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Can better cities make us happier?

Where is the intersection between happiness and urban design? Knoxville Area Transit director Dawn Distler reviews Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery and answers several questions about her plans to improve Knoxville's mass transit system for a happier rider. (Recorded March 18, 2015)

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Melissa Brenneman

Melissa listens to hours of podcasts on most days. She started the habit with the intention of taking long walks, but podcasts proved to be more addicting than exercise. She records, edits and mixes podcasts for the library.

Alan May

Alan May works as a librarian at Lawson McGhee Library. He holds an MFA in creative writing and a Master's of Library and Information Studies, both from the University of Alabama. In his spare time, he reads and writes poetry. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Orleans Review, The New York Quarterly, The Hollins Critic, The Idaho Review, Plume, Willow Springs, and others. He has published three books. His latest, Derelict Days in That Derelict Town: New and Uncollected Poems, is forthcoming in 2025.