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 We have a fantastic interview with journalist and Los Angeles tenant organizer Tracy Rosenthal. Tracy and fellow LA Tenants Union founder, Leonardo Vilchis, have a new book out titled Abolish Rent. Abolish Rent is an incredible guide to tenant organizing and offers a path to achieving a just housing system for all. You can order the book here. Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

Rynn interviews Monte D. Monteleagre, one half of Wolf Mountain Workshop and creator of the audio play The City Unending. We talk about how surreal cities reflect the actual cities we inhabit, what it means to be called to do something, and what it's like to build a city with things like a daycare called The Giant Mouth We Feed Babies To. It's a good one!You can listen to The City Unending and all the other series that comprise The Tales from Wolf Mountain here. Follow Monte and Wolf Mountain Workshop on Twitter.Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

So I actually got an episode out this month despite saying I wouldn't. Aren't you lucky? This is the second episode in our Catherine Bauer series, covering the first part of her seminal book, Modern Housing. Enjoy learning about her ideas and the little musical compositions I made special for this episode :)Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

 We've got Justin Comer from Rock Hard Caucus podcast on to talk all things Iowa - namely the Davenport building collapse that happened a year ago. We finish off with Josh asking Justin and I some questions about Iowa since he has yet to grace the state. You can learn more about Rock Hard Caucus here. Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

We go long in this episode to talk about a fantastic piece by Tracy Rosenthal in The New Republic about the Supreme Court case that could upend how unhoused people are policed in the US. We follow that with the story of a small town Minnesota mayor with a wacky idea. We finish up with this episode's city spotlight on Las Cruces, New Mexico.The New Sundown TownsJosh's Video on Third Place Theory + The Right to the CitySubscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

The teaser for the Patron-exclusive April bonus episode. In this episode we start with a conversation about Josh's most recent YouTube video on the Transactive Theory of planning before digging in to an Atlantic article about the dual role housing plays in the United States. We finish up with this episode's city spotlight on Fargo, North Dakota. Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

In the first new audio essay of the year, we look at the life of Catherine Bauer, housing activist and author of a seminal 20th century piece of housing literature, Modern Housing. We focus on her life leading up to her writing of the book, focusing particularly on her multiple research tours of central and western Europe and the modern housing developments she examined. Enjoy!Brahm's piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m8HEdle87YSubscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

New segment where we talk a bit about a city neither of us has been to in the most recent bonus episode! $5 patrons can help pick the city for each episode :)Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

I've decided to unlock the first ever Zoned Out bonus episode, a review of Garrett Hardin's 1968 essay The Tragedy of the Commons. Enjoy!Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

In this episode we look at the American Planning Association's 2024 Trend Report for Planners. We look at their housing, politics, and climate sections among others. The report leaves a lot to be desired. Correction: I meant to say 1924/1920 when referring to the Georgist presidential candidates, not 2024/2020. Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! You'll get access to bonus episodes, livestreams, the Discord server, and more!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning. The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

It's Part 1 of the Zoned Out Season 2 Double Feature Picture Show! Here we read an article from Bloomberg about how Minneapolis has tamed housing inflation and discuss the limitations of mainstream reporting on the housing crisis.Part 2 of Episode 20 is available on the Patreon for $2 per month!Josh's YouTube channel, Radical Planning.Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

Hey everybody, I'm taking a break through the end of the year. Thanks for the support, see you in January :)Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month!The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat.The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well!The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place.The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

In this episode I am delighted to have David Cobb, Advancement Manager for the Dishgamu-Humboldt Community Land Trust, as a guest. In this great interview not only do we talk about this incredible CLT project, but we also talk about left movement politics and David's history in the Green Party.Below are some relevant links to things we talk about in the episode:David's SubstackDishgamu Community Land TrustUS Solidarity Economy NetworkMove to AmendZoned Out Socials:Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month!The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat.The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well!The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place.The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month! The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat. The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well! The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place. The podcast YouTube. Mostly episode uploads, but sometimes other stuff too!

This episode is an introduction to community land trusts. We talk about their history, how they work, and their benefits/limitations. If you want to find a CLT near you, check out this handy map.Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month for early episodes, bonus episodes, and access to the Zoned Out Discord server.The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat.The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well!The podcast Tumblr. God has abandoned this place.

Teaser for the Patron-only wrap-up to our queer geography series.Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month!The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat.The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well!The podcast Tumblr. I'll post when you least expect it.

This is the final public episode of the queer geography series! We look at three essays about queer life, activism, and politics in Beirut, Lebanon. Thank you so much to the activists, academics, and writers who shared their experiences and expertise so that we might learn from them. Hopefully I do these essays justice in my presentation of them, but I'm always willing to learn if I messed up on something.Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month!The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of Mimi the cat.The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well!The podcast Tumblr. Mostly just accidental reblogs from my other Tumblr accounts. God has abandoned this place.

This episode we are joined by Tam Guy, PhD. candidate at University of California Los Angeles in urban planning. We have a fantastic conversation about queer cities, the intersections of green infrastructure and house, and their study surveying trans people on their experiences taking public transit.You can find the link to Tam's survey here!Support this podcast for $2 per month on Patreon!InstagramTumblrWebsite

This episode we dig into queer geography! A couple notes about this episode:Some of the topics in this episode may be emotionally challenging or triggering. Specific content warnings are in the episode, but just be kind to yourself as you are listening to this. You don't have to finish the whole episode in one go.This is just a selection of topics within the broad subject of queer geography, and there is no way for me to represent the full breadth of queer experience. If you do not feel represented in this episode, just know it is not because I do not believe your queerness is not worthy of representation.Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month!The podcast Instagram where I mostly just post pictures of my partner's and my cat.The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well!The podcast Tumblr. Mostly just accidental reblogs from my other Tumblr accounts. God has abandoned this place. Except in a couple weeks I'm going to be doing a fun little survey thing on Tumblr, so watch out for that. But otherwise yeah, my blog is as forsaken as the rest of Tumblr.

This a teaser for the final episode in the Patreon-exclusive series on Fordlandia, Henry Ford's city in the Amazon.Subscribe to the Patreon for $2 per month!The podcast Instagram where I mainly just post pictures of my cat.The podcast website - it's cute and functions fairly well!The podcast Tumblr. Mostly just accidental reblogs from my other Tumblr accounts. God has abandoned this place.

In this episode, I (Rynn, the host of this operation) get interviewed by Stephen Wallace of the Annapolis, Maryland Sunrise Movement chapter. It's a great conversation covering all the big ideas we like to talk about here: how capitalism makes cities a harder place to live, how socialism would make things better, and the 8-dollar coffee shop being annoying. This is the first time I have ever been interviewed, and it's kind of surreal to get asked to do this. Thank you so much to Stephen for reaching out! You can find the YouTube version of the interview on Stephen's channel here. He's got great interviews with Nome Chomsky and a Starbucks union organizer up there as well!PatreonInstagramWebsiteTumblr

This episode was originally uploaded with multiple typos, so I'm reuploading it because why not. This is an extended teaser for the second installment in the Patreon bonus series on Fordlandia. Enjoy! Website Patreon Tumblr Instagram

Unlocking this Patreon-exclusive episode so you don't go too long without an episode :) This episode is the first of a series on Fordlandia, the rubber town Henry Ford tried to build in the Brazilian Amazon. In this episode, we look at Henry Ford the person and his early attempts at city building in the United States. Find all socials here. Patreon

A teaser of the bonus episode available to Patreon patrons. In this episode, I talk about all of Henry Ford's attempts at city making prior to Fordlandia. I also get into some weird trivia I learned about him while researching for this episode. Patreon - (Become a patron for $2/month) Instagram Tumblr Website

The original plan for October's episode fell through, so it's a shorter one than usual. This episode jumps around from a little analysis of the biggest tech deal made in Miami in 2020, to a brief introduction to mortgage backed securities, to a reading series where we talk about the most pointless thing we've read so far. Kind of a mess all around, but that's just part of the chaotic and glamorous life of a podcaster. Patreon (monthly subscription starts at $2 per month) Website Instagram Tumblr

It's one of the educational monologues, so there's lots of good information presented in my usual sleepy tone. I offer thoughts about the different strains of urban analysis and then actually give a sort of answer to what a city might be. You'll also hear some unsolicited movie recommendations, though none of them are deep cuts. Thanks to my Patreon supporters and to everyone who tunes in :) Patreon Instagram Tumblr

In the first part of the episode, I introduce the question we'll be considering for the next few episodes - What is a city? In the second part, Madalyn and I dig into a bizarre appraisal of Miami's turn toward tech speculation and cryptocurrency. Listen to Madalyn's college podcast Civic Enragement here. Zoned Out Patreon Zoned Out Instagram Zoned Out Tumblr Zoned Out Linktree

In this episode, I interview Rosario-Maria Medina, the board president for Friends of Georgetown History, chair of the Georgetown Open Space Committee, and member of the King County International Airport Community Coalition. She is a dedicated volunteer in her neighborhood, Georgetown, the oldest and most polluted neighborhood in Seattle. We talk about her family's history in Georgetown, the issues facing the neighborhood, how the neighborhood is responding to those issues, and what Land Back means to their work. Thank you so much to Rosario-Maria for coming on the show! Website Links: Friends of Georgetown History Georgetown Open Space Committee Duwamish Tribe Podcast Social Media Links: Instagram Tumblr Become a Patron for $2 per month to support the show at my Patreon!

It's our first interview, and it's a good one! We talk with Amanda Lee, Field Director of The Heron's Nest Outdoor. The Heron's Nest is a Land Back project of the Duwamish Tribe in Seattle, Washington. They are restoring 3.5 acres of former industrial land to host community events, environmental and skills education, gardening, and many more things. Amanda and I talk about what it's like to do this work in a major metropolitan area and why Land Back is just as important in urban areas as in rural areas. Don't come for my audio quality on this episode. Amanda's is good and they're the important one here, so just focus on them! To support The Heron's Nest and keep up on their amazing work, visit their website: https://www.theheronsnest.org/ We talk about Real Rent Duwamish in this episode, which you can learn about here: https://www.realrentduwamish.org/ Check out Zoned Out's Instagram, Tumblr, and Patreon if you want to support this podcast!

The full episode is available only to Patreon subscribers, but here's a taste of what it's like. I made it a subscriber-only episode because going in hard on an academic paper is not relevant to the main goal of the show, but it was really fun to make. In the episode, I summarize The Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin, an essay commonly understood to be about the perils of common land ownership when, in reality, the author is just freaking out about global population. In this teaser, you'll hear the first section where I talk about Garrett Hardin the person (not a great guy). If you want to hear the last 30 minutes about tic-tac-toe, the horrors of Massachusetts, and thermonuclear war, then go to patreon.com/zonedoutpodcast

In this episode, we look at three examples of alternative land ownership/management systems from around the world at various points in time. Lots of talk about commons systems of land ownership, and the first sound effect ever used on this podcast. Enjoy! patreon.com/zonedoutpodcast

In the first half of the episode, I outline three foundational concepts to understand the United States' land ownership system. Then, my friend Madalyn and I have fun talking about the metaverse and why it is apparently something cities need to take super seriously. Subscribe to my Patreon for early episode access, access to self-produced background music files, and to participate in monthly livestreams! https://www.patreon.com/zonedoutpodcast

In this episode, I outline the thesis of the show and what to expect in the future. Enjoy! To support the show and get bonus content, check out my Patreon! patreon.com/zonedoutpodcast