This week we’re joined by Max Holleran to talk about his book Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing.  We talk about the rise of YIMBY vs NIMBY housing politics, the changes in housing activism, and how housing fights are going global. To listen to this episode, find the audio at

This week we’re joined by Diana Ramirez, Executive Director of the Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity, former Salt Lake County Mayor and Congressman Ben McAdams, Matt Prewitt, President of RadicalxChange and Joel Rogers, Director of COWS at the University of Wisconsin Madison to talk about how cities can understand the public wealth

Updated: 11.6.2022 With all these conferences and sessions taking their talents online I thought it might be a good idea to list them.  If you have any ideas send them in to [email protected] or tweet @theoverheadwire. Click through to see them all…

This week on Mondays Jeff talks about a whole host of articles from whether your commute makes you happy to if our economies are becoming less dynamic as they age.  Also what’s keeping you from returning to your office?  I bet childcare would help!  All that and more this week on Mondays! Show notes are

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by journalist Megan Kimble to talk about housing and highway fights in Texas. We chat about TXDOT’s political pressure, the organizations fighting back, and how throughput remains king. To listen to this episode, go to Streetsblog USA or our Libsyn archive. Below is a full unedited transcript:

This week we’re joined by Broward MPO Executive Director Greg Stuart to talk about the history of Broward County, it’s connections to the rest of South Florida, the historic MAPS transportation plan, and how they are dealing with potential sea level rise and impacts of the pandemic. This episode was produced in partnership with Rail~Volution.

This week on Mondays we cover a ton of ground including Transportation Insecurity, putting retail away from arterial streets, pattern book building, bad intersections, forced flood buyouts and much more! Check out links in the show notes below:

This week we’re joined by Billie Giles-Corti, Director of the Healthy Livable Cities Lab at RMIT,  Melanie Lowe of the University of Melbourne, and Geoff Boeing of USC to talk about their papers in The Lancet Global Health series on Urban Design, Transport, and Health. They chat about the importance of walkability to public health,

This week on the show I’m Han Solo again, but that won’t stop us from covering interesting news about cities from around the world!  We chat about Phoenix’s ancient canals, some of California’s potential new laws, Black migration, and making friends in sprawl. Check out the show links and notes below:

This week we’re joined by Michael E. Smith, Professor of Anthropology and Archeologist at Arizona State’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change.  We talk with Michael about his article in Aeon Magazine entitled Energized Crowding about life in early cities and neighborhoods. To listen to this episode, you can find the show at Streetsblog