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The Urbanist

Amy Sundberg, Ryan Packer, and Doug Trumm of The Urbanist (www.theurbanist.org) discuss the latest news and ideas related to improving cities and quality of life with a special focus on Seattle and the Puget Sound region.

Crosslake 2 Line Opening Extravaganza

53 mins; April 03, 2026

Final Push in Olympia and Candidate Launch Updates

50 mins; March 12, 2026

Social Housing and Wilson's Four Pillars of Affordability

55 mins; February 26, 2026

Crosslake Light Rail + Constitutional Crisis

56 mins; February 17, 2026

Crosslake Light Rail + Constitutional Crisis

56 mins; February 13, 2026

Olympia Preview and a Highway Boondoggle

53 mins; January 22, 2026

New Year, New Mayor, New Budget

53 mins; January 08, 2026

A Light Rail Opening, a Police Accountability Door Closing, and Wilson's Transition

56 mins; December 18, 2025

Election Extravaganza: Puget Sound Progressives Prevail

50 mins; November 27, 2025

The Urbanist's Future of Seattle Housing Panel

109 hours 24 mins; April 29, 2025

November Election Endorsements (and a fond farewell)

39 mins; October 06, 2023

All About 2023 Primary Endorsements

40 mins; July 14, 2023

Summer in the City 2023

16 mins; June 30, 2023

Grass Lawns and Foxtail's Deadly Danger to Dogs

31 mins; June 23, 2023

UW's Report on High Speed Rail Planning

36 mins; June 16, 2023

The Power of Parks with the Trust for Public Land

29 mins; June 09, 2023

What's Next for Washington State Housing Advocacy

29 mins; June 02, 2023

The Oral History of HB1110, Washington's Middle Housing Bill

52 mins; May 26, 2023

How to Crush a Housing Project the Seattle Way

45 mins; May 19, 2023

The Urbanist's Tuesday Talk with Sound Transit's Julie Timm

82 hours 37 mins; May 16, 2023

Your Guide to City Ranking Lists

39 mins; May 12, 2023

A New Approach for Seattle's Industrial Zones

33 mins; May 05, 2023

WA Legislative Heroes and Zeroes 2023

46 mins; April 28, 2023

The Urbanist Podcast: What We're Reading.

40 mins; April 21, 2023

Time to Talk About Washington State Taxes

36 mins; April 13, 2023

The Urbanist Podcast: Oops, All Clips

12 mins; April 07, 2023

Jump Start Tax Holiday with Ron Davis

25 mins; March 31, 2023

Seattle's Light Rail Expansion

55 mins; March 25, 2023

Choosing Among Seattle's Public Schools

49 mins; March 17, 2023

Birding in Seattle

50 mins; March 09, 2023

Governor Inslee Shares Optimism for Housing and Climate Action

30 mins; March 03, 2023

The Human Side of Transit with Author and Artist Nathan Vass

50 mins; February 17, 2023

Initiative 135 - Vote for Social Housing on February 14th.

40 mins; February 11, 2023

An Automation Discussion [Not] Brought 2 U by Chatbots

34 mins; February 03, 2023

Projections and Predictions for 2023

45 mins; January 26, 2023

Holiday Hygge

29 mins; December 21, 2022

Listening to the Council Pass Highway Lid Legislation

38 mins; December 16, 2022

Seattle's Comprehensive Plan with Ron Davis

40 mins; December 09, 2022

The Urbanist Podcast: Wet Architecture with Weston Wright

47 mins; December 02, 2022

The Urbanist Podcast: Malls and Shopping with Meet Me by the Fountain author Alexandra Lange

43 mins; November 22, 2022

2022 General Election Wrap Up with Jazmine Smith

38 mins; November 16, 2022

The Port of Seattle with Commissioner Ryan Calkins

47 mins; November 08, 2022

Seattle City Budget with Doug Trumm

33 mins; November 02, 2022

The Urbanist Elections Endorsements 2022

36 mins; October 19, 2022

The Persistence of Seattle's Smoke Show

29 mins; October 18, 2022

A Rainier By Any Other Name.

33 mins; October 10, 2022

Bringing Seattle Movies Back To Seattle

34 mins; October 04, 2022

Homelessness and Health with "Skid Road" author Josephine Ensign

25 mins; September 27, 2022

Car-free Parenting with Kelli Refer of Move Redmond

38 mins; September 18, 2022

Vacation Like an Urbanist

37 mins; July 03, 2022

Architectural Scrabble with Mike Eliason of Larch Lab

50 mins; June 26, 2022

Seattle Public School's Mixed Year-End Report Card.

44 mins; June 16, 2022

Is Transit Back?

46 mins; June 09, 2022

Examining Seattle's New Homelessness Data Dashboard

34 mins; June 02, 2022

Apps, Cities, and PayUp Legislation

34 mins; May 26, 2022

Live from France

33 mins; May 19, 2022

Ballard Bridge

53 mins; May 12, 2022

YIMBYtown

21 mins; April 29, 2022

Disney is a Weird Urban Utopia

34 mins; April 28, 2022

The Big Seattle Food Episode

31 mins; April 20, 2022

An Ambitious New Plan to Create Social Housing in Seattle

25 mins; April 12, 2022

Trees, Density, and Cities

27 mins; April 06, 2022

2022 Washington State Legislature Wrap Up

26 mins; March 31, 2022

The Far Reaching Impacts of the Concrete Worker Strike

27 mins; March 26, 2022

Seattle Turns In a Terrible Scorecard On Golf Lands

21 mins; March 17, 2022

Looking For The Hot New Neighborhood

25 mins; March 10, 2022

How the Cold War Suburbanized America

24 mins; March 05, 2022

Lots of Housing Going Up Over Seattle Safeway Grocery Stores

19 mins; March 02, 2022

A Visit to Downtown Seattle

18 mins; February 27, 2022

Death of the Missing Middle Housing Bill and Seattle Industrial Zones

8 mins; February 19, 2022

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