​Brad Nemeth is the Vice President of Sustainability for ThyssenKrupp Americas, a company that develops many technologies including elevator materials and technology.

With a core background in engineering, technology, and sustainability, he is on the podcast today to chat about MULTI, the breakthrough elevator system that ThyssenKrupp has developed. The MULTI is destined to change the way we construct our buildings and our cities in the future.

"MULTI is looking at a new way of moving people throughout a building." - Brad Nemeth
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​Kellogg Wong grew up in segregated Mississippi, served as a commander in the military, and then worked for many years as an architect with the renowned I. M. Pei. He partnered with Ken King to create the Vertical City book and project, and in this episode he discusses the changing field of architecture and how vertical cities would function. He argues for the need to change the American dream to make the world a more sustainable place, and the environmental issues that we must face to save our planet.

"What you see now is an international architectural style." - Kellogg Wong
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​Craig Leon is the Founder of Future History Films, the production company that created the Vertical City film. In this interview, Craig talks about how and why they made the film, what he learned about sustainability while making it, and the future for the film. Lennon and Craig also discuss the key elements that should be included in a Vertical City.

"How can you maintain the best of what nature can provide and the best of what human ingenuity can provide?" - Craig Leon
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​Ned Daugherty is the Founder and CEO of H2O Futures, an environmental consulting firm that designs and develops biomimicry focused water systems. He has lived and worked all over the world, and joins us today on the podcast to talk about different ways to create fresh water and salt water systems, how a salt water farm works, and the future of water security. We’ll discuss how all of this might be integrated into the vertical city concept as well.

"My career has been designed around the idea that we really need to bring disciplines together because our problems are all interconnected in some way." - Ned Daugherty
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​Mark Lakeman is the cofounder of the City Repair project and the Village Building Convergence, both place-making organizations based in Portland, Oregon. In this interview, we discuss what place-making is and why it is important, how it relates to vertical cities, the Roman Grid vs geomorphic city design, and much more.

"We have designed our own isolation." - Mark Lakeman
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​Rhonda Phillips is the Dean of the Honors College at Purdue University. She studies the professional and educational trends toward more interdisciplinary natures, and how strong communities are formed.
In this episode, we discuss how communities are built and strengthened and how community might be built in the first vertical city.

"How do we live in our urban settings in a way that builds community and connection to each other?" - Rhonda Phillips
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​Scott Ceasar is our guest on the podcast this week. He is a founding member of the LEED building certification, and Senior VP and Director of Sustainable Design for Cosentini Associates. He sits down with Lennon Richardson to discuss the ever-evolving definition of sustainability, net zero and passive house concepts, LEED certification, and the prospect of the world’s first vertical city.

"In the end, you are trying to build a building that is good for the future of the building and good for the future of the world around it." - Scott Ceasar
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​Tjerk Reijenga has been a proponent of sustainable living for over 30 years. He is a Dutch architect and designer who has lived and worked in China for many years, and he joins us on the podcast today to discuss the differences between practicing architecture in the West and in China. He also talks about the sustainability movement in China, how the first vertical city might be built, and more.

"There is a completely different way of working here than in Holland." - Tjerk Reijenga
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​In this episode, Lennon Richardson chats with professor and writer Lloyd Alter about why people need to market the environmental and sustainability movements in a new and different way. They chat about why transportation and our dependence on the car is one of the biggest problems facing North America today, and how vertical cities would help with green space and urban density issues.

Listen in for a fascinating discussion about the history of city design in America and the future that the next generations of Americans will encounter.

"When cars get more efficient - they get bigger. This is a fundamental problem." - Lloyd Alter
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​Mark, Perry and Michelle of the Tiny House podcast sit down with Lennon to discuss the similarities between the Tiny House Movement and the Vertical City concept.  Surprisingly, there are many. From environmental design concepts to affordable housing, both movements have something to learn from the other. 

"These are concepts that are not for everybody." - Michelle Boyle
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