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Category Archives: Notebook on Cities and Culture

Notebook on Cities and Culture S4E1: An American Rediscovery with City Walk

Colin Marshall sits down at the Old Pasadena offices of Rigler Creative with Thomas Rigler, Steve Reich, and Caitlin Starowicz, creators of City Walk, a new television and web series from KCET and Link TV on the transformation of American cities and our ability to walk in them. They discuss the walkability of Old Pasadena right […]

Notebook on Cities and Culture season four begins August 1st

Once again, thanks very much indeed to all you listeners who  backed Notebook on Cities and Culture‘s fourth season on Kickstarter. The planning begun as soon as the drive ended, and now it pleases me to announce that the season will premiere on Thursday, August 1st. We’ll start off in Los Angeles, then move on […]

Less than half an hour to go. Will Notebook on Cities & Culture survive?

Just a reminder that the Kickstarter drive for Notebook on Cities and Culture‘s fourth season has 25 minutes to go before closing. We just need $1200 or so before that time expires, and the show can continue on to Toronto, Copenhagen, London — and, in future seasons, beyond. If you need to adjust your backing amount or reward, […]

Under four hours to go, and just $2500 needed, for Notebook on Cities and Culture to continue

We’ve roamed cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, Mexico City, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka. We’ve talked to writers, broadcasters, critics, comedians, designers, bloggers, academics, journalists, artists, editors, and monologists. We’ve planned a fourth season that will reach such fascinating world cities as Toronto, Copenhagen, and London. But Notebook on Cities and Culture’s latest […]

The end of Notebook on Cities and Culture? Not if we raise $3417 in 24 hours!

A mere 24 hours remain in the Kickstarter drive for Notebook on Cities and Culture season four, but we still need to raise $3417 more to meet the funding goal. If we do, the show will air many more in-depth conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene in Los Angeles, Toronto, […]

Almost $3500 still to raise, and only two days to do it, for Notebook on Cities and Culture season four

The Kickstarter drive for Notebook on Cities and Culture‘s fourth and most ambitious season has, as of this writing, raised $4506. Thanks very much indeed to all who have generously backed it. If we don’t raise the remaining $3494 of the season’s budget in the next two days, the season won’t happen. (On the bright […]

Still $6345 to raise on Kickstarter for Notebook on Cities and Culture’s fourth season

We’ve so far raised $1655 on Kickstarter for Notebook on Cities and Culture‘s fourth and most ambitious season, but still have $6345 to go before we can make it happen. If we can raise it in the next four days, the show will indeed go not just to Los Angeles, but to Toronto, Copenhagen, and […]

Notebook on Cities and Culture’s fourth season Kickstarts now

  The Kickstarter drive has begun! If we can raise season four’s $8000 budget by noon Pacific time on Monday, June 24th, Notebook on Cities and Culture will bring you 60 conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene in Los Angeles, Toronto, Copenhagen, and London. For every $200 raised above the […]

Notebook on Cities and Culture S3E31: Heightened Rootlessness with Timothy Taylor

Colin Marshall sits down above Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia with novelist Timothy Taylor, author of Stanley Park, Story House, and The Blue Light Project, as well as the short story collection Silent Cruise. They discuss what, exactly, Vancouver is; what, exactly, CanLit is; his being born into a nomadic lifestyle; his inadvertent prediction of the […]

Notebook on Cities and Culture S3E30: A Little Bit Wet with Dave Shumka

Colin Marshall sits down in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, British Columbia with comedian and podcaster Dave Shumka, co-host with Graham Clark of Stop Podcasting Yourself. They discuss what everyone in Vancouver is, a little bit; the city’s much-touted “livability”; becoming that icon of fun that is a comedian in “No Funcouver”; the origin of Stop Podcasting […]