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- Yesterday32 min
The High Cost of Flying: How to Make a Bird-Friendly City (Ep. 49)
Every single year, millions of birds fly through Chicago as they travel southbound in the fall and northbound in the spring—but buildings make their migration perilous. In this episode, we are joined by Eleanor Esser Gorski, the head of the Chicago Architecture Center, and Michael Davidson, the leader of a nonprofit group called Openlands, to discuss two exhibits currently on view in Chicago that highlight the relationship among birds, architecture, and the urban environment.
- 3 weeks ago41 min
Lottocracy: Can Random Selection Fix Democracy? (Ep. 48)
What if your upstairs neighbor, your cousin, or the bartender down the street were chosen by lottery to represent you in government? Writer and political philosopher Alex Guerrero believes this radical idea, known as lottocracy, is a better alternative than voting....
- Oct 1, 202639 min
The Wild Card (UPDATE)
This episode was originally published in 2021, but we're bringing it back because the questions landscape architect Sarah Cowles asks—about which kinds of nature get space in our cities—feel particularly urgent right now. As debates over land, development, climate resilience, and public space continue....
- Sep 10, 202634 min
On Landscape, Identity, and Belonging (Ep. 47)
As the founder and principal at site design group ltd., a Chicago-based urban design and landscape architecture firm, Ernest (“Ernie”) Wong has spent over three decades transforming overlooked spaces into places where people can gather, play, rest, wander, and connect....
- Aug 20, 202644 min
One Man, 3,750 Birds (Ep. 46)
Ornithologist Doug Stotz is a key player in the Field Museum of Natural History’s strenuous effort to safeguard threatened landscapes, galvanize community stewards, and advance action-oriented science research. Doug’s long tenure at the museum is on the verge of changing...
- Jul 30, 202643 min
Canines in the City (Ep. 45)
Each of the largest cities on earth plays host to hundreds of thousands of dogs. Dr. Alexandra Horowitz, founder of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College and the author of the bestselling book, Inside of a Dog, discusses how dogs managed....
- Jul 9, 202635 min
Back in the Swim of Things (Ep. 44)
Over the past 30 years, the quality of water in rivers has improved tremendously in many major cities around the world. So much so that what once seemed impossible has now become reality: people really are swimming in the Thames in London. Chris Rommer-Lee is one of the visionaries behind what is called the “Swimmable Cities” movement....
- Jun 18, 202639 min
Nighthawk: The Voice of Twilight (Ep. 43)
We often notice more of the visual world than we do the auditory world, yet many of our experiences are defined by sound. Edward Warden, the president of the Chicago Ornithological Society....
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