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Knight Cities podcast

Meet the civic innovators working to make cities more livable, vibrant and successful.

Meet the civic innovators working to make cities more livable, vibrant and successful. Knight Foundation’s Carol Coletta interviews people whose ideas are helping cities attract and retain talent, open up economic opportunity and create a culture of engagement. The Knight Cities podcast is an initiative of the Knight Foundation. Join the conversation on civic innovation.

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Episode Guide 

1. Civic innovators share ideas on shaping communities in new ‘Knight Cities’ podcast – Interview with Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates (8/13/2014)

7.  How the pop-up movement is changing communities A Conversation with Cathy Ho (9/24/2014)

8.  Tapping the talent pool of foreign students – A Conversation with Neil G. Ruiz (10/01/2014)

28. How to Go Solo, with George Gendron (3/4/2015)

29. Emerging stronger from trial by fire in Chicago, with Jim Lasko (3/11/2015)

30. The case of the vanishing neighbor, with Marc Dunkelman (3/18/2015)

31. Building a new kind of economy, with Tessy Britton (3/26/15)

32. Reimagining Philadelphia’s civic commons, with Shawn McCaney (4/1/2015)

36. Philly media site pursues ‘active’ citizenship, with Jeremy Nowak (5/6/2015)

38. 5 things you need to know about our economic future, with Kathi Vian (5/20/2015)

39. Educating communities on the value of repurposing vacant schools, with Lindsey Scannapieco (5/27/2015)

40. Resilience and recovery in the Big Easy, with Roberta Gratz (6/10/2015)

43. Mining science to shift public behavior, with Ted Robertson (7/2/2015)

44. Positioning libraries for the future, with Miguel Figueroa (7/8/2015)

47. The Underline, a good idea on the move in Miami, with Meg Daly (8/5/2015)

48. Philly park with renewed sense of purpose packs in the crowds, with David Fierabend (8/19/2015)

53. Bringing renewal to Newcastle (Australia), with Marcus Westbury (10/7/2015)