Podcast Episodes

How Mr. Barricade Is Shaping the Future of Street Safety

Episode 670

How do you make streets safer without gentrifying an area? Will self-driving cars change the way we build cities? Are engineers tracking congestion the right way?

Chuck discusses these questions and …

Published on 8 hours ago

We Broke North American Cities. Here’s How To Fix Them.

Episode 669

How did we go from building strong, prosperous cities to weak, debt-ridden ones? In this episode, Chuck tracks the cultural and economic impacts of World War II on our development pattern. He explain…

Published on 4 days, 8 hours ago

How Traffic Engineering Made America’s Streets Deadly

Episode 668

Why are America’s streets so dangerous — and what can we do about it? In this episode, Chuck talks with Wes Marshall, author of “Killed by a Traffic Engineer” and professor of Civil Engineering at th…

Published on 1 week ago

James Anderson: How to Encourage Innovation in Local Government

Episode 667

Chuck is joined by James Anderson, head of the Government Innovation program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. Under his leadership, the program has helped thousands of cities worldwide embrace an innovat…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Building Strength and Connections in Pensacola, With Quint Studer

Episode 666

Chuck is joined by Quint Studer, the founder of the Center for Civic Engagement in Pensacola, Florida. They discuss Strong Towns’ involvement in Pensacola’s renewal and the Civic Leader Summit that w…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Housing Market Can’t Tolerate Lower Prices. Now What?

Episode 665

No matter how easy we make it to build, the existing housing system is based on a financial model that cannot tolerate lower prices. If falling prices is the goal, then we need to build a system that…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Playing the Long Game With New Zealand Infrastructure

Episode 664

In this special episode, Chuck is joined by Graham Campbell, director of Economics & Research for the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission. They discuss the true cost of infrastructure — and why bot…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Housing Crisis Is More Than a Supply Problem

Episode 663

In this episode, Chuck dives into the root causes of the housing crisis. Using clips from interviews with housing experts and reporters, he explores the popular theory that the housing crisis is caus…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ryan Johnson: How Culdesac Tempe Develops Freedom, Revenue, and Belonging

Episode 662

Chuck sits down with Ryan Johnson, the founder and visionary behind Culdesac Tempe, the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the U.S. They discuss the realities of living in and developi…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Using Radical Common Sense To Build Great Places, With Steve Nygren

Episode 661

Serenbe is a unique community just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. It’s based on the development pattern of traditional English villages, with walkable, mixed-use “hamlets” surrounded by nature. In toda…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago