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
    • 4.5 • 279 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. 

    Guerilla gardening, winter cycling and vacancy tax

    Guerilla gardening, winter cycling and vacancy tax

    Green thumbs can help to transform communities. We speak to an activist and horticulturist about how gardening has had a positive effect on his neighbourhood – and helped it to heal after tragedy. Then: we find out how two wintery countries encourage their citizens to take to two wheels, as well as what similarities they share. Plus: a look at a proposed tax designed to ensure that housing stock in Austria is utilised to its fullest.
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    • 29 min
    Tall Stories 401: Bulgur Palace, Istanbul

    Tall Stories 401: Bulgur Palace, Istanbul

    Emily Wither explores the effect that the ‘Bulgur King’ had on Istanbul’s skyline.
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    • 5 min
    Are sports developments for the good of the community?

    Are sports developments for the good of the community?

    How can sporting developments bring about community change and have a lasting legacy, while driving equality and protecting the environment? Our guests, Lindsay Johnston, Kevin Owens and Angus Campbell, discuss all of this and more.
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    • 30 min
    Tall Stories 400: Tenement Museum, New York

    Tall Stories 400: Tenement Museum, New York

    Mandy Sinclair takes us on a tour through one of the Tenement Museum’s homes to tell the story of a New York couple from the 1860s.
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    • 7 min
    Mipim 2024

    Mipim 2024

    We’re in Cannes to report from the world’s leading property fair, Mipim, where more than 20,000 property professionals have gathered to discuss the future of our cities and the built environment.
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    • 27 min
    Tall Stories 399: Nihonbashi bridge, Tokyo

    Tall Stories 399: Nihonbashi bridge, Tokyo

    Tomas Pinheiro uncovers the layers of history in an Edo-period bridge in Tokyo that was overshadowed by an expressway in the 1960s.
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    • 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
279 Ratings

279 Ratings

ggs4eva ,

So much to learn

As someone looking to get into the city planning/public transportation sectors, this is such an interesting way to keep learning about cities round the world

Jono H ,

Phenomenal

Cookies for your brain. This is deep, interesting and thought provoking.

javester ,

Required listening

It's RadioLab for the urbanist!

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