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Urbanism
by Inception Point AI
Felix Mercer dissects cities as arenas of creativity and inequality, where street-level activism collides with top-down planning. Each episode unpacks how urban design encodes power—from Jane Jacobs' legacy to redlining's shadow—revealing forces that shape neighborhoods and those fighting back. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This show includes AI-generated content.
Episodes
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Urbanism - Discover the cities reshaping our world with Felix Mercer
Join Felix Mercer as he reveals hidden arguments in streets, buildings, and highways—decisions that shape who belongs in our cities. This podcast explores visionaries, villains, and neighborhoods that make urban spaces brilliant yet isolating, uncovering stories behind the concrete you'll never...
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Urbanism - The Stranger Next Door: Why Cities Make Us Creative, Lonely, and Free
Felix Mercer explores the paradox of urban life: cities foster creativity, tolerance, and freedom while creating anonymity, stress, and isolation. From Simmel's 1903 insights to modern research, he examines how density produces both innovation and loneliness, revealing these opposing forces are...
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Urbanism - Redlined by Design: How the Built Environment Encodes Inequality
Felix Mercer traces how 1938 redlining maps still dictate American inequality today—from life expectancy to air quality. Exploring hostile architecture, mixed-income housing failures, and the built environment as encoded power, this episode reveals why neighborhoods designed to exclude continue...
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Urbanism - The Ghost of Jane Jacobs and the War Over Urban Order
Felix Mercer explores Jane Jacobs' battle against Robert Moses in 1950s New York, examining how her defense of mixed-use neighborhoods transformed city planning—while inadvertently contributing to the gentrification now threatening the communities she fought to protect. Loved this episode?…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Felix Mercer dissects cities as arenas of creativity and inequality, where street-level activism collides with top-down planning. Each episode unpacks how urban design encodes power—from Jane Jacobs' legacy to redlining's shadow—revealing forces that shape neighborhoods and those fighting back.
For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai
This show includes AI-generated content.
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Inception Point AI
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Felix Mercer dissects cities as arenas of creativity and inequality, where street-level activism collides with top-down planning. Each episode unpacks how urban design encodes power—from Jane Jacobs' legacy to redlining's shadow—revealing forces that shape neighborhoods and those fighting back. For...
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