Welcome to Storyville: Recent Episodes

Phil Eich, Founder of Storyville

A podcast and newsletter about civic marketing, community storytelling, and the pursuit of more human cities. Along with interviews, the Storyville podcast will feature "audiobook" readings of my posts over on storyville.substack.com, which you can subscribe to for free. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Spotify, subscribe to the newsletter at storyville.substack.com. Follow along on Instagram and Twitter at @storyvillephil, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/storyivlle

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What an old coal-mining town in Ohio and taking care of goldfish can teach us about how to make better decisions. 

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Put your books away and get your pencils out. 

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Every week on the Storyville substack, I'll post a quote by someone else and give my initial thoughts. But the goal is really to hear YOUR thoughts, ideas, experiences, and perspectives, creating a conversation around the quote-of-the-week. 

Head over to storyville.substack.com to tell me what you think!

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Why quote-based community storytelling works...and why you shouldn't pierce your own belly button. 

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Intentional conversation, human needs, and the possibility of transformation.

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What 5th grade math, birthday cakes, and a $50 million shrine to comedy can tell us about the future of our places.

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Along with interviews, the Storyville podcast will feature "audiobook" readings of my posts over on storyville.substack.com, which you can subscribe to for free. 

"The lesson for us, planted in those little, empty, rewardless patches of soil is this: great cities aren't loved because they're great, cities are great because they're loved."