The Messy City Podcast

Embracing change, uncertainty and local initiative for our cities and towns kevinklinkenberg.substack.com

The Messy City Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 128 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Messy City Podcast, a arts show with 128 episodes published.

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  Midtown KC, Unfiltered

  May 19, 20261h 37mS0

  <p>Stand by for a very Kansas City-focused episode. For this one, Abby Newsham and I were invited to record a live podcast during KC Design Week, at the Kansas City Art Institute. Abby now hosts the Unconventional Urbanism podcast.</p><p>While there’s some inside baseball in here for Kansas City people, we also cover issues that are germane to cities all over, including:</p><p>* development / redevelopment issues in urban core communities</p><p>* elimination of minimum parking regulations</p><p>* creating high-value pedestrian amenities</p><p>* catalytic large projects</p><p>* why it’s important to have...

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  Route 66 - America's Main Street

  May 12, 202651 minS0

  <p>The tale of Route 66 might seem like just a tale of freedom on the road, the great American desire for exploration, and our love affair with the car. And it is all that. But it’s also much more. It’s about the cities, towns and unique places all along the route and their stories.</p><p>Chris Elisara and John Paget are sharing those stories, in a 100th anniversary documentary about Route 66. I happened to catch up with them in Springfield, Missouri, which is where Route 66 was in some part given birth. </p><p>Chris and John own Firs...

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  Chicken on a Bridge

  May 6, 202644 minS0

  <p>Sometimes a local story is just that - a local story. And sometimes it transcends. Yes, Mike Zeller is very much rooted in Kansas City, and this is a very local story about how to take advantage of our long-overlooked river assets.</p><p>But this story is really so much more than all that. This is about finding value in what other people might not see; about perseverance; about not giving up when so many others would on a “crazy” idea. </p><p>More than anything, this is about not giving up on yourself. The Rock Island Bridge in K...

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  Seeking Faith-Based Solutions to Housing

  Apr 30, 202652 minS0

  <p>Every so often, an idea comes along that makes so much sense it makes you wonder - why haven’t we been talking more about this? In that vein comes today’s guest, Eli Smith, who is pioneering something called the Faith-Based Housing Initiative.</p><p>Eli describes it well, but there’s a fascinating juncture here of issues related to churches and faith institutions of all kinds; the societal issues around loneliness; and the lack of housing - especially meaningful, community-based housing.</p><p>Eli and his partners help cohorts of faith-based institutions in certain markets to identify how th...

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  You Can Just Do Things

  Apr 14, 202642 minS0

  <p>Zach Molzer is 25, and he wants you to know that’s an advantage. His team is young, energetic, and optimistic. His story of quickly becoming a developer with impact in Kansas City shows us that you don’t need to have decades of experience. You just need to want to do it badly, and get others excited about your vision.</p><p>In just a couple of short years, Zach has created a company, undertaken two very complex redevelopment projects, created a huge presence on social media, built a bus stop out of an actual bus, connected with local elec...

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