Podcast Episodes

Bringing the Strong Towns Message to Texas

It’s a tale of two Kevins, as we discuss cultivating local prosperity and the Strong Towns message with Kevin Shepherd of Verdunity. Kevin is an engineer by background, and started his own planning a…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Policy Wonk to Infill Developer

In just a few short years, Andrew Ganahl has already made a notable impact in the urban development world in Kansas City. He’s developed three new projects in the urban core, is working on more, and …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

To car-free or not to car-free?

The notorious and excellent blogger, Mr. Money Mustache, wrote a worlds-colliding piece a couple weeks ago called “Less Cars, More Money: My Visit to the City of the Future.” MMM writes at length abo…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Being the Change in Your Community

How do you find an outlet for your passion for your place, especially when you don’t feel you have the money necessary to get started? Is it possible to still see yourself as a developer?

Jason, Shoma…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Bernice Radle & Monte Anderson: Getting Started in Small-Scale Development

Sometimes, you run across people that get you very inspired and fired up for action. They make you want to run through a wall to get started NOW. This episode features two such people. I challenge yo…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Dan Parolek: Finding the Missing Middle

Dan Parolek co-founded Opticos Design with his wife Karen about 25 years ago. Since then, Opticos has become a national leader in the field of urban planning and design. Dan has authored two seminal …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

An Ode to Paul Harvey

For those of us who are a certain age, we remember Paul Harvey’s unique voice entertaining and enlightening us on the radio. His regular shows told us “The Rest of the Story.” For me, that was usuall…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Tim Busse: A New Town, 20 Years Old

New Town St. Charles is one of the most ambitious developments in the history of not only St. Louis, but also the New Urbanism movement. New Town was conceived, planned and built by Whitaker Builders…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Johnny Sanphillippo: Are you granola or shotgun?

Are you a pessimist or an optimist in regards to America’s built landscape, and its future? How can we all find a way to navigate changes that are coming?

Johnny Sanphillippo writes the Granola Shotgu…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Making Incremental Change in Kansas City

Incremental change in cities, the kind that used to be by-right, has become progressively more difficult since the creation of zoning and the reforms of the 20th century. How do people who value mess…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago