Better Planners Podcast
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBrought to you by the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA), Better Planners is a podcast that delves into in-depth conversations around relevant and timely stories that surround the urban planning realm including the ground-level work of planners, community development advocates, and allied professions. With an emphasis on amplifying the voices and stories of marginalized communities. The episodes will be a resource and guide to provide insights into planning related topics people face on a daily basis that may be inspiring, challenging, questioning, and/or innovative. This podcast is intended for urban, regional, and rural community planners. Or you could be a community advocate, student, newcomer, or seasoned professional, this podcast series will have something for everyone! So join us as we all become better planners! Instagram: @betterplanners
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Episodes
Urban Planning and Neurodiversity
March 18, 2024 14:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBShelley and Mary are back for another fascinating discussion around urban planning and neurodiversity. In this episode they interview Dr. Gala Korniyenko, who received her PhD at The Ohio State University. Her research explores the nexus of urban design, neuroscience, and the planning process. More specifically, she focuses on urban planning and autism. Sources: "Autism Planning and Design Guidelines 1.0", APA PAS Memo: https://www.planning.org/publications/document/9153208/ "When Every ...
Pocket Park Ep 1: A RLUIPA Case in Oregon
March 12, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBWelcome to the first Pocket Park Episode! These episodes are shorter and focus on current events, stories, studies, etc, that are happening right now in the world. In this episode, Shelley and Mary, focus on a case in Brookings, Oregon that revolves around the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). Will it have lasting impacts on religious institutions and land use across the United States? How can planners avoid situations where they get in hot water around the RLU...
State Housing Policy in Oregon and the 2024 Legislative Session
January 29, 2024 14:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBWelcome back to Better Planners podcast in 2024! We're starting the year off with a big one on state housing policy in Oregon, what to expect for the 2024 legislative session, and how planners and other allied professions can participate in the public process at the state level. We talk a lot about variances, urban growth boundaries, infrastructure funding, and much more! While this episode does focus a lot on Oregon and our state policies, we hope this inspires you to become more engaged i...
The Taylor Swift Transit Effect
September 28, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBShelley and Mary are back for another interesting episode on the the “Taylor Swift Transit Effect.” We discuss interesting stats and facts from this phenomenon, some criticisms to looking at this event as a decider on changes for transit, and finally the big question: will these concert goers continue to take transit? What does it mean for women, non-binary folks, LGBTQIA+ folks when they take transit? How do we address the needs and wants of those people around transit and planning? We dis...
The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory
August 14, 2023 15:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBWe're back!! Shelley and Mary are back in full force with a new episode all about the 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory. We'll dive into the details surrounding the 15-Minute City theory and the conspiracy theories surrounding it, including clips from demonstrations in the United Kingdom. Included are our takes on what this all means for urban and rural planners in the United States. This podcast episode gets very interesting! Want to be a part of the podcast? Send in an email! The team b...
Meet the New Hosts & Our Hottest City Planning Takes
February 22, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBIn the first episode of Season 2, you'll get to know a little bit more about the new hosts: Mary & Shelley! They'll provide information on how they got interested in city planning, what to expect with the new season, how to be involved, and their hottest city planning takes. Lots of really great discussion and conversation in this episode! Want to be a part of the podcast? Send in an email! The team behind the upcoming Better Planners podcast wants to hear from you about the real life iss...
Better Planners Podcast Trailer
October 19, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.66 MBWelcome to the Better Planners Podcast brought to you by the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association! Better Planners is a podcast that aims to highlight and facilitate real stories about real solutions from the ground-level work of planners, community development advocates, and allied professions. With an emphasis on amplifying the voices and stories of marginalized communities. The episodes will be a resource and guide to provide insights into planning related topics people f...
"Perspectives on Planning from a 50 Year Career" with Adrian Freund, FAICP
May 14, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Adrian Freund visits the mobile studio to discuss environmental justice, hazard mitigation, and disaster recovery planning. A pillar of the hazard mitigation planning community, Adrian is an AICP Fellow with almost five decades of experience in the profession. As a two term national APA Director and Past President of the Nevada and Wisconsin; the creator of development codes and comprehensive plans for Louisville, KY, Austin, TX, Washoe County, NV, and Madison, WI; and ...
"Urbanism Next - new mobility and emerging technologies" with Becky Steckler, AICP
April 09, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Will and Chris chat with Becky Steckler as she discusses new mobility, emerging technologies, and building the places you really want to live. Becky serves as the Urbanism Next program director for the University of Oregon. Urbanism Next conducts research and convenes partners to explore possible future implications of new technology for people, cities, and communities to inform better decision making today. Want to be a part of the podcast? Send in an email! The tea...
“Master Planned Communities (Designing with Nature for Community Well-being)” with Steve Nygren
August 06, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Steve Nygren joins the PWP mobile studio to talk about master planning for community wellness. Steve is the founder and CEO of Serenbe, a wellness community created as a model to demonstrate that preserving 70% of green space interlaced with agriculture, housing, and retail is not only economically viable but the future of community well-being. This episode focuses on Steve’s experience in the foundation of Serenbe, and how he has become a thought leader in meaningful a...
“Planning for Smaller Communities in Oregon” with Nick Snead, AICP and Dustin Nilsen, AICP
July 10, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Nick Snead AICP, the Community Development Director at the City of Madras, OR, and Dustin Nilsen AICP, the Planning Director of Hood River, OR, join the PWP mobile studio to share lessons learned from planning in smaller, often rural, communities in Oregon. While many of the planning concepts discussed at the national level highlight work being conducted in the metropolitan areas, planning in small communities is of equal importance to community development and the plan...
“Planning for Wildfire” with Molly Mowery, AICP and Will Smith
June 26, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 30 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Molly Mowery, AICP and Guest/Host Will Smith join Pints With Planners to discuss “Planning for Wildfire”. With changing climate dynamics and the expansion of the built environment into natural wildfire areas, community development practitioners are required to understand wildfire planning and hazard mitigation. This discussion wanders from what defines the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) to exciting new partnership programs bringing wildfire planning directly to communit...
“Sustainable Urban and Regional Development” with Kale Roberts and Peter Ulrich
June 12, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 27.8 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Kale Roberts and Peter Ulrich stop by the Pints With Planners’ mobile studio to chat about “Sustainable Urban and Regional Development”. In a wide ranging conversation, Kale and Peter present methods for promoting sustainability in communities of all sizes. Tune in for this dynamic discussion that includes national and global examples on localized efforts to address climate change, public outreach and coordination ideas to reach sustainability goals, and new concepts f...
“Post-Conflict / Post-Disaster Recovery Planning” with Shipra Narang Suri
May 22, 2019 07:00 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Shipra Narang Suri, the current Coordinator of the Urban Planning and Design Branch at UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), joins PWP for a conversation on “Post-Conflict / Post-Disaster Recovery Planning”. From discussions on smuggling public infrastructure plans out of Poland during World War II to the use of Minecraft in reconstruction efforts, her mandate for planners remains the same: the need for local champions that can think holistically when...
“Creating Memorable Community Spaces, Part II” – Cynthia Bowen
May 09, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 30.6 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] For this episode of PWP, Cynthia Bowen, the current (at the time of recording) President of the American Planning Association (APA), joins us for a conversation on “Creating Memorable Community Spaces.” During the second episode on this topic, Cynthia helps us examine what factors or traits make community spaces memorable. We visit with Cynthia to learn more about her favorite places and experiences while travelling through the US during her time in leadership at the AP...
"Creating Memorable Community Spaces" with Ric Stephens
April 08, 2019 07:00 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] On this episode Ric Stephens, the current President of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), joins us for a conversation on “Creating Memorable Community Spaces”. What factors or traits make community spaces memorable? How do we integrate resilience and climate change into community place making? And what topics are going to be the most impactful on our future community designs? We visit with Ric on all of these questions in an effort to le...
"What is a City Planner?" with John Morgan
April 08, 2019 07:00 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MB[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] John Morgan is the Executive Director of the Chinook Institute for Civic Leadership and the Leader of the Chinook Institute, the premier leadership development program for top-level public officials on the west coast. John has spent his career in public service focusing on community development and organizational leadership in government organizations. A former Community Development Director, Planning Director, and City Manager, John brings to the Chinook Institute a st...