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In Our Town with Tom Carlson

In Our Town with Tom Carlson

By: Springfield Daily Citizen
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 In Our Town is a podcast about Springfield, Mo. issues and leaders, hosted by Tom Carlson, publisher and founder of the Springfield Daily Citizen.2022 Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • E64: Geoff Steele previews the Historic Gillioz Theatre's 100th year

    E64: Geoff Steele previews the Historic Gillioz Theatre's 100th year
    Dec 24 2025

    In this episode of In Our Town, Tom Carlson catches up with Geoff Steele, executive director of the Historic Gillioz Theatre. The two catch up about how the theater has surged back from COVID and what's ahead as it plans to celebrate its 100th year.
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    46 mins
  • E63: Chief Paul Williams talks about Springfield's crime stats

    E63: Chief Paul Williams talks about Springfield's crime stats
    Dec 3 2025

    In a wide ranging conversation, Tom Carlson talks with Springfield Police Department Chief Paul Williams about crime across the city. They discuss the department's recent stats, what's rising and falling, and how a 2016 change to Missouri concealed carry laws helped gun violence proliferate.

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    48 mins
  • E62: Presiding Commissioner Bob Dixon

    E62: Presiding Commissioner Bob Dixon
    Nov 12 2025

    In this episode of In Our Town, Tom Carlson speaks with Presiding Commissioner Bob Dixon and talks taxes — specifically property taxes that county residents pay, and how recent freezes and other activities constrain the revenue of county departments.

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    39 mins
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