Episodes

  • Happy Juneteenth!

    Happy Juneteenth!
    Jun 19 2024
    This is Lucas Grindley from Next City, a show about changemakers and their stories. We’re off this week for Juneteenth, but we’ll be back next Wednesday with more inspiring and workable ideas that move our society toward justice and equity.

    If you can’t wait for the next story, head to NextCity.org for the latest coverage.

    As always, we’d love to hear any feedback from our listeners. Please feel free to email us at info@nextcity.org. And if you haven’t already, subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Goodpods or anywhere you listen to your podcasts. We’ll see you next week.
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    1 min
  • A Climate Documentary on Solutions

    A Climate Documentary on Solutions
    Jun 5 2024
    The documentary film “How to Power A City” looks across communities in the United States to uncover multiple approaches, big and small, for mitigating climate change. In this episode, writer and director Melanie LaRosa outlines what she found and why she chose to focus on solutions.
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    35 mins
  • Revisiting "What If You Give $5,800 To Someone Who Is Homeless?"

    Revisiting "What If You Give $5,800 To Someone Who Is Homeless?"
    May 22 2024
    Just over a year ago, we delved into a groundbreaking initiative by a foundation in Vancouver. Their question was: What if we gave people experiencing homelessness a lump sum of cash, no strings attached? The results were nothing short of remarkable — though they probably shouldn’t be surprising. Now, two years after that experiment ended, the idea is spreading to cities across the United States. So let’s revisit that initial episode — when we asked, what really happens when you give money to people experiencing homelessness?
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    27 mins
  • This ‘Big Town’ Has Solutions for Cities Everywhere

    This ‘Big Town’ Has Solutions for Cities Everywhere
    May 15 2024
    Leaders from Lexington, Kentucky share lessons about what’s working as they foster collaboration and nonpartisanship in a city that’s solving problems like community engagement and closing the racial wealth gap.
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    29 mins
  • The Future of Human Transit

    The Future of Human Transit
    May 8 2024
    We’re going to hear about how looking at transit from the human perspective almost always serves the greatest number of people and how it's really us who should be making decisions about the future of transit.
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    34 mins
  • What If Your City Gave You Money for Transit?

    What If Your City Gave You Money for Transit?
    May 1 2024
    America’s biggest test of a “mobility wallet” is in South L.A. where residents were given cash each month to cover their transit needs.
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    33 mins
  • Why We Need More Real Estate Developers of Color

    Why We Need More Real Estate Developers of Color
    Apr 24 2024
    A future with plentiful affordable housing won’t come from an industry where fewer than 5% of the real estate developers are minorities. Here’s what’s being done to change.

    This episode is part of our series, CDFI Futures, which explores the community development finance industry through the lenses of equity, public policy and inclusive community development. The series is generously supported by Partners for the Common Good. Sign up for PCG’s CapNexus newsletter at capnexus.org.
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    33 mins
  • The Future of Chinatown

    The Future of Chinatown
    Mar 27 2024
    Today, we will hear from multiple Chinatown organizers who are fighting to ensure their neighborhoods remain for generations to come.
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    29 mins