Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCourtyard 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 surr…
5 months, 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 speci…
5 months, 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, on…
5 months, 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…
5 months, 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…
5 months, 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 …
6 months 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…
6 months 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 le…
6 months, 1 week 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 attain…
6 months, 1 week ago
Eric Higbee: How to Master the Art of Community Engagement
Episode 166
Eric Higbee is a landscape architect and writer who teaches university courses on community engagement at the University of Washington Department of …
6 months, 2 weeks ago