Julie Beck, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why dismissing the suburbs discounts the very rich lives of those who choose to live there.
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Nobody’s Trying to Abolish the Suburbs
Kriston Capps, Staff writer at Bloomberg CityLab, joins us to talk about Trump’s take on federal fair housing—his thoughts on who’s allowed to live where— and why he hopes some voters hear his call.
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The Making And Breaking Of The Middle Class
David Stebenne teaches political, legal and constitutional history at The Ohio State University. He joins us to talk about the social movements and government policies that defined the mid-20th century.
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Why We’ve Got The Suburbs Wrong
Amanda Kolson Hurley joins us to talk about planned communities that have bucked conventional thinking of suburbs – from a tiny-house anarchist neighborhood in New Jersey to a Modernist enclave in Massachusetts.
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Protecting Urban Populations From Climate Risk
Matthew Kahn joins us to talk about how replacing our highways, bridges, airports and electrical grid can also help fight climate change.
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Friends Of A Feather
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better accommodate our winged neighbors with the author of Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife.
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