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 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.
Tall Stories 214: Berlin’s Tegel Airport
We stop off at Berlin’s Tegel Airport to learn about its colourful past and uncertain future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Reading the signs
We look to the world of wayfinding and city signage to explore where our information comes from and how it shapes the way we navigate our streets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 213: A tale of two incentives
Monocle’s Alexei Korolyov assesses two very different incentive schemes in the cities he calls home: Moscow and Vienna. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Reopening our cities
As urban life slowly returns to normal, what sort of cities are we about to encounter? This week we look at the reopening of community centres and hear about plans to temporarily pedestrianise London’s Soho (and why that should be here to stay). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 212: Ljubljana Castle
We visit Ljubljana Castle, a former medieval fortress that’s now at the heart of city life in the Slovenian capital. It hosts everything from award-winning restaurants to a diverse collection of cultural venues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What’s the role of the police in our cities?
The demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd have put police forces in the spotlight, particularly in the US, where they have reignited debate about the role of the police and whether forces need to be overhauled. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 211: Kolonihaver, Copenhagen
Monocle’s Michael Booth takes us for a walk in a uniquely Danish version of what you might recognise as an allotment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A good response
We look at some of the better executed reactions to the coronavirus pandemic from countries around the world and assess how cities have been at the core of both the fallout and the recovery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.