Karen Christensen is an author, publishing entrepreneur, and passenger rail advocate. She focuses on the power of third places and how they build community. She is lead author of the sequel to Ray Oldenburg’s classic book The Great Good Place, which explains the third place's role in solving loneliness, climate adaptation, and political polarization. Find her at karenchristensen.substack.com or linkedin.com/in/karenchristensen or more detailed biography online.