Philly Built

About Philly Built

Philly Built is a new podcast — premiering this spring — hosted by Vern Anastasio, zoning and land use attorney, and the author of phillyzoning.com, Philly’s premiere zoning information website. On Philly Built, we’ll be talking with the folks on the front line of Philly’s great re-build: Planners, developers, elected officials, and the community leaders at the center of it all.

Publisher

PhillyZoning.com

Category

business · government · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 May 2022

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Philly City Councilmember-At-Large Rue Landau's Amazing Rookie Run

   In our season 6 premiere, Vern chats with Philly City Councilmember-At-Large Rue Landau. In her first City Council session, Landau introduced a landmark 46 bills and resolutions, touching many, many facets of city life. Also, she reveals her favorite pasta shape. Philly Built is brought to you by PhillyZoning.com (https://phillyzoning.com/).

2. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Summer Special: Run For Something (No Matter How Small)

   As we get ready for Season 6 (!)of Philly Built, we have a lil' summer special for ya. With election season coming up, we wanted to remind everyone that there's so many ways to get involved in your local elections. So we spoke with Annie Heckenberger, who went from her block's WhatsApp chat to an elected position with the Board of Elections in just a matter of days. Also, we're reprising our chat with Melanie Rose of Run For Something, the organization helping folks all over the country get into (and win) local elected offices. Learn more about Run For Something by visiting [runforsomething.net](runforsomething.net)! Philly Built is brought to you by [PhillyZoning.com](PhillyZoning.com).

3. 

   28 Jan 2026

   Uh Oh, George Bochetto

   Philadelphia's most prominent Trump supporter - attorney George Bochetto -- joins us to talk about his legal battle to stop bike lane protections and whether or not immigrant human beings deserve the same rights as the Rizzo & Columbus statues he sued to protect before facing removal.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

42

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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Books guests

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