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Episodes: 287
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 740.0k subscribers
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Host
Divya Gandhi - Co-host for APA’s Critical Conversations in Transportation Planning series, focusing on infrastructure and mobility challenges and how planning intersects with technology and community impacts.
Em Hall - Co-host for APA’s Critical Conversations in Transportation Planning series, contributing to episodes that examine how emerging systems reshape transportation planning and infrastructure.
Joe DeAngelis, AICP - Research Manager at the American Planning Association (APA). He hosts APA Trend Talk content tied to APA’s planning trend reporting and planning education themes.
Roberta Rewers - Senior Communications Manager at APA. She leads episodes that translate APA initiatives and awards into practical, collaborative planning and resilience stories.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Manny Patole - Community Data Science, Environmental Justice, AI Systems’ Physical Footprint, Transportation/infrastructure Implications Of Data Centers
Tom Sanchez, AICP - AI Evolution And Uncertainty In Planning; Learning From Past Trends; Adapting Cautiously And Collaboratively
Matt Damon - Community Wildfire Mitigation; Partnership Between Planners And Fire Officials; Resilience Outcomes
Molly Mowery, AICP - Wildfire Land Use Planning; Interdisciplinary Collaboration; Risk Reduction And Long-term Resilience
Recent Topics
Episodes
From Data Centers to City Streets: Rethinking Infrastructure in a Digital Age
May 29, 2026
Co-hosts Divya Gandhi and Em Hall continue the Critical Conversations in Transportation Planning series with a conversation that challenges transportation planners to reckon with a new kind of infrastructure: the data center. Recorded at the 2026 National Planning Conference in Detroit, this episode features Manny Patole, Industry Assistant Professor at NYU’s Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP), whose work sits at the intersection of community data science, environmental justice, and A...
Planning Education, Uncertainty, and the Rapid Evolution of AI with Tom Sanchez, AICP
May 27, 2026
In this episode of the Trend Talk podcast, a companion series for the 2026 Trend Report for Planners, Joe DeAngelis, AICP, research manager at the American Planning Association (APA), chats with author and professor Tom Sanchez, AICP. The two engage in a thoughtful discussion about the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and planning, reflecting on the unpredictability of the future, the importance of learning from past trends, and the need for planners to re...
Resilient Landscapes: The Land Use Planning for Wildfires in California Training Program
May 19, 2026
In this episode of the APA Podcast, Roberta Rewers, senior communications manager, explores California’s Land Use Planning for Wildfires in California Training Program, recipient of the 2025 Resilience and Sustainability Award. Joined by Molly Mowery, AICP, executive director of Community Wildfire Planning Center, and Matt Damon, staff chief of Community Wildfire Mitigation Assistance with CAL FIRE / Office of the State Fire Marshal, they discuss how the unique interdisciplinary program bri...
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