Patrick Fore

Zip

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Every episode starts with a real question in a real place:Why did your water bill go up in Freeport, Illinois? Why did rent spike in Phoenix? Why did groceries get more expensive in Maine? Host Patrick Fore traces how decisions made in boardrooms, legislatures, and foreign capitals quietly land in American zip codes—showing how policy becomes higher bills, broken streets, longer commutes, and fewer options. This isn’t punditry. It isn’t partisan. And it isn’t abstract. Episodes are short, focused, and grounded in real places. One location. One question. One clear chain. Because once you unders...

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Patrick Fore

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Trailer - Welcome to Zip 31.12.2025 2:45

Every day, headlines slide across your phone. Oil prices. Trade deals. Interest rates. Infrastructure bills. Most of the time, they feel abstract. Far away. Like something happening to someone else. Until your water bill goes up. Your rent spikes. Your street stays broken for three more years. ZIP: Where Policy Lands is a short-form podcast that connects those moments. Each episode starts with one...

How Oil Prices Ended Up Raising Your Water Bill (Freeport, IL) 31.12.2025 8:35

In September 2025, water and sewer rates went up in Freeport, Illinois. Five percent for water. Ten percent for sewer. Nothing about the water changed. Nothing about the pipes got better. People just started paying more. This episode traces how that happened. Starting with a city council vote in a town of 25,000 people, we follow the chain backward—through deferred street maintenance, rising aspha...