The Urbanist

In an effort to compete with the Super Bowl and Valentines Day, Seattle. has decided to have an election. On the ballot is social housing, specifically creating a new housing authority that will devel...

11 Feb 202340min

When Ray pitched the idea to me of doing an episode on automation, the first thing I thought was, of course. Automation, in no small part because of the meteoric rise of the chatbot Chat GPT by OpenAI...

4 Feb 202334min

With a new year comes expectations. Whether it's something shiny an unique or a continuation of the stuff that came before, those expectations really shape our anticipation (or antipathy) for the comi...

26 Jan 202345min

We are wrapping up the year, and our second podcast season, with an episode devoted to hygge and the holidays. Yes, we did have to look up the pronunciation of hygge -- and practice it -- to get it ri...

21 Des 202229min

In this week's episode, Ray Dubicki tracks the last few weeks of Seattle City Council meetings to listen in as a fairly small amendment is made to the city's comprehensive plan. It takes a lot of talk...

16 Des 202238min

This week, let's talk about the future of Seattle with neighborhood activist and The Urbanist guest contributor Ron Davis, who joins Ray Dubicki to talk about Seattle's Comprehensive Plan. It can be a...

9 Des 202240min

"Well, the rails are washed out north of town/ We got to head for higher ground/ We can't come back till the water goes down/ Five feet high and risin'." Johnny Cash isn't wrong. But he's short sighte...

2 Des 202247min

Given this podcast is dropping on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, there is a solid chance that you or a loved one will spend some time at a mall in the next week. Shopping at climate controlled tem...

22 Nov 202243min