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https://youtu.be/5v13wrVEQ2M Prisons in America are usually designed for efficiency and to reinforce punishment by design, but their outcomes are often very poor for inmates and...

https://youtu.be/d9vDcfH03gs Dave Amos charts the American change from connected grids to the rise of cul-de-sacs, and what’s now being done to counteract their pitfalls.

https://youtu.be/vWhYlu7ZfYM In this Vox episode of Almanac, Phil Edwards explains why so many suburbs look the same. Principally, the advent of federal financing, the cul-de-sac,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hqLo4J6mrQ Dave Amos looks at Walt Disney's unrealized tomorrow city plans (known as "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" or "EPCOT"), which were largely Modernist delusions...

https://youtu.be/bxw2P7WbRKE What does it mean to be urbanized? What does living in a city require of us in terms of social engagement, and to what...

https://youtu.be/QaIOfgz8FVY In this video, Vox explains how New York settled on Manhattan’s modern grid.

https://youtu.be/poPLSgbSO6k In this video, Vox looks at the promise of the new generation of nuclear energy and technology. While many still fear meltdowns and are...

https://youtu.be/ddiOJLuu2mo Photos captured by the during the Progressive Era of children working and their dire conditions, particularly in cities, led to strong limits on child...