The Week Ahead: Welcome to the 2018 Strongest Town Contest (opens in new tab)

Chuck Marohn returns to the Week Ahead podcast to report on recent events in Bismarck, North Dakota; West Palm Beach, Florida; and Thomasville, Georgia. Then he and Rachel dish about the 16 towns selected for the . See the final bracket, read each town's submission and cast your votes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb by John Dominic Crossan by Stephen Prothero