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The Mayors

The Mayors

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The Mayors is a podcast from Blueprint, powered by REEF, dedicated to hearing from, well, mayors—the people who lead our cities, who make the big decisions, who fight for progress in steps and leaps, who sometimes succeed and sometimes fail. We learn about why our guests chose to become mayors and how they got there; what keeps (or kept) them up at night while they work to make good cities great; and the issues, solutions, policies, and partnerships they view as critical to building better communities. In conversation with urbanists Richard Florida and Padden Murphy, we’ll ask and answer the big questions that cities face—it’s a space for us to share, and learn, and celebrate cities.Copyright 2021 All rights reserved. Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Calgary
    Oct 19 2021

    The 36th Mayor of Calgary, Naheed Nenshi, joins Richard on The Mayors. The first Muslim Mayor of a large city in North America, Mayor Nenshi walks us through his political career and his efforts to increase and improve Calgarian’s civic engagement. Mayor Nenshi explains the importance behind the program he created while in office, “Three Things for Calgary”, which later expanded nationwide to “Three Things for Canada”— Illustrating the power of visionary leadership. Recorded May 25th, 2021

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    48 mins
  • Mayor Bill Peduto, Pittsburgh
    Sep 21 2021

    Mayor of Pittsburgh, Bill Peduto, joins Richard and Padden to discuss the economic growth and innovation the city has experienced during the past 20 years. Mayor Peduto addresses issues such as the importance of tech-driven decisions, innovation, adaptation, and how failure is sometimes inevitable but needed. His efforts and vision allowed Pittsburgh to become a diversified and inclusive city, improving the lives of all residents in all neighborhoods. Recorded June 15th, 2021

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    46 mins
  • Mayor Don Iveson, Edmonton
    Sep 1 2021

    Richard and Padden talk to Mayor Don Iveson, from Edmonton Canada, a great leader with a passion for sustainability and the future of cities. Ever since elected Mayor in 2013, Mayor Iveson has led efforts to achieve meaningful sustainability goals for the city in terms of public health and population, services and infrastructure, as well as economic development. Furthermore, Mayor Iveson discusses with Padden and Richard how breaking stigmas, unification, and institutional alignment are needed all over Edmonton and Canada in order to make the country thrive and succeed in the future.  Recorded June 17th, 2021.

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    51 mins
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