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6:50

Stephen DeBerry

Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities

Posted Aug 2018 Rated Inspiring, Informative
13:13

Vishaan Chakrabarti

How we can design timeless cities for our collective future

Posted Jun 2018 Rated Inspiring, Informative
9:57

Elizabeth Cawein

How to build a thriving music scene in your city

Posted Jun 2018 Rated Inspiring, Informative
13:43

Drew Philp

My $500 house in Detroit — and the neighbors who helped me rebuild it

Posted Apr 2018 Rated Inspiring, Courageous
12:22

Devita Davison

How urban agriculture is transforming Detroit

Posted Dec 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative
9:27

Gautam Bhan

A bold plan to house 100 million people

Posted Dec 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative
13:45

Lloyd Pendleton

The Housing First approach to homelessness

Posted Nov 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative
17:10

Robert Muggah

The biggest risks facing cities — and some solutions

Posted Nov 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring
11:07

Julio Gil

Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative
8:39

Karoliina Korppoo

How a video game might help us build better cities

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative
12:03

OluTimehin Adegbeye

Who belongs in a city?

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Courageous
12:18

Daan Roosegaarde

A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating
12:21

Richard J. Berry

A practical way to help the homeless find work and safety

Posted Aug 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative
10:15

Grace Kim

How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)

Posted Jul 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative
14:41

Anab Jain

Why we need to imagine different futures

Posted Jun 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative
12:39

Justin Davidson

Why glass towers are bad for city life — and what we need instead

Posted Jun 2017 Rated Informative, Persuasive
40:50

Elon Musk

The future we're building — and boring

Posted Apr 2017 Rated Fascinating, Inspiring
6:10

Jeff Kirschner

This app makes it fun to pick up litter

Posted Feb 2017 Rated Inspiring, Ingenious
18:37

Jeff Speck

4 ways to make a city more walkable

Posted Feb 2017 Rated Informative, Persuasive
11:55

Jeanne Gang

Buildings that blend nature and city

Posted Jan 2017 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating
11:26

Ryan Gravel

How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city

Posted Dec 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative
11:31

Wanis Kabbaj

What a driverless world could look like

Posted Oct 2016 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating
14:42

J.D. Vance

America's forgotten working class

Posted Sep 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative
15:32

Courtney E. Martin

The new American Dream

Posted Sep 2016 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful
9:11

Shubhendu Sharma

How to grow a forest in your backyard

Posted Jul 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative
10:25

Marwa Al-Sabouni

How Syria's architecture laid the foundation for brutal war

Posted Jul 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring
7:20

Tom Hulme

What can we learn from shortcuts?

Posted Jun 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring
20:34

Parag Khanna

How megacities are changing the map of the world

Posted Apr 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring
19:18

Travis Kalanick

Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars

Posted Mar 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring
16:26

Ole Scheeren

Why great architecture should tell a story

Posted Jan 2016 Rated Fascinating, Inspiring
8:49

Alison Killing

What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead

Posted Dec 2015 Rated Informative, Funny
18:18

Roman Mars

Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed

Posted May 2015 Rated Funny, Informative
4:39

Alison Killing

There’s a better way to die, and architecture can help

Posted Mar 2015 Rated Informative, Inspiring
16:52

Theaster Gates

How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art

Posted Mar 2015 Rated Inspiring, Informative
11:23

Ismael Nazario

What I learned as a kid in jail

Posted Mar 2015 Rated Inspiring, Courageous
11:48

Ben Wellington

How we found the worst place to park in New York City — using big data

Posted Feb 2015 Rated Informative, Persuasive