HBO Announces Premier of ‘Our Towns’ Documentary
HBO’S Our Towns, a panoramic yet intimate look at small towns throughout America, debuts April 13, 2021 on HBO and HBO MAX.
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Recommended by ‘What to Watch’
What to Watch’s Phil Nickinson recommended ‘Our Towns’ the HBO documentary, writing, “The film provides an expansive perspective on America that finds unexpected connections between personal stories, community actions, and the…
Recommended by Fodor’s Travel
In the Fodor’s Travel March 18, 2021 list of 15 top travel memoirs, Danielle Bauter recommends Our Towns. She writes, “Combining their journalistic experience–James is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and Deborah is a linguist and…
Announced as Featured Speaker at Bellingham City Club
The Bellingham City Club has announced James Fallows as the featured speaker for their March 24, 2021 meeting. The virtual event, titled “Moving Forward with a Divided Electorate” will run…
Referenced in PennLive Patriot-News
In his December 11, 2020 opinion article, prospective mayoral candidate Dave Schankweiler references Our Towns and the traits identified of successful towns, for which he sees parallels in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania’s capital, he exhorts,…
Referenced in WGBH News
In his November 11, 2020 commentary, Boston PBS media platform GBH’s Dan Kennedy references Jim Fallows’s now four year old prescription for overcoming the anger and divisiveness that had given rise to Donald Trump’s…
Featured in The Tullahoma News
In her November 9, 2020 editorial, Shelley Smith of the The Tullahoma News reflects on Jim and Deb Fallows’s No. 1 sign that communities, large or small, are working well: divisive national politics…
Featured in the Pensacola News Journal
In his October 31, 2020 op-ed in the Pensacola News Journal, Studer Community Institue founder Quint Studer discusses the need for communities to step up, especially during difficult times. He reports on a…
Featured on LBJ In the Arena
James Fallows will appear on The University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs’ weekly lunchtime series “LBJ In the Arena” on Wednesday, October 21, 2020…
Featured by The Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas Now series featured James Fallows in conversation with author and journalist Bill Bishop on the geography of personal and political belief in the pandemic era. The two covered…
Announced as Speakers at Cities Rising Summit
Tom Tom Foundation announced James and Deborah Fallows are returning to the Cities Rising Summit for a session on Tuesday, September 29. The Summit is a six-week long series of virtual events exploring…
Featured in Irish Examiner
The Irish Examiner’s Michael Moynihan applied James and Deborah Fallows’s 11 signs of civic success to Cork in his August 20, 2020 editorial. He ends with the ‘big plans’ sign…
Fallows to be Featured at Original Thinkers 2020
The Telluride Daily Planet announced James and Deborah Fallows as featured presenters for Original Thinkers’s third annual conference scheduled for October 1 – 4, 2020.
Referenced in Akron Beacon Journal
The Akron Beacon Journal’s August 23, 2020 editorial about the University of Akron’s strategy for moving forward references Our Towns’ reference to the importance of a research university in a town’s success.…
Referenced in Bloomberg News
In his August 14, 2020 column, BNN Bloomberg’s Noah Smith discusses America’s changing urban landscape. He posits that in order to be attractive places to live, suburbs will have to…
Referenced in Strong Towns
In his August 7, 2020 column, Quint Studer discusses six ways communities can start making changes to attract and retain talent in an increasingly virtual working environment. One method he…