highly recommended
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Unlearned lessons and misplaced hopes: discursive spaces of transport in twenty-first century Australia
In this position paper, we discuss contemporary discursive spaces of transport in Australia and their reflexive relationships with policy and practice. With a focus on ‘devious frames' developed an...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Highly recommended
doi.org/10.1080/0004... @ianwalker.bsky.social @healthtepi.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @frameworks.bsky.social @felly500.bsky.social @davidzipper.bsky.social @sethlaj.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @parismarx.com @norton.bsky.social
Unlearned lessons and misplaced hopes: discursive spaces of transport in twenty-first century Australia
In this position paper, we discuss contemporary discursive spaces of transport in Australia and their reflexive relationships with policy and practice. With a focus on ‘devious frames' developed an...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Hey Podcast listeners, are you a Nebula subscriber? If yes, you can listen to my NEW INTERVIEW with #NotJustBikes @theurbanistagenda.com TODAY. We cover LOTS of interesting ground. Don’t worry, if you’re not on Nebula, watch for the FULL release on many platforms on FRIDAY! nebula.tv/agenda/how-t...
The Urbanist Agenda — How to Actually Improve a City (w/Brent Toderian)
Brent Toderian is the former chief planner of Vancouver, Canada. He has worked with dozens of cities around the world to achieve real change, and he has some advice for advocates who want to do the sa...
nebula.tv
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hey Podcast listeners, are you a Nebula subscriber? If yes, you can listen to my NEW INTERVIEW with #NotJustBikes @theurbanistagenda.com TODAY. We cover LOTS of interesting ground. Don’t worry, if you’re not on Nebula, watch for the FULL release on many platforms on FRIDAY! nebula.tv/agenda/how-t...
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AR2025: We have added videos and transcripts of yesterday's live sessons with Grant Ennis and Alice Wiseman, both in full and as a sample. These come in addition to a dozen insightful Spotlight sessions on the same page. @grantennis.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social
alcohol-review.com
alcohol-review.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
AR2025: We have added videos and transcripts of yesterday's live sessons with Grant Ennis and Alice Wiseman, both in full and as a sample. These come in addition to a dozen insightful Spotlight sessions on the same page. @grantennis.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social
alcohol-review.com
alcohol-review.com
"Gavin Menzies [claimed] that the Chinese sailed to America before Columbus. Historians have rejected Menzies' theories and assertions and have categorised his work as pseudohistory." @michaelhobbes.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_M...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_M...
Gavin Menzies - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Gavin Menzies [claimed] that the Chinese sailed to America before Columbus. Historians have rejected Menzies' theories and assertions and have categorised his work as pseudohistory." @michaelhobbes.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_M...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_M...
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Here's the journal article written with past Pod guest and friend of the Channel @grantennis.bsky.social that prompted the recording of this episode: bit.ly/4iHFql6
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Here's the journal article written with past Pod guest and friend of the Channel @grantennis.bsky.social that prompted the recording of this episode: bit.ly/4iHFql6
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And a big mahalo to @grantennis.bsky.social for making the introduction 🙏
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
And a big mahalo to @grantennis.bsky.social for making the introduction 🙏
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PREMIERE ALERT Pls tune in tmw, Wed, Dec 3rd, at 2 pm EST for my conversation w/ Dr. Matthew "Tepi" Mclaughlin from Perth, Australia, for a conversation about the institutional subsidization of motonormativity that directly contributes to epidemic levels of physical inactivity
youtu.be/ZGIatCdRQVY
youtu.be/ZGIatCdRQVY
EPISODE 319 DR. TEPI MCLAUGHLIN: It's No Accident Why We're Inactive
YouTube video by Active Towns
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
PREMIERE ALERT Pls tune in tmw, Wed, Dec 3rd, at 2 pm EST for my conversation w/ Dr. Matthew "Tepi" Mclaughlin from Perth, Australia, for a conversation about the institutional subsidization of motonormativity that directly contributes to epidemic levels of physical inactivity
youtu.be/ZGIatCdRQVY
youtu.be/ZGIatCdRQVY
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Oops! Forgot to tag you @healthtepi.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Oops! Forgot to tag you @healthtepi.bsky.social
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It’s frustrating to watch interviews like the one between the @thedailyshow.com’s Jon Stewart & @elizkolbert.bsky.social tonight, suggesting we don’t know the solutions to the #ClimateCrisis, & better solutions aren’t “politically viable.” WE KNOW THE SOLUTIONS, AND ONLY CORRUPTION MAKES THEM HARD.
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It’s frustrating to watch interviews like the one between the @thedailyshow.com’s Jon Stewart & @elizkolbert.bsky.social tonight, suggesting we don’t know the solutions to the #ClimateCrisis, & better solutions aren’t “politically viable.” WE KNOW THE SOLUTIONS, AND ONLY CORRUPTION MAKES THEM HARD.
“I've recommended this book so many times! You'll learn about the PR strategies and government subsidies that promote and prop up cars and car infrastructure, fossil fuels, and unhealthy food. You can't change the world by buying virtuously. Organize! To change systems!” - @lizzzs.bsky.social
I've recommended this book so many times! You'll learn about the PR strategies and government subsidies that promote and prop up cars and car infrastructure, fossil fuels, and unhealthy food. You can't change the world by buying virtuously. Organize! To change systems!
Tonight’s #UrbanismBookClub book tackles better city-making from the communications, branding, & public relations spheres. “Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines Our Health & Environment” by my friend @grantennis.bsky.social is a HUGELY important book today. Every urbanist should read it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“I've recommended this book so many times! You'll learn about the PR strategies and government subsidies that promote and prop up cars and car infrastructure, fossil fuels, and unhealthy food. You can't change the world by buying virtuously. Organize! To change systems!” - @lizzzs.bsky.social
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I've recommended this book so many times! You'll learn about the PR strategies and government subsidies that promote and prop up cars and car infrastructure, fossil fuels, and unhealthy food. You can't change the world by buying virtuously. Organize! To change systems!
Tonight’s #UrbanismBookClub book tackles better city-making from the communications, branding, & public relations spheres. “Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines Our Health & Environment” by my friend @grantennis.bsky.social is a HUGELY important book today. Every urbanist should read it.
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I've recommended this book so many times! You'll learn about the PR strategies and government subsidies that promote and prop up cars and car infrastructure, fossil fuels, and unhealthy food. You can't change the world by buying virtuously. Organize! To change systems!
““Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines Our Health & Environment” by my friend @grantennis.bsky.social is a HUGELY important book today. Every urbanist should read it.” - @brenttoderian.bsky.social
Tonight’s #UrbanismBookClub book tackles better city-making from the communications, branding, & public relations spheres. “Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines Our Health & Environment” by my friend @grantennis.bsky.social is a HUGELY important book today. Every urbanist should read it.
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
““Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines Our Health & Environment” by my friend @grantennis.bsky.social is a HUGELY important book today. Every urbanist should read it.” - @brenttoderian.bsky.social
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Tonight’s #UrbanismBookClub book tackles better city-making from the communications, branding, & public relations spheres. “Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines Our Health & Environment” by my friend @grantennis.bsky.social is a HUGELY important book today. Every urbanist should read it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Tonight’s #UrbanismBookClub book tackles better city-making from the communications, branding, & public relations spheres. “Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines Our Health & Environment” by my friend @grantennis.bsky.social is a HUGELY important book today. Every urbanist should read it.
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Pubblicità sociale: le campagne di educazione stradale non riducono gli scontri stradali, secondo numerosi studi [Grant Ennis, Dark PR]
benzinazero.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/p... #comunicazione #sicurezza #violenzastradale #comunicazionesociale
benzinazero.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/p... #comunicazione #sicurezza #violenzastradale #comunicazionesociale
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Pubblicità sociale: le campagne di educazione stradale non riducono gli scontri stradali, secondo numerosi studi [Grant Ennis, Dark PR]
benzinazero.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/p... #comunicazione #sicurezza #violenzastradale #comunicazionesociale
benzinazero.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/p... #comunicazione #sicurezza #violenzastradale #comunicazionesociale