Go Cultivate! Podcast
1) Season 3 Wrap Up — with Kevin Shepherd
We’ve reached the end of 'Go Cultivate!' Season 3! To wrap us up, Kevin details the impacts that the suburban experiment has had on our country and asks the question: what does ‘quality of life’ reall...Show More
2) Meet the Verdooners — with Matt Meals
In this episode we are sitting down with Matt Meals, the newest addition to Verdunity’s engineering team. He and Kevin discuss Matt’s journey to Verdunity, and his perspective on how land use fiscal a...Show More
3) Leadership and Inclusive Prosperity — with Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan and Shaun Rojas
In this episode, AJ interviews Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan and Shaun Rojas of the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) where Kaye is the President and CEO, and Shaun is the Senior Director of Civic Engagement. The...Show More
Leadership and Inclusive Prosperity — with Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan and Shaun Rojas
1:16:53 | Jul 4th, 2023
4) Meet the Verdooners — with Maddie Bonney
Time to roll out some new Meet the Verdooners episodes to introduce y'all to the newest members of our team! In this episode, Kevin sits down with Maddie Bonney, our new Planner, and they discuss her ...Show More
5) Plangineer to Storyteller — with Andy Boenau
Moving communities beyond status quo is hard. Entrenched practices in zoning, transportation planning, and road design have created places that are unsafe, unhealthy, and inequitable for many, while o...Show More
6) Development Bills at 2023 TxLEG—with Michael Kovacs and Tom Yantis
In this episode, Kevin talks with two city management officials about which bills concern them and the unintended consequences that could result if they’re passed. Michael Kovacs, the City Manager of ...Show More
7) Rural Community Transformation — with Julianna Dodson
Rural communities are a focus for us here at Verdunity. In this episode, AJ interviews Julianna Dodson, Deputy Executive Director, and Radically Rural Director for the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepr...Show More
8) Place and Prosperity — with William Fulton
William Fulton is one of America’s most established thought leaders in urban planning. From 2014 to 2022, he served as Director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Prior to movin...Show More
9) 2023 Podcast Survey
Whether you're a long time follower of our Go Cultivate! podcast or just started listening, we'd love some feedback. This annual survey guides our team in creating content you actually want! As a than...Show More
10) Enabling Desirable Neighborhoods - with Melissa Milton-Pung
It's not enough to hope for better neighborhoods. Meaningful policy needs to be enacted to make better places possible. Melissa Milton-Pung and the Michigan Municipal League have been working to give ...Show More