Podcast Episodes

Will This Transportation System Be More Popular Than Cars?

Episode 176

Jeral Poskey is the founder and CEO of Swyft Cities, a California-based tech company that's spearheading a totally new transportation system. Jeral explains his unique approach to creating realistic …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Courtyard Urbanism: The Best of Both City and Suburb

Episode 175

Dr. Alicia Pederson is a writer and advocate who encourages cities to adopt courtyard urbanism, a style of development where mixed-use buildings surround a shared courtyard. Today, she joins Norm to …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

This City Councilor Is Making Cambridge Safer and More Affordable

Episode 174

Meet Burhan Azeem, a city councilor in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A graduate of MIT, he’s the youngest councilor in the city’s history and has a special focus on housing affordability and street safet…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bottom-Up Shorts: One Soldier’s Stand for Safer Streets

Episode 173

What happens when a city’s design puts lives at risk—and someone decides to speak up?

In this episode, you’ll meet Army Master Sgt. Ben Hultquist, one of the leaders of Strong Towns Fayetteville, a L…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Community Gardens Can Make Cities Stronger

Episode 172

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, 3 weeks ago

Bottom-Up Shorts: Giving People Better Transportation Options

Episode 171

Wendy Nash is the founder of Get Around Caboolture, a grassroots transportation initiative in Caboolture, Australia. She and Norm discuss the group's efforts to promote more transportation options, i…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Brandi Thompson: Driving Change Through Civic Empowerment

Episode 170

Brandi Thompson is the “accidental” co-founder and leader of Strong Towns ABQ, a Local Conversation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She’s lived in eight states and has worked as a rattlesnake wrangler, a…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Alyssa Lee & Kay Crumb: How To Build a Thriving Advocacy Group

Episode 169

Alyssa Lee and Kay Crumb are leaders of Strong SacTown, one of the largest and most successful groups in the Strong Towns Local Conversations program. Based in Sacramento, California, the group has 1…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Craig Cassar: How To Take a Holistic Approach to City Building

Episode 168

Craig Cassar is a first-term city councilor in Hamilton, Ontario. Prior to serving in public office, he acquired nearly 25 years of private sector leadership experience. Craig is a believer in the St…

Published on 2 months ago

Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Remove Barriers to Good Housing Development

Episode 167

Jesse Russell is a small-scale developer and Strong Towns member from Bend, Oregon. He joins Norm to discuss the ways he’s helping create more attainable homes in his hometown. He also explains how h…

Published on 2 months ago