Recommended Listening: Podcasts for Designers and Planners

The American Society of Landscape Architects' list of podcasts for landscape architects is heavy on planning-related content.

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August 23, 2017, 12:00 PM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


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Dana Davidsen has produced a list of recommended podcasts for landscape architects that will also be welcome to fans of the medium who happen to be planners.

Davidsen's list illuminates the cross-pollination of the fields of planning and landscape architecture, with the American Planning Association podcast included on the list, along with familiar titles like 99% Invisible, Placemakers, and The Urbanist. The comment board has also chimed in with a lot more quality recommendations. 

[This post was updated with the correct spelling of the author's name.]

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