Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Money Angle: How To Win Over Skeptics
Episode 208
Your downtown isn't a money pit — it's a money pot. When Medicine Hat, Alberta, discovered the real financial value of traditional urban form, it spa…
4 months ago
How To Activate Volunteers and Build Trust at the Neighborhood Level
Episode 207
In her day job, Victoria Via is an architect who designs affordable housing. In her off hours, she's one of the leaders of a powerhouse Local Convers…
4 months ago
How To Turn Public Data Into Stories That Drive Change
Episode 206
What happens when a data analyst starts studying their hometown's finances? For Karl Urich, it meant seeing Albany, New York, in a whole new light. K…
4 months, 1 week ago
How 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…
4 months, 1 week 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…
4 months, 2 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…
4 months, 2 weeks 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…
4 months, 3 weeks 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…
4 months, 3 weeks 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…
5 months 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…
5 months ago