Abundance - A Metropolitan Abundance Project Podcast

Nolan Gray
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Welcome to Abundance, a Metropolitan Abundance podcast where we chat with the academics, researchers, and practitioners who inspire and inform our work.

  1. #32 - Jason Sorens on Unbundling Zoning

    12/19/2024

    #32 - Jason Sorens on Unbundling Zoning

    Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray chats with Jason Sorens. Jason is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. Jason has been active in efforts to liberalize land-use regulation in New Hampshire and was the principal investigator on the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas. In this episode, they discuss Jason’s recent report on what it might actually look like to move beyond zoning and the progress of land-use reform in New Hampshire. Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

    52 min
  2. #31 - Gary Winslett on Cost of Living

    12/12/2024

    #31 - Gary Winslett on Cost of Living

    Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray chats with Gary Winslett. Gary is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College. He is a Senior Advisor for the Chamber of Progress and author of their Chamber's Democratic Cost-of-Living Agenda. For the last few years, he has been an advocate for more housing, particularly in Vermont.  In this episode, they discuss what the federal government can do on housing affordability, transportation costs, and childcare. Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

    1h 2m
  3. #30 - Christian Solorio on Arizona

    10/17/2024

    #30 - Christian Solorio on Arizona

    Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray chats with Christian Solorio. Solorio is an architect, affordable housing advocate, and former member of the Arizona legislature. He currently serves on the board for the Arizona Housing Coalition and Arizona Neighborhood Project. In this episode, they discuss the housing affordability challenges facing Phoenix, the rise of the YIMBY movement in Arizona, and the future of pro-housing reform in the Grand Canyon State.  Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

    1h 17m
  4. #29 - Jake Berman on Lost Subways

    10/10/2024

    #29 - Jake Berman on Lost Subways

    Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray and Ned Resnikoff chat with Jake Berman. Berman is a cartographer, artist, and lawyer.  In this episode, they chat about his new book, The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been. Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

    1h 4m
  5. #28 - Colin Parent on San Diego

    10/03/2024

    #28 - Colin Parent on San Diego

    Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray, Aaron Eckhouse, and Gloria Magallanes chat with Colin Parent. Parent is a council member in La Mesa and a candidate for California’s 79th Assembly District. He leads Circulate San Diego.  Check out his campaign and recent research on the California Coastal Commission.  In this episode, they chat about his experience as a pro-housing councilmember, the exciting zoning reform underway across the San Diego region, and how to get more housing built near the coast. Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

    1h 5m
  6. #27 - Anthony Breach on YIMBY in the UK

    09/26/2024

    #27 - Anthony Breach on YIMBY in the UK

    Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray chats with Anthony Breach. He is an associate director of the Centre for Cities, the leading think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns. Check out some of his recent work devolution, tax reform, and planning reform. In this episode, they chat about the state of housing affordability in the UK, how the British system of land-use planning works, and prospects for reform under the new Labour government.  Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

    1h 44m
  7. #26 - Richard Kahlenberg on Economic Segregation

    09/19/2024

    #26 - Richard Kahlenberg on Economic Segregation

    Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray and Ned Resnikoff chat with Richard Kahlenberg. He is an education scholar, Director of the American Identity Project, and Director of Housing Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. He also has a new book out: Excluded: How Snob Zoning, Nimbyism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See.  In this episode, they chat about the persistence of economic segregation, the connection between housing and education, and what the federal government in particular could do about it.  Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

    1h 28m
  8. #25 - Anika Singh Lemar on Community Input

    08/01/2024

    #25 - Anika Singh Lemar on Community Input

    Welcome back to the Abundance Podcast! In this episode, M. Nolan Gray and Ned Resnikoff chat with Anika Singh Lemar. She is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School where she teaches clinics that represent affordable housing developers, tenants, homeowners, small businesses, community development financial institutions, fair housing advocates, and cooperatives. In this episode, they chat about “overparticipation” in US land-use planning.  Stay connected with the Metropolitan Abundance Project on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. Stay connected with ⁠California YIMBY⁠ on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠.

    52 min
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