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Viewpoint Podcast
by Price Tags Media Society
The podcast of West Coast urbanist newsblog Viewpoint Vancouver. Gordon Price, former Vancouver City Councillor and Director of the SFU City Program lecture series, chats with leading players and emerging voices on issues of urban planning, architecture, housing, transportation, politics and public space.
Episodes
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Makin’ it in Dubai: a Viewpoint Podcast Special
Welcome to a special dispatch from Gordon Price, checking in from Expo 2022 in Dubai. (With apologies for the sound quality. At a place like Expo, it was the quietest place he could find.) ********************************* One of the best things about a world’s fair—after you’ve visited the...
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Three Quick Questions for John Coupar
We’re back with Episode Three of Viewpoint Vancouver’s election podcast feature: Three Quick Questions. Where in under ten minutes, Gordon Price puts civic candidates on the spot with three unusual questions designed to reveal who they are and what really makes them tick. This time up, Gord turns...
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Three Quick Questions for Ken Sim
Check in for Episode Two of Viewpoint Vancouver’s election podcast feature: Three Quick Questions. Where, in under ten minutes, Gordon puts civic candidates on the spot with three unusual questions designed to reveal who they are and what really makes them tick. This time up, Gord puts it to Ken...
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Post-war bungalows vs transit-hub skyscrapers. Lee-Ann Garnett brings the Burnaby housing story to life.
The great BurnaBOOM! took off in the ‘50s, as Willingdon Heights came to model the suburban ideal: a neatly gridded neighborhood of wide streets, tidy flower gardens, and modest single-family bungalows. To some extent, it is still that—but so much more. Lee-Ann Garnett, Burnaby’s Deputy Director…
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Three Quick Questions for Mark Marissen
Join Viewpoint Vancouver for a quickie! Introducing our new Election podcast feature: Three Quick Questions, where, in under ten minutes, Gordon puts civic candidates on the spot with three unusual questions designed to reveal who they are and what really makes them tick. First up in the series:...
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North Van’s got urban soul—and big city challenges. Councillor Tony Valente reveals.
The City of North Van is no bedroom community. With sexy projects like the Shipyards, the Polygon Art Gallery, and new Lonsdale patios and covered seating, North Van is quickly becoming a destination city. In fact, the City has the lowest percentage of single-family homes of any Greater Vancouver...
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Translink unveils TRANSPORT 2050, and Policy Development Manager Eve Hou is here to spill the beans.
Big news for the Region! Translink has just unveiled Transport 2050: its blueprint for the next 30 years of regional mobility. Gordon talks to Translink Manager of Policy Development Eve Hou about the evolution of this important document, and what Translink sees coming down the long-range pipes....
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Big Moves: Urbanist Anthony Perl on Global Agendas, Local Aspirations, and Urban Mobility
Gordon and Anthony examine the various historical triumphs and faux pas of Canada’s Big Three cities, and whether the Canadian tendency toward ‘accommodation through equivocation’ has held us back, or helped us dodge some American urban pitfalls. Sensitive listeners be advised: we talk trolley...
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Panels, manels or womels? Podcaster Mo Amir helps Gord unpack the intricacies of modern lexicon
OWG (Old White Guy) Gordon Price enlists the aid of YBG (Young Brown Guy) Mo Amir, for help in unpacking the modern socio-political lexicon. Can white people be ‘racialized’? Is equity of opportunity the same as equity of outcome? What is privilege, really? Who has it now, and where does the...
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From Kitsilano hippies to Strathcona tent city—Judy Graves believes in housing for all.
Throughout her 33-year career, Judy Graves was the public face of City Hall to those living in Vancouver’s streets and shelters. She knew who they were, what they needed, and how to get a roof over their heads. She reached out to them, often in the late hours of the night. She knew the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The podcast of West Coast urbanist newsblog Viewpoint Vancouver. Gordon Price, former Vancouver City Councillor and Director of the SFU City Program lecture series, chats with leading players and emerging voices on issues of urban planning, architecture, housing, transportation, politics and public space.
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Price Tags Media Society
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The podcast of West Coast urbanist newsblog Viewpoint Vancouver. Gordon Price, former Vancouver City Councillor and Director of the SFU City Program lecture series, chats with leading players and emerging voices on issues of urban planning, architecture, housing, transportation, politics and public...
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Viewpoint Podcast is created and hosted by Price Tags Media Society.
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