Josh Stephens is a journalist with an intense interest in city planning. 

He has a gift for taking a seemingly very dry topic and making it quite interesting.

From "setbacks" to architecture to public transportation to racism -- and the importance of local bars -- we cover a lot of territory in this week's episode of THE LATEST PODCAST:

http://thelatestpodcast.com/joshstephens

Much of the discussion centers on a book Stephens just wrote, The Urban Mystique: Notes on California, Los Angeles and Beyond.

If you are interested in learning more about the book, visit:

http://www.solimarbooks.com/theurbanmystique.html

And here's Josh Stephens:

 

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Special thanks to our producer, Christine O'Donnell of Bright Sighted Podcasting. 

Christine was assisted this week by THE LATEST INTERN, Allison O'Donnell, a senior at the University of Connecticut.  No relationship that we know of!