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
    • 4.6 • 9 Ratings

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 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
    Who holds the power in our cities?

    Who holds the power in our cities?

    We look at democracy in urban areas and examine city planning and the impact of voter choice. How can decision making in cities become more open and inclusive? Plus: we go back to the beginning to discover how candidates secure a spot on the ballot paper.
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    • 29 min
    Tall Stories 405: River Shannon

    Tall Stories 405: River Shannon

    Sarah Grice recalls a fishy tale about the longest river in the British Isles, the Shannon in Ireland.
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    • 8 min

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