KunstlerCast 434 — Charles Marohn on Strong Towns and the Battle to Reform the Fiasco of Suburban Sprawl

KunstlerCast 434 — Charles Marohn on Strong Towns and the Battle to Reform the Fiasco of Suburban Sprawl

From KunstlerCast - Conversations: Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century by James Howard Kunstler

November 28, 2025 · 58 min

About this episode

Charles Marohn discusses the challenges of suburban sprawl and the importance of traditional town planning.

Charles Marohn is the founder and president of Strong Towns . With decades of experience as a land use planner and civil engineer, Marohn is on a mission to help cities and towns become stronger and more prosperous through classic, traditional town planning. He's the bestselling author of Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis . Like your host, JHK, Chuck is a member in good standing of the Congress for the New Urbanism, a national movement to repair and reform the fiasco of Suburban sprawl lanes development. The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger

People in this episode

Host: James Howard Kunstler

Guest: Charles Marohn

Topics covered

  • suburban sprawl
  • urban planning
  • land use
  • community development
  • housing crisis

Keywords

  • suburban sprawl
  • urban planning
  • Strong Towns
  • housing crisis
  • land use

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strong Towns, Congress for the New Urbanism

Books & works: Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis, Two Rivers Waltz

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