The Urbanist Monocle Radio
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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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Tall Stories 411: AlUla Public Library
Mandy Sinclair gets a read of the ancient Saudi Arabian city of AlUla by visiting its public library.
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Urban predictability
How can urban predictability help us design, plan and build better cities? We examine the real-world lessons that can be taken from digital environments, visit an urban environment simulator and explore how predictive artificial intelligence can be a beneficial tool for municipalities.
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Tall Stories 410: The Algonquin Hotel, New York
Paul Logothetis visits one of New York’s oldest working hotels, which spawned the famous Algonquin Round Table, a who’s who of US literary elites.
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Conflict and the city: spaces of peace
In the final part of our series looking at conflict and the city, we discuss how design and soft power can influence peace negotiations and better bring about constructive conversation between opposing parties.
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Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi
A special edition of the show marking its partnership with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism. Robert Bound is joined by the chairman of the department, who discusses the latest developments at Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi and delves deeper into the fascinating world of this unique cultural hub. He also explains why it remains the perfect place to collaborate, create and innovate.
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Tall Stories 409: The Giant Dipper, Santa Cruz
Tom Webb assesses the appeal of a historic wooden roller coaster that has just celebrated its 100th birthday.
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Customer Reviews
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