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- 🇺🇸US · Non-Profit#38100K to 300K
- 🇨🇦CA · Non-Profit#7030K to 100K
- 🇦🇺AU · Non-Profit#1055K to 30K
- 🇸🇪SE · Non-Profit#3930K to 100K
- 🇮🇹IT · Non-Profit#5910K to 30K
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390K to 1.2M🇺🇸24%🇮🇸24%🇨🇦8%+13 more - Active Followers
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156K to 497K
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Charlotte Said No to a $4.3 Billion Highway. Now the State Wants $60 Million Back.
Jun 24, 2026
40m 43s
Why Do Vacant Storefronts Stay Vacant?
Jun 17, 2026
50m 41s
The World Cup and America’s Own Goal
Jun 10, 2026
1h 00m 45s
The Tuba and What It Actually Takes to Build Community
May 27, 2026
1h 03m 18s
Are We Trying to Build No Houses?
May 20, 2026
49m 47s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 | Charlotte Said No to a $4.3 Billion Highway. Now the State Wants $60 Million Back. | When Charlotte and its regional planning body withdrew support for a $4.3 billion widening of Interstate 77, North Carolina lawmakers responded by threatening a $60 million penalty and a funding cutoff. Host Carlee Alm-LaBar is joined by Patrick Kennedy, whose Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts documents highway damage across 142 cities, and John Reuter, the newly named Executive Director of Strong Towns, to break down the sunk cost trap, the real math behind highway "assets," and why the local officials who pushed back may have saved far more than they spent. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES "N.C. Lawmakers May Claw Back $60M for Cancelled I-77 Project" by Ray Gronberg, Businessnc.com (June 2026) Downzone: Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts (PDF) Mission Accomplished (Site) Dealing with Dragons (Site) Fifa (Site) Carlee Alm-LaBar (LinkedIn) Patrick Kennedy (LinkedIn) John Reuter (LinkedIn) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons. | 40m 43s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | Why Do Vacant Storefronts Stay Vacant? | A decade ago, a row of North Park storefronts was cleared for a university housing project that never came. The businesses are gone, the buildings are mostly empty, and neighbors are still pushing Northeastern Illinois University to act. Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Bernice Radle, an incremental developer in Buffalo, and Alex Montero of Strong Towns Chicago to ask why places like this get stuck. What begins as the story of one vacant block turns into a deeper question: once a place has been cleared for a future vision, what happens when that future never arrives? The conversation explores why smaller, incremental approaches can succeed where larger plans stall, and what gets lost when neighborhoods are left waiting. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES "Northeastern University Fought To Take Over A North Park Block. 10 Years Later, It’s Still Vacant" by Millie DeVore, Blockclubchicago.com (May 2026) Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Bernice Radle (LinkedIn) Alex Montero (LinkedIn) Articles Mentioned and Downzone: The Corner Side Yard (Substack) Cerrone (Spotify) Brittania Mine Museum (Site) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons. | 50m 41s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | The World Cup and America’s Own Goal✨ | World Cupinfrastructure+4 | Chuck MarohnRick Cole | Strong TownsThe Mission: CIA in the 21st Century+2 | North America | World Cupinfrastructure+5 | — | 1h 00m 45s | |
| 5/27/26 | The Tuba and What It Actually Takes to Build Community✨ | community buildingmusic culture+3 | Sam Quinones | Strong TownsTuba Christmas | TexasDisney World | tubacommunity+5 | — | 1h 03m 18s | |
| 5/20/26 | Are We Trying to Build No Houses?✨ | housing policyzoning debate+4 | Edward ErfurtThomas Hooks | Strong TownsJunior League of Lafayette+4 | Marblehead, Massachusetts | housingzoning+7 | — | 49m 47s | |
| 5/13/26 | When The Ribbon Cutting Is the Cheapest Part✨ | public asset managementcity planning+3 | Jamie SabbachMichel Durand-Wood | Strong TownsAxios.com+8 | — | Des Moinespark overhaul+3 | — | 41m 17s | |
| 5/6/26 | Inside the Politics of ‘Safer Streets’✨ | traffic safetyurban design+3 | Edward ErfurtMalisa McCreedy | Bloomberg CityLabStrong Towns+2 | Ann Arbor | street designtraffic safety+3 | — | 49m 01s | |
| 4/29/26 | When Your City Feels Like Housing Musical Chairs✨ | housing stabilityzoning+4 | Norm Van Eeden PetersmanAndrew Burleson+1 | Strong TownsUSAToday.com+2 | — | housingzoning+5 | — | 45m 55s | |
| 4/22/26 | New York’s Bracket And The Politics Of Maintenance✨ | city maintenancecommunity engagement+3 | Carlee Alm-LaBarEdward Erfurt+1 | Strong TownsMayor Mamdani Launches March Madness-style Competition for City Fixes+5 | New York City | New York Citymaintenance+3 | — | 40m 54s | |
| 4/15/26 | Unpacking The Myth That Growth Pays For Growth✨ | development chargeshousing prices+4 | Norm Van Eeden PetersmanMichel Durand-Wood+1 | Strong TownsCBC.ca+5 | OntarioBritish Columbia+1 | development cost chargesgrowth+6 | — | 41m 38s | |
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| 4/8/26 | The $600K Snow Budget That Became a $6 Million Problem✨ | snow budgetcity budgets+5 | Norm Van Eeden PetersmanDaniel Herriges+1 | Strong Towns‘That comes with a price tag’: How snow removal is busting town budgets+3 | MassachusettsBoston+2 | snow removalbudget overruns+5 | — | 44m 17s | |
| 4/1/26 | What LA’s Trash Problem Reveals About Its Streets✨ | urban planningwaste management+4 | — | Strong TownsTorched.la+1 | Los Angeles | Los Angelestrash+5 | — | 46m 17s | |
| 12/17/25 | Why a Legal Home Addition Sparked Outrage in Fairfax County✨ | multigenerational housingzoning+4 | Edward Erfurt | Strong TownsMassive Multigenerational Home Addition Sparks Furious Debate in Virginia Community+2 | Fairfax County | Fairfax Countymultigenerational home+5 | — | 50m 14s | |
| 12/10/25 | Zoning Reform Is Only Step 1 in Fighting the Housing Crisis✨ | zoning reformhousing crisis+3 | — | Strong TownsUtah’s Governor Suggests Overriding Local Zoning. Could His Plan Solve—or Shatter—the State’s Housing Future?+1 | Utah | zoninghousing supply+5 | — | 56m 16s | |
| 12/3/25 | What Happens When Official Decisions Clash With Community Traditions?✨ | community traditionspublic safety+3 | Carlee Alm-LaBar | The Acadiana AdvocateResidents, krewes, downtown businesses weigh in on Jefferson Street Mardi Gras parade route | Lafayette, Louisiana | Mardi GrasLafayette+3 | — | 43m 32s | |
| 11/26/25 | How To Fix Washington DC's New Rules for Outdoor Dining✨ | outdoor diningurban design+4 | Abby NewshamEdward Erfurt | Strong TownsThe Washington Post+1 | Washington DC | Washington DCoutdoor dining+4 | — | 51m 42s | |
| 11/19/25 | DC Is Charging Thousands for Outdoor Dining. Is This a Good Idea?✨ | outdoor diningrestaurant fees+4 | Carlee Alm-LaBar | Strong TownsThe Washington Post+1 | Washington DC | outdoor diningWashington DC+5 | — | 30m 04s | |
| 11/12/25 | 5 Ways Ordinary People Are Making Their Places Stronger✨ | community actionlocal improvement+3 | Carlee Alm-LaBarJohn Reuter | Strong Towns | San DiegoLangley+2 | communitystrong towns+3 | — | 56m 07s | |
| 11/5/25 | Will Elon Musk's Data Centers Actually Help Memphis? | Elon Musk's company xAI is building massive data centers in Memphis, promising economic transformation. But at what cost? Abby is joined by Strong Towns Blog Editor and podcast host Asia Mieleszko to dissect the billion-dollar AI infrastructure boom and explore why cities keep falling for "shiny object urbanism." ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES Hear more from Asia on the brand-new podcast Stacked Against Us! "Elon Musk Gambles Billions in Memphis to Catch Up on AI" by Alexander Saeedy, The Wall Street Journal (October 2025) "Shiny Object Urbanism" by Billy Cooney "Where's the Wealth?" by Charles Marohn Abby Newsham (X/Twitter) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. Hey listener! You hear from us all the time, but today we want to hear from you. We want your feedback on this podcast and any other Strong Towns podcast you like to listen to. Please fill out this quick survey to share your thoughts: strongtowns.org/survey This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership. | 50m 26s | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | Historic Bridge Battle: Will 1 Town Profit While the Other Pays? | Two towns, two states, and two historic bridges that nobody wants to pay for. Brattleboro, Vermont, wants to reactivate two historic bridges with a pedestrian greenway. Hinsdale, New Hampshire, worries about increased crime and being saddled with the majority of maintenance costs while getting fewer returns. Abby and Norm discuss this dilemma, comparing it to similar bridge projects and identifying possible next steps for activating this underutilized infrastructure. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES "Can Two Towns Preserve the Bridges That Connected Them?" by Alan Wirzbicki, The Boston Globe (September 2025) Abby Newsham (X/Twitter) Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership. | 23m 30s | ||||||
| 10/22/25 | When a Town's Biggest Taxpayer Becomes Its Biggest Problem | What do you do with 720,000 square feet of dead mall? Towns across America are struggling to find the answer as their malls shut down, leaving budget craters and infrastructure nightmares in their wake. Abby is joined by Carlee Alm-LaBar, Strong Towns' chief of staff and a former city staffer, to explore whether the answer is a grand redevelopment plan — or thinking radically smaller. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES “A Town's Single Largest Taxpayer Is Also Its Biggest Headache” by Jim Zarroli, The New York Times (June 2025). Click here to listen to The Bottom-Up Revolution episode about the 24 Hour Citizen Project. Abby Newsham (X/Twitter) This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership. | 37m 39s | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | 2 Towns, 2 Responses to the Housing Crisis. Which Will Succeed? | Littleton, Colorado, wants to ban everything other than single-family homes. The neighboring town of Lakewood wants to allow more housing variety. Norm and Abby dive into what's driving these radically different responses to the housing crisis and what happens when cities try to exempt themselves from change. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES “Two Denver Suburbs Take Different Paths as Residents Face Housing Crunch: We Can Manage It, but Just Barely.” by John Aguilar, The Denver Post (October 2025). Abby Newsham Painting Instagram X/Twitter Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership. | 47m 21s | ||||||
| 10/8/25 | Public Transit Will Collapse in a Year. Should We Save It? | By the end of 2026, many U.S. cities could see large parts of their public transit systems crumble under a lack of federal funding and a development pattern that was never designed to support it. In this episode, Chuck Marohn and Abby Newsham explore why transit can’t survive as a charity and how localized funding and smarter land use could create systems that actually work. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES On October 24, Chuck will join the author of today's article, Jarrett Walker, for a member-exclusive deep dive into transit. Become a Strong Towns member to join in! “Should We Let Public Transit Die?” by Jarrett Walker, Bloomberg City Lab (September 2025) Abby Newsham (X/Twitter). Chuck Marohn (Substack) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership. | 1h 00m 44s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | LA Just Avoided 1600 Layoffs. Is That a Good Thing? | The city of Los Angeles recently announced that it saved 1,600 jobs that were at risk of being cut to balance its $1 billion budget deficit. But did it actually fix anything, or is it just shuffling money around to hide the problem? What role do unions play? And what should cities actually do when facing a major budget deficit? Strong Towns Chief Technical Advisor Edward Erfurt dives into these questions with guest host Norm Van Eeden Petersman in this episode of Upzoned. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES “Mayor Bass says layoffs averted after labor negotiations, "creative solutions" for next year city budget” by Chelsea Hylton, CBS News (September 2025). Finance Decoder Become a Strong Towns member to access weekly Ask Strong Towns Anything sessions. Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Do you know someone who would make for a great The Bottom-Up Revolution guest? Let us know here! | 47m 14s | ||||||
| 9/24/25 | Tulsa Offers Remote Workers $10K To Move. Is It Paying Off? | The Tulsa Remote program pays remote workers $10,000 to relocate to Tulsa for a year. A study found that, for every dollar spent, Tulsa sees $4.31 in economic benefits, including increased local spending, tax revenue, and job creation. Abby is joined by John Pattinson, Strong Towns’ community builder, discuss whether this kind of program is a smart way to boost the local economy. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES “The Economic Benefits of Paying Workers to Move” by Rthvika Suvarna and Fola Akinnibi, Bloomberg CityLab (May 2025). Abby Newsham (X/Twitter). Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership. | 29m 49s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
17 placements across 16 markets.
Chart Positions
17 placements across 16 markets.