Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBeating the Loneliness Epidemic, One Step at a Time
Episode 178
Adult friendships are difficult. A big part of that is our built environment, which is often designed in a way that stifles social connection instead…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
How To Use Property Taxes to Clean Up Your Community
Episode 177
Ashley Salvador is a city councilor in Edmonton, Alberta. She’s a national leader in housing reform, zoning modernization, and urban revitalization. …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
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 e…
7 months, 3 weeks 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 surr…
7 months, 3 weeks 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…
8 months 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…
8 months 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…
8 months, 1 week 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…
8 months, 1 week 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 …
8 months, 2 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…
8 months, 2 weeks ago