Podcasts by Bending the Arc

Bending the Arc

Bending The Arc explores the everyday work of creating inclusive, equitable and racially just communities. This podcast spotlights bold thinking and action by creative, passionate, experienced thinkers and actors from cities and communities around the US and Canada. Join us to learn about strategies to make communities diverse, vibrant places of well-being and opportunity.

Bending the Arc is produced by the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and co-hosted by Dr. Mark Joseph and Dr. Amy Khare.

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Episode 20: Urban Strategies Inc. Series Episode 5: Policies that Just Don’t Make Sense from 2023-10-26T17:30:18


In this episode we conclude our special series focused on Urban Strategies, Inc., a national non-profit that exemplifies the quest for urban equity and inclusion. Urban Strategies wo...

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Episode 19: Urban Strategies Inc. Series Episode 4: Wealth Creation in Marginalized Communities from 2023-10-23T04:43:06

We continue our special series focused on Urban Strategies, Inc., a national non-profit that exemplifies the quest for urban equity and inclusion. Urban Strategies works with more than 30,000 lo...

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Episode 18: Urban Strategies Inc. Series Episode 3: The Day-to-Day Work of Advancing Housing and Economic Justice from 2023-08-29T19:33:08

We continue our special series focused on Urban Strategies, Inc., a national non-profit that exemplifies the quest for urban equity and inclusion. Urban Strategies works with more than 30,000 lo...

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Episode 17: Urban Strategies Inc. Series Episode 2: How Can We Achieve the Transformative Impact of Fair Housing? from 2023-08-23T04:38:03

We continue our special series focused on Urban Strategies, Inc., a national non-profit that exemplifies the quest for urban equity and inclusion. Urban Strategies works with more than 30,000 lo...

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Episode 16: Urban Strategies Inc. Series Episode 1: Origin Story from 2023-07-21T18:25:33


This episode kicks off a special series focused on Urban Strategies, Inc., a national non-profit that exemplifies the quest for urban equity and inclusion. Urban Strategies serves as...

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Episode 15: Spotlight on the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities from 2023-07-21T18:25:21


This episode explores the backstory behind the university research center that created and delivers these podcasts, the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, based at Case...

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Episode 14: Black People Should Not Have to Move to Experience Opportunity - Dr. Edward Goetz from 2022-12-20T22:06:08

In this episode we talk with Dr. Ed Goetz, director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs and a faculty member at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Ed ...

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Episode 13: Inner Working of a Mixed-Income Neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio - Matthew Martin and L.C. Johnson from 2022-11-30T15:01:03

This episode is the first time we’ve explored in-depth the inner workings of one neighborhood as it transitions to a more socially and economically mixed community. Our guests, Matthew Martin an...

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Episode 12: Mixed-Income Innovation by a For-Profit Developer - Bethany Friel from 2022-11-23T20:50:27

In this episode I talk with Bethany Friel, Vice President of Property Operations at the TREK Development Group real estate company which has properties throughout the Greater Pittsburgh Region. ...

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Episode 11: Racial Equity through Community Land Trusts - Tony Pickett from 2022-11-07T13:56:39

In this episode we talk with Tony Pickett, the CEO for Grounded Solutions Network, the nation’s leading expert for inclusive affordable housing policies and programs. We focus on efforts to adva...

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Episode 10: Mixed-Income Innovations in State Finance - Dr. Bryan Grady and Carlie Boos from 2022-06-03T15:38:26

In this episode we talk with Dr. Bryan Grady and Carlie Boos on the topic of how state finance agencies can play a more innovative role in promoting mixed-income housing and mixed-income communi...

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Episode 9: Advancing Change with the Person-Role-System Framework - Dr. JaNay Queen Nazaire from 2022-04-04T14:02:52

In this episode we talk with Dr. JaNay Queen Nazaire, a national leader on creating wealth and wellbeing for people of color, with a particular focus on Black communities. Dr. Queen Nazaire curr...

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Episode 9: Dr. JaNay Queen Nazaire from 2022-04-04T14:02:52

In this episode we talk with Dr. JaNay Queen Nazaire, a national leader on creating wealth and wellbeing for people of color, with a particular focus on Black communities. Dr. Queen Nazaire curr...

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Episode 8: Strategic Casemaking for Equity and Inclusion - Dr. Tiffany Manuel from 2021-07-16T19:03:25

In this episode we talk with Dr. Tiffany Manuel, President and CEO of TheCaseMade, a strategic consulting firm that helps leaders build the public will to intentionally tackle the issues...

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Episode 8: Dr. Tiffany Manuel from 2021-07-16T19:03:25

In this episode we talk with Dr. Tiffany Manuel, President and CEO of TheCaseMade, a strategic consulting firm that helps leaders build the public will to intentionally tackle the issues...

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Episode 7: Dr. Akira Drake Rodriguez from 2021-03-16T15:38:26

In this episode we talk with Dr. Akira Drake Rodriguez, Assistant Professor at the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania and Research Affiliate with the National Initiative...

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Episode 7: Black Feminist-Centered Organizing - Dr. Akira Drake Rodriguez from 2021-03-16T15:38:26

In this episode we talk with Dr. Akira Drake Rodriguez, Assistant Professor at the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania and Research Affiliate with the National Initiative...

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Episode 6: Community Network-Building Innovation - Frankie Blackburn and Bill Traynor from 2021-03-01T15:53:10

In this episode we talk with Frankie Blackburn and Bill Traynor of Trusted Space Partners, a consulting firm they created in 2011 to promote what they call community network building, a highly e...

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Episode 6: Frankie Blackburn and Bill Traynor from 2021-03-01T15:53:10

In this episode we talk with Frankie Blackburn and Bill Traynor of Trusted Space Partners, a consulting firm they created in 2011 to promote what they call community network building, a highly e...

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Episode 5: Salin Geevarghese from 2021-01-05T14:51:25

In this episode we talk with Salin Geevarghese, President & CEO of SGG Insight and Founding Director of the Mixed-Income Strategic Alliance. Salin served for most of the two terms of the Oba...

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Episode 5: Obama Administration Federal Policy Lessons - Salin Geevarghese from 2021-01-05T14:51:25

In this episode we talk with Salin Geevarghese, President & CEO of SGG Insight and Founding Director of the Mixed-Income Strategic Alliance. Salin served for most of the two terms of the Oba...

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Episode 4: Dr. Clinton Boyd. Jr. from 2020-11-23T12:00

In this episode we talk with Dr. Clinton Boyd, Jr., a Postdoctoral Associate at the Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. Dr. Boyd is a rising young scholar who is build...

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Episode 4: Black Fathers and Mixed-Income Communities - Dr. Clinton Boyd, Jr. from 2020-11-23T12:00

In this episode we talk with Dr. Clinton Boyd, Jr., a Postdoctoral Associate at the Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. Dr. Boyd is a rising young scholar who is build...

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Episode 3: Hans Buder from 2020-10-23T00:10:48

In this episode we talk with Hans Buder, founder of the Moving to Opportunity Fund, an innovative social investment fund with a focus on changing the lives of young children by helping their fam...

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Episode 3: Inclusionary Housing Innovation - Hans Buder from 2020-10-23T00:10:48

In this episode we talk with Hans Buder, founder of the Moving to Opportunity Fund, an innovative social investment fund with a focus on changing the lives of young children by helping their fam...

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Episode 2: Ben Metcalf from 2020-10-22T11:41:43

In this episode we talk with Ben Metcalf, former senior official at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Director of the California Department of Housing and Community Developme...

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Episode 2: Mixed-Income Innovations in California - Ben Metcalf from 2020-10-22T11:41:43

In this episode we talk with Ben Metcalf, former senior official at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Director of the California Department of Housing and Community Developme...

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Episode 1: Dr. Amy Khare from 2020-09-28T20:33:15

In the first episode of Bending The Arc we kick things off with a conversation with Dr. Amy Khare, the Research Director at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities. We explore the ch...

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Episode 1: Future of Mixed-Income Policy and Practice - Dr. Amy Khare from 2020-09-28T20:33:15

In the first episode of Bending The Arc we kick things off with a conversation with Dr. Amy Khare, the Research Director at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities. We explore the ch...

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Bending the Arc Trailer from 2020-09-28T20:32:52

Bending The Arc explores the everyday work of creating inclusive, equitable and racially just communities. This podcast spotlights bold thinking and action by creative, passionate, experienced t...

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