APA National Resources: Planning Podcasts 2024

Podcasts developed by APA National cover a variety of planning topics that might interest chapter members. These podcast cover a variety of contemporary planning topics such as the impact autonomous vehicles will have on the planning of our cities and disaster planning and resilience. These short half hour to hour long podcasts are a great way to squeeze continued education on current planning topics into your hectic schedule. APA National’s Tuesdays at APA presentations are also available as podcasts with some episodes eligible for Continuing Matriculation credit. These podcasts are available to download on iTunes so you can take them on the go. Recently released podcasts include:

• Nico Larco and Kaarin Knudson on Demystifying Sustainable Urban Design: In this podcast, Nico Larco and Kaarin Knudson share real-world applications of The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook, which contextualizes the essential elements of sustainable design. Examples for how planners can use the handbook throughout the planning process are provided.
• Megan Oliver on How to Plan for Happiness in Cities: In this podcast, Megan Oliver, AICP, WELL AP, founder of Hello Happy Design, discusses how the intersection of neuroscience and planning — called neurourbanism — can provide planners with the necessary tools to design places for social and emotional health. Oliver also speaks to the rising awareness of neurodiversity and how we can change our assumptions about how community members engage with the people and places around them.
• National Zoning Atlas Founder Sara Bronin is Empowering Communities to Transform Land Use: In this podcast, Sara C. Bronin, a lawyer and Cornell University professor explains how an effort to Desegregate Connecticut paved the way for the National Zoning Atlas and how planners are contributing to — and benefiting from — this movement to demystify and democratize the policies that shape communities.
• Shain Shapiro on Taylor Swift and the Benefits of a Music Policy for Your City: In this podcast, Shain Shapiro, discusses how planners can champion music policy in cities, and provides a case study of an American city that took a strategic approach to incorporating music in its long-term plan.