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Back to SearchHow To Design Urban Places That People Love
Episode 205
Why do some places make us want to stay forever while others repel us? In honor of Member Week, we're bringing back a great episode with architect Wi…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
What 50 Interviews Taught Me About Community Action
Episode 204
Strong Towns members are doing remarkable things in their communities, but none of it requires magic abilities. Norm shares what he's learned from 50…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
How 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…
2 months 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 thin…
2 months 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 prov…
2 months, 1 week 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…
2 months, 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 of…
2 months, 2 weeks 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 …
2 months, 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 trans…
2 months, 3 weeks 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…
3 months ago