Discussing His Book "Why Nothing Works," Being a Lonely Bengals Fan, and Today's Regulatory Landscape with Marc Dunkelman

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Discussing His Book "Why Nothing Works," Being a Lonely Bengals Fan, and Today's Regulatory Landscape with Marc Dunkelman
Jun 27, 2025 Episode 201
Nic Frederick and Laura Thorne

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Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! 

On today’s episode, we talk with Marc Dunkelman, about why nothing works, being a lonely bengals fan, and todays regulatory landscape. Read his full bio below.

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Showtimes: 

  • 1:22 - Power of Positive People
  • 8:20 - Interview with Marc Dunkelman begins 
  • 15:06 - How to navigate the regulatory landscape 
  • 29:09 - Environmental Laws; how they came to be
  • 42:27- How did the book come to be
  • 46:53 - Field Notes with Marc!

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Guest Bio:

Marc J. Dunkelman is a fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and a former fellow at NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management. During more than a decade working in politics, he worked for Democratic members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives and as a senior fellow at the Clinton Foundation. The author of The Vanishing Neighbor, Dunkelman’s work has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Atlantic, and Politico

Music Credits
Intro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace Mesa
Outro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs Muller

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