• The Urbanist

  • Written by: Monocle
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The Urbanist

Written by: Monocle
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  • Summary

  • 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.

    2025 Monocle
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Economics Management & Leadership Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
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Episodes
  • Revisiting, reviewing and restoring the city

    Revisiting, reviewing and restoring the city
    Feb 27 2025

    We look back at snapshots of our cities as we speak to the man behind Milan’s Bosco Verticale a decade on from construction, revisit a collection of essays 14 years after they were written while strolling the streets of Toronto and see how the refurbishment of a traditional house in Old Delhi is giving a view into the city’s past.

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    30 mins
  • Tall Stories 447: Kennedy Park, Lima

    Tall Stories 447: Kennedy Park, Lima
    Feb 24 2025

    Elna Schutz takes us to a park in Lima best known for its large number of well-cared-for resident cats.

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    6 mins
  • Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York

    Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York
    Mar 29 2021
    Christopher Cermak charts his journey from model UN to reporting on the real thing and explains what the organisation’s New York HQ means to the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    6 mins

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