Introducing Nice Try! Utopian

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4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Nice Try! is a new podcast from Curbed and the Vox Media Podcast Network that explores stories of people who have tried to design a better world, and what happens when those designs don't go according to plan. Season one, Utopian, follows Avery Trufelman on her quest to understand the perpetual search for the perfect place. Enjoy this special preview of the first episode, Jamestown: Utopian for Whom, and subscribe to Nice Try! for free in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, it's Sam from The Vertchast.
0:01.3	We've got a new episode of The Vertchast coming out on Tuesday.
0:04.0	But I wanted to share a special preview of a new show
0:06.0	from the Box Media Podcast that I work in Curved,
0:08.0	our sister network that covers home cities and communities.
0:10.6	It's called Nice Try.
0:11.8	It's actually pretty vergy.
0:13.0	It's about the search for utopias, the perfect place.
0:16.2	Every season you're going to hear about people
0:17.6	who try to design a better world,
0:19.1	and what happens when those designs inevitably
0:21.0	don't go according to plan.
0:22.6	This season is called Utopian,
0:24.3	and hosted by Avery Truffelman,
0:26.6	who you might know from 99% invisible.
0:28.7	It's cool, sir.
0:29.4	I really like it.
0:30.2	Check it out.
0:31.0	It's called Nice Try.
0:32.0	It's just a preview.
0:33.0	And I'll see you back here for The Vertchast next week.
0:37.0	500 years ago, Thomas Moore wrote a novel
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