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Better Planners Podcast

Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association

24 episodes

6 months ago

Welcome to another episode of the Better Planners Podcast! This time Mary is joined by four other planners who also happen to be our podcast volunteers! They bring stories and advice from all across Oregon with various backgrounds and expertise. In particular, we focus on the good, bad, ugly, and funny parts of working in urban and rural planning. We also provide some good advice for new planners or folks in planning grad school or people who are looking into planning as a career. We hope thi...

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Welcome to another episode of the Better Planners Podcast! This time Mary is joined by four other planners who also happen to be our podcast volunteers! They bring stories and advice from all across Oregon with various backgrounds and expertise. In particular, we focus on the good, bad, ugly, and funny parts of working in urban and rural planning. We also provide some good advice for new planners or folks in planning grad school or people who are looking into planning as a career. We hope thi...

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Episodes (20/24)

Better Planners Podcast

Stories and Advice from Planners Across Oregon

Welcome to another episode of the Better Planners Podcast! This time Mary is joined by four other planners who also happen to be our podcast volunteers! They bring stories and advice from all across Oregon with various backgrounds and expertise. In particular, we focus on the good, bad, ugly, and funny parts of working in urban and rural planning. We also provide some good advice for new planners or folks in planning grad school or people who are looking into planning as a career. We hope thi...

6 months ago

52 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Orchestrating the Vibes - Planning like an Artist

In this episode, Mary and Shelley interview planner and artist: Miguel Vazquez! He is a FAICP planner who likes to mix the worlds of art and planning together. We discuss how to think like an artist to become a better planner and why that is important. We also discuss various projects he's been involved in where art was used to assist in planning activities. Miguel is also heavily involved in the Latinos in Planning Division of the American Planning Association (APA) and the California Chapte...

8 months ago

42 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Hands-On Play as Community Engagement

The Better Planners Podcast is back for 2025! In this episode, Shelley and Mary interview James Rojas and John Kamp to talk about their new book, Dream Play Build: Hands On Community Engagement for Enduring Places and Spaces.They talk extensively on their process with using hands-on community engagement methods to create an equal playing field for everyone to get involved in community planning work. Find their book at Island Press.Find James Rojas at PlaceIt.org. Find John Kamp at Prairieform...

9 months ago

49 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Pocket Park Ep: Pacific Northwest High Speed Rail

Welcome to another installment of a pocket park episode! In this one, Mary and Shelley discuss all things high speed rail, including the new federal funding to study a potential high speed rail line in the Pacific Northwest. What are the exciting opportunities, but also what are the pitfalls? Is it worth it to be able to go from Portland to Seattle in 1 hour, but it'll take years to fund? What about the existing Amtrak line? We talk all about it in this episode. What is a pocket park episode?...

1 year ago

26 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Pocket Park Ep: Offshore Wind Energy in Oregon?

Shelley and Mary have a second pocket park episode for you all! This one is a shorter episode on a very interesting topic: Offshore Wind Energy. Is there going to be one along the Oregon coast? We talk about how this federal project got to this point, where it is today, and the controversies surrounding the project. Will there be environmental issues, public engagement concerns, tribal nations engagement, and more. What is a pocket park episode? It's a shorter episode on highly relevant,...

1 year ago

27 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

The State of Housing and Oregon's Communities Respond

We have a longer episode for you all this time, but it's a good one! In this episode we discuss the state of housing: how did we get here, what does the future hold, and we interview a few interesting projects happening in Oregon as they try find innovative ways to provide housing in their communities. Want to be a part of the podcast? Send in an email! The team behind the upcoming Better Planners podcast wants to hear from you about the real life issues you handle as a planner. What are...

1 year ago

1 hour 25 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Planning Workplace Dynamics

Shelley, Mary, and special guest Kristy Kilbourne, are back with a great episode discussing various issues that come up in the Planning Department or Planning Office and those workplace dynamics at play. This episode actually came from a listener's voicemail who was seeking advice on issues in their own workplace. We discuss topics around poor leadership, the slow movement of government or bureaucracy, finding resources, and burnout. To learn more about Kristy and her work, go to yo...

1 year ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Urban Planning and Neurodiversity

Shelley and Mary are back for another fascinating discussion around urban planning and neurodiversity. In this episode they interview Dr. Gala Korniyenko, who received her PhD at The Ohio State University. Her research explores the nexus of urban design, neuroscience, and the planning process. More specifically, she focuses on urban planning and autism. Sources:"Autism Planning and Design Guidelines 1.0", APA PAS Memo: https://www.planning.org/publications/document/9153208/"When Every Da...

1 year ago

49 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Pocket Park Ep: A RLUIPA Case in Oregon

Welcome to the first Pocket Park Episode! These episodes are shorter and focus on current events, stories, studies, etc, that are happening right now in the world. In this episode, Shelley and Mary, focus on a case in Brookings, Oregon that revolves around the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). Will it have lasting impacts on religious institutions and land use across the United States? How can planners avoid situations where they get in hot water around the R...

1 year ago

22 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

State Housing Policy in Oregon and the 2024 Legislative Session

Welcome back to Better Planners podcast in 2024! We're starting the year off with a big one on state housing policy in Oregon, what to expect for the 2024 legislative session, and how planners and other allied professions can participate in the public process at the state level. We talk a lot about variances, urban growth boundaries, infrastructure funding, and much more!While this episode does focus a lot on Oregon and our state policies, we hope this inspires you to become more engaged in y...

1 year ago

55 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

The Taylor Swift Transit Effect

Shelley and Mary are back for another interesting episode on the the “Taylor Swift Transit Effect.” We discuss interesting stats and facts from this phenomenon, some criticisms to looking at this event as a decider on changes for transit, and finally the big question: will these concert goers continue to take transit? What does it mean for women, non-binary folks, LGBTQIA+ folks when they take transit? How do we address the needs and wants of those people around transit and planning?We discus...

2 years ago

43 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory

We're back!! Shelley and Mary are back in full force with a new episode all about the 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory. We'll dive into the details surrounding the 15-Minute City theory and the conspiracy theories surrounding it, including clips from demonstrations in the United Kingdom. Included are our takes on what this all means for urban and rural planners in the United States. This podcast episode gets very interesting!Want to be a part of the podcast? Send in an email! The team be...

2 years ago

43 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Meet the New Hosts & Our Hottest City Planning Takes

In the first episode of Season 2, you'll get to know a little bit more about the new hosts: Mary & Shelley! They'll provide information on how they got interested in city planning, what to expect with the new season, how to be involved, and their hottest city planning takes. Lots of really great discussion and conversation in this episode! Want to be a part of the podcast? Send in an email! The team behind the upcoming Better Planners podcast wants to hear from you about the real lif...

2 years ago

33 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

Better Planners Podcast Trailer

Welcome to the Better Planners Podcast brought to you by the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association! Better Planners is a podcast that aims to highlight and facilitate real stories about real solutions from the ground-level work of planners, community development advocates, and allied professions. With an emphasis on amplifying the voices and stories of marginalized communities. The episodes will be a resource and guide to provide insights into planning related topics people...

3 years ago

2 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

"Perspectives on Planning from a 50 Year Career" with Adrian Freund, FAICP

[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Adrian Freund visits the mobile studio to discuss environmental justice, hazard mitigation, and disaster recovery planning. A pillar of the hazard mitigation planning community, Adrian is an AICP Fellow with almost five decades of experience in the profession. As a two term national APA Director and Past President of the Nevada and Wisconsin; the creator of development codes and comprehensive plans for Louisville, KY, Austin, TX, Washoe County, NV, and Madison, WI; and a...

5 years ago

47 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

"Urbanism Next - new mobility and emerging technologies" with Becky Steckler, AICP

[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Will and Chris chat with Becky Steckler as she discusses new mobility, emerging technologies, and building the places you really want to live. Becky serves as the Urbanism Next program director for the University of Oregon. Urbanism Next conducts research and convenes partners to explore possible future implications of new technology for people, cities, and communities to inform better decision making today. Want to be a part of the podcast? Send in an email! The te...

5 years ago

41 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

“Master Planned Communities (Designing with Nature for Community Well-being)” with Steve Nygren

[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Steve Nygren joins the PWP mobile studio to talk about master planning for community wellness. Steve is the founder and CEO of Serenbe, a wellness community created as a model to demonstrate that preserving 70% of green space interlaced with agriculture, housing, and retail is not only economically viable but the future of community well-being. This episode focuses on Steve’s experience in the foundation of Serenbe, and how he has become a thought leader in meaningful an...

6 years ago

1 hour 18 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

“Planning for Smaller Communities in Oregon” with Nick Snead, AICP and Dustin Nilsen, AICP

[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Nick Snead AICP, the Community Development Director at the City of Madras, OR, and Dustin Nilsen AICP, the Planning Director of Hood River, OR, join the PWP mobile studio to share lessons learned from planning in smaller, often rural, communities in Oregon. While many of the planning concepts discussed at the national level highlight work being conducted in the metropolitan areas, planning in small communities is of equal importance to community development and the plann...

6 years ago

1 hour 21 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

“Planning for Wildfire” with Molly Mowery, AICP and Will Smith

[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Molly Mowery, AICP and Guest/Host Will Smith join Pints With Planners to discuss “Planning for Wildfire”. With changing climate dynamics and the expansion of the built environment into natural wildfire areas, community development practitioners are required to understand wildfire planning and hazard mitigation. This discussion wanders from what defines the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) to exciting new partnership programs bringing wildfire planning directly to communiti...

6 years ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Better Planners Podcast

“Sustainable Urban and Regional Development” with Kale Roberts and Peter Ulrich

[OLD PODCAST EPISODE] Kale Roberts and Peter Ulrich stop by the Pints With Planners’ mobile studio to chat about “Sustainable Urban and Regional Development”. In a wide ranging conversation, Kale and Peter present methods for promoting sustainability in communities of all sizes. Tune in for this dynamic discussion that includes national and global examples on localized efforts to address climate change, public outreach and coordination ideas to reach sustainability goals, and new concep...

6 years ago

1 hour