Published:
September 24, 2020
The LBJ School leads dialogue on urban policy at the Texas Tribune Festival
The LBJ School Urban Lab Director Steven Pedigo has partnered with the Texas Tribune Festival 2020 and Kinder Institute to produce five CityTalk podcasts on urban policy. In this series, experts unpack post-COVID urbanism, placemaking and more.
LISTEN: The Death and Life of Cities
In a post-COVID world, is it the death of cities, and the boom of sprawl and the edge?
- Moderator: Steven Pedigo, director and faculty member, LBJ Urban Lab @iamstevenpedigo
- Richard Florida, University Professor, University of Toronto @Richard_Florida
- Joel Kotkin, presidential fellow in urban futures, Chapman University @joelkotkin
LISTEN: Placemaking As Activism
How activists are using the city streets to shape community conversation?
- Moderator: Allison Arieff, senior editor, CityMetric and NewStatesman; columnist, New York Times @aarieff
- Tamika Butler, former executive director, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust @tamikabutler
- Chas Moore, executive director, Austin Justice Coalition @igiveyoumoore
- Taneshia Nash Laird, CEO, Newark Symphony Hall @taneshia
LISTEN: The Socially Distant Community
How do we create public space in a time of social distancing?
- Moderator: Bill Fulton, executive director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University @billfultonvta
- Peter Mullan, president and CEO, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy @peterdmullan
- Mitchell Silver, commissioner, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation @mitchell_silver
- Beth White, president and CEO, Houston Parks Board
LISTEN: The Contactless City
How will the rise of the contactless city, from how we dine, shop, and work?
- Moderator: Steven Pedigo, director and faculty member, LBJ Urban Lab @iamstevenpedigo
- Tony Montero, CEO, Hai Hospitality @haihospitality
- Sam Chandan, dean, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate @samchandan
- Bonnie Reese, practice leader, Gensler @gensler_design