Upzoned
Hosted by Norm Van Eeden Petersman and Carlee Alm-LaBar and Chuck Marohn · Strong Towns
4.6from 257 ratings
- 195
- Episodes
- 89
- Transcribed
- 257
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Upzoned
Sometimes, a hot new story will cross our desks that we need to talk about right away. That's where Upzoned comes in. Join Strong Towns President Chuck Marohn (https://www.strongtowns.org/contributors-journal/charles-marohn), Carlee Alm-LaBar (https://www.strongtowns.org/contributors-journal/carlee-alm-labar), Norm Van Eeden Petersman (https://www.strongtowns.org/contributors-journal/norm-van-eeden-petersman), and other guests to talk in depth about one big story from the week in the Strong Towns conversation.
- Publisher
- Strong Towns
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Mar 2021
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
89 of 195 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can a Trolley Make People Want Transit?
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can We Predict Which Housing Reforms Will Work?
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Street Redesign No One Can Agree On
Inside a recent episode
Can a Trolley Make People Want Transit?
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And do you want to sort of shed light on some of the things that you picked up as you read the article as a local? Yeah, I'm interested to hear the history of Shreveport. Mobile's history is much different. We're a very old city dating back to the 1700s, and we have a beautiful downtown street grid that is fantastic. And our city is bordered on one side by a river. And so all of our development proceeds from the river west. And as you drive west on the roads, you get a visual index of development from the traditional urban core to the first trolley suburbs, then the 60s, 70s. So it's really an interesting visual place to be. […]
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- Levette Fuller
- Wanda Cochran
- Stephanie Kestelman
- Grace Gordon
- John Reuter
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 155 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 102 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- Quality
- 78
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts Upzoned?
Norm Van Eeden Petersman and Carlee Alm-LaBar and Chuck Marohn host the show. Published by Strong Towns.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does Upzoned take guests?
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