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103 episodes
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Date created
2011/10/21
Latest episode
2026/04/23
Average duration
21 min.
Release period
4 days

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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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A bridge designer’s guide to connecting communities
2026/04/23
Bridge designer Ezra Groskin from Moxon Architects talks about how his craft connects our cities. Then: Kate Brown describes the quiet revolutions garnered from tiny gardens in our urban environments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tall Stories 505: Linz’s Grottenbahn – a dreamland surrounded by history
2026/04/20
Alexei Korolyov takes a ride on Linz’s Grottenbahn – a classic tourist attraction that takes you through one of the city’s former fortification towers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How major events have influenced Milan’s urban infrastructure
2026/04/16
We look at the legacy left by Milan’s Expo 2015 and the Olympic Winter Games on urban infrastructure. Then: Ottawa’s winter-transport report. Plus: Hong Kong’s plans to develop 120 hectares of protected wetlands.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tall Stories 504: Caracas’s El Helicoide – from mall to political prison to rebirth
2026/04/13
Camille Rodríguez Montilla investigates the dark history and hopeful future of Caracas’s mall-turned-political-prison – El Helicoide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Breaking ground or breaking promises? New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days in office
2026/04/09
We discuss some of the promises that led to Zohran Mamdani’s election, from affordability and small businesses to transit. Plus: how are immigrant communities reacting to one of their own sitting in city hall? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tall Stories 503: The Sámi Cultural Centre in Finland and its impact
2026/04/06
Petri Burtsoff takes us to Sajos, in Finland’s northern Lapland, a centre for culture and administration in the Sámi community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Finding out what our urban futures hold in Ljubljana
2026/04/02
Guy de Launey reports from Urban Future, a Better Cities event taking place this year in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 502: The Columbus Lighthouse’s bizarre origin story
2026/03/30
Gregory Scruggs tells the odd tale of the energy-sapping totem that is Santo Domingo’s Columbus Lighthouse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How Apple delivers a sense of place to the built environment
2026/03/26
We speak with Apple’s VP of places, Kristina Raspe, about how the tech giant’s real-estate portfolio adds to cities. Then: the changing face of Medellin and we farewell our long-time producer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tall Stories 501: How does Taipei 101 stay standing? It’s what’s inside that counts
2026/03/23
Clarissa Wei climbs Taiwan’s best-known tower to investigate the clever engineering that keeps it in the sky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
More from the world’s leading real estate event – Mipim
2026/03/19
We reflect on Mipim conversations with the executive director of UN Habitat, as well as representatives from the New York City Housing Authority, Miami-Dade Beacon Council and ING Media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tall Stories 500: Shadows of Errol Flynn in Mallorca
2026/03/16
Andrew Tuck goes searching for the remains of the home of a 1930s Hollywood star in Mallorca’s Bay of Palma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Meet the mayors at Mipim, the world’s leading real-estate event
2026/03/12
We report from the world’s leading real estate event, Mipim. Here we meet mayors from Turku to Genoa and Lisbon to Rome who are putting their city’s best foot forward to drive investment.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tall Stories 499: Masterful mixed-use at Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Estate
2026/03/09
Tomas Pinheiro takes us to Tiong Bahru Estate to see how Singapore is able to succeed at the 15 minute city model within just one urban development. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Balancing security and aesthetic appeal in Oslo’s New Government Quarter
2026/03/05
We visit Oslo to see the New Government Quarter, which has transformed the site of the city’s 2011 terrorist attacks into an open, civic space. Then: we explore the new Louise Tower on Brussels’s iconic Avenue Louise. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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4.5 out of 5
284 reviews
LG123forever 2022/03/03
So much to learn
As someone looking to get into the city planning/public transportation sectors, this is such an interesting way to keep learning about cities round th...
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Jono H 2015/01/27
Phenomenal
Cookies for your brain. This is deep, interesting and thought provoking.
javester 2013/02/05
Required listening
It's RadioLab for the urbanist!
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