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Back to SearchHow to Talk About Street Safety So People Actually Listen
Episode 203
Many cities will greenlight a billion-dollar highway but struggle to paint a crosswalk. Liza Burkin has spent 12 years changing that through advocacy, private consulting, and federal policymaking. Th…
Published on 10 hours ago
How to Turn Small Community Actions Into a Big Impact
Episode 202
Dr. Shakeel Dalal builds spaceships for a living, and he never planned to run for mayor of Longmont, Colorado. He just kept doing the next small thing that made sense. That led him from writing about…
Published on 2 days, 16 hours ago
How To Convince Your City To Embrace Tactical Urbanism
Episode 201
What if you could change a dangerous street today instead of waiting 10 years? Isaac Gonzalez founded the advocacy group Slow Down Sacramento to prove that you can. Two years later, the group has hel…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
How To Reclaim Dignity and Safety for Nondrivers
Episode 200
McKenzie Ortiz is the founder of Pedestrian Pride, a digital storytelling project that uplifts the realities of life for working-class people who can't drive. She also serves on the Planning and Zoni…
Published on 2 weeks ago
How To Run for Office at 24 — and Win Support
Episode 199
Sam Foster is an engineer, Local Conversation leader, and mayoral candidate in Marietta, Georgia. He joins Norm to talk about why he's running for office at 24 years old, how he uses social media to …
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
How To Make Starting a Small Business Easy and Cheap
Episode 198
Zoe Tishaev and Dylan DelliSanti work for the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit, public interest law firm. As part of the Cities Work program, they partner with cities to make it cheaper, faster and…
Published on 3 weeks ago
How One Bus Driver Is Inspiring Safer Streets
Episode 197
Tyler Moldovan is a bus driver, urban advocate, and community organizer in Port Huron, Michigan. Today, he joins Norm to share how his work in transit, street safety, and local arts is helping to bu…
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
How To Fight a Highway Project — and Actually Win
Episode 196
Kyle and Beverly Greenwood brought together nearly 2,000 residents to stop a proposed highway in Brazos County, Texas. What began with a single flyer turned into a community victory that protected hi…
Published on 4 weeks ago
How To Bring More Affordable Housing Options to Colorado
Episode 195
Mary Coddington is the founder of Twelve Inc., an affordable housing consulting firm based in Colorado. She also serves on the Denver Planning Board and works with the Colorado State Housing and Fina…
Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago
How Permaculture Design Principles Can Make Cities More Resilient
Episode 194
Linda Appel Lipsius is the executive director of Denver Urban Gardens, where she supports a network of over 200 gardens and food forests that produce 650,000 pounds of food annually. She also helps l…
Published on 1 month ago