Ever wondered how the design of our cities influences the way we live? In this episode, Betsy MacLean and Nisha Baliga of Hester Street discuss the many facets of collaboration in their urban planning and design work: from crafting conversations that uncover people’s lived experiences, to disrupting power systems that intentionally keep folks out of decisions concerning their own neighborhoods and communities.IntervieweesNisha Baliga and Betsy MacLean, Co-Executive Directors of Hester Streethttps://hesterstreet.org@Hester_Street Design With Team:Host: Panthea LeeProducer: Alyssa KroppMusic Composition: Meagan RodriguezAsst. Producer: Kisha BwengeGraphic Design: Adam Parker

What began as a 24-hour design challenge addressing racial inequality in Ferguson, Missouri has since grown into a powerful organization fighting inequity with its own brand of collaborative design. Antionette Carroll, founder of Creative Reaction Lab, speaks about Equity-Centered Community Design—and how Black and Latinx youth are using design as their tool of choice to dismantle the very systems designed to exclude them.INTERVIEWEEAntionette D. Carroll, Founder, President and CEO of Creative Reaction Labhttps://www.creativereactionlab.com/@CRXLAB Design With Team:Host: Panthea LeeProducer: Alyssa KroppMusic Composition & Sound Mix: Meagan RodriguezAsst. Producer: Kisha BwengeGraphic Design: Adam Parker

How do you design what is arguably the largest, longest running co-creation project in history? Katherine Maher, CEO and Executive Director of the nonprofit behind Wikipedia, tells us how the online encyclopedia defied all odds to become a millions-strong exercise in community creation; and how the Wikimedia Foundation uses co-design everyday to build the infrastructure for a global, free knowledge movement.INTERVIEWEEKatherine Maher, CEO and Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundationhttps://wikimediafoundation.org/ @krmaher Design With Team:Host: Panthea LeeProducer: Alyssa KroppMusic Composition & Sound Mix: Meagan RodriguezAsst. Producer: Kisha BwengeGraphic Design: Adam Parker

In this episode, Adam shares what he has learned in the 30 years since that fateful call: how to find strength in humility, negotiate for peace in the absence of trust, and bust the myth that innovation = magic.