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Bonus Unlocked — 97.5 — Neom

This is an unlocked Patreon bonus episode from last year. To get access to all our bonus content and support the show, please subscribe for just £3 a month: this bonus ep

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Tall Stories 372: Schumann’s Bar am Hofgarten, Munich

Tom Webb takes us to Munich’s best-known bar, where owner Charles Schumann is famous for cultivating exceptional for privacy information.

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Walkable City Design Is Critical for Economic Health

After World War II, the U.S. embarked on an experiment in how we build cities. Instead of creating places scaled to people who walked, we built suburbs that focused on moving cars quickly and efficien

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The Power of Innovation and Collaboration with Michael Healy and Grace de Leon from Smart C

Hi friends! Welcome back to another episode of the Smart Community podcast. In this episode I have a great conversation with Michael Healy and Grace de Leon from Smart Christchurch, in

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Switzerland’s Badenfahrt’

Every ten years Switzerland builds a city within a city for Badenfahrt’, the largest urban festival in the country. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, it’s more spectacular than ever and we

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550- Melanie Speaks

The story of a voice training VHS tape that helped trans women at a time when other resources were hard to access.The way a person's voice changes over time feels like a simple, and overlooked act of

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Tall Stories 371: Bunker St Pauli, Hamburg

Ed Stocker takes us to a surprising wartime relic that he discovered on a recent walk through the streets of Hamburg.See for privacy information.

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USA in focus

We cast our eyes across to the US to review some recent urbanism stories that have caught our attention.See for privacy information.

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549- Trail Mix: Track Two

Welcome to our second episode of short stories all about what may be the original designed object: the trail. If you haven’t heard the first episode yet you should totally go back and listen. It’s a l

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Tall Stories 370: Auroville, Tamil Nadu

Tomás Pinheiro takes us to Auroville, an experimental township mostly in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to see what lessons we can learn from this “laboratory for humanity”.See

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Data Politics and Disrupted Urbanism, with Nancy Odendaal

Hi friends! In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast I have a brilliant conversation with Nancy Odendaal, who you may remember from way back in Episode 3 (back when we were still

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On-campus arts districts and urban biomimicry

We investigate a new trend at universities in the US as they begin to devote parts of their campuses to arts and culture. We also find out what city planners can learn from nature as we speak to an ex

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548- Trail Mix

We deconstruct and examine what might be the original designed object-- the humble trail. We discuss how park trails are designed, what makes a good trail, and...what even is a trail anyway?Trail Mix

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107 – Stewart Brand's 'How Buildings Learn' — What Happens After They're Built

In this one-off summer episode we discussed 'How Buildings Learn' (1994) by Stewart Brand. The book is concerned with the whole lifespan of buildings, and "What Happens After They're Built?"

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Tall Stories 369: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Chris Cermak explores the role of Gettysburg – the site of the American Civil War’s most famous battle – in addressing the country’s modern-day divisions.See for privacy inform

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Health and heat resilience

We explore how the design of healthcare facilities can have an impact on public wellbeing and we speak to Asia’s first chief heat officer about how building better heat resilience is essential in our

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547- Cooking with Gas

Back in January, Bloomberg News published a story quoting an obscure government official named Richard Trumka Jr. He works with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which regulates stuff like furni

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Tall Stories 368: Udaan Park, Udaipur

Ananya Singhal of Studio Saar takes us on a tour of his firm’s recently completed lakeside pocket park in the Indian city of Udaipur.See for privacy information.

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Using Data Storytelling to improve the Walkability of Smart Communities, with Boopsie Maran

Hi friends, in this episode of the Smart Community podcast I have a wonderful chat with Boopsie Maran. Boopsie is the founder and director of urban strategy at Places for Good, a colla

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Biodiversity in the city

How important are flora and fauna to a flourishing city? We investigate the merits of encouraging an urban insect population, the benefits of wildlife sanctuaries in city limits and we visit a turtle

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546- The Country of the Blind

Andrew Leland grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon—but without

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Tall Stories 367: Baumgarten an der March

Alexei Korolyov visits the town where western Europe’s dependency on Russian energy began to see how the attempt to cut ties with Moscow is affecting the village.See for privac

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Citizen Versus Developer? No! It’s Citizen As Developer.

Recently, an article came out of Medicine Hat, Alberta, reflecting on some development conversations happening within the city, inspired by Strong Towns presentations. When Chuck Marohn read the artic

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Urban neighbours and mid-sized cities

We find out what major urban centres can learn from their smaller siblings. Plus, why two neighbouring cities have never merged despite their close vicinity.See for privacy inf

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545- Shade Redux

This past May, the city of Los Angeles rolled out a brand new, state-of-the art feature for bus shelters. It’s called La Sombrita. La Sombrita is a metal screen that’s intended to provide shade for th

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Tall Stories 366: Siam Square, Bangkok

James Chambers takes us to Bangkok’s Siam Square to see why pedestrians are making good use of this refreshed piece of public realm in the Thai capital.See for privacy informat

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Digital Law in the age of AI, with Natasha Blycha

Hi friends, welcome back to another episode of The Smart Community Podcast. In this episode, I have a brilliant conversation with Natasha Blycha, the founder of the boutique digital la

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Summer book club, part 2

It’s part two of our summer meeting of The Urbanist book club, in which we examine how cities could be the solution to society’s biggest challenges. Plus, we discuss the changing face of retail throug

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Four Communities Are Becoming Examples of Change

Change is not always easy, and without examples, it can be difficult to reimagine how we do things. That’s just one of the reasons Strong Towns decided to launch the Community Action Lab: a carefully

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544- Chick Tracts

In the 1980s, the little Christian comic books known as Chick Tracts were EVERYWHERE. You’d find them in movie theaters and bus station bathrooms, on subways, and all over shopping malls. People would

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Tall Stories 365: Le Provençal Hotel Pool, Giens Peninsula

Jessica Bridger investigates an audacious swimming pool in the south of France that has an interesting tale to tell.See for privacy information.

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Summer book club, part 1

After World War II, the U.S. embarked on an experiment in how we build cities. Instead of creating places scaled to people who walked, we built suburbs that focused on moving cars quickly and efficien3