The War on Cars

America's Hidden Desire to Live Car-Free

Do people really like our all-enveloping autocentric system quite as much as everyone keeps saying they do? What kind of communities would they live in if given the choice? The answers, as a new study...

10 Maalis 45min

PREVIEW: What Snow Reveals About Cities (Plus More From Our Book Tour)

***This is a preview of a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode. For complete access to this and all of our bonus content, plus ad-free versions of regular episodes, merch discounts, presale tickets to live...

3 Maalis 8min

Planning Livable Downtowns with Brent Toderian

Brent Toderian has decades of experience in city planning, urban design, and transportation. He was chief planner for the city of Vancouver from 2006 to 2012, a time when the city hosted and was trans...

24 Helmi 47min

Superbowl Roundup with Ian Chillag

Super Bowl LX had everything, from ads for weight loss drugs and male grooming products to spots touting tax prep services and calming fears about our AI overlords. It also had one outstanding halftim...

10 Helmi 1h 10min

PREVIEW: Women Changing Cities with Melissa and Chris Bruntlett

27 Tammi 9min

The Importance of Livable Streets with Bruce Appleyard

We talked with Dr. Bruce Appleyard, who has spent a lifetime thinking about what we mean when we talk about liveable streets—and why it is so important that we build our cities with human beings in mi...

20 Tammi 52min

The Creation of America's Car Culture, Part 2

Signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, otherwise known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, ushered in an unprecedented era of roadbuil...

6 Tammi 31min