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 10 hours 44 minutes
Tall Stories 219: Prospect Cottage, Dungeness
Monocle 24’s Mae-Li Evans heads to the UK’s only desert to visit a humble cottage and its garden that stand steadfast among the shingle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Big Interview: Douglas Cardinal
Andrew Tuck sits down with Douglas Cardinal, one of Canada’s most respected architects and still an inspiring voice at the age of 86. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 218: A Dickensian pub crawl
As hospitality reopens in the UK just in time for the last of the summer sun, Monocle’s Christy Evans takes us on a journey through London with a tour of Charles Dickens’ pubs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Back on the road
Alex Williams, director...We forecast how our city streets are set to change and learn a few lessons about the future of urban transport. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 217: The Orelhão
We seek shelter from the Brazilian sun in the shade of a quirky telephone box, the design of which has made its way across South America since its introduction in the 1970s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Post-pandemic recovery
As governments start to think about post-pandemic recovery plans, we take a look at our cities and what is being done to mitigate the effect of a world brought to a standstill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 216: Australia 108, Melbourne
We visit the highest rooftop in Australia, to learn about a skyscraper providing a refreshing change from the usual cookie-cutter projects that dot the country’s east coast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Urban wildlife
We are not the only inhabitants of our cities – so this week we decided to talk about some of the urban wildlife living in the places we call home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 215: La Borda, Barcelona
We head to Barcelona to ponder whether apartment blocks can forge communal bonds and help their tenants get closer to nature. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transforming our cities
What’s the formula for a city that works? We look at how some of our favourite urban projects are transforming their cities – and offer a model for building happier communities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.