Building Better Cities
Welcome to Building Better Cities, the podcast where we explore the evolving landscape of urban development and the crucial role that infrastructure and real estate investments play in shaping our communities.
Podcasting since 2024 • 18 episodes
Building Better Cities
Latest Episodes
Who rebuilds LA? Planning post-fire recovery with Dr. Minjee Kim
When disaster strikes, it reveals not just the vulnerabilities in our built environment—but also the opportunity to rebuild with more intention. In the wake of the devastating LA wildfires earlier this year, conversations about recovery have ex...
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31:04
How purple states foster consensus and build with Brian Regli
Abundance is about the promise of building more, more effectively. But getting there requires more than big laws—it takes local capacity, political...
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33:44
The Implementation Era: building beyond the big bills with Zach Kolodin
Between 2021 and 2024, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act approved nearly $2 trillion in public investments. These investments were allocated to repair aging infrastructure, advance clean energy, a...
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31:03
Detroit's new model for scaling urban innovation with Kevin Mull
Many high-profile smart city projects have missed the mark—not because the technology didn’t work, but because the process left people behind. That’s why a new model is emerging—one grounded in collaboration, transparency, and the idea that urb...
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31:28
Scaling value and resilience through district utility systems with Daniel Hansen
What if entire neighborhoods shared integrated infrastructure—cutting costs, boosting performance, and unlocking real climate resilience?That’s the promise of district utility systems: shared infrastructure networks that serve multiple b...
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27:43