Hey, worldly listeners. It's Zach, and we've got a new episode of worldly coming out on Thursday,

as you're used to. But today, I wanted to share a special preview of a new show from the

Vox Media Podcast Network and Curbed, our sister network that covers

homes, cities, and communities. The show is called Nice Try with an exclamation point, and it's about the perpetual search for the perfect place.

Each season you'll hear stories about people who try to design a better world and what happens when those

decides don't quite go according to plan.

The season is called Utopian and it's hosted by Avery Truffleman,

who you might know from 99% invisible.

I'll let her take it from here.

Five hundred years ago, Thomas Moore wrote a novel about an idyllic society on an island.

He called the island Utopia, which could be traced to the Greek roots Utopia, meaning a good place, or Utopia meaning no place.

It's a brilliant etymology, encapsulating somewhere that is perfect and does not exist.

I'm Avery Truffleman and I'm the host of Nice Try,

a new podcast from Curbed and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

It's stories about how people have tried to design a better world,

and what happens when those designs don't go according to plan.

Season one is called utopian,

and it's about the perpetual search for the perfect place.

You're about to hear a preview of Nice Try,

in which we dive into the story of Jamestown,

the first permanent English settlement in America. It's not the triumphant tale you might know from

a certain Disney animated film.

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