Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Guest Host: Matthew Felling
It was a radical social experiment in the era of Jim Crow laws: to create a planned community in rural Maryland that would welcome people of any race, class or religion. Forty years later, the town of Columbia is now home to 100,000 people. We look at what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what’s next for one of America’s most idealistic suburbs.
Guests
- Joe Mitchell Co-author, "New City Upon a Hill: A History of Columbia, Maryland"
- Bob Tennenbaum Former chief architect of Columbia; Director, Real Estate Development, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Ken Ulman County Executive, Howard County, Maryland
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