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Urban Radar is a podcast series brought to you by Professors Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry, which reflects on current events and emerging trends through the lens of cities and urban life. Drawing on the unique range of urban expertise in the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, we place urban dynamics at the centre of contemporary global affairs.
Feedback:
Email: urbanradarpod@gmail.com
Instagram: @urbanradarpodcast
Credits:
Podcast production, presentation & editing: Tom Goodfellow & Beth Perry
Post-production editing & marketing: Polly Clifton
Production support: Jack Clayton
Distribution, promotion & marketing: Vicky Simpson
Music: Horizon (music by Tom Goodfellow, produced by Alan Thomson); Falling Down (music by Tom Goodfellow, performed by the Dice, produced by Alan Thomson); Ghosts (music by the Dice; produced by Alan Thompson); Kilimanjaro (music by Tom Goodfellow, produced by Alan Thompson).
Supported by the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester.
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28. RIVER/CITY: A conversation with Olivia Casagrande and Roberto Monte-Mór
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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27. MAKING A PRIME MINISTER IN MAKERFIELD? Predicting election results, +Ebola in African cities, +domestic worker activism, +global sand crisis, +housing and the World Urban Forum and more
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May 22, 2026 |
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26. COMPARATIVE LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNITY EXCHANGE: A conversation with Jack Makau and Temilade Sesan
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May 08, 2026 |
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25. ASYMMETRIC URBANISM: Pushback in Portland, +Palantir in Sheffield, +dunking in Trento, +adopting cities, +Pope vs Trump and more
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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24. CHAOS AND DESIRE IN THE CITY: A conversation with Tanya Zack and Tanzil Shafique
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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23. PROPERTY AND URBICIDE: Housing in Lebanon, +Nairobi floods, +Banksy, +scam centres, +Habermas and more
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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22. CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH & THE CITY: A conversation with Cristina Temenos
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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21. URBAN ROBOTICS BY STEALTH: Driverless vehicles, + Epstein, + Royals, + drug cartels, + immigration and more
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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20. SEEING THE CITY: A discussion with Junia Mortimer and Felipe Magalhaes
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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19. THE NEW URBAN GEOPOLITICS: Inside Caracas + urban Greenland, + embassies and disinformation in London, + neighbourhood governance and more
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Series 2 Urban Radar: Trailer
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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18: WRAP UP, REFLECTION & REVEAL (+ Care and the city, +Aussie social media ban, +urban themes of the year and much more...)
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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17: CHILD LABOUR AND DISINFORMATION (+immigration policy, +COP30 in Belem, +ticket touts, +urban statistics and more…)
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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16: CHINA, THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE RACE AND ITS URBAN IMPACTS - A panel with Jon Silver, Zhengli Huang and Linda Westman
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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15: GREEN RESURGENCE & GAZA RECONSTRUCTION (+Brexit, +rats, +Louvre heist, +AI Friend and more)
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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14: HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE - A conversation with AbdouMaliq Simone and Ash Amin
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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13: CONFLICT & URBAN TERRITORY - FROM UK HOMELESSNESS TO UPRISING IN NEPAL (+West Bank settlements, +witchcraft, +cars and more)
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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12: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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11: SCHOOLING AND SURVIVING IN ENGLAND AND SUDAN (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move)
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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10: URBAN LABS IN TIMES OF CONFLICT AND POST-TRUTH - A conversation with Mona Fawaz & Nausheen Anwar
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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9: URBAN POLITICS OF TRUTH AND WEALTH (+ AI data centres, +extreme heat and more)
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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8: CYBORG RIGHTS & THE CITY? A conversation on tech & urbanism with Simon Marvin & Allan McCay
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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7: HOUSING SAFETY, TRANS RIGHTS & THE CITY (+ Bunkers, AI protest & more)
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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6: POWERING THE NORTH - A conversation with Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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5: POWER & THE POPE (+ Gaza urbicide, gambling cities & more)
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May 29, 2025 |
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4: BATS, BUILDINGS & BIG IDEAS (+ local action on water, + the urban impacts of tariff wars, and more...)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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3: CITIES & AUTHORITARIANISM (+ addressing urban air pollution, + cities and the UK asylum crisis, and more)
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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2: MANCHESTER'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL (+ German elections, + UK local government reform, and more)
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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1: CITIES & CLIMATE CHANGE (+ human rights for mountains, + foreign aid cuts and more)
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Urban Radar: Trailer
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Feb 17, 2025 |