Shared Space

Building Beyond the Dream: Rethinking Homes, Community, & Connection with Diana Lind

Diana Lind is an author and urban policy specialist whose work is reshaping the way we think about cities, housing, and the future of community.  With a passion for crea

Inclusive Playgrounds: Designing for Childhood Connection with Cody Goldberg

G Cody QJ Goldberg is a designer and visionary who is redefining what it means to create spaces that connect, inspire, and empower.  As the founder of Harper’s Playgroun

Designing Health: How Architecture Shapes Our Well-Being with Tye Farrow

Tye Farrow is a visionary architect whose work is transforming the way we think about the intersection of architecture and health.  With an educational background that b

Neuroscience of Beauty: How Beautiful Spaces Shape Our Minds with Dr. Anjan Chatterjee

Dr. Anjan Chatterjee is a neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist who has dedicated over three decades to exploring the connection between the human brain and the world

Spaces for Healthy Connection: Strengthening Neighborhoods with Krista Nightengale

Krista Nightengale is a visionary leader and the Executive Director of Better Block, a groundbreaking organization dedicated to transforming neighborhoods through communi

Third Places, True Connections: Redesigning Our Social Fabric with Richard Kyte

Dr. Richard Kyte is a thought leader, educator, and author whose work is centered around the transformative power of human connection, community-building, and the spaces

Socially Healthy Places: Co-Creating Thriving Communities with Risa Wilkerson

Risa Wilkerson is a pioneer in the field of community health and design, dedicated to creating spaces that foster connection, inclusivity, and well-being.  As the Execut

Sustainable Connections: Socially Vibrant Cities and Suburbs with Nico Larco

Nico Larco is a visionary leader and changemaker at the intersection of architecture, urban design, and sustainable development.  As a Professor of Architecture at the U

The Art of Inclusion: Rethinking Design for a Connected World With Sara Hendren

Sara Hendren is a visionary design researcher, author, artist, and educator whose work transforms the way we see disability, design, and the built world.  As a professor

Season 3 Teaser

Shared Space uses science and storytelling to reveal the power of architecture and design to make us healthier, happier, and more connected. In Season 3 we talk with arc

Best of Season 2: Design for Health, Happiness and Connection

In this special Best Of Shared Space Season 2! We talk with architects, psychologist, designers, activists, writers, urban planners – a host of amazing community changema

Building Connection, One Alley at a Time

In this episode, I speak with community leaders, and all-around good neighbors, Judy Sullivan and Meg Moschetto of the Cochrane Heights Neighborhood Association in Dallas

Fighting Workplace Loneliness By Design - with Nigel Oseland

How do our workplaces and practices impact loneliness? How can you design for connection of all kinds? In 2019, 61% of U.S. working adults reported experiencing lonelines

Social Capital, The Currency of Community - with Mario Small

Dr. Mario Luis Small grew up in Panama City, the son of an architect in a tight knit community of other families. He learned first-hand the way that spaces and social con

Building a Better Block with Andrew Howard

How can a one-day event spark lasting change? How can community design be open sourced? What should we be measuring if we want to gauge positive change? I talk with tran

Designing Equitable Communities with June Grant

June Grant is an architect, designer and researcher committed to the craft of buildings, their potential to enhance cities and develop socially responsible solutions to c

Community First - Designing to End Homelessness in Austin with Shelby Blessing

What is the most talked about neighborhood in Austin, TX? The Community First! Village, a 51-acre master planned village that fosters independence, friendship and communi

Designing Happy Cities with Mitchell Reardon

Can our cities be designed to make us happier? What is the role of public space in fostering a more civil society? Can street design foster trust – or even romance? Mitc

The Science Behind Healthy Buildings with Emily Anthes

Emily Anthes is an award-winning science journalist and author whose work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Atlantic Wired, Nature, to name a few. Emily

Design with Love, At Home and In Community with Katie Swenson

Katie Swenson is a nationally recognized design leader, researcher, writer, and educator, and a Senior Principal at MASS Design Group. Katie and I explore how love can be