CITIZEN ONE is the digital platform of Douglas Stuart McDaniel—author, futurist, innovation strategist, and host of the Citizen One podcast—exploring the future of cities, personal transformation, and cultural disruption. Through genre-bending fiction, essays, and original commentary, this platform curates stories rooted in global urbanism and human complexity. Blending memoir and megaprojects, satire and system design, it offers Premium Pulp fiction and consulting services for urban innovators, architects, planners, storytellers, studios, and cities shaping what comes next.
Citizen One: Exploring Our Urban Future
An urbanNext Original Podcast Series
Citizen One is a global-urbanism podcast hosted by Douglas Stuart McDaniel, where megaprojects, storytelling, and cultural disruption meet. Each episode dives into the hidden mechanics of cities and the human dramas behind them—featuring innovators, planners, designers, creatives, and thinkers pushing the boundaries of how we build and how we live. It’s part memoir, part field guide, part future-city dispatch.
"A tour de force commentary on the past, present, and future of cities and global citizenship. Backed by nearly 150 research endnotes... reflecting the scholarly bona fides of McDaniel (who has authored multiple books and been involved in groundbreaking film, research, and urban reimagination projects for decades), but it is written in jargon-free, almost poetic pose that conveys the author’s passion for the urban ideal.
– Kirkus Reviews
The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative recently signal boosted the series for its work in elevating conversations around civic innovation and the ethics of smart city development.
Citizen One is a global-urbanism podcast hosted by Douglas Stuart McDaniel, where megaprojects, storytelling, and cultural disruption meet. Each episode dives into the hidden mechanics of cities and the human dramas behind them—featuring innovators, planners, designers, creatives, and thinkers pushing the boundaries of how we build and how we live. It’s part memoir, part field guide, part future-city dispatch.
"A tour de force commentary on the past, present, and future of cities and global citizenship. Backed by nearly 150 research endnotes... reflecting the scholarly bona fides of McDaniel (who has authored multiple books and been involved in groundbreaking film, research, and urban reimagination projects for decades), but it is written in jargon-free, almost poetic pose that conveys the author’s passion for the urban ideal.
– Kirkus Reviews
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Douglas Stuart McDaniel’s debut novel, Ghost Emperor, arrives Nov. 18 from Premium Pulp Fiction Books in paperback, ebook, and audiobook.
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