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Street Level: HUD at 60

In 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) marked its 60th anniversary. Created amid the optimism and urgency of the civil rights era, HUD embodied a bipartisan commitment to building stronger, more integrated, and equitable ... more

23 Jun 2026 • 58 min

Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen, "Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2024)

The connections between Hong Kong and Japan began far earlier than many realise. Yet only recently has Hong Kong’s historic Japanese community received the attention it deserves through Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Resident... more

17 Jun 2026 • 55 min

David Leupold, "The Death and Life of Southern Soviet Cities: Urban Futures and Their Afterlives" (Routledge, 2026)

What

does it mean, three decades after the demise of the USSR, to inhabit

cities built for a future that has never arrived? In pursuit of the

question—what is left of the socialist city?—this book aims not only

to trace the material and mnemonic... more

15 Jun 2026 • 50 min

Don Thomas Deere, "The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space" (Duke UP, 2026)

In The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space (Duke University Press, 2026),

Don Thomas Deere retraces the colonial origins of spatial organization

in the Americas and the Caribbean and its lasting impact on modern

structures of knowle... more

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Stuart King

Co-editor of Reclaiming Colonial Architecture

Routledge/RBO Publishing

Episode: Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds., "Reclaiming Colonial Architecture" (Routledge, 2024)

Tania Sengupta

Co-editor of Reclaiming Colonial Architecture

Routledge/RBO Publishing

Episode: Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds., "Reclaiming Colonial Architecture" (Routledge, 2024)

Michael Dillon

Author of Shanghai, The Story of China's Most Dynamic City

Yale University Press

Episode: Michael Dillon, "Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic City" (Yale UP, 2026)

Javier Arbona-Homar

Author of Explosivity Following What Remains

University of Minnesota Press (author affiliation as book author)

Episode: Javier Arbona-Homar, "Explosivity: Following What Remains" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

Bruce Dearstyne

Editor of Revolutionary New York, 250 Years of Social Change

Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press

Episode: Bruce Dearstyne, "Revolutionary New York: 250 Years of Social Change" (SUNY Press, 2026)

Kristian Williams

Author of Policing the Progressive City

AK Press / Author

Episode: Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)

Robert W. Snyder

Professor Emeritus of American Studies and Journalism at Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Episode: Robert W. Snyder, "When the City Stopped: Stories from New York's Essential Workers" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Arwen Yingting Chen

Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Chu Hai College; lecturer at City University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Chu Hai College; City University of Hong Kong

Episode: Charlie Qiuli Xue and Arwen Yingting Chen, "American-Designed Shopping Malls in China" (Hong Kong UP, 2026)

Charlie Xue

Professor (retired) of Architecture, City University of Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong

Episode: Charlie Qiuli Xue and Arwen Yingting Chen, "American-Designed Shopping Malls in China" (Hong Kong UP, 2026)

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Andrew Demshuk, "The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Q: What role did the Stasi play in your study, and how do informants shape our understanding of East German environmental history?

Stasi informants are multifaceted: some were ideologically committed, others sought promotions, and some were reluctant yet compelled by circumstances. Their reports reveal not just oppression but the complexities of daily life, bureaucratic dynamics, and the pressures that shaped environmental governance under a repressive regime.

Andrew Demshuk, "The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Q: Could you tell us about your background and what led you to write The Filthiest Village in Europe?

I'm a historian at American University, drawn to East Germany through research on Silesia and the broader region. My work gradually focused on Leipzig, GDR environmental history, and how architecture, historic preservation, and pollution intersected with everyday life, leading to this book and its emphasis on micro-histories and grassroots movements.

Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)

Q: Can you summarize the Columbia Villa and Iris Court experiments and what they reveal about the promises and perils of community policing?

Columbia Villa showed how a services-first, relationship-building model could reduce crime and increase residence stability, whereas Iris Court demonstrated the risks of enforcement-heavy approaches and greater coercive power, underscoring that institutional culture often trumped policy intentions.

Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)

Q: What caused the shift from professionalization to community policing, and what were the main tensions that accompanied that transition?

The move from professionalization to community policing emerged in response to civil rights era critiques and legitimacy crises; while community policing aimed to improve legitimacy, it faced resistance from line officers and concerns that it could be co-opted or over-politicized.

Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)

Q: When you say Portland was founded and policed in ways that reflected settler colonialism and racial hierarchies, how does that frame the entire arc of governance and policing in the city?

Williams explains that early colonization established racialized property relations that became embedded in policing, with the Progressive Era later attempting to separate police from political machines, yet leaving enduring tensions around autonomy and accountability.

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This show presents scholarly conversations around urban studies, architecture, history, and related social sciences, often anchored by authors and researchers discussing recently published work or ongoing projects. Episodes frequently explore how urban space, infrastructure, governance, and culture intersect with power, memory, and everyday life, featuring deep dives into topics like gentrification, housing, environmental justice, and the political economies of cities. Notable tends include cross-disciplinary methods (ethnography, archival research, historical sociology), strong emphasis on case studies from cities around the world, and a knack for turning scholarly work into accessible narratives through vivid anecdotes and archival detail... more

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