BONUS: Soccer and Cities with Tesho Akindele

Hello Patreon supporters!

This month's ad-free bonus episode is a great one that's bound to make you smile. It's my interview with Tesho Akindele, the Major League Soccer player who was, up until recently, the star forward for the Orlando City Soccer Club. (This episode was recorded and edited shortly before the news broke that he would not be returning to the Orlando City SC, so stay tuned for updates about where he winds up.)

Tesho's social media posts about what makes cities great has earned him lots of fans among the urbanism set — and exposed soccer fans to urbanism — so I was very excited when he accepted our invitation to come on the podcast. I won't spoil anything except to say I'm sure you'll like Tesho as much as I do. He's a great guy and I love the way he's using his platform to inspire people to think differently about building better places for people. 

As always, thank you for your continued support! We truly mean it when we say we couldn't keep the podcast going and growing without your generosity and enthusiasm. 

We'll have more episodes, including another exclusive ad-free bonus episode, in December.

All the best,

- Doug

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BONUS: Soccer and Cities with Tesho Akindele

Major League Soccer player Tesho Akindele, a star forward with the Orlando City Soccer Club, is also an outspoken urbanist who has used his social media presence to promote walkability, bikeability, density and affordable housing to sports fans in Florida, across the country and around the world. In this ad-free bonus episode just for Patreon supporters, Tesho talks about his journey to the soccer field, his first exposure to War-on-Cars-adjacent issues and his favorite neighborhoods in Orlando. He also offers some thoughts on why luxury cars and giant SUVs are such potent status symbols among his fellow pro athletes.

LINKS:

Follow Tesho Akindele on Twitter and Instagram.

Orlando City SC announces end-of-season statuses following 2022 MLS season.

How Orlando City player Tesho Akindele is working to fix and support housing issues in Orlando. (Fox 35 Orlando)

Tesho on his ventures into real estate and urbanism. (MLS YouTube)

Buy the book that inspired Tesho, Walkable City by Jeff Speck.

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Thanks, Ali Lemer for editing this episode and to Josh Wilcox of the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio for recording it.

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