Episodes
July 21, 2025
New Urban Responses to Climate Change
How will our cities respond to the rising threats of climate change? Internationally recognized urban designer and co-founder of the New Urbanism movement, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk discusses the two main categories of climate ...
July 21, 2025
Building Small: The Power of Incremental Urbanism
In this next episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad speaks with Andrew Frey, Director of the City of Miami's Department of Real Estate. As a former developer and zoning lawyer, Andrew brings a wealth of experience to the ta...
July 21, 2025
Filmmaking in service of social transformation
In this episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad will dive into the fascinating world of documentary filmmaker and educator, Sanjeev Chatterjee. Chatterjee’s thought-provoking, cinematic vision strives to unite viewers in an ...
July 21, 2025
Dignity in Design: The Work of MASS DESIGN GROUP
Welcome to ON CITIES, where we explore the ways that the design of the built environment shapes the quality of our lives. Today, we will be speaking with Alan Ricks, the co-founder and chief operating officer of MASS Design G...
July 21, 2025
Creating a sustainable future for formerly incarcerated women
While in Federal Prison, Dr. Topeka K. Sam witnessed firsthand the epidemic and disparity of incarceration on women. After her release in 2015, and in response to what she saw and learned in prison, Topeka founded The Ladies ...
July 18, 2025
Deborah Berke: A Life in Architecture
Join us for the next episode of ON CITIES where host Carie Penabad will speak with internationally recognized architect and Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, Deborah Berke. In this episode, Deborah will discuss her car...
July 18, 2025
Learning from the Past to Design Tomorrow’s Streets
Join us for an enlightening discussion with Victor Dover, co-author of "Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns." In this episode of ON CITIES, we explore critical elements lacking in modern streets, the concept o...
July 18, 2025
Views of the City
On this episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad will speak with award-winning photographer Steven Brooke. The conversation will delve into Brooke’s career, which has spanned four decades and produced over forty books on some...
July 18, 2025
Designing America: The Life and Work of Frederick Law Olmsted
Join us for an enlightening discussion with Victor Dover, co-author of "Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns." In this episode of ON CITIES, we explore critical elements lacking in modern streets, the concept o...
July 18, 2025
Shaping Community through the Arts
In this episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad will speak with Cathy Leff about the intersection of culture, art and community-building. Drawing from more than thirty years of experience leading cultural institutions in the...
July 18, 2025
Storytelling and Space
The stories we shape are largely the result of our physical and cultural contexts. In this episode of ON CITIES, award winning multi-disciplinary writer, journalist and playwright Vanessa Garcia will discuss the themes that s...
July 18, 2025
Buildings and Time: Architectural Heritage at Yale University
In this episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad speaks with architect and educator George Knight on his preservation work at Yale University. Knight's profound dedication to architectural heritage becomes evident as he metic...
July 18, 2025
Urban Futures: How technology will transform the city
Within a few decades seven out of every ten people will be living in urban areas. Now more than ever, the way we build our communities, our neighborhoods and our homes will have a critical impact on our collective safety, com...
July 18, 2025
Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing
Urban policy expert and author, Diana Lind joins ON CITIES to discuss her most recent book, Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing. Described by the New York Times as an invaluable resource that provi...
July 18, 2025
Designing America: The Life and Work of Frederick Law Olmsted
Join best-selling author Witold Rybczynski as he returns to ON CITIES to delve into the extraordinary life and groundbreaking work of Frederick Law Olmsted. Hailed as a pioneer in landscape architecture, Olmsted crafted some ...
July 18, 2025
The Story of Architecture
In the first ON CITIES episode of the new year, host Carie Penabad speaks with renowned author Witold Rybczynski about his latest book, "The Story of Architecture." Rybczynski expertly navigates the vast history of architectu...