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City Dweller

Jared W

In each episode I talk with a city dweller to learn about their perspective on city life.

society & culture places & travel

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00:27:32

Denis Agar: Using Experience Gained Working as a...

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2025/11/07

Denis Agar is an urban planner and the Executive Director of Movement, a group of transit riders, professionals, and enthusiasts fighting to make transit better in Metro Vancouver. Prior to leaving in 2023 to found Movement, he worked for a decade for TransLink, Vancouver's regional transit agency.

00:25:35

Baker Rogers: Owner of Queer Haven Books in Columbia,...

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2025/10/24

Baker Rogers is a Sociologist and the owner of Queer Haven Books, South Carolina's only independent, queer bookstore. The mission of Queer Haven Books is to provide a place of safety and refuge for the queer community in the Southern United States.

00:27:50

Michael Schneider: Advocating for Pedestrian and...

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2025/10/10

Michael Schneider is the founder of Streets for All, a Los Angeles-based organization that advocates for complete streets that can be used comfortably and efficiently by everyone, regardless of their age, income, race, gender, geography, or abilities. He has lived car-free for the past decade.

00:32:46

Guillaume Le Roux: The Urbanist Transformation of...

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2025/09/26

Guillaume Le Roux operates Le Vrai Paris, the Real Paris. He gives guided tours that are focused on helping people to discover Paris through the eyes of a local while challenging their expectations about the city. Guillaume is also a food blogger.

00:24:03

Jonathan Wober: A Growing Love of London Through the...

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2025/09/12

Jonathan Wober runs London on the Ground, and he gives guided tours of Islington and the City of London. Jonathan is a qualified City of London Guide Lecturer, Clerkenwell and Islington Guide, and Green Badge Tourist Guide of the Institute of Tourist Guiding.

00:24:18

Senator Molly Cook: Advocating for Walking, Biking,...

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2025/08/29

Molly Cook is a registered nurse and a grassroots organizer. As a grassroots organizer, she has advocated for the health and safety of her neighbors, including a focus on supporting walking, biking, and public transportation. Molly was elected to the Texas Senate in 2024.

00:25:40

Brian Peterman: Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit...

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2025/08/15

Brian Peterman and his wife took advantage of a pilot program in Chicago that allows for the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in designated zones within the city. After nearly two years of planning, working through regulatory hurdles, and construction, they completed a coach house in their backyard. In 2023, Brian's mother-in-law moved into the coach house, allowing her to spend time with her young granddaughter on a daily basis.

00:38:19

"Gridlock" Sam Schwartz: The Father of Congestion...

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2025/08/01

Popularly known as Gridlock Sam, thanks to his coining of the term, Sam founded Sam Schwartz Consulting in 1995. Previously, he was New York City's Traffic Commissioner and Chief Engineer of the Department of Transportation. Sam started his transportation career in the late 1960’s as a New York cabbie and joined the Traffic Department as a junior engineer in 1971.

00:27:48

Kathleen Rooney: A Chicago Author and Flaneuse Whose...

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2025/07/18

Kathleen Rooney is an author and a self-described flaneuse who loves to explore Chicago and other cities on foot. She is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press, a nonprofit publisher, as well as a founding member of Poems While You Wait, a team of poets and their typewriters who compose commissioned poetry on demand. Kathleen teaches in the English Department at DePaul University, and her recent books include the national best-seller Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk and the novel Cher Ami and Major

00:18:33

Samantha Anderson: A Proposal to Transform Downtown...

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2025/07/04

Samantha Anderson graduated earlier this year from the University of Chicago with a Master of Public policy degree. She was part of the team that won the 2025 Harris Public Policy Innovation Challenge, Creating A Thriving Downtown Chicago. Their proposal, Activating the Cultural Mile: Prioritizing Culture and Connectivity to Revitalize Downtown Chicago, includes the idea of pedestrianizing part of Michigan Avenue.

00:26:25

Emily Jabbour: The Experience of Being Involved in...

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2025/06/20

Emily Jabbour has served since 2017 as a Councilperson at Large in Hoboken, New Jersey. In 2025, she is running for Mayor of Hoboken, a city that houses over 50,000 residents in just over one square mile of land.

00:23:44

Ollie Thompson: Learning About Manchester and the...

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2025/06/06

Ollie lives in Manchester, England, and he makes videos about the history of Manchester and the North of England on his YouTube channel, Bee Here Now. Ollie's videos focus on seeing history from the perspective of those that actually made it, ordinary people, not those who reaped the benefits and the fame.

00:23:55

David Williams Rosales: The Experience of Living...

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2025/05/23

David William Rosales is a writer and an environmental advocate. His interests include traveling, urbanism, public transit, and city living. He lives car-free in New York City, and he spent two years living car-free while traveling full-time.

00:28:08

Daniel Herriges: The Common Threads Between Walkable...

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2025/05/09

Daniel Herriges is the Policy Director at the Parking Reform Network, an organization that educates the public about the impact of parking policy on climate change, equity, housing, and traffic. He is a lifelong urbanist and advocate for people-centered places. Daniel lives in his hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota, with his wife and two young children.

00:28:57

Noelle Hunter and Paul Trust: Queenslink, a Proposal...

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2025/04/25

The QueensLink is a group of grassroots activists seeking to improve public transit and open space in Central and South Queens through the creative reuse of a long-neglected, city-owned treasure, the Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way. Their leaders are volunteers who live in New York City, a majority of them in Queens.

00:19:15

Yohann Milan: Why Paris is a Great City for Public...

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2025/04/11

Yohann Milan has a interest in railways and public transportation, and he makes videos on his YouTube channel, Le Ferrovipathe, that focus on the railways and public transportation in the Paris region.

00:24:31

Michael Moritz: Organizing with Stop TxDOT I-45 to...

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2025/03/28

Michael Moritz is an organizer with Stop TxDOT I-45, an organization that is fighting to stop the expansion of Interstate 45 through the city of Houston, Texas. The expansion project is expected to displace over 1000 homes.

00:25:29

Stephanie Watt: Applying the Principles of Urbanism...

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2025/03/14

Stephanie Watt is an urban geographer and an advocate for children's rights and play. She served on Montreal's city council from 2017 to 2021, where she championed feminism, parks, play, and child-friendly cities. Stephanie is the cofounder and codirector of Metalude, a firm that partners with municipalities and organizations to develop child and youth engagement, playable public spaces, and child and youth-inclusive municipal policy.

00:22:31

Chris Denham: From a Childhood Love of Railways to a...

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2025/02/28

Chris Denham has been a railway enthusiast since childhood. He is the Senior Media Relations Manager forNetwork Rail, the public body that owns and operates Great Britain's railway infrastructure.

00:20:46

Jaime Cano: The Challenge of Relocating a Preschool...

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2025/02/14

Jaime Cano is one of the Directors of Escuelita del Alma, a Spanish immersion daycare and preschool in Austin, Texas. Escuelita del Alma was founded in 2000, and it's being displaced for the second time as a result of a project to widen Interstate 35 through Austin.

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