Annalee Newitz, contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, joins us to talk about cities that lasted millennia and then disappeared, and the answers they can provide for how we live together today.
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How Ancient Cities Created The Modern World
Author Ben Wilson joins us to talk about the innovations of ancient cities, which connect the Sumerian city of Uruk to the world’s urban mega-centers of today.
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The Inequality Of Urban Design
Tamika L. Butler, director of planning for California, joins us to talk about an overlooked problem in urban design and why it’s time to start paying attention.
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Urban, Suburban and Rural: The Cultural Divide
Juliana Horowitz of the Pew Research Center joins us to talk about what the country’s demographics look like today based on where people live.
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Creating A Healthy City
This hour, we’ll explore the question of how cities contribute and detract from the health of the people who live in them with Dr. Eric Bing, professor of global health at SMU; and John Siburt, president and CEO of CitySquare.
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