With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards.
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 18 days 11 hours 25 minutes
Tall Stories 236: Umlauftank 2, Berlin
We stop by the ‘Pink Pipe’, a strange piece of Berlin architecture originally built for naval research. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 235: The American suburb
Monocle’s Henry Rees Sheridan explores how we define the American suburb, with Jed Kolko, chief economist at Indeed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The fate of the CBD
We explore ways to evolve our city centres and ensure their survival in a post-pandemic world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 234: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki
We brave the cold to visit an Alvar Aalto-designed building in the heart of Helsinki that has hosted its fair share of events, both historic and cultural. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People power
Cities run on people power. But how do we get the average citizen to pitch in on urban-planning ideas and city governance? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 233: Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building, Hong Kong
We take a look at a unique meeting of infrastructure and the built environment in Hong Kong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The rise of alfresco
We look at the concept of alfresco dining in 2020 and consider how cities that are new to the concept are trying to adapt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 232: Unasur Building, Quito
We head to a now-vacant regional hub in Ecuador for the leftist leaders that comprised the Union of South American Nations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Utopian Hours: the city at stake
We visit the Utopian Hours festival in Turin to discuss what’s at stake right now: the city itself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.