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
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
Tall Stories 356: Cermak Road, Chicago
May 08, 2023