Planning Podcasts

Podcasts have become a popular, engaging, and effective way to learn about a wide variety of topics, including timely and topical planning issues. Curated and reviewed by the PIBC Communications Committee, the podcasts listed below explore a variety of planning issues including climate change, housing, community engagement, and more. Podcasts summaries are featured in each issue of Planning West magazine and shared online here. Take a listen and let us know what you think!

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Featured Planning Podcasts

Planning West, Spring 2025. Click here to read summaries of the podcasts below.

CityChangers – Defensive Urbanism: Who’s Defending Whom? (run time 24:00)
Host: Mariano Trevino and Karl Dickinson
Guest: Cara Chellew, Rebecca Rutt and Kenneth Balfelt

Trend Talk Series: The Future of Public Sector Planning (run time 24:00)
Host: Joe DeAngelis, AICP, Research Manager at the American Planning Association
Guests: Sue Schwartz, FAICP, President of the American Planning Association

Planning West, Winter 2025. Click here to read summaries of the podcasts below.

Climate Imaginary Podcast: Planning for Community Resilience (run time 35:00)
Host: Am Johal
Guest: Dr. Andréanne Doyon RPP, MCIP, Assistant Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University

AI for Social Good Series (run time 9 minutes per episode, 7 episodes totalling to an hour)
Host: Acast
Guests: Various