Flags for Better, Flags for Worse w/ Michael Green
What's up, VexHeads? On this episode from February 2, Andy and Michael sat back down to go over the results of NAVA's New American City Flags Survey. They take a couple minutes (or more) on each of the Top 25 flags, then dive into four from the bottom 25 that are so bad, they're sometimes brilliant. Follow along with the flags or go to the survey results, and free to tell us on social media what we got right and wrong!
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Michael Green is a credentialed vexillologist and the founder of Flags For Good, an Indianapolis-based flag company dedicated to causes worth flying. He served as Technical Editor of The Complete Guide to Flags of the World, 4th Edition and has delivered multiple TEDx talks on flag design and symbolism. With flags encountered across 75+ countries, Michael brings both academic expertise and real-world perspective to everything he writes about flags.
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