Speed bumps.

Known for slowing you down.

Famous for making you go,

whoop.

Nobody thinks much about them,

so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why speed bumps are secretly,

incredibly fascinating.

The Hey there, folks. Hey there, Cipelopods. Welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is. My name is Alex Schmidt. I'm not alone

because I'm joined by my co-host Katie Golden. Katie. Yes. What is your relationship to or

opinion of speed bumps? I actually kind of funny, but I have a lot of strong opinions.

It doesn't sound like a topic I would really weigh in on, but I'm very passionate about

urban design.

And also you right now do not have a car, so surely you're tripping over them on foot all

the time. That's why you're sopping over them on foot all the time.

That's why you're so bad.

I know how to drive, and I used to live in L.A., so I used to drive all the time.

Right now I don't have a car because I live in a city that is easily walk or make up for lack of a car with public transportation.

And I just really love it.

The U.S. frustrates me for a number of reasons.

One being that I find the lack of infrastructure for pedestrians, bikes, etc.

I understand that not every city can be a dense walkable city,

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