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Community development through hip-hop

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2 November 2023

Episode 629

29 minutes


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We discuss how hip-hop has improved cities around the world, explore plans for a new coastal-redevelopment megaproject in Athens and find out how to mitigate the effects of floods in our urban environments.

2 November 2023

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

Community development through hip-hop

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Shain Shapiro joins us in the studio to mark the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and its influence on the urban environment.

10 minutes

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Chapter 2

9 minutes


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The Ellinikon, Athens

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Lamda’s CEO, Odisseas Athanasiou, speaks with Monocle’s Hester Underhill about the new megaproject planned for Athens’s disused coastal airport.

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Chapter 3

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Tackling the power of water

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We speak to Jonas Torland of 7Analytics about his company’s efforts to mitigate the effects of floods and landslides in our cities through the use of data science.

8 minutes

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