VERY UNofficial: An AICP Study Guide Podcast

By Jonathan Miller, MPA, AICP, GISPEducation

VERY UNofficial: An AICP Study Guide Podcast episodes

January 17 PLUS Episode 2: Housing Affordability Part I: Supply and Demand for Planners
Supply and Demand. We hear it all the time when it comes to housing. “It’s simple economics” they say, “It’s supply and demand” they say. Well, what exactly do they mean by that, and is housing really as simple as the idea that more housing would equal lower prices?

Links:
https://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/principlesofmicroeconomics/chapter/3-2-shifts-in-demand-and-supply-for-goods-and-services/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/032715/are-there-any-exceptions-law-demand-economics.asp
https://psu.pb.unizin.org/introductiontomicroeconomics/chapter/chapter-3-supply-and-demand/
https://live.icai.org/bos/vcc-2nd-batch-recorded-lectures/pdf/CHAPTER%202%20%20THEORY%20OF%20DEMAND%20AND%20SUPPLY.pdf
31 min
January 09 PLUS Episode 1: POP QUIZ #1
POP QUIZ HOT SHOT! Join us while we run through three practice test questions for the AICP Exam. We'll go through the questions, break them down, and talk about organizational structures, comprehensive plan topics, and demographic formulas.
23 min
January 06 Episode 39: An Empire Region of Planning
Sometimes, New York really can feel like the heart of it all. Well, in this episode we'll talk a little bit about the Regional Plan of New York and its Environs, and two other related planning landmarks, Robert Murray Haig's "Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement, and Clarence Perry's "Neighborhood Unit."

Robert Murray Haig’s Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement (1927):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Haig
https://www.planning.org/library/greatbooks/decade2.htm
https://propertymetrics.com/blog/economic-base-analysis/#:~:text=Economic%20base%20analysis%20was%20developed,activities%20and%20non%2Dbasic%20activities
Clarence Perry’s Neighborhood Unit (1929):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Perry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood_unit
Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs:
https://rpa.org/work/reports/regional-plan-of-new-york-and-its-environs
https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/RPA-Plan1-v1-Regional-Plan-of-New-York-and-Its-Environs.pdf
30 min
December 31, 2025 Introducing: VERY UNofficial PLUS
Well, we're back it again, and THIS time, we're better than ever. We'll be picking up where left off LONG ago, but we have a few extra tricks up our sleeves too.
5 min
February 11, 2025 Episode 38: Enter Engineers
Well, it feels good to be back! That was quite the little break I took, but I’m jumping back in. This week, kicking off with a few topics for some house cleaning. We’ll take a look at Nelson P. Lewis’s Book, “Planning of the Modern City” and the 1925 Survey Graphic issue on regional planning. Nelson P. Lewis “Planning of the Modern City”: https://www.planning.org/library/greatbooks/decade1.htm https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/212701 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/44...
20 min
February 01, 2025 2025 Teaser: We're Back
We're back! At least, in a few short days we will be. This time around, we'll be stronger than ever with added content for study assistance and all that super fun stuff. So stay tuned! Support the show
3 min
December 09, 2021 Episode 37: Booked on Planning
We're taking a short break to let you know about a new planning podcast coming your way. Booked on Planning is a podcast that goes deep into the planning books that have helped shape the world of community and regional planning. Stephanie Rouse, AICP - Professional Development Office of the Nebraska APA and host of the upcoming podcast - joins to talk about how the podcast came to be, what it's all about, and how it can help out AICP hopefuls and planning veterans alike. Bo...
18 min
October 30, 2021 Episode 36: Dust Control
In the 1930’s, the U.S. was taking conservation seriously. We put together a massive regional authority to handle conservation and energy issues in the Tennessee Valley, but we also attacked the growing issue called the Dust Bowl with two major Acts: The Taylor Grazing Act and the Soil Conservation Act. The Tennessee Valley Authority: https://www.tva.com/About-TVA/Our-History https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/history-of-the-tva The Taylor Grazing Act: T...
16 min
October 19, 2021 Episode 35: A Rose by Any Other Name
FDR and National Planning seem to go hand-in-hand. Because they do. Literally. Planning on a national level spanned almost the exact same time frame as FDR’s Presidency, and FDR just wouldn’t like it go away; bringing it back under name after name after name. Both Started in 1933, and National Planning died in 1943, two years before FDR. This one’s all about the blip on the planning radar called, National Planning. The National Planning Board: https://www.encycl...
21 min
October 06, 2021 Episode 34: 100 Days
I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in the crusade to restore America to its own people. -FDR, July 2nd, 1932 FDR Inauguration and the New Deal Pitch: http://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/seehowtheyran/portfolios/193...
24 min

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After preparing, studying for, and passing the exam in November of 2019, I realized there weren't a whole of FREE materials that helped with the certification process. I couldn't find much information…