How to keep your hometown from becoming a ghost town | John Paget
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How to keep your hometown from becoming a ghost town | John Paget

"My very first film was about a town that disappeared," says documentarian John Paget. It was the beginning of a lifelong fascination with cities and towns across the US that experienced slow-motion declines -- but managed to stage a comeback after an era of demise. From the closure of the iconic Route 66 to the roller-coaster history of Buffalo, New York, Paget reveals the power of sharing your town's "civic story" to spark local revitalization.

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"The Sacred Art of the Ori" | Laolu Senbanjo

"The Sacred Art of the Ori" | Laolu Senbanjo

Every artist has a name, and every artist has a story. Laolu Senbanjo's story started in Nigeria, where he was surrounded by the culture and mythology of the Yoruba, and brought him to law school, to ...

25 Aug 20178min

A lyrical bridge between past, present and future | David Whyte

A lyrical bridge between past, present and future | David Whyte

With his signature charm and searching insight, David Whyte meditates on the frontiers of the past, present and future, sharing two poems inspired by his niece's hike along El Camino de Santiago de Co...

23 Aug 201720min

7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe

7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe

More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The way we build new cities will be at the heart of so mu...

17 Aug 201714min

How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age  | Jack Conte

How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age | Jack Conte

It's been a weird 100 years for artists and creators, says musician and entrepreneur Jack Conte. The traditional ways we've turned art into money (like record sales) have been broken by the internet, ...

16 Aug 201710min

A dance to honor Mother Earth | Jon Boogz and Lil Buck

A dance to honor Mother Earth | Jon Boogz and Lil Buck

Movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck debut "Honor thy mother," a delicate, powerful performance of spoken word, violin and dance that draws on the tormented relationship between nature and humanity...

11 Aug 20179min

The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers | Françoise Mouly

The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers | Françoise Mouly

Meet Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker's art director. For the past 24 years, she's helped decide what appears on the magazine's famous cover, from the black-on-black depiction of the Twin Towers the we...

3 Aug 20178min

Can art amend history? | Titus Kaphar

Can art amend history? | Titus Kaphar

Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live workshop, Kaphar ta...

1 Aug 201712min

How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) | Grace Kim

How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) | Grace Kim

Loneliness doesn't always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us -- and it's often the result of the homes w...

24 Juli 201710min

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