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Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development

Dane Carlson

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Dane Carlson explores the strategies, ideas, and insights that are driving economic development forward into the future. You'll hear new insights from passionate ED's about their successes and struggles, and you'll learn from attraction and retention experts about how to apply actionable strategies inside your EDO. We'll help take your organization, your community, and your career to the next level.

Recent Episodes

SEP 28, 2026
237: What a Military Interrogator Can Teach Economic Developers with Dan Kiger
Former military interrogator Dan Kiger explains how economic developers can ask better questions, earn trust, and find out whether a promising conversation is actually going anywhere.
24 MIN
SEP 21, 2026
236: Stop Treating Entrepreneurship Like a Side Project with Peter McGee
Peter McGee joins Dane Carlson to explain why entrepreneurship belongs at the center of economic development strategy and how communities can build programs that give aspiring business owners real support while producing measurable results.
27 MIN
SEP 7, 2026
235: Site Selection Doesn't Start With the Site with Thane Hutcheson
Thane Hutcheson explains how companies actually choose locations, what economic developers often misunderstand about site selection, and why better data and AI should create more time for the human work that wins projects.
28 MIN
AUG 31, 2026
234: Why Rural Communities Need More Than Grant Money with Amy Renner
Amy Renner of the Rural Community Assistance Partnership explains why rural economic development often depends less on finding more money and more on building capacity, relationships, technical expertise, and community-led strategies that turn ambitious ideas into fundable projects.
28 MIN
AUG 24, 2026
233: Infrastructure, Trust, and the Future of Economic Development with Will Williams
Will Williams joins Dane Carlson to discuss the changing economics of industrial development, the controversy surrounding data centers, the importance of public trust, and why economic developers increasingly have to do their work “on the front porch.”
29 MIN