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Next City

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Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked. At the end of the day, it"s all about focusing the world"s attention on the good ideas that we hope will grow. Grab a seat from the bus, subway, light-rail, or whatever your transit-love may be and listen on the go as we spread solutions from one city to the Next

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34:08

Community Power Is Finally Going Big in Economic...

Next City ·

2026/04/15

Community-owned commercial real estate models are starting to make bigger splashes, thanks in part to building relationships with investors and officials who see their value.

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34:33

Tenants Rising: Organizing for Housing Justice, Part 2

Next City ·

2026/04/08

Examine tenant-led movements and legal strategies to preserve affordability and resist displacement. It could highlight lawsuits like the one in Missouri where tenants fought to keep their homes within the LIHTC program, connecting to broader tenant unionization efforts nationwide.

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32:45

Tenants Rising: Organizing for Housing Justice, Part 1

Next City ·

2026/04/01

Examine tenant-led movements and legal strategies to preserve affordability and resist displacement. It could highlight lawsuits like the one in Missouri where tenants fought to keep their homes within the LIHTC program, connecting to broader tenant unionization efforts nationwide.

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33:03

This City Spent $1 Million To Erase $90 Million in...

Next City ·

2026/03/25

On a daily basis, thousands of Americans are faced with the choice of whether to seek needed medical care, or stay home untreated to avoid sliding further into debt. But one city in Kentucky has found a way to alleviate the dangerous pressures of medical debt for its residents.

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33:10

Artists in Government: Creativity as Civic...

Next City ·

2026/03/18

If we want to imagine a better world, artists might be better than anyone for the job. Today, we are looking at artists-in-residence programs in government.

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36:56

Building Affordable Housing Without Federal Dollars

Next City ·

2026/03/11

One new reality many community leaders are dealing with: Federal funding is rocky, to say the least. So today, we're looking at affordable housing solutions that have located sources of funding outside of the federal goverment. We'll visit Pittsburgh, Atlanta, South Texas, and Seattle to learn about four locally-driven funding models for affordable housing.

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34:03

From Tangled Title to Shared Prosperity

Next City ·

2026/03/04

Across the country, low-income communities face threats of displacement, predatory investment activity and limited wealth-building opportunities. One often-overlooked contributor to these dynamics: a lack of formal estate planning. When a homeowner passes away without an estate plan, their home often becomes an “heirs’ property,” a property with no clear title. Without a clear title, homeowners face immense barriers–they cannot access the equity in the home, sell the home for a fair market price,

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34:15

A Food Security Solution for Urban and Rural Neighbors

Next City ·

2026/02/25

Highlighting our recent coverage on nonprofit and alternative grocery models in Kentucky, this event would look at how communities—from urban Lexington to rural areas—are addressing food insecurity through creative, equitable approaches to food access.

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41:02

Solutions for Rebuilding After Climate Disaster

Next City ·

2026/02/11

Explore how communities in Altadena are rebuilding after devastating wildfires, with a focus on inclusive, community-led design and architecture. It would spotlight the role of Black architects and collaborations like AfroLA, emphasizing environmental justice and equitable recovery.

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39:07

Telling the Story of Housing Affordability

Next City ·

2026/02/04

Even though housing is a crisis in every American city, we hear over and over that telling the story effectively is a big challenge. Today, we’re taking lessons on how to tell the story from the filmmakers of four different documentaries.

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37:52

How We Build Community Ownership and Self-Determination

Next City ·

2026/01/28

New models of collective power are emerging in neighborhoods where residents have always found ways to support one another, even as economic systems excluded and extracted. In this sponsored episode with the Center for Cultural Innovation and its AmbitioUS initiative, which commissioned a report by the Urban Institute, local leaders share models from Atlanta and New Orleans that bring financial freedom and self-determination to artists and their communities. “This work is to provide proof of

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37:58

Takeaways From A Tumultuous Year in Economic Justice

Next City ·

2026/01/15

After a year marked by the undermining of public resources, community development is adapting by finding ways to make progress more resilient.In this episode, Next City Senior Economic Justice Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello looks back at some of the biggest stories from a turbulent year on his beat and draws on what he heard during a national book tour for “The Banks We Deserve.”It’s not all bad news, as Abello looks for signs of a response to the disruptions.“I think maybe just maybe we are

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33:33

The Role of Philanthropy in This Moment

Next City ·

2026/01/07

Live recording in November in partnership with the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network. Lucas interviews in fireside chat with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:41

Building The Community Power Ecosystem

Next City ·

2025/12/17

Sponsored Episode with the Culture & Community Power Fund and Kresge Foundation

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35:25

Building The Community Power Ecosystem

Next City ·

2025/12/17

Sponsored Episode with the Culture & Community Power Fund and Kresge Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:46

When Community Benefits Agreements Work (And When...

Next City ·

2025/12/11

Residents teamed up with university students to slow the demolition of an affordable housing community and reshape redevelopment in West Philadelphia.

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32:30

When Community Benefits Agreements Work (And When...

Next City ·

2025/12/10

Residents teamed up with university students to slow the demolition of an affordable housing community and reshape redevelopment in West Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:48

Learning Community Power By Example: The Chinatown...

Next City ·

2025/12/04

Philadelphians have a history of banding together and organizing when faced by powerful and monied development that has threatened their displacement. From professional sports venues to ever-expanding “eds and meds,” all across Philadelphia, working-class communities of color have pushed back, sometimes winning, sometimes losing, sometimes ending up somewhere in between. In this panel discussion, we’ll hear from neighborhood leaders who share their stories and lessons learned for others when these

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35:32

Learning Community Power By Example: The Chinatown...

Next City ·

2025/12/04

Philadelphians have a history of banding together and organizing when faced by powerful and monied development that has threatened their displacement. From professional sports venues to ever-expanding “eds and meds,” all across Philadelphia, working-class communities of color have pushed back, sometimes winning, sometimes losing, sometimes ending up somewhere in between. In this panel discussion, we’ll hear from neighborhood leaders who share their stories and lessons learned for others when these

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0:45

Happy Thanksgiving!

Next City ·

2025/11/26

This is Lucas Grindley from Next City, a show about changemakers and their stories. We’re off this week for Thanksgiving, but we’ll be back next Wednesday with more inspiring and workable ideas that move our society toward justice and equity. If you can’t wait for the next story, head to NextCity.org for the latest coverage. As always, we’d love to hear any feedback from our listeners. Please feel free to email us at info@nextcity.org. And if you haven’t already, subscribe to the show on Apple,

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