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It's a full house on the podcast today. Felix Landry, Tim Wright, and Kevin Shepherd join Jordan to talk about our favorite reads and listens from the year.

Here are links to the stuff we talked about in the show:

Tim's picks:

• There’s a missing middle for commercial spaces, too – Kevin Klinkenberg, The Messy City
• What’s Up with All Those Empty Commercial Storefronts in New Mixed-Use Developments? – Rachel Quednau, Strong Towns
• Podcast: Typology with Ian Morgan Cron (We also discuss his book The Road Back to You)

Felix's picks:

• Building Jerusalem: Christianity and New Urbanism – Kathleen Curran Sweeney, Public Discourse
• The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs
• 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
• 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles Mann

Jordan's picks:

• Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• Book: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
• Blog: Mr. Money Mustache
• Blog: Brain Pickings
• Podcast: On Being with Krista Tippett
• Podcast: Philosophize This!
• Podcast: Akimbo, from Seth Godin

Kevin's picks:

• The Big Sort by Bill Bishop
• The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
• Building a Vibrant Community by Quint Studer
• The Art of Explanation by Lee LeFever
• Strong Towns blog
• Farnam Street blog
• Podcast: Strong Towns
• Podcast: Entreleadership
• Podcast: Serial
• Podcast: Building Local Power (ILSR)