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Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked. At the end of the day, it's all about focusing the world's attention on the good ideas that we hope will grow. Grab a seat from the bus, subway, light-rail, or whatever your transit-love may be and listen on the go as we spread solutions from one city to the Next City .

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07/21/22 • 26 min

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No, it’s not more police. From Oakland to Newark, community violence intervention programs get results, and one researcher says they could be even more effective if fully supported.
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This nonprofit shows foundations that their support isn’t about exporting some scarce resource; it’s about unleashing a community’s own plentiful potential.
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The reality is that transgender women experience poverty rates as high as 30%. Rates of poverty are worst for Black and Latinx transgender people. For example, 41% of Black transgender Americans report having experienced homelessness. Two Californian cities are attempting to roll out guaranteed income programs specifically serving their transgender residents.
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08/17/22 • 28 min

When finding an affordable place to live seemed fanciful, these organizers formed a collective called Queer The Land and purchased housing together.
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Private equity firms own their homes. When these tenants weren’t getting repairs they needed, they put their rent in escrow.
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• Solutions of the Year - If you are in search of solutions that make cities more just and equitable, then get a copy of Next City’s Solutions of the Year special issue magazine. To get your copy now, head to nextcity.org/donate and make a donation of any size.
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01/18/23 • 19 min

What rideshare did for cars is proving possible for buses in cities everywhere. It’s called microtransit.
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Until recently, there wasn’t any standard definition of a city. Now researchers can finally make comparisons across countries and continents.
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These beer lovers created a specialty line that just might help preserve lesbian culture — even as gathering spaces like lesbian bars disappear.
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The push for equality has often been emboldened in Greensboro, North Carolina by its education system. We talk with historians, and with the chancellors of two Greensboro universities — UNC-Greensboro and NC A&T — about how a city realizes its full potential. Next City’s annual Vanguard conference was hosted in the city of Greensboro, where we learned about its past and the solutions that make it special. Action Greensboro was our partner in hosting the convening in September 2021. This episode is sponsored by: Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. Next City App - Downloading the Next City App is a smart way to stay informed. Turn on notifications and it’s easy to ensure you never miss a story. To download the app now, search for Next City in the Android or Apple store.
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Guaranteed income programs are spreading fast. One designed by Black moms in Jackson, Mississippi has become the longest-running guaranteed income pilot in the nation. This episode is sponsored by: The Bottom Line - Sign up for this newsletter exploring scalable solutions for problems related to affordability, inclusive economic growth and access to capital. The Bottom Line is made possible with support from Citi. Solutions of the Year, an 80-page print magazine exploring solutions for poverty, climate change, homelessness, and much more. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/donate and make a donation of any size.
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Podcast Q&A

Why did you start this show?

Next City already serves thousands of city-builders with our reporting in articles, email newsletters, webinars and ebooks. (You can find us at nextcity.org, by the way.) We want to transform cities as more equitable and just places to live. That big ambition means it’s important to reach people anywhere they’re discovering information.

What do you hope listeners gain from listening to your show?

The truth is there are solutions to the problems oppressing people in cities. I say it at the beginning of every episode: If you’re listening, I hope it’s because you want to spread good ideas from one city to the next city.

Which episode should someone start with?

We are a nonprofit news organization, and if you’re not sure why that matters, then start by listening to “Taking the Corporate Profits Out of Your News.” https://goodpods.app.link/4WOqbDUrHwb

Which have been your favourite episodes so far?

My favorite episodes shine a light on proven solutions. Homelessness is not intractable. In fact, our very first episode was titled — and I wish I could shout this — “These Cities Have Ended Chronic Homelessness.” Every episode will share a solution that just works. Poverty is not intractable either. In fact, we’ve interviewed the founder of the longest-running pilot in the U.S. of a guaranteed income program. Check out, “Is Giving Away Cash the Best Way to Cut Poverty?”

Which episode are you most proud of?

Next City is a different kind of media outlet. We center marginalized voices in the subjects we choose to cover, the staff who do the reporting, and the sources we quote. And it’s our journalists who make us special. In 2022, 65% of our stories were authored by journalists of color. Listeners meet a Next City journalist at the start of each show. So I’m proud of all their work, and all the shows.

What is your vision for your show?

We’re successful whenever someone shares an episode on social media as proof that change is not merely possible, it’s already happening. So that’s our dream, that people share these episodes with their neighbors, colleagues and anyone who they think might join the movement for liberated cities.

What is your favourite other podcast that isn't yours?

Does “Only Murders in the Building Count?” Because I do love that show! For people like me who need to know how to keep your nonprofit newsroom thriving, The Pivot Fund Pod is full of valuable insight. If you just want to commiserate about the insanity of our cultural moment, I love overhearing the conversation with Zach Stafford and his friends on Vibe Check. Zach is a fellow alum of The Advocate magazine, where we were both editors-in-chief, once upon a time. So I have to give him a shout-out.

How did you come up with the name for your podcast?

Next City has been reporting on solutions for 20 years, if you can believe it. We’re a granddaddy of nonprofit news. We began as a print magazine called “The Next American City” and evolved into a website. Over a million people visit nextcity.org each year. Roughly 35,000 subscribe to our newsletters. So you know, we felt like the name holds up!

Tell us a bit about yourself

I’m host of the podcast and executive director for Next City. So I spend lots of time finding supporters for our reporting on solutions. Before joining Next City, I was editor in chief of The Advocate, the longest running LGBTQ magazine. I led coverage through big highs like Supreme Court decisions on marriage equality, and lows like the Pulse tragedy in Orlando. I’m proud and honored to say that, in both 2016 and 2018, NLGJA named me as “LGBTQ Journalist of the Year."

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