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Realtopia - Real Estate for Teens

by Naomi Cohen

Real estate. Real conversations. Hosted by a teenager trying to understand the world she’s about to inherit. I’m Naomi Cohen, and I created Realtopia — a real estate podcast for teenagers, by a teenager. What began as a podcast about real estate evolved into conversations about something even bigger: how places shape people, and how people shape places. Because real estate was never just about buildings. It’s about the future of places — cities, housing, belonging, design, community, and the people shaping them. Each episode, I ask architects, developers, researchers, founders, and urban…

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Realtopia Episode 20 features Gil Peñalosa, founder of 8 80 Cities and former Parks Commissioner of Bogotá, Colombia, discussing how cities are designed and who they actually serve. The core concept is the "8 80 test"—the idea that a city works well when it functions for both an 8-year-old and an 80-year-old, not just…

Worth it if you're a teen curious about cities, urban design, or social equity, or a parent wanting to help young people see themselves as stakeholders in community planning.

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