Episodes

  • Episode 37: Booked on Planning
    Dec 9 2021

    We're taking a short break to let you know about a new planning podcast coming your way.  Booked on Planning is a podcast that goes deep into the planning books that have helped shape the world of community and regional planning.  Stephanie Rouse, AICP - Professional Development Office of the Nebraska APA and host of the upcoming podcast - joins to talk about how the podcast came to be, what it's all about, and how it can help out AICP hopefuls and planning veterans alike.

     

    Booked on Planning:

    https://www.bookedonplanning.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/bookedonplanning/

    https://www.facebook.com/bookedonplanning

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/booked-on-planning/

    https://twitter.com/BookedPlanning

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    18 mins
  • Episode 36: Dust Control
    Oct 30 2021

    In the 1930’s, the U.S. was taking conservation seriously.  We put together a massive regional authority to handle conservation and energy issues in the Tennessee Valley, but we also attacked the growing issue called the Dust Bowl with two major Acts:  The Taylor Grazing Act and the Soil Conservation Act.

     

    The Tennessee Valley Authority:

    https://www.tva.com/About-TVA/Our-History

    https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/history-of-the-tva

     

    The Taylor Grazing Act:

    Taylor Grazing Act | Legislation | US Encyclopedia of law (lawi.us)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Grazing_Act_of_1934

     

    The Soil Conservation Act:

    https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/soil-conservation-act-1935/

    Honoring 86 Years of NRCS – A Brief History | NRCS (usda.gov)

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    15 mins
  • Episode 35: A Rose by Any Other Name
    Oct 19 2021

    FDR and National Planning seem to go hand-in-hand.  Because they do.  Literally.  Planning on a national level spanned almost the exact same time frame as FDR’s Presidency, and FDR just wouldn’t like it go away; bringing it back under name after name after name.  Both Started in 1933, and National Planning died in 1943, two years before FDR.  This one’s all about the blip on the planning radar called, National Planning.

    The National Planning Board:
    https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/national-resources-planning-board-nrpb
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Works_Administration
    https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file send?accession=osu1486652373261456& disposition=attachment

    National Planning Board Final Report
    https://archive.org/details/finalreport1933to1934unitrich/page/n7/mode/2up

    National Resources Planning Board
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Resources_Board_of_1934
    https://archive.org/details/reportonnational1934unitrich/page/n7/mode/2up

    Regional Factors in National Planning
    https://www.amazon.com/Regional-National-Development-Resources-Committee/dp/1297819470
    https://archive.org/details/regionalfactorsi1935unitrich?ref=ol&view=theater

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    20 mins
  • Episode 34: 100 Days
    Oct 6 2021

    I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.  Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage.  This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms.  Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in the crusade to restore America to its own people.

    -FDR, July 2nd, 1932

     

    FDR Inauguration and the New Deal Pitch:

    http://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/seehowtheyran/portfolios/1932-fdrs-first-presidential-campaign/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal#:~:text=The%20New%20Deal%20was%20a,enacted%20by%20President%20Franklin%20D.&text=The%20New%20Deal%20included%20new,after%20prices%20had%20fallen%20sharply.

     

    Civilian Conservation Corps:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps

    https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-civilian-conservation-corps.htm#:~:text=Roosevelt%20established%20the%20Civilian%20Conservation,lands%2C%20forests%2C%20and%20parks.

     

    Federal Relief Administration Act:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Relief_Administration

    https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/federal-emergency-relief-administration-fera-1933-1935/

     

    The Agricultural Adjustment Act:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act

    https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/agricultural-adjustment-act-1933-re-authorized-1938-2/

     

    Home Owner’s Loan Corporation:

    https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/home-owners-loan-act-1933/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Owners%27_Loan_Corporation

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    24 mins
  • Episode 33: All Good Things Must Come to an End
    Aug 25 2021

    Well, saying goodbye to the roaring 20’s was bittersweet.  Actually, it was just bitter.  Bitter and depressing.  When the good times from the 20’s caught up to everyone in October of 1929, the markets came crashing down.  But why? And did we try and do anything to stop it?

     

    The Great Depression:

    https://www.britannica.com/story/causes-of-the-great-depression

    https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

     

    Wall Street Crash of 1929:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929

    https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/1929-stock-market-crash

     

    Conference on Land Utilization (1931) & the Dust Bowl:

    https://archive.org/details/CAT10505778/page/46/mode/2up
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

     

    Reconstruction Finance Corporation:

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Reconstruction-Finance-Corporation

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation

    https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great-depression

     

    Federal Home Loan Bank Act:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Home_Loan_Bank_Act

    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/federal-home-loan-bank-act.asp

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    18 mins
  • Episode 32: Get Your Motor Runnin'
    Aug 12 2021

    Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway! Because the federal government ponied up some money in 1916 to make sure the roads were all in good condition.  Or you can always head out on the parkway that New York built in 1919, and of course, you can always take your highway out to the first regional suburban shopping center too.

     

    Transportation Epochs:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borchert%27s_Epochs#:~:text=Borchert's%20epochs%20refer%20to%20five,of%20growth%20of%20American%20cities.

    https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=geosciences_facpub

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5gDWNE7rfs

     

    1916 Federal Highway Act:

    https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/96summer/p96su2.cfm

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Road_Act_of_1916

    https://historylink.org/File/7243

     

    1919 First Parkway in the U.S.:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway

    https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X004/history

    http://npshistory.com/publications/colo/colo-pkwy-context.pdf

     

    1922 First Auto-Oriented Shopping Center:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Club_Plaza

    https://www.visitkc.com/2017/06/27/today-i-learned-history-behind-country-club-plaza

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    22 mins
  • Episode 31: The Case for Zoning
    Jul 15 2021

    This episode is all about making the case for zoning.  Is zoning constitutional?  Is it a taking?  Does it violate the 14th Amendment?  (That’s the Due Process clause) What about simple Use Regulations?  What about legislative acts?  These are the things that U.S. Supreme Court had to debate.  One thing is for sure though.  When in doubt, APPEAL!  

     

    Hadacheck v. Sebastian:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadacheck_v._Sebastian

    https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-hadacheck-v-sebastian

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/239/394

     

    Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Coal_Co._v._Mahon

    https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-pennsylvania-coal-co-v-mahon

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/260/393

     

    Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_of_Euclid_v._Ambler_Realty_Co.

    https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-euclid-v-ambler-realty-co-1043783755

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/272/365

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    20 mins
  • Episode 30: It's All Pretty Standard
    Jul 7 2021

    I mean, it’s all pretty standard.  Standard state zoning, standard city planning.  And in the name of what again?  In an effort to protect residential properties, these two acts were probably two of the more pivotal moments in planning.  Shaping the way we are today, did they also sort of set-up the copy-and-paste legacy of resolutions?

     

    Herbert Hoover:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover

     

    Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (SZEA):

    https://www.planning.org/growingsmart/enablingacts/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_State_Zoning_Enabling_Act

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States#Origins_and_history

    https://planning-org-uploaded-media.s3.amazonaws.com/legacy_resources/growingsmart/pdf/LULZDFeb96.pdf

    https://planning-org-uploaded-media.s3.amazonaws.com/legacy_resources/growingsmart/pdf/SZEnablingAct1926.pdf

     

    Standard City Planning Enabling Act (SCPEA):

    https://www.planning.org/growingsmart/enablingacts/

    https://planning-org-uploaded-media.s3.amazonaws.com/legacy_resources/growingsmart/pdf/LULZDFeb96.pdf

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    14 mins