19 JUN 2024 · This is Lucas Grindley from Next City, a show about changemakers and their stories. We’re off this week for Juneteenth, but we’ll be back next Wednesday with more inspiring and workable ideas that move our society toward justice and equity.  If you can’t wait for the next story, head to NextCity.org for the latest coverage.  As always, we’d love to hear any feedback from our listeners. Please feel free to email us at info@nextcity.org. And if you haven’t already, subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Goodpods or anywhere you listen to your podcasts. We’ll see you next week.

5 JUN 2024 · The documentary film “How to Power A City” looks across communities in the United States to uncover multiple approaches, big and small, for mitigating climate change. In this episode, writer and director Melanie LaRosa outlines what she found and why she chose to focus on solutions.

22 MAY 2024 · Just over a year ago, we delved into a groundbreaking initiative by a foundation in Vancouver. Their question was: What if we gave people experiencing homelessness a lump sum of cash, no strings attached? The results were nothing short of remarkable — though they probably shouldn’t be surprising. Now, two years after that experiment ended, the idea is spreading to cities across the United States. So let’s revisit that initial episode — when we asked, what really happens when you give money to people experiencing homelessness?

15 MAY 2024 · Leaders from Lexington, Kentucky share lessons about what’s working as they foster collaboration and nonpartisanship in a city that’s solving problems like community engagement and closing the racial wealth gap.

8 MAY 2024 · We’re going to hear about how looking at transit from the human perspective almost always serves the greatest number of people and how it's really us who should be making decisions about the future of transit.

1 MAY 2024 · America’s biggest test of a “mobility wallet” is in South L.A. where residents were given cash each month to cover their transit needs.

24 APR 2024 · A future with plentiful affordable housing won’t come from an industry where fewer than 5% of the real estate developers are minorities. Here’s what’s being done to change. This episode is part of our series, CDFI Futures, which explores the community development finance industry through the lenses of equity, public policy and inclusive community development. The series is generously supported by Partners for the Common Good. Sign up for PCG’s CapNexus newsletter at https://capnexus.org/. 

27 MAR 2024 · Today, we will hear from multiple Chinatown organizers who are fighting to ensure their neighborhoods remain for generations to come.

20 MAR 2024 · Too often cities are answering mental health problems with systems of punishment. One alternative is proving that being accessible means when people need help, they’ll reach out earlier in their crisis, allowing for more options in problem-solving.

13 MAR 2024 · In light of the Academy Awards ceremony, we're re-highlighting our episode featuring Arlo Washington, the Black barber-turned-visionary behind People Trust Community Federal Credit Union and the central figure of the Oscar-nominated short documentary, "The Barber of Little Rock."  When neighbors started coming to his Little Rock barbershop to borrow money, Arlo Washington went a step further and chartered Arkansas’ newest credit union.