36 Best Community Development Podcasts

1. Building Local Power

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Building Local Power brings you thought-provoking stories and new ideas for breaking the hold of corporate monopolies and expanding the power of communities to chart their own futures. We deliver insights from trailblazing lawmakers, scholars, business leaders, and advocates. Plus, conversations with in-house experts at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance help reveal the patterns and policies that shape our economy and communities. These stories and conversations help map solutions that distribute power to everyday people...more Producer/Network Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Email ****@ilsr.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Brenda Platt, Ron Knox
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 108Facebook 17.8KTwitter 11.6KInstagram 9.8K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. The Bottom-Up Revolution

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The Bottom-Up Revolution features the stories of the Strong Towns movement in action. Hosted by Tiffany Owens Reed and Norm Van Eeden Petersman , it's all about how regular people have stepped up to make their communities more economically resilient, and how others can implement these ideas in their own places. We'll talk about taking concrete action steps, connecting with fellow advocates to build power, and surviving the bumps along the way—all in the pursuit of creating stronger towns. Each episode features a Strong Towns advocate who is making positive change in their community.more Hosts Norm Van Eeden Petersman, Tiffany Owens
Producer/Network Strong Towns
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Alkarim Devani, Shelby Wild +33 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 94 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Develop This: Economic and Community Development

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Explore topics related to transformational community leadership including economic development, non-profit engagement, organizational management, and policy development. It's a candid conversation with veterans of the economic development profession along with inspiring interviews of today's thought leaders.more Hosts Jason Hutcheson, Dennis Fraise, Sean M. Maguire
Producer/Network Develop This! Podcast
Email ****@developthispodcast.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Alejandra Y. Castillo, Johan Beukema +38 more
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 53Facebook 128 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2019 Get Email Contact

4. The Streets Are Planning

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Where Urban Planning, Cities, Hip Hop Culture and Community Development conversations live. The Streets are Planning Podcast highlights the unheard voices, stories and impact of community leaders working in cities and neighborhoods across the globe.more Host Jermaine Ruffin
Producer/Network Jermaine R. Ruffin
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 36Facebook 655Twitter 1.1KInstagram 2.8K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. The Growing Small Towns Show

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The future of small towns doesn't depend on us finding more people; we need to better engage the ones who are already there. Each week, join Rebecca Undem, small-town champion and rural entrepreneur, as she chats with people who are doing their part to grow their community. You'll hear ideas and learn ways to better support your business community, create a sense of belonging for all, and foster a rich arts and culture scene in your small town...more Producer/Network Rebecca Undem
Email ****@rebeccaundem.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Jordan DeGree, Amy Jacobson +13 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 34 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. ThriveIN Wabash County

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Hosted by three passionate leaders—Adam Stakeman, Alex Downard, and Christine Flohr—the podcast dives into the people and projects shaping Wabash County's future. Every episode offers its listeners key takeaways that can be implemented in their own communities and will cause you to pause and celebrate the wins in your own backyard. With backgrounds in community development, economic growth, outdoor adventure, marketing, and tourism, the trio interviews local business owners, nonprofit leaders, and creatives who are all working to make Wabash County thrive. Subscribe and join us!more Producer/Network Destination Wabash County
Email ****@blacklabelpodcasts.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Alex Downard, Michael Beauchamp +23 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 30 Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Yes! We Rise

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The Yes! We Rise podcast features solutions-seekers, change-makers, and those creating a resilient future. We share stories and strategies to inspire action to build collective resilience and community transformation. To create change, people need to feel like they belong and that they are part of a growing movement. They need to know their voice matters and that they have the inspiration, agency and ability to transform their lives and their communities. They are the key to a resilient future...more Host Christine Gyovai
Email ****@dialogueanddesign.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 28Facebook 406 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. The Buildout

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The Buildout is a podcast from Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, CHFA, featuring the stories, people, and innovative ideas driving affordable housing and community development in Colorado.more Producer/Network Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, CHFA
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Ann Chase, Mary Coddington +7 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 26 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Reimagine Rural

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The dominant narrative of rural America is often one of decline and division. On Reimagine Rural podcast, host Tony Pipa, a scholar in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution and a product of rural America himself, visits rural places across the United States to hear local people tell the story of how they are enacting positive change in their communities and learning how public investment in rural people and places can lead to increased and equitable prosperity.more Host Anthony F. Pipa
Producer/Network The Brookings Institution
Email ****@brookings.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Bill Bynum, Charlie Cotherman +1 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 22Facebook 404.6KTwitter 445.8KInstagram 78K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Common Good Podcast

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This Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation, and the structure of belonging. It's about leaving a culture of scarcity for a community of abundance. This first season is a series of interviews with Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block, and John McKnight. The subsequent episodes is where change agents, community facilitators, and faith and service leaders meet at the intersections of belonging, story, and local gifts. The Common Good Podcast is a coproduction of commongood.cc, bespokenlive.org and commonchange.com more Producer/Network Common Good
Email ****@commongood.cc
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 21 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

11. DreamRadically Podcast

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Brought to you by Foundation for Liberating Minds, DreamRadically Podcast highlights community leaders, organizers, educators, artists, students, and more to imagine a future of liberation and uncover what is necessary in the present to create that future. This podcast brings the voices of people who are on the ground doing the work for structural change in our communities and provides lessons for us all to embark on the path of liberation. Join us as we DreamRadically.more Producer/Network DreamRadically Podcast
Email ****@foundationforliberatingminds.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 15 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Community Possibilities

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Welcome to Community Possibilities ®! This In this podcast, I will be joined by community leaders, doing the hard work of social change. We will talk about root causes and dig deep to understand social and health inequities. Let's imagine all of the possibilities if we learn how to talk to each other, not at each other.more Host Dr.Ann W.Price
Producer/Network Ann Price
Email ****@communityevaluationsolutions.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Lisa Eaves, Gabrielle Hawkins-Stewart +12 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14 Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. PathBreakers

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PathBreakers is a video podcast from The Kresge Foundation featuring community leaders who are reimagining what's possible in American cities. Hosted by Tracey Pearson and Jamie Bennett, with special guest hosting by Rip Rapson, each episode is an intimate conversation about the vision and determination it takes to create change. Season 2 goes into four cities with one central question: Who has power to shape what happens in their city? Detroit. New Orleans. Memphis. Fresno. Sixteen conversations with the community leaders and mayors building the future of their cities block by block.more Email ****@kresge.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Rip Rapson, Dr. Darrick Hamilton +8 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Hawaiʻi Rising

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Conversations with grassroots community organizers at the forefront of progressive movements for change and justice in Hawai'i. A podcast series featuring community partners of Hawaiʻi People's Fund.more Producer/Network Hawaiʻi People‘s Fund
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Camille Kalama, Nicole Kahale +29 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. First State Insights

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Information, perspectives, and analysis for public policy, management, and community and economic development in Delaware.Presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA), a research and public service center in the University of Delaware's Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration.more Producer/Network Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
Email ****@udel.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Facebook 117.8KTwitter 62.1KInstagram 124.7K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

16. All Power To The Developing!

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A podcast of the East Side Institute, an international center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect and partner with committed and creative activists, scholars, artists, helpers and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title 'All Power to the Developing.' This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socia..more Producer/Network The East Side Institute
Email ****@eastsideinstitute.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Andres Marquez-Lara, Hector Aristizabal +3 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

17. Pete's podcast on community development

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An exploration of all things community development (CD) in dialogue with citizens and practitioners around the world. Dr Peter Westoby has been on the CD journey for over 30 years, as citizen practitioner, professional and academic. He's published over 60 journal articles and 15 books. He's worked in many countries, including South Africa, Uganda, Australia, Nepal, India, and Vanuatu. He's currently a Director/Senior Social Practitioner with Community Praxis Co-op, a visiting professor at University of the Free State/South Africa and Honorary Associate Prof with Deakin Uni/Australia.more Producer/Network Peter Westoby
Email ****@yahoo.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Community and University

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The MSU Center for Community and Economic Development podcast is aimed at providing outreach to community members and students throughout the state of Michigan. The Community and University podcast series features economic developers and committed scholars who share their knowledge and experience around equitable economic development within their communities and across Michigan...more Producer/Network Community and University
Email ****@msu.edu
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. The Community Development Podcast (@CommDevtPodcast)

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A podcast about Community Development practice:| Promoting its value| Sharing its learning| Connecting its practitioners
Producer/Network Russell Todd (@llannerch)
Email ****@thecommunitydevelopmentpodcast.co.uk
Recent Guest Prof Joan C Williams
Twitter 2.8K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

20. How to (Not) Kill Your Community

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Delaware Community Foundation President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay gathers insights from remarkable experts across Delaware, each offering their perspective on what it takes to build and sustain thriving communities for the long haul.more Producer/Network Delaware Community Foundation
Email ****@delcf.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Eric Klinenberg, Russ Huxtable +3 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 4.6KTwitter 3.6K Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

21. Navigate: Housing Unlocked

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So you want to build affordable housing in your community — to create opportunity, close the housing gap, and make lasting change. But is your organization ready to do that? Navigate: Housing Unlocked explores what it really takes to turn community vision into action.Each episode focuses on local, community-based housing outcomes in Alabama and neighboring regions. We're sharing practical field insights, not statewide or national policy guidance...more Get Email Contact

22. The CRA Podcast with Linda Ezuka

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Welcome to the CRA Podcast. I'm Linda Ezuka, your host and Founder of CRA Today and the CRA Hub. This podcast is part of my mission to transform communities through the power of economic development and the Community Reinvestment Act. For a deeper dive into community development concepts, join your CRA colleagues in the CRA Hub, a membership for bankers to connect and master the art of the CRA. www.cratoday.com/hub www.cratoday.com/cra-trainingwww.cratoday.commore Producer/Network Linda Lewis Ezuka
Email ****@cratoday.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 21Facebook 185Twitter 53 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact

23. How To Build Community

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We're searching for the planet's best community projects and ideas, and sharing what we find. Each month, inspiring stories and practical insights to help you serve your community, wherever in the world you live. A podcast and radio show from Tearfund and Arukah Network.Support our show and the work we do on our Patreon page: patreon.com/arukahnetworkmore Producer/Network How To Build Community
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 2Facebook 956Twitter 1.2K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

24. Scorpio Community Development Arrives

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An introduction to the aims of Scorpio Community Development.An ongoing free training package to those new in the trustee sector finding their feet in the world of governance and management
Producer/Network Phil Swinton
Email ****@scorpiocommunitydevelopment.org.uk
Apple Reviews 1Facebook 72Twitter 21 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact

25. Community From Within

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A Podcast about Community Economic Development, starting a business from scratch, and other thoughts and opinions based on my life here on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. I'm driving home from work every day thinking about how to improve my community. Join me!more Producer/Network Dwayne MacEachern
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2019 Get Email Contact

26. The PoWEr of CommUNITY

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If you are passionate about community development, storytelling and arts for social impact, check out this podcast The PoWEr of CommUNITY. Your Host Dimitrios Papalexis will be presenting amazing youth and community development initiatives and interviews with individuals and organizations who are doing amazing work. Visit http://www.soul-gen.com.au/ for more information about Dimitrios' work with SoulGen.more Producer/Network Dimitrios Papalexis
Email ****@gmail.com
Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

27. Keys to Financial Inclusion

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The Keys to Financial Inclusion Podcast is brought to you by National Disability Institute's Center for Disability-Inclusive Community Development. Hear from thought leaders in the disability and financial communities who will share insights, analysis and emerging strategies to improve and increase investing, lending and service activities for people with disabilities.more Producer/Network National Disability Institute
Email ****@ndi-inc.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

28. Community Development Institute

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The Community Development Institute (better known as CDI) has been the go-to resource for community and economic development training in the Mid-South since 1987. At CDI, community leaders learn the skills and strategies they need to make an immediate, positive impact on their community. On the CDI podcast, we are expanding our reach by connecting with community leaders and citizens to explore a broad range of community and economic development topics and engage in real conversations with leaders across the state of Arkansas and beyond.more Producer/Network UCA Center for Community and Economic Development
Email ****@uca.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 2.8KTwitter 776Instagram 31.5K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

29. Whistle Post

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Ensuring that nonprofits and their partners are well positioned to meet the needs of communities is a complex challenge. This is the Whistle Post, a podcast covering the world of workforce and community development with the people who are making it happen. Join us as we explore industry crossroads, milestones and the critical work of leaders and those on the front-lines of issues impacting our communities. If you seek to maximize the impact of a non-profit or community organization, or just want to hear some great advice, this podcast is for you.more Producer/Network Tom Long
Email ****@workplace.org
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 3.1KTwitter 849 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

30. Mosaic's Community Life Podcast

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Join Jane Teasdale as she discusses life in the community, art, social connection and asset based community development.
Producer/Network Jane Teasdale
Email ****@bell.net
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2021 Get Email Contact

31. Iron Sharpens Iron

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Iron Sharpens Iron is a podcast where veteran community organizers Leon Robinson and De'Wayne Drummond interview Philadelphians organizing for change in their neighborhoods. Iron Sharpens Iron is produced by the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations.more Producer/Network Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations
Email ****@pacdc.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8Facebook 1.6KTwitter 3.6KInstagram 2.5K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

32. Intro: Community Development For The Public

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Community Development is for the public. People can learn CD principles and practice it; playing their individual roles, transforming the Community.
Producer/Network Jethro Babatunde Michael
Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Since Mar 2021 Get Email Contact

33. The Build Community Through Love Podcast

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The Build Community Through Love Podcast highlights the efforts and strategies used to empower and grow community through economic development, community development and education.
Producer/Network Dr. Joe Daniels
Email ****@buildcommunitythroughlove.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 841Instagram 309 Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

34. The Future is Community Podcast

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This is the official home to Dr. Caitlin Bletscher's 'The Future is Community' podcast series, starting from a discussion in her undergraduate classes at Washington State University Vancouver. This podcast series explores the future of community development from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines, uncovering new insights, strategies, and best practices for addressing future community concerns - locally and globally.more Email ****@wsu.edu
Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

35. Community Wise: A LISC Podcast

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The Community Wise Podcast is a regular conversation between LISC staff and practitioners and thought leaders from across the worlds of community development, social enterprise and social justice.more Email ****@lisc.org
Facebook 16.5KTwitter 15.1KInstagram 18.3K Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

36. All Things CoNimby

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An unfiltered exploration into community development, and all things CoNimby®. E-mail us ****@CoNimby.org, Tweet us @CoNimby, and Facebook: @CoNimbyBecome a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/conimby/subscribemore Producer/Network CoNimby
Email ****@conimby.org
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 275Twitter 140Instagram 75 Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Since May 2019 Get Email Contact