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The Urbanist

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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29:47

Testing the pressure on our cities with the 2025...

The Urbanist ·

2025/11/27

JLL’s Sue Asprey Price joins us to discuss the findings from the Workforce Preference Barometer 2025. Then Charlotte McDonald-Gibson reports on the challenges of training for combat in urban environments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:52

Tall Stories 486: The towering beauty of...

The Urbanist ·

2025/11/24

Jessica Bridger marvels at the tallest dam in Europe, which was constructed in the 1950s and supplies about 20 per cent of Switzerland’s stored energy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

29:14

What relationship does South Korea have with public...

The Urbanist ·

2025/11/20

We speak to South Korean artist Jinjoon Lee about how his country interacts with public art, Inzamam Rashid visits an acclaimed installation from Dubai Design Week and we meet new Riba president Chris Williamson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

5:37

Tall Stories 485: Helsinki Upper Secondary School of...

The Urbanist ·

2025/11/17

Petri Burtsoff takes us to a first-of-its-kind wooden educational building in the Finnish capital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

29:04

Planning the cities of the future at the Smart City...

The Urbanist ·

2025/11/13

We visit the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona to talk shop with the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, an acclaimed futurist, a transportation official from Los Angeles and the event’s director.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

4:33

Tall Stories 484: Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael

The Urbanist ·

2025/11/10

Ivan Carvalho chronicles the story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s largest public project, the final commission in his impressive body of work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

30:19

Liz Diller on how the High Line continues to evolve...

The Urbanist ·

2025/11/06

We speak to Liz Diller – the mind behind New York’s High Line – visit Bratislava’s first dedicated centre for architecture and urbanism, and assess how Canada is dealing with urban growing pains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

5:25

Tall Stories 483: Abou Elie – where Beirut's history,...

The Urbanist ·

2025/11/03

Noor Amylia Hilda takes us to a much-loved pub founded by a former member of the Lebanese Communist Party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

34:07

Unpacking the secrets of city making at Turin’s...

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/30

Monocle’s man in Milan, Ed Stocker, decamps to Turin to bring us a collection of conversations from Utopian Hours, the festival dedicated to city making.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

33:51

IPUT special: a tour of Wilton Park and how it’s...

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/29

We explore Wilton Park, a stunning 600,000 sq ft development by IPUT, Dublin’s leading property-investment company. Chief executive Niall Gaffney gives us a tour and talks about quality of life in urban settings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

6:34

Tall Stories 482: The Watergate Complex, Washington

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/27

Charlotte McDonald-Gibson uncovers the modern story behind the US capital’s most infamous building.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

33:47

Olafur Eliasson and how public art changes your...

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/23

What role does public art play in how we engage with our cities? This week we meet acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson and explore the Sculpture in the City programme in the City of London.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

7:27

Tall Stories 481: Hengermalom, Budapest

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/20

Alexei Korolyov takes us to the former site of one of Budapest’s largest flour mills, which has been reborn as a lively cultural hub.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

27:19

Treating the US nursing shortage with good design

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/16

We discover how good design can help the nursing shortage in the United States, learn about Helsinki’s annual herring market and hear how Norway is developing urban robot farming.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

4:13

Tall Stories 480: Johannesburg City Library

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/13

Elna Schütz finds a peaceful stopping-off point amid the urban hustle and bustle at the city library of South Africa’s busiest metropolis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

33:30

UN-Habitat’s call to action on housing, a...

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/09

We look at the Bloomberg LSE European City Leadership Initiative teaching mayors how to tackle their cities' challenges, talk about UN-Habitat's global call to action on housing and report from Expo Real and Diriyah.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

6:53

Tall Stories 479: Dubai’s totemic Toyota Building

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/06

Inzamam Rashid tells us how an advertising partnership helped to shape the identity of a burgeoning Dubai.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

28:12

What can cities learn from nature? Discover The...

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/02

We meet Dror Benshetrit, founder of The Bioplanning Institute, who’s reframing urbanism through an ecological design lens. Plus: how the Bundanon Art Museum in Australia teaches cities to better interact with the natural world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

19:34

IPUT special: meet chief executive Niall Gaffney

The Urbanist ·

2025/10/01

Join us for a special episode in partnership with IPUT, Dublin’s leading property-investment company. We meet chief executive Nial Gaffney to talk about building community and setting new benchmarks for cities in Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

8:25

Tall Stories 478: Feira de São Cristóvão – a...

The Urbanist ·

2025/09/29

Tomás Pinheiro takes us to a space in Rio de Janeiro that brings together all the best offerings from Brazil’s northeastern region and is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

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