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Podcast #80: Amusingly Approaching Public Policy with Tane Danger
The podcast this week is a conversation with Tane Danger, the co-founder of the Theater of Public Policy, which is a highly unique combination of public policy conversations and improve comedy. The...
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Podcast #81: Inside Ending Homelessness with Randall Cohn
The Harbor Lights shelter in downtown Minneapolis The podcast this week is a conversation with Randall Cohn, a law student and long-time worker and wonk working on homelessness policy in Minneapolis....
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Podcast #82 – The Minnesota Transportation Picture with Scott Dibble
The podcast this week is a conversation with Scott Dibble, who represents Minnesota Senate District 61 covering southwest Minneapolis. For the last ten years, Senator Dibble has been a leading voice in...
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Podcast #83 – Minneapolis’s Milwaukee Avenue with Bob Roscoe
Milwaukee Avenue in Minneapolis’s Seward neighborhood.. The podcast this week is a conversation with Bob Roscoe, a Minneapolis architect, activist and author who wrote the book Milwaukee Avenue:...
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Podcast #84 – All About Arts Districts with Brenda Kayzar
The podcast this week is a conversation with Brenda Kayzar, a professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota who researches urban real estate, housing, and the role of artists in urban...
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Podcast #85: Over North with Jeff Skrenes, Brian Finstad, and Will Lumpkins
Historic photo of Penn and Lowry. The podcast this week is a conversation with Jeff Skrenes, Brian Finstad, and Will Lumpkins, all about the historic preservation, transportation and neighborhood...
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Podcast #86: Planning Campus Bicycling with Steve Sanders and Tyler Schow
Bike lane construction by the Washington Avenue Bridge, the #1 spot for bikes in the whole city. And the podcast is back after a long hiatus. Today I have a special conversation with University of...
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Podcast #87: Linda Feltes on Workplace Wellness
A walker strides past a speed detection machine in the tunnel system in the basement of the Capitol. Image from Minnesota Senate. Here’s a podcast conversation with Linda Feltes, the workplace wellness...
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Podcast #88: James Warden on the Future of Hopkins
James and his family. The podcast this week is a conversation with James Warden, who as well as writing many fine columns for this site, is running for City Council in Hopkins Minnesota. Warden is a...
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Podcast #89: Talking Columbia Heights with City Council Candidate Sean Broom
Sean and Stephanie in front of their Columbia Heights home. Hello! I’m rebooting the podcast after a long hiatus. My equipment was stolen along with my bike pannier a while ago, but thanks to the help...
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Podcast #90 – Talking West Saint Paul with City Council Candidate John Justen
Here’s new podcast for you discussing the opposite side of the Metro area from the previous episode. This week’s podcast is a conversation with John Justen, a father, small business owner, and resident...
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Podcast #91 – Talking about Newport with Mayoral Candidate Dan Lund
This week’s podcast is a conversation with Dan Lund, a patent lawyer and City Council member in Newport, Minnesota (population 3,500). Lund is one of the two candidates running for Mayor in the small...
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Podcast #92 – Beyond Richfield with County Commission Candidate Debbie Goettel
This week’s podcast is a conversation with Debbie Goettel, the mayor of Richfield and a candidate for the Hennepin County Commissioner in the 5th District, which encompasses Richfield, Bloomington, and...
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Podcast #93: Visiting Minneapolis’ Lost Skid Row with James Eli Shiffer
Hello! This week’s podcast is a conversation with James Eli Shiffer, a writer and editor at the Star Tribune, about his recent book the King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old...
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Podcast #94: The Future of Renewable Energy Policy with J. Drake Hamilton
This week’s podcast is a conversation with J. Drake Hamilton, a Science Policy Director for Fresh Energy, a Minnesota-based non-profit that works at the intersection of energy and environmental policy....
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Podcast #95: Energy and Carbon Consensus with Brendan Jordan
This week’s podcast is a conversation with Brendan Jordan, the vice-president of the Great Plains Institute, a Minneapolis-based energy and climate think tank. I sat down with Brendan last week at his...
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Podcast #96: The Urban Effects of Amazon.com with Spencer Cox
Photo of Snelling Avenue by Matty Lang. The podcast this week is a conversation with Spencer Cox, a Geography PhD student at the University of Minnesota who is studying how amazon.com is changing the...
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Podcast #97: Cities, Welfare, and Block Grants with Dana DeMaster
The podcast this week is a conversation with Dana DeMaster, a program evaluator who focuses on poverty and public health programs at the State and County level. Dana is also on the streets.mn board,...
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Top 7 Urban Planning Podcasts (Other than Streets.mn)
You may not have noticed, but podcasting (online prerecorded radio) is in the middle of a golden age. There are literally thousands of them right now, pumping out regular shows on every topic you can...
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Podcast #98: Minneapolis Ward 11 with City Council Candidate Jeremy Schroeder
The podcast this week is a conversation with Jeremy Schroeder, a director of a non-profit focused on affordable housing. Schroeder is running for City Council in Ward 11, on the city border in South...
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Podcast #99: Minneapolis Ward 1 with City Council Candidate Jillia Pessenda
The first ever streets.mn podcast “selfie” with Jillia and me! The podcast this week is a conversation with Jillia Pessenda, a community organizer who is running for city council representing...
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Podcast #100 – Skyways and Streetlife with Eric Dayton
The podcast this week is a conversation with Eric Dayton, the founder and chief booster of the Minneapolis Skyway Avoidance Society. Eric Dayton is the owner of two downtown Minneapolis businesses –...
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Podcast #101: Minneapolis’ Ward 11 with Erica Mauter
The podcast this week is a conversation with Erica Mauter, a engineer and executive director of the Twin Cities Women’s Choir, a non-profit. Mauter is running for City Council in Minneapolis’ Ward 11,...
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Podcast #102: A Pedestrian Future for Downtown Minneapolis with Leif Pettersen
Leif Pettersen (the one pointing). The podcast this week is a conversation with Leif Pettersen, a travel writer and tourist public relations professional who lives in downtown Minneapolis. We sat down...
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Podcast #103: Minneapolis Ward 7 with Janne Flisrand
The podcast this week is a conversation with Janne Flisrand. In addition to being a housing policy consultant and the vice-chair of streets.mn, Janne Flisrand is running for City Council in...
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Podcast #104: Redesigning Maryland Avenue with Jim McDonough
The podcast this week is a conversation with Jim McDonough, who is a County Commissioner on the Ramsey County board representing the East Side of Saint Paul. Commissioner McDonough and I sat down in...
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Podcast #105: Sustain Ward 3 with Amanda Willis and Brandon Long
This week’s podcast is a conversation with Amanda Willis and Brandon Long, two of the people who have organized called Sustain Ward 3, a new community group in Saint Paul focusing on urban issues. We...
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Podcast #105: Bikes and Churches with Travis Norvell, the Pedaling Pastor
The podcast this week is a conversation with Travis Norvell, aka the Pedaling Pastor. Norvell is a pastor at the Judson Memorial Baptist Church in South Minneapolis, and is also an avid bicyclists who...
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Podcast #106: Minneapolis Ward 3 with Ginger Jentzen
The podcast this week is a conversation with Ginger Jentzen, who is running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 3. Jentzen is a community organizer who formerly ran the successful 15 now living wage...
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Podcast #107: Minneapolis Elections Explainer with David Brauer
The podcast this week is a conversation with David Brauer, a long-time local Minneapolis journalist, all about the upcoming Minneapolis city elections where 13 city council seats and the next mayor...
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Podcast #108: The 2017 Minneapolis Mayoral Forum on Sustainable and Equitable...
The podcast this week is a special one. Just like we did four years ago, streets.mn co-hosted a forum with candidates running to be the mayor of Minneapolis. This is a recording that hour-and a half...
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Podcast #109: Walking Every Street in Minneapolis with Max Hailperin
Not Max, but rather a statue of Floyd B. Olson taken on one of his recent walks. The podcast this week is a conversation with Max Hailperin. Max Hailperin is fascinating Minneapolis flaneur who has...
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Podcast #110: Cars and Phones and State Transportation Policy with Frank...
Representative Hornstein points. The podcast this week is a conversation with State Representative Frank Hornstein, who represents district 61A in south Minneapolis. Frank Hornstein has long been a...
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Podcast #111: A Vision for Duluth’s Superior Street with Ben Garland
Superior Street in Duluth in winter. The podcast this week is a conversation with Ben Garland, a Duluth resident who runs a small business in the hillside neighborhood. Over the last year or so,...
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Podcast #112: Mapping the History of Racial Covenants in Minneapolis
A racially restricted ad for homes in Minneapolis, from 1919. I’m back with another streets.mn podcast and it’s a good one. I sat down a few weeks ago with the team from Mapping Prejudice, a...
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Podcast #113: Extreme Victorian Restoration with Matt Mazanec
I’m really excited to share this podcast with you, because it’s a new topic for me — an in depth look at restoration of a unique old house on the East Side of Saint Paul – and I personally loved...
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Podcast #114: Painting Suburbia with Carolyn Swiszcz
Carolyn Swiszcz is one of my favorite local artists, a painter, printmaker, and visual artist who works a lot in some of my favorite slash least favorite landscapes: post-war suburbia. I first came...
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Podcast #115 – Ramsey County’s 3rd District with Trista Matas-Castillo
This week’s episode features Trista Matas-Castillo, who is running for Ramsey County Commissioner in the 3rd District, which covers a big chunk of the northern neighborhoods of Saint Paul. Most people...
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Podcast #116: Saint Paul 1978 with George Latimer, David Lanagren, and Jerry...
A blurry photo of the panel. Welcome to the streets.mn podcast, Episode 116: Saint Paul 1978 with George Latimer, Jerry Mathiason, and David Lanagren. Today I have a fun conversation for you that I...
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Podcast #117: Saint Paul’s Ward 4 with Mitra Jalali Nelson
Welcome to the streets.mn podcast. Today I’m bringing you episode 117: Saint Paul’s Ward 4 with Mitra Jalali Nelson. This is another in my interviews with political candidates for local public office....
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Podcast #118: Driver Behavior at Saint Paul Crosswalks with Nichole Morris
A dangerous crosswalk in Saint Paul on Kellogg Boulevard. Today I’m bringing you our 118th episode, a conversation with Dr. Nichole Morris. Dr. Morris is the director of the HumanFIRST Laboratory at...
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Podcast #119: Preserving Urban Alleys with Christian Huelsman
Today I’m bringing you a conversation with Christian Huelsman, a public space preservationist who has, for years, been an advocate for alleys, public spaces, and urban history in Cincinnati Ohio and...
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Podcast #120: Minneapolis 2040 with Heather Worthington and Paul Mogush
Today I’m bringing you a conversation with Heather Worthington and Paul Mogush, two of the people behind the forthcoming Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan is...
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Podcast #121: Activating Nicollet Avenue with Lisa Middag
An activation event on Nicollet. Today I’m bringing you a conversation with Lisa Middag, the director of Nicollet Activation for the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District. What does Nicollet...
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Podcast #122: Planning for Walking in Saint Paul with Fay Simer
Cover of the city’s first draft Pedestrian Plan. DETAIL. Today I’m bringing you a conversation with Fay Simer. Fay Simer is the Pedestrian Coordinator for Saint Paul Public Works Department, and she...
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Podcast #123: Saint Paul’s Ward 6 with Terri Thao
This podcast is an interview with Terri Thao, who is running for City Council in Saint Paul’s 6th Ward, on the East Side of the city. Terri Thao is a long-time non-profit professional, former Planning...
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Podcast #124 – Saint Paul’s Ward One with Liz De La Torre
Today I’m bringing you a conversation with Liz De La Torre, who is running for City Council in Saint Paul’s Ward 1. I sat down with Liz a while back at the Heritage Tea House on University Avenue to...
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Podcast #125 – Stopping the Federal Reserve Parking Ramp with Nancy Gardner...
Proposed 800-stall parking ramp in the North Loop. I’m excited to bring you today a conversation with Nancy Gardner and Tom Mallon, who residents of downtown Minneapolis that organized an effort to...
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Podcast #126: Saint Paul Climate Action with Chelsea DeArmond
I’m happy to bring you a conversation with Chelsea DeArmond, one of the founders of Saint Paul’s 350.org chapter. 350 dot org is an international climate action group that is trying very hard to place...
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Podcast #127: Saint Paul’s 6th Ward with Nelsie Yang
I am happy to bring you a conversation with Nelsie Yang, who is a candidate for City Council in Saint Paul’s Sixth Ward, which covers the large northern part of the East Side. Yang is a community...
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