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The Future of Cities

Welcome to The Future of Cities, a new podcast from The Mission. In this podcast we dive deep into topics and technology that are vital to creating a better world. Each episode features interviews with industry leading experts including city planners, technology innovators, government officials, architects, builders, and more. A better future won’t happen unless we build it. So hit subscribe and join us as we explore the future of cities.

  1. What Makes A City Great?

    EPISODE 1

    What Makes A City Great?

    We speak with experts from technology, construction, urban planning and more to find the answer to one simple question: What makes a city great? Answers from:  (2:35) Deano Roberts (Slack) (3:55) Grant Geiger (EIR Healthcare) (4:31) Craig Curtis (Katerra) (5:06) Trevor Schick (Katerra) (6:06) Emily Warren (Lime) (7:24) Laurie Johnson (Urban Planner) (7:56) Di-Ann Eisnor (Google) (9:08) Michael Green (MGA) (10:14) Laura Tam (SPUR) (11:25) Zach Scheel (Rhumbix) (11:45) Chris Lehane (Airbnb) (12:09) Ryan Popple (Proterra) (13:20) Padden Murphy (WeWork) (14:07) James Timberlake (KieranTimberlake) (14:35) Stephen Kieran (KieranTimberlake)  To learn more about The Future of Cities, visit FutureOfCities.com. This podcast is presented by Katerra. Better, faster, lower cost building projects are long overdue. Katerra is applying technology to optimize every aspect of building design and construction. To learn more about how you can join their growing team, visit katerra.com.

    17 min
  2. Where Do You Put 3 Million People Every Week?

    EPISODE 2

    Where Do You Put 3 Million People Every Week?

    There is an unprecedented global housing crisis. How is it affecting our cities? And more importantly, how do we solve it? (2:23) Measuring the scale of the problem (4:45) How the housing crisis affects smaller cities (6:50) How transportation, density, and education affect the housing crisis (9:00) How housing can lead to fixes in other urban problems (16:36) Why the next few decades will radically alter cities (18:29) Why are there empty homes in the middle of a housing crisis? (20:13) Innovations in housing to make them more shareable (21:20) How we can be forces for positive change To learn more about The Future of Cities, visit FutureOfCities.com. This podcast is presented by Katerra. Better, faster, lower cost building projects are long overdue. Katerra is applying technology to optimize every aspect of building design and construction. To learn more about how you can join their growing team, visit katerra.com.

    23 min
  3. Why Do Buildings Cost So Much?

    EPISODE 3

    Why Do Buildings Cost So Much?

    Nearly 90 years ago, the Empire State Building was completed ahead of time and under budget. Now, the average large construction project is 20 months behind schedule and 80% over budget. What happened? (2:09) How complexity contributes to cost (5:07) Measuring inefficiency in construction (7:22) How construction can learn from the tech sector (11:40) How unique contract structures can encourage collaboration (16:26) The importance of bringing down cost in operating a building To learn more about The Future of Cities, visit FutureOfCities.com. This podcast is presented by Katerra. Better, faster, lower cost building projects are long overdue. Katerra is applying technology to optimize every aspect of building design and construction. To learn more about how you can join their growing team, visit katerra.com.

    19 min
  4. How to Build Rome in a Day

    EPISODE 4

    How to Build Rome in a Day

    Over the past few hundred years, technology has improved at an unprecedented rate. During the same time, construction processes have largely remained the same. Now, that might finally be changing. (1:34) What is prefabrication and why is it so cost effective? (3:40) How much prefabrication can decrease cost (4:52) How prefabricated architecture can change contractor relationships (11:39) How prefab can reduce regulatory burden (13:44) How modular construction can improve health outcomes in hospitals (17:16) How prefab can be unique and beautiful (19:25) Where innovation will come from, and why To learn more about The Future of Cities, visit FutureOfCities.com. This podcast is presented by Katerra. Better, faster, lower cost building projects are long overdue. Katerra is applying technology to optimize every aspect of building design and construction. To learn more about how you can join their growing team, visit katerra.com.

    21 min
  5. Where Will We Work In 100 Years?

    EPISODE 5

    Where Will We Work In 100 Years?

    In the last 100 years, we have gone from the farm to the factory line to the cubicle to the open office plan. What is next? (2:19) Why workplace design needs to follow from human needs (3:10) Why workplaces should be beautiful (5:35) The problems of the open office plan (8:49) How offices can integrate with the community around them (14:12) How technology can increase human connections To learn more about The Future of Cities, visit FutureOfCities.com. This podcast is presented by Katerra. Better, faster, lower cost building projects are long overdue. Katerra is applying technology to optimize every aspect of building design and construction. To learn more about how you can join their growing team, visit katerra.com.

    21 min
  6. The World's Last Traffic Jam

    EPISODE 6

    The World's Last Traffic Jam

    Traffic creates pollution, makes us miserable, and even harms our health. And yet most of us accept it as a part of daily life? In this episode, we explore how transportation will change in the future of cities, and what it might mean for the future of traffic.

    25 min
  7. Leaving The Suburbs

    EPISODE 7

    Leaving The Suburbs

    Currently, more than 50% of the United States population lives in suburbs. So what role will they play in the future of cities? In this episode, we explore how the suburbs arose, what it has meant for our cities, and how they might change as cities do.

    18 min
  8. Planning A City Ten Times Bigger Than New York

    EPISODE 8

    Planning A City Ten Times Bigger Than New York

    Fifty years ago, Lagos, Nigeria was little more than a village. Today, it is one of the five most populous cities in the world, and it is still growing. Accelerated urbanization is creating a situation where megacities like Lagos arise before formal city plans can be laid. In this episode, we explore how city planners are coping with the unprecedented challenges of modern urban planning.

    20 min
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Welcome to The Future of Cities, a new podcast from The Mission. In this podcast we dive deep into topics and technology that are vital to creating a better world. Each episode features interviews with industry leading experts including city planners, technology innovators, government officials, architects, builders, and more. A better future won’t happen unless we build it. So hit subscribe and join us as we explore the future of cities.

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