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ana030: The ABC’s of Market Urbanism | Scott Beyer Interview

“Market Urbanism is the intersection of urban issues and free market philosophy.”

We interview Scott Beyer of the Market Urbanism Report to introduce the ideas of Market Urbanism and discuss a broad sweep of issues in housing, transportation, and governance.

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ana028: Anarchitecture 101 | John Ellis Interviews Tim

John Ellis is a student in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

He is also, arguably more auspiciously, a long-time Anarchitecture Podcast listener.

Tim has been working with John over the past few months as an advisor for his thesis project. John was recently given an assignment to record a podcast for one of his classes, and interviewed Tim in a wide-ranging discussion which John’s class will be forced to listen to.

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ana027: 11 Spooky Fears About Short-Term Rentals | ASSUAGED!!!

Tim rents his home as a short-term rental on summer weekends. Why is this so scary to everyone else?

We discuss eleven fears about short-term rentals, one of which is legitimate. Fear not, we have a non-governmental solution for that one. All others will be #ASSUAGED!!!

11 Fears About Short Term Home Rentals

  • Fear #1 – Home rentals hurt a town’s “character”
  • Fear #2 – Home rentals make housing less affordable
  • Fear #3 – Home rentals are unsafe
  • Fear #4 – Home rentals are not in compliance with building codes
  • Fear #5 – Home rentals are not licensed and inspected as lodging places
  • Fear #6 – Home rentals are preparing and serving food without a license
  • Fear #7 – Home rentals are not ADA / FHA compliant for accessibility for people with disabilities
  • Fear #8 – Home rentals do not have adequate insurance
  • Fear #9 – Home rentals are not paying taxes
  • Fear #10 – Home rentals are unfair competition to hotels
  • Fear #11 – Home rentals are creating nuisances

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ana025: Free Private Cities | Titus Gebel Interview

We interview Titus Gebel, the Founder, President and CEO of Free Private Cities Inc.

Free Private Cities is working towards building new, greenfield cities using a model of individual bilateral contracts between each citizen and the city owner/operator.

In his book, “Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete for You,” Titus describes why and how Free Private Cities should be developed.

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ana021: AGENDA 21!!! | Friends Against Government

We join the Friends Against Government Podcast for a “Conspiracy Court” trial of UN AGENDA 21. From Smart Meters, to Smart Growth, to Smart Cities, to Smart Deer, how afraid should we be?

This episode is Not Suitable for Work, or really for any self-respecting human being.

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ana018: Startup Cities with Adam Hengels and Patrik Schumacher

On January 15th, 2018, Startup Cities hosted a discussion panel featuring Adam Hengels, founder of Market Urbanism, and Patrik Schumacher, Principal of Zaha Hadid Architects. Hosted by Peter Ryan, Founder of Startup Cities.

This episode features the full audio recording of this event, plus Anarchitecture Podcast’s pre-game and post-game discussion.

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ana011: Patrik Schumacher (3 of 4) | The Interview

Tim interviews Patrik Schumacher, Director of Zaha Hadid Architects, at the Zaha Hadid Design Gallery in London. Topics include:

  • Architectural theory
  • The style of parametricism
  • Patrik’s journey from Marxism to anarcho-capitalism
  • Rule-based order through bottom-up convergences
  • How do we communicate radical ideas, whether architectural or political?
  • Is there value in shock value?
  • What is the role and limits of urban planning?
  • Parametric urbanism
  • The future of market-based urban order

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ana010: Patrik Schumacher (2 of 4) | Media Maelstrom

The second of four episodes in our series about Patrik Schumacher, Director of Zaha Hadid Architects. Tim and Joe review and critique the media responses to Patrik’s controversial presentation about housing at the World Architecture Festival in November 2016.

Two of these articles, by the Guardian’s Oliver Wainwright and architectural writer Phineas Harper, are presented for extended criticism.

We had a little too much fun with this one.

Topics include:

  • Responses from London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Zaha Hadid Architects, protestors, and supporters (sort of)
  • Extended critique of Oliver Wainwright’s article in The Guardian:
    • Did Zaha Hadid “dismiss” Patrik’s theoretical work in parametricism?
    • Gurgaon – a mostly private city in India
    • Are “thought experiments” valid and meaningful?
    • The housing crisis can be explained in three words: Great Crested Newts
    • Noam Chomsky on anarcho-capitalism
    • A new off-Broadway play, “Syndicalism in One Act”
  • Extended critique of Phineas Harper’s article in Dezeen:
    • What social justice warriors and the alt-right have in common
    • Government solutions are the simple solutions. Market solutions require more complex thinking.
    • Child labor
    • Poverty and welfare
    • Neoliberalism, Thatcherism, and Hayek-ianism
    • Adam Smith was NOT the godfather of the free market. More like the weird uncle.
    • The intern architect who predicted the 2008 financial crisis

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