
Public Spaces
Yes, but can it preach?
<p>One day I’ll write about my journey to a loving Black church in southern Middle Tennessee, but not today. My only preliminary today involves what a white man is doing in the pulpit of an otherwise Black...


Public Spaces chronicles two suburban émigrés' encounters with city people creating different kinds of local, public life. www.polidevo.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchPublic Spaces is hosted by Bryce Tolpen. The show has published 18 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Yes, but can it preach?" (9 June 2026, 27 minutes), "First class, then justice follows" (28 April 2026, 19 minutes), and "Copts between martyrs and migrants" (17 February 2026, 48 minutes).
Public Spaces publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 18 episodes.
Booking probability for Public Spaces is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Public Spaces requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Public Spaces's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Public Spaces are Housing & Urban Planning. Public Spaces has a society audience.
Bryce Tolpen hosts Public Spaces, a society podcast with 18 episodes published.
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<p>One day I’ll write about my journey to a loving Black church in southern Middle Tennessee, but not today. My only preliminary today involves what a white man is doing in the pulpit of an otherwise Black...

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<p>Arabic is Nashville’s third most-spoken language, and around 80% of its speakers are Coptic Christians. Unlike members of almost every other U.S. Coptic community, most of Nashville’s Copts are working-class people...

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<p>The genuine article, and with the video. — Bryce</p><p>Coptic Christians who have moved from their Egyptian homeland to the United States face an unusual quandary. Since 2015, they have become for many American...

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<p>You live in a neighborhood that’s been overlooked and oppressed for years. Neighbors are turning against neighbors, refusing to lend money or otherwise help one another out. Your neighborhood is a joke to the larger...

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<p>Wes Tank of Milwaukee and Dewey Tron of Arlington, Virginia have left traditional, corporate video directing behind in favor of showcasing their cities’ neighborhoods. As government funding for traditional public...

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<p>(18-min. podcast episode.) Several American cities have done rails to trails projects. In many ways, Milwaukee’s Beerline Trail is like most of the projects. Train service through Milwaukee’s Northeast industrial...

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<p>The Columbia Pike Documentary Project invites us to encounter one of the most diverse communities in the world. With people speaking over a hundred languages living together with little in the way of ethnic enclaves...

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<p>20-minute podcast episode. Our neighborhoods are most often like America’s Third Coast, a flyover region on our way to home or work. What would it take for our neighborhoods — urban, suburban, rural, small-town — to...

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<p>11-minute podcast episode. What could liturgy and mutual aid have in common? Both are actions that, when done creatively, give all parties the freedom to respond in life-giving ways and to discover themselves in...

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<p>26-minute podcast episode. Most Arlington teachers can’t afford to live in Arlington. While Victoria and I were teaching there, we met teachers and other school staff members who were fortunate to find affordable...

<p>Last year, two of my classes remixed prominent public messages in Arlington to critique them. Their model was Zaq Landsberg’s sculpture Reclining Liberty, a remix of the Statue of Liberty that has found her new...

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<p>20-minute episode. In 2007, three recent college grads had no intention of starting Casa Chirilagua. But it happened. Casa now serves more than 100 families with after-school programs, mentorships, adult classes, and...

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<p>Two days ago, Victoria and I visited the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University. Because the District of Columbia isn’t willing at this point to take down the encampment, it’s one of the few...

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<p>Meet Adam Henry, who creates both art and public spaces. The combination led to Adam’s appointment in January as Amazon HQ2’s first artist in residence.</p><p>On our podcast, Adam shares his approaches—his literal...

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<p>In this more personal podcast episode, I speak with three envoys from our public God:</p><p>* Bethany and I ride the bus and discuss interior design, urban planning, and her installation art.</p><p>* A local paper...

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<p>Bryce and Victoria move from the suburbs to the city. Bryce sells his car and tries out the bus service by heading to StudioPAUSE. There he meets Sushmita Mazumdar, an artist and a poet, whose stories and curated...
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