Best Urban Broadcast Collective Podcasts (2024)

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170. YIMBY Melbourne, new solutions to the housing crisis_PX 1:10:59

19d ago1:10:59

1:10:59

In PX118 our guests are Jonathan O’Brien and Jonathan Nolan of YIMBY Melbourne.Details of YIMBY Melbourne are at https://www.yimby.melbourneYIMBY Melbourne seeks a ‘People-led’ ‘Grassroots’ ‘For Housing Abundance.’ The YIMBY website states: ‘A better Melbourne is possible. A Melbourne that is affordable, liveable, and sustainable. A city that is wa…

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169. New Urbanism 2.0++ in Georgia, the Trilith Experience 1:04:16

1M ago1:04:16

1:04:16

In PX117 our guest is Rob Parker, President of Trilith Development, LLC. Rob oversees with a development team the continued growth of the Trilith Township and Film Studios. Trilith is located on the edge of Altana in Fayette County, Georgia. Trilith is in the advance guard of new urbanism practices. Details at https://www.trilith.comTrilith is a la…

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Street Trash 1:01:14

2M ago1:01:14

1:01:14

Matt and Bill Vaughan rant about the 1987 insanely offensive, disgusting cult classic film that is Street Trash. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTubeBy The Scary Movie Project

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The Mothman Prophecies and Urban Legends with Unexplained Cases 58:01

2M ago58:01

58:01

Talking the 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies and touching on a few of the better known American urban legends with Rick from Unexplained Cases. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Watch Unexplained Cases YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/unexplainedcases Matt's urban legend docs; The Bunny Man of Clifton - https://you…

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168. Planning notes and symbols; the value of academic input (Stephen Rowley)_PX 1:15:59

2M ago1:15:59

1:15:59

In PX116 our guest is Stephen Rowley. Stephen is the author of two books, ‘Movie Towns and Sitcom Suburbs: Building Hollywood’s Ideal Communities’ and ‘The Victorian Planning System: Practice, Problems and Prospects’. In February 2022 he was made of a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia, the citation included: ‘Over the first 20 years of …

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The Last Broadcast and found footage films 54:40

3M ago54:40

54:40

Was it Blair Witch or The Last Broadcast that was the first found footage film? Which others should you watch?? Matt and Marie Plays it All discuss *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTubeBy The Scary Movie Project

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167. Professional coaching for built environment workers_PX 51:30

3M ago51:30

51:30

In PX115 our guest is Liz Mackevicius. Liz is an urban planner who has taken a new role as an organisational coach for those in the built environment industry. She will be leading the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) program ‘Pathway to Lead’. Information about the program, and the link to register for the session is:https://www.planning.org.a…

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Criterion Horror Collection 1:00:19

3M ago1:00:19

1:00:19

Looking at a few of horror films from the famous Criterion Collection with physical media fan KB Loves Movies. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTubeBy The Scary Movie Project

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Shaun of the Dead with Laughing with Gingers 51:08

4M ago51:08

51:08

Does everyone have a plan for when the zombie apocalypse arrives?!?! Are you heading to The Winchester?? The ladies from Laughing with Gingers join Matt to get into the great zombie satire that is Shaun of the Dead. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTubeBy The Scary Movie Project

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166. New Urbanism / Hampstead Montgomery AL / Anna Lowder_PX 55:00

4M ago55:00

55:00

In PX114, our interview guest is Anna Lowder, a co-founder and director of Hampstead, a New Urbanist community in Montgomery, Alabama, inspired by her experiences while living in London before returning to Montgomery. Established in 2008, the 416-acre master-planned residential and mixed-use development features homes, townhomes, condos, apartments…

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American Psycho with Horror Macaroni 59:47

4M ago59:47

59:47

Lunch with Cliff Huxtable, that whole "Yale thing", and Huey Lewis and the News. Matt and the queen of VHS horror herself, Horror Macaroni talk about the tremendous American Psycho. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTubeBy The Scary Movie Project

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165. Spinners and vertiports, new elements in the 21st century city_PX 54:36

5M ago54:36

54:36

Episode PX113 of PlanningxChange is all about Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) aircraft, these are typically electric or hybrid powered, air taxis and the like. They have appeared in various science fiction films such as Blade Runner 2019 and Blade Runner 2049 (nicknamed ‘spinners’). They will soon be appearing above our cities and towns. Clem Newton…

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The Thing Expanded with Robin Block 38:11

5M ago38:11

38:11

Join Matt as he talks with the Founder of Creator VC Robin Block about his newest project, The Thing Expanded. A new and innovative documentary format exploring John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic. Click here for more about Creator VC Get involved! *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube…

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New England horror film locations with J.W. Ocker 52:48

5M ago52:48

52:48

Join Matt and Author J.W. Ocker as they take a look at locations throughout New England where some great scary flicks were shot. See more from J.W.'s book The New England Grimpendium *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTubeBy The Scary Movie Project

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The Crow 57:46

6M ago57:46

57:46

It may not be a horror film, but Matt doesn't care because he loves it and it's his show and invited Sara Alepin to join him to talk about it. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTubeBy The Scary Movie Project

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Nosferatu 55:24

6M ago55:24

55:24

Matt and Bill Vaughan get into one of the cornerstones of horror cinema (and one of Bill's favorite movies) with 1922's Nosferatu. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTubeBy The Scary Movie Project

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164. Office building to residential conversions: not so easy_PX 1:02:57

7M ago1:02:57

1:02:57

In PX112, our interview guest is Jessica Lee, a principal architect at Fender Katsalidis Architects (fkaustralia.com).Jessica discusses the ‘Alba’ project, the conversion of a 1970’s former office building into 150 rooms of age appropriate housing (retirement accommodation and aged care). The site is located within South Melbourne, an inner city su…

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163. Drone Delivery - Coming to a sky near you_PX 1:09:16

8M ago1:09:16

1:09:16

In PX111, our interview guest is Jesse Suskin, Head of Government Relations & Public Policy at Wing Aviation (https://wing.com). We talk all things drone delivery particularly the experience learnt in Logan Queensland, Australia where there has been extensive delivery operations over a lengthy time period. Wing Aviation is an offshoot of Google’s p…

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Holiday horror 1:01:20

8M ago1:01:20

1:01:20

Sara Alepin and Kristina Kury of Laughing with Gingers podcast join Matt to discuss a hidden gem in Treevenge, killer Santas, black Friday shopping and more!! *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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Amityville: An Origin Story 52:40

8M ago52:40

52:40

Blaine Duncan of the Halloween Lives podcast joins Matt to talk about the outstanding Amityville documentary he was an Executive Producer for. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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The Amityville Horror original and remake with Horror Struck podcast 55:32

9M ago55:32

55:32

Cecilia and Riley of the HorrorStruck podcast dive in with Matt to discuss the original and remake of The Amityville Horror. Which is better?!?! *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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162. The Romans - city life, amongst the ancients_PX 1:09:24

9M ago1:09:24

1:09:24

In PX110, our interview guest is Professor Tim Parkin, we talk all things Roman, particularly their city life.Tim Parkin joined the Classics and Archaeology department at the University of Melbourne in 2018 as the inaugural Elizabeth and James Tatoulis Chair in Classics. Before this he had spent over 11 years as Professor of Ancient History at the …

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow reading 10:34

9M ago10:34

10:34

Joyana Richer joins Matt to read the concluding excerpt from Washington Irving's classic tale, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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The Blair Witch Project with Ed Sanchez 1:07:32

9M ago1:07:32

1:07:32

Tara and Matt have the absolute pleasure of talking with The Blair Witch Project Director Ed Sanchez about his legendary film. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror series 51:22

10M ago51:22

51:22

Matt and fellow Simpsons super fan and host of The D'oh Show Jonny Pechous geek out on all 30+ years of the yearly Simpsons Halloween staple. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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161. Return of the native: bio improvements, one lot at a time_PX 52:33

10M ago52:33

52:33

In PX109, our interview guest is Professor Douglas (Doug) Tallamy, the author of many nature books and co - founder along with Michelle Alfandari of Homegrown National Park (https://homegrownnationalpark.org). Homegrown National Parks is a grassroots call - to - action to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function by planting native plants and …

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The Strangle of Ivy 1:12:44

10M ago1:12:44

1:12:44

Producer/Director Tara Garwood and Producer Justin Timpane join Matt to talk about their award winning horror short The Strangle of Ivy. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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John Carpenter's The Thing 54:04

10M ago54:04

54:04

Matt and Sara Alepin talk the 3rd John Carpenter film on this fine program, and wonder why we picked a film where dogs get killed... *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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160. Drug and alcohol rehabilitation: helping others help themselves_PX 1:04:54

11M ago1:04:54

1:04:54

In PX108, our interview guest is Dr Stefan Gruenert, the CEO of Odyssey House Victoria. Odyssey House Victoria is a state-wide, specialist treatment organisation dedicated to improving the lives of individuals who experience significant or long-term problems from alcohol and other drug use.Stefan describes the work of Odyssey House and the clients …

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159. Shining bright, modest and successful across cultures_PX 51:24

12M ago51:24

51:24

In PX107, our interview guest is Kate Hardwick an exceptional planning professional originally from Australia who now works in South East Asia. Kate takes the listener on a fascinating journey describing her professional career. Along the way she offers tips to those starting out and also to those seeking a new direction after a number of years in …

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158. Smart Cities Technologies - great promise (and a few concerns)_PX 50:28

1y ago50:28

50:28

In PX106, our interview guest is James Vincent who is the CTO at NCS NEXT Australia, a global digital, data and cloud services consultancy (https://www.ncs.co/en-au/next/). James is a senior people leader with 25 years’ commercial IT experience and an established authority in large-scale strategic transformation in enterprise environments and deliv…

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157. Student digs today_PX 47:35

1y ago47:35

47:35

In PX105, our interview guest is Torie Brown, Executive Director of the Student Accommodation Council. The Council was formed in 2022 by the Property Council to give a voice to the critically important purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector which provides homes for over 76,500 students per year, a figure that continues to grow. https://w…

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156. Libraries forever_PX 50:15

1y ago50:15

50:15

In PX104, our interview guest is Vanessa Schernickau, the Chief Executive Officer of the Geelong Regional Library Corporation (GRLC). The GRLC provides library and information services to residents and visitors across the Geelong region on behalf of five local government councils.The network consists of a central library, 18 community libraries, th…

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Pyewacket 56:00

1y ago56:00

56:00

Matt and Sara go into the world of rituals, spells and curses in the 2017 indie Canadian film Pyewacket. Support your local library!! *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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Bonus episode - Sea Monsters!! 51:07

1+ y ago51:07

51:07

Previously a live streamed episode, you can listen to The Scary Movie Project ramble aimlessly about the world of scary sea creatures. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES As mentioned in this episode, Matt has now completed his documentary about the Chesapeake Bay Monster Chessie! Link to watch is below!! https://youtu.be/5aSpaMxAs0M Episode captioned on…

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The Halloween franchise with Halloween Lives 54:13

1+ y ago54:13

54:13

Matt breaks down EVERY Halloween film with Blaine and Austin Duncan from the Halloween Lives podcast. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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155. Front and centre_PX 1:00:35

1+ y ago1:00:35

1:00:35

In PX103, our interview subject is Tim Jackson, a +40 year veteran of local government in Victoria and South Australia. Tim recently retired for a second time from the paid workforce after completing his four year role as the State Government appointed Administrator at the District of Council of Coober Pedy in South Australia in February. This was …

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Spooky New England trip with Jeff Belanger 48:38

1+ y ago48:38

48:38

Join Matt as he learns about the origin of The Conjuring, Lizzie Borden, and more with New England Legends podcast host Jeff Belanger. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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The world of horror on VHS with Horror Macaroni 47:20

1+ y ago47:20

47:20

Be kind, rewind. 99 cent rentals. Matt goes back in time with Horror Macaroni to discuss the world of horror on VHS and review the 2012 film V/H/S. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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154. Heritage, thru a looking glass_PX 48:18

1+ y ago48:18

48:18

In this episode, PlanningxChange delves into the history of heritage conservation in Australia. James Lesh is an urban historian specialising in heritage conservation. He is interested in the potential for history and heritage to enhance cities, places and society.His latest book is Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia (R…

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Signs and the films of M. Night Shyamalan 1:00:16

1+ y ago1:00:16

1:00:16

Matt and Sara Alepin discuss the 2002 horror/extraterrestrial film and go deeper into the work of Director M. Night Shyamalan. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube Snippet 1By The Scary Movie Project

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Black Horror Part 2 59:51

1+ y ago59:51

59:51

Matt and Bill move to discussing a great list of horror films in part 2 of their conversation on black horror. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube SHOW OVERVIEW: Website: thescarymovieproject.com Get your horror movie fix with filmmaker and horror junkie Matt Lolich, as he reviews and deep dives into horror movies and other s…

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Black Horror Part 1 49:03

1+ y ago49:03

49:03

Matt and friend of the show Bill Vaughan talk about African and African American urban legends, monsters and more in part 1 of a journey into black horror. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Episode captioned on YouTube SHOW OVERVIEW: Website: thescarymovieproject.com Get your horror movie fix with filmmaker and horror junkie Matt Lolich, as he reviews …

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153. Canberra, how is the experiment going?_PX 1:07:50

1+ y ago1:07:50

1:07:50

In PX101 our guests are Natalia Weglarz and Peter Johns. Natalia is a planner at the Canberra office of WSP (www.wsp.com). She has been in Canberra for eight years, prior to that she was in Sydney and the UK. Peter Johns has lived in Canberra since the mid 1960's and has worked as a planner in Canberra over several decades.They describe the history…

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152. Live Free_PX 1:32:43

1+ y ago1:32:43

1:32:43

To celebrate our 100th episode of the PlanningxChange podcast series we re-interview four of our previous guests. We ask them about their experiences with the podcast and what has happened in their professional sphere since their earlier interview.To begin with, Jess has a brief introduction where she explains the origins of PX and the subsequent j…

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Interview with Paranormal Investigator Sean Austin 44:01

1+ y ago44:01

44:01

Matt gets to spend some time talking with paranormal investigator Sean Austin about his work in the spirit world and his new song. He's made some excellent documentaries (which Matt has had the pleasure of reviewing) and currently has a special on Netflix - 28 Days Haunted. Stay connected with Sean Austin below! https://seandaustin.com/ https://twi…

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1408 with J.W. Ocker 42:03

1+ y ago42:03

42:03

Would you stay the night in a haunted hotel?? Travel/horror writer and friend of the show J.W. Ocker joins Matt to talk the film adaptation of Stephen King's short story 1408. Stay connected with J.W. Ocker below! https://www.oddthingsiveseen.com https://twitter.com/jwocker https://www.instagram.com/jwocker/?hl=en *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Movi…

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A Quiet Place 50:28

1+ y ago50:28

50:28

Matt makes it clear he does NOT like raccoons. Superfan Sara Alepin, of Laughing With Gingers and The Wedding Dish joins Matt to talk about A Quiet Place. *****SPOILERS***** SHOW NOTES Movie Trailer Episode captioned on YouTube SHOW OVERVIEW: Website: thescarymovieproject.com Get your horror movie fix with filmmaker and horror junkie Matt Lolich, a…

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Important news from The Scary Movie Project 3:14

1+ y ago3:14

3:14

SHOW OVERVIEW: Website: thescarymovieproject.com Get your horror movie fix with filmmaker and horror junkie Matt Lolich, as he reviews and deep dives into horror movies and other spooky topics! Now with spoilerier spoilers!By The Scary Movie Project

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Haunted - by Siegfried Sassoon 3:30

1+ y ago3:30

3:30

The Scary Movie Project reads a tale for Halloween. Episode captioned on YouTube SHOW OVERVIEW: Website: thescarymovieproject.com Get your horror movie fix with filmmaker and horror junkie Matt Lolich, as he reviews and deep dives into horror movies and other spooky topics! Now with spoilerier spoilers!…

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