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Poetry Breaks Through Where Planners Cannot
09/09/2026 | 36 mins.
Public art projects use poems across Philadelphia to help residents process loss, gun violence and grief together.
The Secret Sauce in Democratic Community Engagement
09/02/2026 | 39 mins.
A group is working to ensure that the closure of Hester Street in New York City doesn't mean the loss of its wisdom as a trusted facilitator of processes that authentically engaged the community in development projects.
Summer Break
06/24/2026 | 0 mins.
Next City is on a brief hiatus for the summer. We'll be back at the end of July. Thank you for listening to Next City. Together we can spread good ideas from one city to the next city.
On Being Planners With Purpose
06/10/2026 | 43 mins.
We are creating a podcast episode about these three episodes related to the Planners With A Purpose conference that Next City sponsored.
After 150 Episodes, Revisiting Our Favorite Solutions
06/03/2026 | 37 mins.
The Next City podcast debuted in November 2021 and has now recorded 150 episodes, with hundreds of interviews about solutions with changemakers. Host Lucas Grindley and Editorial Director Deonna Anderson look back on some of the biggest takeaways after more than 75 hours worth of journalism.

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About Next City

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 City .

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