The Urbanist

By Monocle

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Episodes: 100

Description

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. 


Episode Date
Who holds the power in our cities?
Apr 25, 2024
Tall Stories 405: River Shannon
Apr 22, 2024
Sustainable building materials and circular construction
Apr 18, 2024
Tall Stories 404: San Siro, Milan
Apr 15, 2024
Transforming Heal’s, Dutch high-rise housing and innovation hubs
Apr 11, 2024
Tall Stories 403: Rand Club, Johannesburg
Apr 08, 2024
The Chiefs – Hong Kong
Apr 04, 2024
Tall Stories 402: Suomenlinna, Helsinki
Apr 01, 2024
Guerilla gardening, winter cycling and vacancy tax
Mar 28, 2024
Tall Stories 401: Bulgur Palace, Istanbul
Mar 25, 2024
Are sports developments for the good of the community?
Mar 21, 2024
Tall Stories 400: Tenement Museum, New York
Mar 18, 2024
Mipim 2024
Mar 14, 2024
Tall Stories 399: Nihonbashi bridge, Tokyo
Mar 11, 2024
The Sustainable Cities in Action Forum
Mar 07, 2024
Tall Stories 398: Eagle Pass, Texas
Mar 04, 2024
Canada Water and Helsinki Innovation Districts
Feb 29, 2024
Tall Stories 397: Tin Pan Alley, New York
Feb 26, 2024
Los Angeles’s urban challenges
Feb 22, 2024
Tall Stories 396: Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Feb 19, 2024
How can art help us experience cities differently?
Feb 15, 2024
Tall Stories 395: Lincoln Yards, Chicago
Feb 12, 2024
Going underground
Feb 08, 2024
Tall Stories 394: Israels Plads, Copenhagen
Feb 05, 2024
Sporting development
Feb 01, 2024
Tall Stories 393: St Mark’s clock tower, Venice
Jan 29, 2024
Transit safety and bringing urbanism to the public
Jan 25, 2024
Tall Stories 392: St Anne’s Anglican Church, Toronto
Jan 22, 2024
World Economic Forum: cities special
Jan 18, 2024
Tall Stories 391: Expo ’70 Commemorative Park, Osaka
Jan 15, 2024
Rethinking the green revolution
Jan 11, 2024
Tall Stories 390: The Don river, Toronto
Jan 08, 2024
Best of ‘Tall Stories’ 2023
Jan 04, 2024
Tall Stories 389: Civilian Hotel, New York
Jan 01, 2024
The best of 2023
Dec 28, 2023
Festive special
Dec 18, 2023
Tall Stories 388: Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, New York
Dec 18, 2023
Urban mental health
Dec 14, 2023
Tall Stories 387: Boston Athenaeum
Dec 11, 2023
Driving change
Dec 07, 2023
Tall Stories 386: Sandkaj Harbour bath, Copenhagen
Dec 04, 2023
Small Cities Index
Nov 30, 2023
Tall Stories 385: Boscombe Surf Reef, Bournemouth
Nov 27, 2023
Destigmatising density
Nov 23, 2023
Tall Stories 384: Niagara Glen
Nov 20, 2023
Urbanism in the UAE
Nov 16, 2023
Tall Stories 383: Singapore Turf Club
Nov 13, 2023
Active cities
Nov 09, 2023
Tall Stories 382: Memorial Park, Houston
Nov 06, 2023
Community development through hip-hop
Nov 02, 2023
Tall Stories 381: Haunted Venice
Oct 30, 2023
Utopian Hours 2023
Oct 26, 2023
Tall Stories 380: Fogo Island Inn, Newfoundland
Oct 23, 2023
Urban Transformation Summit
Oct 19, 2023
Tall Stories 379: Zürich Airport
Oct 16, 2023
Saint-Gobain’s Benoit Bazin
Oct 12, 2023
Tall Stories 378: South Brooklyn Ferry, New York
Oct 09, 2023
Meet the officials
Oct 05, 2023
Tall Stories 377: Museum of London
Oct 02, 2023
In praise of the metro
Sep 28, 2023
Tall Stories 376: Sea Ranch Lodge, California
Sep 25, 2023
How activism is saving our cities
Sep 21, 2023
Tall Stories 375: Pietracamela
Sep 18, 2023
Indian urbanisation and mass timber in the UK
Sep 14, 2023
Tall Stories 374: Wiener Gusto
Sep 11, 2023
The Monocle Quality of Life Conference 2023
Sep 07, 2023
Tall Stories 373: Grouse Grind, Vancouver
Sep 04, 2023
Spotlight on Munich
Aug 31, 2023
Tall Stories 372: Schumann’s Bar am Hofgarten, Munich
Aug 28, 2023
Switzerland’s ‘Badenfahrt’
Aug 24, 2023
Tall Stories 371: Bunker St Pauli, Hamburg
Aug 21, 2023
USA in focus
Aug 17, 2023
Tall Stories 370: Auroville, Tamil Nadu
Aug 14, 2023
On-campus arts districts and urban biomimicry
Aug 10, 2023
Tall Stories 369: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Aug 07, 2023
Health and heat resilience
Aug 03, 2023
Tall Stories 368: Udaan Park, Udaipur
Jul 31, 2023
Biodiversity in the city
Jul 27, 2023
Tall Stories 367: Baumgarten an der March
Jul 24, 2023
Urban neighbours and mid-sized cities
Jul 20, 2023
Tall Stories 366: Siam Square, Bangkok
Jul 17, 2023
Summer book club, part 2
Jul 13, 2023
Tall Stories 365: Le Provençal Hotel Pool, Giens Peninsula
Jul 10, 2023
Summer book club, part 1
Jul 06, 2023
Tall Stories 364: The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro
Jul 03, 2023
Sound spaces
Jun 29, 2023
Tall Stories 363: Cité du Vin, Bordeaux
Jun 26, 2023
City profile: Bratislava
Jun 22, 2023
Tall Stories 362: Madison Square Garden, New York
Jun 19, 2023
Toronto’s mayoral election
Jun 15, 2023
Tall Stories 361: Habitat 67, Montreal
Jun 12, 2023
Rethinking spaces for transport
Jun 08, 2023
Tall Stories 360: Ontario Place, Toronto
Jun 05, 2023
Obstacles to innovation
Jun 01, 2023
Tall Stories 359: The Fiat Tagliero Building, Asmara
May 29, 2023
Sadie Morgan and tackling homelessness
May 25, 2023
Tall Stories 358: Villa Mairea, Pori
May 22, 2023
Chasing zero
May 18, 2023
Tall Stories 357: Verkehrskanzel, Berlin
May 15, 2023
Better community policing
May 11, 2023