Fiscal policy expert & journalist Liz Farmer joins the show to talk about the current recession and the impact it's having on the fiscal situation at all levels of government.

Our “Are We Doing This Right?” series returns to take on parking minimums. There’s a lot not to love.

John Simmerman of Active Towns on how the coronavirus is changing the way people are interacting with their neighborhoods—and the opportunities that cities have to build and sustain a culture of activity while cars are off the streets.

R. John Anderson, co-founder of Incremental Development Alliance, joins the show to talk about the small developer movement, the CARES Act and its impact on small businesses right now, and what cities can do to cultivate a stronger small business ecosystem.

Laura Clemons rejoins the program to talk about taking advantage of federal disaster relief funds to build more resilient cities and towns in the wake of the pandemic.

Attorney Basel Musharbash on why an aggressive local government response to the small business crisis brought by COVID-19 is essential—and what legal strategies cities and towns should be using immediately to help them survive and eventually recover.

We discuss (some of) the flaws of our approach to development that are being exposed and magnified by this growing crisis and some of the opportunities that cities have for doing things differently from here on out. It turns out that being resilient is exponentially more important in a disaster.

Kirsten Wyatt joins the show to talk about ELGL's efforts to connect people in local government.

Jeff Siegler, founder of Revitalize, or Die, joins the podcast to talk about the importance of place, how cities can encourage effort (and discourage apathy), how we can cultivate civic pride, and much more.

Jerome Horne of IndyGo on what it takes to build an effective public transit system on a limited budget—and in a city designed entirely around the car.