What's Next ATL Podcast

The pandemic has changed a lot — including, for many of us, work. In this episode, how we got here and how the telework revolution is impacting everything from how we work, to what our workplaces look like, to our attitudes about how we spend those 40+ hours. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. More at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

Georgia Commute Options offers consulting at no cost to organizations looking to get up to speed on telework and flexwork. For more, email [email protected] or call 877-942-6784.

In this episode: the story of someone who’s done everything she was supposed to and is still facing eviction. It’s the kind of story that’s becoming alarmingly common in our region — and experts say it’s likely about to get much worse following the end of a national moratorium on evictions in August. Today, we hear about this crisis’s likely dramatic ripple effects, and what can be done. 

What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. More at whatsnextatl.org/podcast, including resources for renters in danger of eviction.

How could 125 miles of trail along the Chattahoochee River transform our relationship with Atlanta’s natural landscape and while really and truly serving the underinvested communities in its path? This ep, we discuss the Chattahoochee Riverlands project with Kate Orff and Na'Taki Osbourne Jelks. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. More at whatsnextatl.org/podcast. 

We spend a morning at the Peachtree Street Demonstration Project, which is testing how a three-block span of shared space for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists works for all those groups. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. More at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

The language we use to talk about a topic influences how we think about it. And with an entrenched issue like housing affordability, it also impacts the solutions we imagine are possible. This episode, we talk with Dr. Tiffany Manuel, an expert in social justice movements and the narratives around them — about how the narratives and language we use around housing affordability may be hindering our progress — and how we can do better.

What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. More at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

How do we build communities that work for people of all ages when many of us don’t want to think about aging at all — especially not our own? This episode, we talk with Ashton Applewhite, TED Talk speaker and author of “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism.” What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. More at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

If you’re a homeowner, much of your house’s value comes from the land it sits on. That’s the fact that drives community land trusts, a strategy to fight gentrification that’s gaining traction. We talk to JaTawn Robinson, who found housing affordability by purchasing a community land trust house through the Atlanta nonprofit Atlanta Land Trust. Plus, we explore the legacy that inspired this model: our nation’s appalling history of racist housing policy. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. More at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

Even amidst economic growth, metro Atlanta was a region beset by inequity. What happens, then, when a pandemic and an economic crisis come to town? This episode breaks it down, number by number.

What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

The story of how staff at the Center for Pan-Asian Community Services came together in a matter of weeks, to change everything about what they did in order to continue to offer sustenance and care to older refugees and immigrants during the coronavirus pandemic. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

So, you’re working at home. And maybe you have everything you need to do it right: your ergonomic chair, your well-lit home office, and your robot nanny bringing you fresh lattes. Or maybe you’re like many of us and find yourself a little stressed by how teleworking is turning out during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s a conversation with Georgia Commute Options’ Roz Tucker. We talked about just how to do this telecommuting thing under less-than-ideal conditions. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.