Cityspeak Podcast
1) Marwa Al-Sabouni: The Architecture of Peace
Marwa Al-Sabouni is an architect born, raised, and presently living in Syria. Despite the outbreak of the civil war in 2011, Al-Sabouni chose to remain in her home country, a decision which has shaped...Show More
2) Brad Hargreaves: The Co-Living Movement
Living with roommates is no longer a lifestyle reserved for college students.In the last five years, as many as one in five individuals aged 40 and above lives with roommates, depending on the locatio...Show More
3) Emily Hamilton: Inclusionary Zoning and Its Exclusionary Effects
Inclusionary zoning is a policy born of good intentions.On its face, inclusionary zoning policies mandate that real estate developers allocate a certain percentage of new residential units to affordab...Show More
4) Viggy Ganapathy: If R2-D2 Delivered Pizza
Famed urbanist Jane Jacobs once compared the city sidewalk to a ballet, calling it a "complex order...always replete with new improvisations." Soon, this ballet will feature a new dancer: robots.Viggy...Show More
5) Alex Israel: The Shape of Parking to Come
Alex Israel is the CEO and founder of Metropolis, a mobility technology company that has set its sights on the one of the largest, but frequently overlooked fixtures of the modern city: parking.
6) Dylan Casey: Suing Cities for Housing
What does one do when cities stop permitting housing? Sue them. Dylan Casey is the Executive Director of the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund, an organization that has set out to c...Show More
7) Anne-Claire Binter: Urban Design and Child Cognitive Health
Any parent knows that it is during a child's earliest years that one ought to be the most careful. What they eat, what they watch, even what they listen to are all factors known to have an effect...Show More
8) Jordan Justus: Decongesting the Curb
The rise of e-commerce and on-demand delivery has jammed up the curbside with delivery vehicles. Frequently, these vehicles are left double-parked as their drivers race to drop off everything from lar...Show More
9) Bjarke Ingels, Roni Bahar, Nick Chim: Homes Should Be Products, Too
How to solve as stubborn a problem as housing affordability? Perhaps start by putting an entrepreneur, a technologist, and a world-famous architect in the same room. Bjarke Ingels, Roni Bahar, and Nic...Show More
10) Ritu Narayan: Upgrading the Yellow School Bus
The design of school buses in the U.S. has remained mostly unchanged for decades, yet school buses make up the largest public transportation system in the country, moving 27 million children every day...Show More