Next City
Hosted by Lucas Grindley · Straw Hut Media
4.9from 28 ratings
- 178
- Episodes
- 98
- Transcribed
- 28
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Next City
Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked. At the end of the day, it's all about focusing the world's attention on the good ideas that we hope will grow. Grab a seat from the bus, subway, light-rail, or whatever your transit-love may be and listen on the go as we spread solutions from one city to the Next City .
- Publisher
- Straw Hut Media
- Category
- business · government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Oct 2021
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
98 of 178 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Not My Narrative Out Now: Ep 1. Birth of a Nation vs Truth and Reconciliation
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Revisiting: Inside the Fight to Save LGBTQ Landmarks and Culture
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The State of Our Kids: Young People Are The Solution
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Not My Narrative Out Now: Ep 1. Birth of a Nation vs Truth and Reconciliation
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You call it a rebrand of white supremacy, which is a term I think makes a lot of sense. And I hope that's easy for us to recognize now. But at the time, the movie was screened for months in U.S. theaters. It was famously screened at the White House by Woodrow Wilson. who gave it a glowing review, by the way. And there were newspaper reports of sold-out theaters in major cities. This was a racist version of history that was also a big commercial success. So for those who don't know, can you tell us what that movie was saying? It was basically a response to Reconstruction and the Reconstruction Amendments. […]
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- Lysa Ratliff
- Amy Meuers
- Nikishka Iyengar
- Toya Ex
- Tamah Yisrael
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 19 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Next City?
Lucas Grindley host the show. Published by Straw Hut Media.
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