100 episodes

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. 

The Urbanist Monocle Radio

    • Society & Culture

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. 

    Tall Stories 409: The Giant Dipper, Santa Cruz

    Tall Stories 409: The Giant Dipper, Santa Cruz

    Tom Webb assesses the appeal of a historic wooden roller coaster that has just celebrated its 100th birthday. 
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    • 6 min
    Conflict and the city: rebuilding

    Conflict and the city: rebuilding

    In part two of our series looking at conflict and the city, we examine the concept of rebuilding, as well as how the character of the city plays a role in the process. Plus: how to create a new metropolis while showing compassion for the past.
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    • 34 min
    Tall Stories 408: Seun Sangga, Seoul

    Tall Stories 408: Seun Sangga, Seoul

    Tomás Pinheiro tells us how Seoul’s first mixed-use development came about and the challenges that it will face in the future.
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    • 9 min
    Conflict and the city: protest

    Conflict and the city: protest

    In part one of our series looking at conflict and the city, we explore protests, their effect on the built environment and how activism is shaped by the public realm.
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    • 29 min
    Urban transformation in the US

    Urban transformation in the US

    This week, we take the temperature of urban development in the US and check in with a few projects currently under way. We explore The Underline in Miami, Hazelwood Green in Pittsburgh, Detroit’s tallest skyscraper in 50 years and the transformation taking place in Queens.
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    • 35 min
    Tall Stories 406: Terminal 2, Kempegowda International Airport

    Tall Stories 406: Terminal 2, Kempegowda International Airport

    Geetanjali Krishna touches down in Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport to experience the wonders of its verdant, new 255,000 sq m terminal.
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    • 6 min

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