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Nathan Allebach was inspired by the work of Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns, so he took his expertise as a marketer and talents for social media movement building and started creating short-form videos for TikTok and Twitter. If you've spent any time at all poking around urbanism threads on these platforms, you've likely noticed Nathan's catchy, engaging creations highlighting topics such as Third Places, Walkable Communities, Missing Middle Housing, and so much more.

After reading a Strong Towns article profiling both Nathan and Jason Slaughter with Not Just Bikes, I reached out to get him the podcast, and this is the resulting interview that we recorded in late December 2022. I hope you enjoy it.

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
Nathan’s TikTok account   / nathanallebach  
Nathan on Twitter:   / nathanallebach  
Walkable Communities Merch: https://the-allebach-market.creator-s...
Nathan's Beacons.ai page: https://beacons.ai/nathanallebach
Nathan on Insta:   / nathanallebach  
Nathan's YouTube Channel:    / @nathanallebach  
Not Just Bikes:    / @notjustbikes  
Strong Towns: https://www.strongtowns.org/
Subreddit f-cars:   / fuckcars  
Alan Fisher:    / @alanthefisher  
Paul Stout on TikTok - talking cities:   / talkingcities  
Strong Towns article: http://bit.ly/40cJz6N
Episode landing page: https://www.activetowns.org/2023/02/0...
Episode audio version and transcript: https://bit.ly/Ep170audio-only

Video timeline/chapters:
0:00:00 Cold open
0:01:32 Episode start - Nathan's intro
0:04:38 TikTok landing page
0:06:15 The journey
0:09:47 Outside perspectives
0:13:00 Twitter's future
0:18:37 Jumping into TikTok
0:24:45 Benefits of Walkable Communities TikTok
0:28:47 Not Just Bikes similarities
0:34:25 Strong Towns article w/ Jason Slaughter
0:39:14 From cats to walkability
0:42:07 A face of the movement
0:48:09 Culture wars
0:52:26 Shock and awe
1:00:45 Steps for change
1:03:30 Closing message from Nathan

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Credits: Video and audio production by John Simmerman

Music via Epidemic Sound: https://bit.ly/3rFLErD

Resources used during the production of this video:
My recording platform is Ecamm Live: https://bit.ly/3rwsUup
Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: https://bit.ly/35DBDDU

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Background:
Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I’m a health promotion and public health professional with over 30 years of experience. Over the years, my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization in how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

Since 2010, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be while striving to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."

The Active Towns Channel features my original video content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.

Thanks once again for tuning in! I hope you find this content helpful and insightful.

Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2023