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Environment	When Cities Treated Cars as Dangerous Intruders To many urban Americans in the 1920s, the car and its driver were tyrants that deprived others of their freedom. Peter Norton \| Jul 25, 2022
Environment	Achieving Our Climate Goals: The Land Use-Transportation Nexus This month on the Sustainable City show, we explore the connection between transportation and land use, and how each affects our ability to achieve our climate goals. William Shutkin & Andy Bush \| Jul 4, 2022
Environment	How to Make Buildings Better for Our Health and Well-Being This month on the Sustainable City show, we look at sustainability, health, and wellness in buildings and real estate. Our guests are Brad Jacobson and Alaina Ladner. William Shutkin & Andy Bush \| Jun 6, 2022
Environment	Reinventing the Strip: In Conversation With Renowned Urban Designer Peter Calthorpe This month, we talk to urban designer and planner Peter Calthorpe about his big idea for making California and the rest of the nation more earth-friendly and affordable. William Shutkin & Andy Bush \| May 2, 2022
Environment	The Sustainable City: Creating Car-Free Communities This month, we talk to Dr. Eckart Würzner, the Lord Mayor of Heidelberg, Germany, about his city’s efforts to create a car-free community, and Chris Shears, an urban designer and planner who has long advocated to move Americans beyond auto dependence. William Shutkin & Andy Bush \| Apr 4, 2022
Environment	The Sustainable City Podcast: Zero-Carbon, From Buildings to Cities This month, we explore the ways cities, developers, and property owners can swap out fossil fuels for renewable, zero-carbon energy sources to power their buildings and communities. Our guest is Josh Radoff. William Shutkin & Andy Bush \| Mar 7, 2022
Environment	The Sustainable City Podcast: Where the Suburbs End Join us as we discuss California's audacious effort to deconstruct single-family zoning with Conor Dougherty, New York Times reporter and author of "Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America." William Shutkin & Andy Bush \| Feb 10, 2022
Culture	Psychogeography: A Purposeful Drift Through the City If geographers “carve,” “draw,” or “write” the earth, psychogeographers add a zest of soul to the mix, linking earth, mind and foot. Karen O'Rourke \| Jul 16, 2021
Culture	The Air-Conditioned Cowboy: A History of El Rancho Vegas The El Rancho, a self-contained and luxurious resort built along a busted-up highway in 1941, set the tone for the Las Vegas Strip. Stefan Al \| Nov 12, 2020
Culture	From Chaos to Order: A Brief Cultural History of the Parking Lot Urban designer Eran Ben-Joseph charts the evolution of the humble parking lot. Eran Ben-Joseph \| Sep 3, 2020