Podcast Episodes

Nick Offerman

Episode 106

You may know the actor Nick Offerman as the gruff city parks director Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation or from his turn as the survivalist Bill on the HBO series The Last of Us, but…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

TEASER: Hollywood and Bikes, Take 2

In episode 103, we looked at depictions of cyclists in movies such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin and TV shows such as Arrested Development and asked, "Why Does Hollywood Hate Bikes?" Our co-host Sarah G…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Paved Paradise with Henry Grabar

Episode 105

All car trips begin and end with a place to park, making a parking space "nothing less than the link between driving and life itself." In his new book, Paved Paradise, Henry Grabar, a staff writer at…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

TEASER: Discovering Oil with Amy Westervelt

Weird things happen when you're an investigative reporter trying to cover an international oil giant like ExxonMobil. Your plane tickets are mysteriously canceled, your hotel room gets broken into, a…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Arrested Mobility with Charles Brown

Episode 104

In Huntsville, Alabama, it's illegal to play ball on any street, alley, or sidewalk. In Lewiston, Maine, pedestrians must keep to the right half of the crosswalk while crossing the street. And in Sio…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

TEASER: Into the Fold with Brompton's Will Butler-Adams

On our last episode, we mentioned the brief cameo that a Brompton folding bicycle had on season 2 of Ted Lasso and why that bicycle model in particular was a very deliberate choice meant to convey s…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Why Does Hollywood Hate Bikes?

Episode 103

Chances are, if a character rides a bicycle in a movie or TV show that character is a huge loser. From The 40-Year-Old Virgin to Arrested Development, bicycles are frequently used to represent immatu…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

TEASER: You Can't Afford to Live Here Because of Cars

What if we told you that some of the biggest, most exciting, and potentially transformative victories in The War on Cars are being fought and won these days by people working on affordable housing? I…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

CONSPIRACY!

Episode 102

"15-minute cities" are having a moment, and not exactly in a good way. How did a mundane urban planning concept turn into the latest grist for the culture-war mill? Why does the idea of making it eas…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Feminist City with Leslie Kern

EPISODE 101: FEMINIST CITY WITH LESLIE KERN

Cities have almost always been designed by men, prioritizing men's needs as defined by the traditional male-female binary. But as scholar and author Leslie…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago