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We Built It That Way
by Jordan Clark + AJ Fawver
A show about how we shape the places we live, and how they shape us—our behavior, relationships, opportunities, and imaginations. If you've ever looked around your neighborhood and thought, "I wonder why it's like that?" ... the answer is often: "we built it that way." Hosted by AJ Fawver and Jordan Clark.Edited by Jordan Clark.
Episodes
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Density: Just a fancy term for overcrowding?
Is urban density good or bad??? This is the type of question we'd prefer not to answer. But if you're okay with a little nuance, hop on in while we take a stroll through what density means, what it does and doesn't do, and why the topic riles so many people up. We talk about: What density…
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Extra Credit: When Cars Kill
In this Extra Credit episode, we have a chat about a frankly glum topic: when cars kill people. We discuss a fantastic piece in the New Yorker about a growing movement to end pedestrian and cycling fatalities in NYC and beyond. Lots to cover in this show, and we talk about: ingrained attitudes...
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Cover your ears: Why are cities so loud?
In this episode, we talk about noise pollution—a much bigger problem than you might realize! Some of the things we discuss include: the most common (and annoying) sources of outdoor noise adverse mental, physical, and social health effects from too much noise exposure what safe noise levels even...
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Extra credit: Who is to blame for climate gentrification?
Time for another installment in our 'Extra Credit' series, where we take a reading and discuss our takeaways, for your listening pleasure. In this episode, we discuss a piece in Shelterforce titled 'Are Urban Planners Staying Silent on Climate Gentrification?' – written by Colleen O'Connor-Grant....
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Pandemics change cities. They also spotlight their problems.
In this episode we look back on just a few ways this current pandemic had an impact on how we see and use our built environment. (ARE CITIES DEAD?!?!?!) Links: Want to learn more on this episode’s topic? There has been no shortage of words written on the virus and our cities. Here's just a tiny...
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📕 Extra Credit: Should we tear down highways?
We're trying something new! This is the first in our 'Extra Credit' series, where we take a reading and discuss our takeaways, for your listening pleasure. In this episode, we discuss an article that ran in Texas Observer in 2021: What If the State Department of Transportation Tore Down Texas...
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Signs and/or wonders: How much is too much?
We're back, and we're talking about signs. Urban advertisements. Billboards, pole signs, and much more. We sure do put up with a lot of signs telling us what to do. Why are we so permissive with our eyeballs? Well, in recent decades, there have been movements across the globe to rid cities of...
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Induced traffic: Why doesn’t adding lanes help?
It’s Part II of our two-part series on traffic congestion! This time: why adding more lanes doesn’t make congestion go away. Framing traffic congestion as primarily a “street capacity” problem has led practitioners to seek solutions by adding more lanes and miles of streets and roads. This has…
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Congested: Why is there so much 🤬 traffic?
After an unexpected hiatus, your best friends AJ and Jordan are back in business. This time around we go where few shows of any stature have ever dared: the subject of traffic congestion. What's up with it? What causes it? When did we first start to see it as a problem? How did competing…
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Aging in America: Why do we make it so hard for seniors?
This month we ask whether our built environment serves older adults well as they age—and how that has an impact on all of us, regardless of age. Links: Want to read more on this episode’s topic? Here’s just a short list of interesting resources: Improving with age? How city design is adapting to...
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Not throwing shade: Why is shade so hard to find?
In this episode we're talking shade in cities. The good kind! Why don't we have enough of it? Links: Want to read more on this episode’s topic? Here’s just a short list of interesting resources: Shade (Places Journal) Impact of shade on outdoor thermal comfort—a seasonal field study in Tempe,...
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Look both ways: Why is crossing the street so dangerous?
In our first episode, we take a look at crossing the street. Why is it so frequently a dangerous and uncomfortable activity? What does street design reveal about our priorities as a society? And what does this all mean for us as humans? Join us as we barely scratch the surface on these questions!...
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TRAILER: We Built It That Way
Two and a half minutes of us trying to convince you to subscribe to our new show! And by us, we mean AJ Fawver and Jordan Clark, your friends who work in urban planning and apparently don't have anything better to do than to nerd out off the clock. But we nerd out in a charming and approachable...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A show about how we shape the places we live, and how they shape us—our behavior, relationships, opportunities, and imaginations. If you've ever looked around your neighborhood and thought, "I wonder why it's like that?" ... the answer is often: "we built it that way." Hosted by AJ Fawver and Jordan Clark.Edited by Jordan Clark.
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Jordan Clark + AJ Fawver
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A show about how we shape the places we live, and how they shape us—our behavior, relationships, opportunities, and imaginations. If you've ever looked around your neighborhood and thought, "I wonder why it's like that?" ... the answer is often: "we built it that way." Hosted by AJ Fawver and...
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We Built It That Way is created and hosted by Jordan Clark + AJ Fawver.
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