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Episode 19: Dr. Katherine Loflin (The City Doctor) — Can Love for a Place Be Measured?
Season 3 Episode 19
Can something as personal as loving where you live actually be measured?
Naomi sits down with Dr. Katherine Loflin, known as The City Doctor and a pio…
1 day, 11 hours ago
Episode 18: Melody Warnick (Author) — Can You Learn to Love Where You Live?
Season 3 Episode 18
Can you learn to love where you live — or are some places simply a better fit than others?
Naomi sits down with Melody Warnick, journalist and author…
6 days, 2 hours ago
Episode 17: Ethan Kent (PlacemakingX) — How Placemaking Creates Belonging
Season 3 Episode 17
What turns a space into a place — and can belonging actually be designed?
Naomi sits down with Ethan Kent, Executive Director and co-founder of Place…
2 weeks ago
Episode 16: Charles Montgomery (Author) — Happy Cities, Trust & the Design of Belonging
Season 3 Episode 16
Can the places we live actually make us trust each other more?
Naomi sits down with Charles Montgomery — journalist, author of Happy City, founder of …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 15: Nolan Gray (Research Director, California YIMBY) — How Zoning Shapes Cities, Housing, and Belonging
Season 2 Episode 15
What if the reason your neighborhood looks the way it does — who lives there, what gets built, and how expensive it feels — isn't random?
In this epi…
3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 14: Prof. Greg Clark (Advisor to 400+ Cities) — Cracking the DNA of Great Cities
Season 2 Episode 14
Why does one city feel instantly recognizable while another could be almost anywhere?
In this episode of Realtopia, Naomi sits down with Professor Gr…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 13: Dr. Toby Israel (Founder of Design Psychology) — Decoding the Hidden Psychology of Home
Season 2 Episode 13
Why do some spaces instantly feel right — while others never quite do?
In this episode of Realtopia, Naomi sits down with Dr. Toby Israel — environme…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 12: Prof. Marc Norman (Associate Dean of NYU Schack) — Solving the Homeownership Crisis
Season 2 Episode 12
What if the housing crisis isn’t just about prices — but about a century of rules that quietly erased some of the most affordable ways people used to…
5 months ago
Episode 11: Dr. Colin Ellard (University of Waterloo, Author) — The Psychology of Home
Season 2 Episode 11
In this episode of Realtopia, Naomi sits down with Dr. Colin Ellard, professor at the University of Waterloo and author of Places of the Heart, to ex…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 10: Majora Carter (Princeton University, TED Speaker) — Regenerative Cities
Season 2 Episode 10
In this episode of Realtopia, Naomi speaks with Majora Carter about urban revitalization, environmental justice, and what it takes to build communiti…
5 months, 2 weeks ago