The Urbanist

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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.

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Tall Stories 505: Linz’s Grottenbahn – a dreamland surrounded by history

Alexei Korolyov takes a ride on Linz’s Grottenbahn – a classic tourist attraction that takes you through one of the city’s former fortification towers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 min
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How major events have influenced Milan’s urban infrastructure

We look at the legacy left by Milan’s Expo 2015 and the Olympic Winter Games on urban infrastructure. Then: Ottawa’s winter-transport report. Plus: Hong Kong’s plans to develop 120 hectares of protected wetlands. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 min
13 APR.

Tall Stories 504: Caracas’s El Helicoide – from mall to political prison to rebirth

Camille Rodríguez Montilla investigates the dark history and hopeful future of Caracas’s mall-turned-political-prison – El Helicoide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 min
9 APR.

Breaking ground or breaking promises? New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days in office

We discuss some of the promises that led to Zohran Mamdani’s election, from affordability and small businesses to transit. Plus: how are immigrant communities reacting to one of their own sitting in city hall? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

37 min
6 APR.

Tall Stories 503: The Sámi Cultural Centre in Finland and its impact

Petri Burtsoff takes us to Sajos, in Finland’s northern Lapland, a centre for culture and administration in the Sámi community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 min
2 APR.

Finding out what our urban futures hold in Ljubljana

Guy de Launey reports from Urban Future, a Better Cities event taking place this year in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 min
30 MARS

Tall Stories 502: The Columbus Lighthouse’s bizarre origin story

Gregory Scruggs tells the odd tale of the energy-sapping totem that is Santo Domingo’s Columbus Lighthouse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 min
26 MARS

How Apple delivers a sense of place to the built environment

We speak with Apple’s VP of places, Kristina Raspe, about how the tech giant’s real-estate portfolio adds to cities. Then: the changing face of Medellin and we farewell our long-time producer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 min

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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.