Strong Towns founder and president, Charles Marohn, was invited to the Lit with Charles podcast to discuss Jane Jacobs’ seminal work, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and the impact it has had on urban planning and the building of cities.
If you love Jane Jacobs or want to learn more about her views and how Strong Towns advocates are working to m ... Show More
Nov 24
Has the "American Dream" Made Us Miserable?
<p>Author Diane Alisa just wanted her kids to have what she didn't: freedom to roam, community, and a childhood that doesn't require a minivan. Somewhere along the way, she realized the suburban dream itself might be the problem. Today, she and Chuck dig into what the Suburban Ex ... Show More
58m 43s
Nov 2020
75 — Jane Jacobs — 1/2 — Eyes on the Street
The first episode in a two-part series on Jane Jacobs, a profoundly influential writer, thinker and campaigner on issues of urbanism, whose magnum opus 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities' (1961) forms the backbone of our discussion. In it, Jacobs lays out an idealised v ... Show More
Dec 2020
76 — Jane Jacobs — 2/2 — Unslumming and Gentrification
Our second episode on Jane Jacobs' canonical work, 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities'. In this second half we further discuss her vision for the ideal city, based on her experiences in Greenwich Village in the 1950s. We focus on her ideas around 'unslumming', her alter ... Show More
1h 16m
Feb 2024
Miami Ain’t No Sanctuary City
Welcome home, y’all! We are back with episode 4 of the Native Land Pod, co-hosted by Andrew Gillum, Angela Rye, and Tiffany Cross. They kick off the conversation with an exploration of Sanctuary City policies, dissecting the economic realities and social responsibilities at play ... Show More
1h 51m
Jun 2023
Oprah Confronts Racism In Forsyth, GA w/ Carol Anderson
**Help support the show as we get back to making new episodes. You can donate right on our website YouGetAPodcast.com** This episode, we revisit perhaps our most-requested episode, and a touchstone moment in the OWS history. In 1987, Oprah took her show to the town of Forsyth, Ge ... Show More
42m 20s
Jan 2023
Cities for the Many Not the Few
<p>For Doreen Massey, every place poses a challenge, “the challenge of negotiating a here-and-now” – or what she called <em>throwntogetherness</em>. In this episode, we hear about different struggles to make cities more liveable – and more <em>just</em> – for the many, not the fe ... Show More
32m 1s
Sep 2023
36. Andy Burnham and Andy Street: A Tale of Two Cities
What is it like to run a metropolitan area? How does devolution impact the citizens of regional areas? Does party affiliation affect the decisions a mayor makes?
Andy Burnham, Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, and Andy Street, Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands, meet with ... Show More
57m 17s