What's Next ATL Podcast

The story of how staff at the Center for Pan-Asian Community Services came together in a matter of weeks, to change everything about what they did in order to continue to offer sustenance and care to older refugees and immigrants during the coronavirus pandemic. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

So, you’re working at home. And maybe you have everything you need to do it right. Or maybe you’re like many of us and find yourself a little stressed by how teleworking is turning out during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s a conversation with Georgia Commute Options’ Roz Tucker. We talked about just how to do this telecommuting thing under less-than-ideal conditions. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

In this episode, we talk with Will Johnston of Microlife Institute about why he’s on a mission to get people to dream small. And, we pay a visit a Tiny House Festival, because…um…why not?! What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more about the show at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

This episode, we’ll hear about how artificial intelligence and other kinds of automation are already deeply enmeshed in our lives — as well as both the challenges and very real opportunities they pose. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more about the show at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

Whether you call it new urbanism, live-work-play or something else, a certain type of development is sweeping the country right now — and making a big splash right here in the ATL. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more about the show at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

Today, we bring you Archive Atlanta. You know how What’s Next ATL looks to what our future might hold? Well, in her podcast, Victoria Lemos brings listeners stories from Atlanta’s past—and they’re great. This week, we bring you an episode called “Ward System,” explaining how and why the city became broken up into wards—you know, like the Fourth Ward. We’ll be back with a new episode of What’s Next ATL the usual time—next Wednesday morning. See ya then.

In this episode, we hear the story of Woodstock, Georgia, long a fairly-typical suburb, characterized by fairly-typical suburban development. Today, its downtown is a regional destination and a model for new urbanism. How did that happen, and what can the rest of us learn from the tale? What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more about the show at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

What will metro Atlanta look like in 2050? And what do we do now, to make it the place we want? Internationally-renowned futurist Glen Hiemstra fills us in on the trends he says will shape the region, and a couple of folks talk about how to plan for a future you can’t know completely. The prognostications of children from the late-‘90s for the distant year of…2020. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

Season 2 is almost here. This time around, we’re asking one simple question: How do we build the communities we want? From the big-picture prognostications for our next 30 years, to metro Atlanta’s changing cities and neighborhoods, to the future of work, down to the very homes we live in, we’ll explore how to get from where we are now…to where we want to be. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more about the show at whatsnextatl.or

In this bonus episode, we talk about how you—yes, you—can get involved with a long-range planning effort for metro Atlanta. Planners want your input on The Atlanta Region’s Plan, which covers areas from housing affordability to transportation to economic growth. What kind of future do you think we’ll have? Go to atlantaregionsplan.org/update to have your say and learn more. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more at whatsnextatl.or

Get psyched, because this fall, we’re returning with the question: How do we build the community we want? From tiny houses in our backyards, to breweries in our suburban town centers, to questions of job security in the age of robots, we’ll look at how we got here, where we’re going, and…how on earth do we get there?

In this bonus episode, we ask leaders from around the region to tell us what they see as the biggest issues facing the Atlanta region for 2019. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more about the show at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

In this episode, we hear Q’s story – about how a local program that uses federal funding to provide training for high-demand jobs allowed her to pursue her dream job – and her ups and downs since then. What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more at whatsnextatl.org/podcast.

Driverless cars and “connected technology” are making headlines across the country and right here in metro Atlanta. But why should any of this interest any but the tech-nerdiest among us? Well, it turns out it’s about a lot more than getting from point A to point B. It’s about equity. The environment. And how we use our space. When tech advances, who benefits? What’s Next ATL is powered by the Atlanta Regional Commission and hosted by Kate Sweeney. Find out more about the show at whatsnextatl.org

In this episode of the What’s Next ATL podcast, we meet a pair of older women who became roommates to save money. They’ve enjoyed the experience so much that now they want to spread the word about this kind of housing—key in metro Atlanta, where in just 12 years, one in four of us will be 60 or older. And it turns out this is happening all over the country. It’s called “Golden Girls” housing—like the old TV show.