The Bottom-Up Revolution
Hosted by Norm Van Eeden Petersman · Strong Towns
4.7from 142 ratings
- 296
- Episodes
- 46
- Transcribed
- 142
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 28M
- YouTube views
About The Bottom-Up Revolution
The Bottom-Up Revolution features the stories of the Strong Towns movement in action. Hosted by Tiffany Owens Reed (https://www.strongtowns.org/board-members/2021/3/24/tiffany-owens) and Norm Van Eeden Petersman (https://www.strongtowns.org/contributors-journal/norm-van-eeden-petersman), it's all about how regular people have stepped up to make their communities more economically resilient, and how others can implement these ideas in their own places. We’ll talk about taking concrete action steps, connecting with fellow advocates to build power, and surviving the bumps along the way—all in the pursuit of creating stronger towns. Each episode features a Strong Towns advocate who is making positive change in their community.
- Publisher
- Strong Towns
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Mar 2021
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
46 of 296 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Highway Fight Built on Learning and Doing
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Are Memphis Streets So Dangerous?
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What If Getting Involved Locally Was Actually Fun?
Inside a recent episode
A Highway Fight Built on Learning and Doing
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We might have a new insight and that might really help us. You've especially had to use these tools in the effort to stop an inner city highway simply being expanded and sort of further deepening the wound within the community. If you were to say, like, we need to think about the questions that we ask, what were some of the core questions that were not being asked in the context of highway expansion and what you've seen in your community? Well, one that we took on is what are the alternatives to a freeway? You know, and when we pursued that line of questioning, and I'll tell you, when we first formed, maybe I can tell this shortly, but I was invited to go talk to a group of brand new homeowners in Allendale. […]
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- Kim Mitchell
- Sheridan Harris
- Margaret Allen
- Bradley Jones
- Daniel Basubas
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- YouTube views
- 27,618,974
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 87 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 55 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 69
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts The Bottom-Up Revolution?
Norm Van Eeden Petersman host the show. Published by Strong Towns.
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