{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Active Towns","title":"Meet Mr. Barricade w/ Vignesh Swaminathan (video available)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3993,"description":"In this episode, I interview my first legit TikTok star, \"Mr. Barricade,\" also known as the California-based transportation and civil engineer Vignesh Swaminathan. We talk about why he decided to join TikTok and how this type of communication can help us transform our built environments into more people-oriented places.\nWatch the video version of this episode to get the full effect.\nLanding page for the episode\nHelpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):\n- Crossroad Lab\n- Mr Barricade on TikTok\n- Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town on Amazon or Bookshop.org\n- Don’t Give Up at the Intersection\n- Avital Barnea’s episode\n\nFour Easy Steps to Support My Efforts:\n1. Become an Active Towns Ambassador by \"Buying Me a Coffee\" or by pledging as little as $1 per month on Patreon\n2. If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a \"thumbs up,\" leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a friend.\n3. Subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform and the Active Towns YouTube Channel\n4. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my store\nCredits:\nAll video and audio production by John Simmerman\nMusic:\nEpidemic Sound\nResources used during the production of this episode:\n- My awesome recording platform is Ecamm\n- Adobe Creative Cloud Suite\nFor more information about my Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit my links below:\n- Website\n- Twitter\n- Newsletter\n- Podcast landing pages\n- Facebook\n- Instagram\nBackground:\nHi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.\nI’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.\nIn 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.\nSince that time, I've been...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Tkybtmzf0KYuip-R8cMTYcCT6L7ETI0NTQv5EY_NCCI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzgwNjcvMTY0NTE5/MDIxMi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}