Tom Campanella is an assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina. In this dispatch he discusses resilient cities, the loss of the American Elm tree, the American suburb, and current developments in China.

Michael Vergason talks about his practice, the process of drawing, the ASLA, and his experience as a principal at EDAW. He is principal of Michael Vergason Landscape Architects and the 2006 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professorship in Architecture at the University of Virginia.

James Corner, landscape architect and urban designer, is the founder and director of Field Operations and a previous chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Penn Design. Here, Corner discusses his evolution as a landscape architect, his relationship with Ian McHarg as well as his role on the Freshkills Park and the High Line projects in New York.

Jane Amidon is an Assistant Professor at the Knowlton School of Architecture as well as the principal of Amidon Design Communication. She is also the editor for the first four Source Books in Landscape Architecture as well as the author of Dan Kiley's monograph and Radical Landscapes. Here she talks about books and her role as a practitioner and professor.

Elias Torres is a Doctorate in Architecture, the Partner of Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos in Barcelona, and a professor of Architecture at the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona. Here he discusses his role as an educator and a designer, the role of landscape in the city and a number of his constructed projects such as the Barcelona Forum.

Bet was the principal of her own practice as well as a Professor of Landscape Architecture in the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. In this episode she spoke about Barcelona, her role in public space-making in the region, her growth as a designer, and her collaboration for the project of Barcelona’s Botanical Gardens.

In the debut Terragram, Julie Bargmann, the founder of D.I.R.T. Studio, Charlottesvile, Virginia, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and previous Director of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia School of Architecture talks candidly about the evolution of her practice, her role as an artist as well as a teacher and the importance of reclaimed landscapes.