{"podcast":{"title":"Active Towns","slug":"active-towns-188135","podcast_index_feed_id":188135,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/active-towns","website_url":"https://activetowns.transistor.fm","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OmDkfBiv3pr_9QdenrfbxraNlq94mGjToNdvAln-LHM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzgwNjcvMTY0NTE5/MDIxMi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg","author":"John Simmerman","episode_count":347,"summary":"Conversations about Creating a Culture of Activity: Profiling the people, places, programs, and policies that help to promote a culture of activity within our communities.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T14:19:29.479413+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135"},"episode":{"title":"Growing Up Boulder with Mara Mintzer","slug":"growing-up-boulder-with-mara-mintzer","published_at":"2026-01-09T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135/growing-up-boulder-with-mara-mintzer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/5f4000b7","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/5f4000b7/4a02efbc.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I finally connect with Mara Mintzer, co-founder and executive director of Growing Up Boulder, for a conversation about the power of engaging children in community conversations like planning and design that for too long have been left primarily or exclusively to adults. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): 👉 Growing Up Boulder 👉 James Rojas 👉 PlaceIt activity 👉 My recent episode with Tim Gill 👉 My first episode with Tim Gill 👉 Urban Playground by Tim Gill 👉 My Episode with Lenore Skenazy 👉 Let Grow organization 👉 Lenore's book on Free Range Kids 👉 The Nature of Cities mini-doc 👉 Global Designing Cities Initiative Streets for Kids 👉 Mara on the TEDx stage 👉 Anxious Generation website 👉 Anxious Generation book 👉 Mr Get Out There Ryan Van Duzer 👉 Richard Louv, Nature Deficit Disorder 👉 Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv 👉 Children & Nature Network 👉 Child Friendly Cities Initiative 👉 My Rotterdam ride-along with José Besselink 👉 Reimagining Streets for Activity and Belonging | Darcy Kitching | TEDxCherryCreek If you are a fan of the Active Towns Podcast, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways: 1. Become an Active Towns Member on YouTube for exclusive member-only content and Livestreams 2. Join the Active Towns Patreon community . Contributions start at just $3 per month 3. If you enjoyed this episode, you can also \"leave a tip\" through \"Buy Me a Coffee\" 4. Make a donation to my non-profit, Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. , to help support my pro bono work with cities Credits: - Video and audio production by John Simmerman - Music via Epidemic Sound Resources used during the production of this video: - My recording platform is Ecamm Liv…","meta_description":"In this episode, I finally connect with Mara Mintzer, co-founder and executive director of Growing Up Boulder, for a conversation about the power of engag…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3350,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/active-towns-188135/episodes/growing-up-boulder-with-mara-mintzer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135/growing-up-boulder-with-mara-mintzer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}