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Cities are great. But they could be better! That’s why City Cast CEO David Plotz is sitting down weekly with local insiders from across the City Cast podcast network, to talk through what their cities are doing right and sometimes wrong, the weird things they’re trying, and the surprising successes — so that we can all learn how to make our cities a little bit better. Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Your City Could Be Better is hosted by City Cast. The show has published 38 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Is Chicago More Prepared for Climate Change Than Every Other City? Plus, Halloween Etiquette" (23 October 2026, 23 minutes), "Why Salt Lakers Are Adopting Storm Drains. Plus, Do the Utah Jazz Need a New Name?" (16 October 2026, 26 minutes), and "This Basketball Court Is Saving Residents From Floods. Plus, New Yorkers’ Hot Takes" (2 October 2026, 24 minutes).
Your City Could Be Better publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 27 minutes across 38 episodes.
Booking probability for Your City Could Be Better is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Your City Could Be Better requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Your City Could Be Better's contact route on record: verified email.
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City Cast hosts Your City Could Be Better, a news podcast with 38 episodes published.
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Your City Could Be Better
How prepared is your city to deal with the effects of climate change? In a recent report, Chicago was ranked as the most climate resilient city in the world — the only U.S. city to make it into the top 10. What’s...
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How much ownership or responsibility do you feel as a resident of your city? In Salt Lake City, people are being asked to “adopt a storm drain” to help keep city streets free of floods and trash — and to possibly slow...
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When your city looks for inspiration for the future, does it look to the Netherlands? That’s what designers and officials in New York City did in order to integrate flood mitigation into public housing. Inspired by...
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What’s a seemingly small project in your city that’s made a big difference? In the Oregon suburb of Tualatin, a drinking water pipe has just been fitted with a seamless electrical turbine, so that an existing utility...
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Would your city be better with fewer vacant, blighted lots? In Philly, the answer is overwhelmingly yes, with significant drops in crime and depression recorded near newly transformed, “greened” neighborhood lots. But...
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It may not feel like it right now, but extreme heat is coming for your city, and Las Vegas might have the answers you need. An already sizzling city, Vegas has continued to experience record-breaking heat in recent...
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Do you know what kind of surveillance technology is being used in your city? In Nashville, the city government has blocked numerous measures to install and use it. From license plate readers to drone cameras, the...
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Your city’s airport definitely has a lot going for it, but unless you’re in Pittsburgh, what it doesn’t have is its own electrical grid. For the past few years, Pittsburgh International Airport has been generating...
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How often are you out in nature in your city? It’s not always easy to know which natural resources are clean and safe to use in an urban setting, and city rivers get a particularly bad rap. It’s true that cities have...
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What will your city do when it runs out of space for trash? Madison, WI, has a plan, and it’s one that other cities could follow. What could’ve just been another county landfill, slated to open in 2027, will instead be...
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City living inherently means sharing space and resources with your neighbors, and y’all certainly have complaints, questions, and quandaries. On today’s very first call-in episode, City Cast CEO David Plotz is joined by...
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Do you know how zoning laws affect your city’s housing costs? New Haven, CT, has been governed for years by restrictive zoning that made it physically impossible to build tall buildings downtown, even for housing — that...
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It’s not a given that every city will chip in to help their community. In this episode, City Cast CEO David Plotz talks with writer Taylor Lahey about how functional incentives could be the missing link in traditional...
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Sometimes it can feel like city government is two (or more) steps behind the needs of its neighborhoods. Enter the residents of Chattanooga, Tennessee. What Chattanoogans don’t have, they make up for in advocacy...
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Accommodating, accessible, and affordable local airports are a resource that many cities need. To find out which cities are leading the charge and the kinds of amenities that elevate an airport to gold status, City Cast...
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In the first-ever Your City Could Be Better trivia episode, City Cast CEO David Plotz goes head to head with journalist and historian Alexandra Petri to see who knows more about U.S. history, geography, and celebrities...
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The state of a city’s sidewalks can be a good indicator of how healthy that city is — and pedestrian safety is just the beginning. In Denver, voters approved a new fee a few years ago to fund much-needed sidewalk...
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In the spring, Pittsburgh hosted the NFL Draft, and the eyes of the nation were on the city — and its downtown. Facing vacant properties and empty storefronts, the city decided to try out a new rent abatement program to...
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Residents of Salt Lake County have wondered about their parks for years — that is, until City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta set out to catalog them all. Over the course of two years, she visited all 511 parks in the...
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The water in Vegas stays in Vegas. How else could a desert city possibly have enough water for its year-round tourists, a metro area population of over 2 million, and all those pools? The process just might be grosser...
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