https://citystage.netlify.app City Stage covers active streets: open-streets festivals and street-course races, with hosts Alex and Jordan. The routes, the scenes, the people, and the stories behind the miles. en City Stage false episodic City Stage citystagela@gmail.com https://citystage.netlify.app/podcasts/citystage-podcast-art-3000.png https://citystage.netlify.app Alex and Jordan on CicLAvia, Los Angeles' car-free open streets phenomenon: the Heart of LA route, the no-start-line format, and the invisible labor behind every open mile. AI Generated ep-3cb9c2fd-0b66-43dc-a1e2-ded87627ae86 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:30:08 +0000 158 false Alex and Jordan on the Abbot Kinney One: a USATF-certified one-mile race down Venice's most famous boulevard, and the outreach it takes to close the street. AI Generated ep-d93c7535-c8ee-4082-ba67-b32901ee5f86 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:34:36 +0000 145 false Alex and Jordan on the Los Muertos 5K: a Day of the Dead weekend race from Olvera Street through Chinatown, running 250 years of LA history in 3.1 miles. AI Generated ep-67276b26-9e72-4a22-838f-f869a9b0457d Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:34:40 +0000 135 false Alex and Jordan on the Venice Beach Half Marathon: 13.1 miles through boardwalk, canals, and Abbot Kinney, finishing under the Venice Sign. AI Generated ep-50abcee7-78b6-4c88-b616-8d393451ea91 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:34:45 +0000 135 false Alex and Jordan on Turkey Trot Los Angeles: Thanksgiving morning in downtown, from the Walt Disney Concert Hall to Grand Park, racing for The Midnight Mission. AI Generated ep-fc4618be-18d5-431d-aa34-a5af0894a5b5 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:34:51 +0000 131 false Alex and Jordan on the Santa Monica-Venice Christmas Run: 49 years of costumes, closed streets, and a December boardwalk. AI Generated ep-e1784036-f1cd-482b-894f-69366955d338 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:34:56 +0000 141 false Alex and Jordan profile David Smalling, a Google DeepMind researcher and Galerie Templon painter who learns New York at street level on Citi Bike, and why his practice fits City Stage, athletes, active communities, and open streets. AI Generated ep-4129ad4e-844f-4f3a-9a03-4b4073ba729b Thu, 08 Oct 2026 02:30:57 +0000 170 false Alex and Jordan preview Obrim Carrers on October 3 and 4 in Barcelona: the exact streets, hours, and vehicle rules, and the sights along both routes. AI Generated ep-21e06537-52b2-4bf3-9805-d537a9100212 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:34:08 +0000 153 false Alex and Jordan look back at the sixteenth annual Homeboy five K in Chinatown, Los Angeles: the route from Bruno Street through Elysian Park, the festival, and how one morning of running funds second chances all year. AI Generated ep-f3e5587e-b948-4c49-9343-e2bc42cd3c4c Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:35:12 +0000 120 false Alex and Jordan preview the Oysho Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday, October 4, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales: the closed-road course, start times, and the sights along thirteen point one flat miles. AI Generated ep-cb37b911-7a19-4a67-9d99-f16fb7252e44 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:36:07 +0000 122 false Alex and Jordan preview Open Streets Boston's return to Allston-Brighton on Sunday, October 4, 2026: one mile of car-free Brighton and Harvard Avenues with live music, food trucks, and kids' activities. AI Generated ep-2a00cc87-529c-4e78-8a1d-09990f9d29c3 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:36:57 +0000 102 false Alex and Jordan preview Barcelona's weekend open-streets program for Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4: two car-free corridors in Gracia and Sants, nine in the morning to eight at night, walkers first. AI Generated ep-3eed08c1-94de-4ac1-88e3-95695d2a8feb Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:38:04 +0000 160 false Alex and Jordan profile Bogotá's Ciclovía, the confirmed weekly Sunday program run by the IDRD: 121 kilometers of car-free streets, seven in the morning to two in the afternoon, drawing six hundred thousand to one point four million people. Next edition Sunday, October 11, 2026. AI Generated ep-e99197cd-50cd-4aba-b140-b8c666758317 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:38:58 +0000 110 false Alex and Jordan profile Paris Respire, the Mairie de Paris program that closes streets to cars on the first Sunday of each month. Tracker dates are pattern based and unconfirmed, so verify before acting. Next pattern date Sunday, November 1, 2026. AI Generated ep-19b9fddb-0ce8-4099-8572-1bac107b8c98 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:39:42 +0000 108 false Alex and Jordan profile Jakarta Car Free Day, the Sunday morning closure of the Sudirman Thamrin and Rasuna Said corridors run by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, drawing forty thousand to fifty thousand people. Pattern dates are unconfirmed, so verify before acting. Next pattern date Sunday, October 11, 2026. AI Generated ep-a1b7694e-7e5b-44b1-b67f-a5a6c6c9249b Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:40:30 +0000 108 false Alex and Jordan profile KL Car Free Morning, Kuala Lumpur City Hall's weekly Sunday loop of about seven kilometers, roughly seven to nine in the morning, with free bike rentals reported on first and third Sundays. Pattern dates are unconfirmed, so verify before acting. Next pattern date Sunday, October 11, 2026. AI Generated ep-b36cee12-9e52-41dc-8319-d0bcb9aff43f Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:41:17 +0000 105 false Alex and Jordan profile Bree Street Sundays in Cape Town, the curated weekly open street run by Young Urbanists with the City of Cape Town, ten in the morning to five in the afternoon, with a vendor market and an open call for activation ideas. Pattern dates are unconfirmed, so verify before acting. Next pattern date Sunday, October 11, 2026. AI Generated ep-8f5a8aaa-f030-44e9-a0a4-0e1864fc0e75 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:42:00 +0000 102 false Alex and Jordan profile Kigali Car Free Day, the City of Kigali program on the first and third Sundays of each month, seven to eleven in the morning, with free health screenings from the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. Pattern dates are unconfirmed, so verify before acting. Next pattern date Sunday, October 18, 2026. AI Generated ep-afd1eaf0-32bd-4dfa-a35f-08c14171a443 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:42:46 +0000 104 false Alex and Jordan preview CicLAvia Heart of LA, six point five miles of car free streets across Los Angeles on Sunday, October eleventh, twenty twenty-six, from nine in the morning to four in the afternoon. AI Generated ep-f1fcbcbf-033a-4174-b04d-f17db26d8af2 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:43:40 +0000 129 false Alex and Jordan preview Open Streets Minneapolis on Hennepin Avenue in Uptown, Minneapolis on Sunday, October 11, 2026, a free car-free day of walking, biking, local food, art, and music from 11 AM to 5 PM. AI Generated ep-60d5bbe5-f03c-453d-8c5f-386e1e029545 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:44:33 +0000 109 false Alex and Jordan preview the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in Chicago on Sunday, Oct 11 2026, a flat 26.2-mile World Marathon Major through 29 neighborhoods with 55,000 runners. AI Generated ep-2de6bb11-16dc-4dba-89d5-5fb13bd4dbbf Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:45:27 +0000 122 false Alex and Jordan preview Atlanta Streets Alive in Atlanta on Sunday, October 18, 2026: three point four miles of car free streets from West End to Grant Park along Ralph David Abernathy Blvd and Georgia Ave, two to six P M. AI Generated ep-6f78a23c-6c74-4106-9c79-240a37095316 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:04:56 +0000 124 false A preview of Sunday Streets Excelsior in San Francisco on Sunday, October 18, 2026, with nearly a mile of car-free Mission Street from 11am to 4pm. AI Generated ep-77c10183-d1bb-48de-a06d-504b89a7258d Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:35:40 +0000 109 false A preview of the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon on Sunday, October 18, 2026 in Tokyo, racing from the Japan National Stadium through Jinbocho and Kanda to Nihonbashi and back. AI Generated ep-75b74a0e-6806-4c21-8032-ed902e487962 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:03:16 +0000 113 false Boston Open Streets comes to Roslindale for the first time on Sunday, October 18, 2026, with car-free Corinth and Poplar Streets in Boston. AI Generated ep-ea4fb58c-f532-47f1-b98f-a41c6c7a48ba Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:02:45 +0000 97 false A preview of Open Streets in Fort Collins on Sunday, October 18, 2026, with car-free Laurel Street between Mason and Shields from 10am to 3pm. AI Generated ep-ac07a97e-60f6-4cb1-8702-1d1291e37eed Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:05:18 +0000 116 false