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Latest Episodes
Treating the US nursing shortage with good design
We discover how good design can help the nursing shortage in the United States, learn about Helsinki’s annual herring market and hear how Norway is developing urban robot farming.
Tall Stories 480: Johannesburg City Library
Elna Schütz finds a peaceful stopping-off point amid the urban hustle and bustle at the city library of South Africa’s busiest metropolis.
UN-Habitat’s call to action on housing, a Bloomberg-LSE programme for mayors and Expo Real in Munich
We look at the Bloomberg LSE European City Leadership Initiative teaching mayors how to tackle their cities’ challenges, talk about UN-Habitat’s global call to action on housing and report from Expo Real and Diriyah.
Tall Stories 479: Dubai’s totemic Toyota Building
Inzamam Rashid tells us how an advertising partnership helped to shape the identity of a burgeoning Dubai.
What can cities learn from nature? Discover The Bioplanning Institute and the Bundanon Art Museum
We meet Dror Benshetrit, founder of The Bioplanning Institute, who’s reframing urbanism through an ecological design lens. Plus: how the Bundanon Art Museum in Australia teaches cities to better interact with the natural world.
IPUT special: meet chief executive Niall Gaffney
Join us for a special episode in partnership with IPUT, Dublin’s leading property-investment company. We meet chief executive Niall Gaffney to talk about building community and setting new benchmarks for cities in Ireland.
Tall Stories 478: Feira de São Cristóvão – a Nordestino feast in Rio de Janeiro
Tomás Pinheiro takes us to a space in Rio de Janeiro that brings together all the best offerings from Brazil’s northeastern region and is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.
The secrets to urban crowd control, compassionate design and the World Tramdriver Championship
We find out how cities move crowds safely and efficiently, investigate how design can affect health and wellbeing, and stop by the World Tramdriver Championship in Vienna.
Tall Stories 477: Biidaasige Park – how Toronto combines green space and flood protection
Mandy Sinclair takes us to Toronto to explore the largest new park opening in a generation, which helps to prevent flooding and provide green space for residents and visitors.
What we learned at the World Design Congress
As the World Design Congress ponders a response to climate change, we meet one of the world’s best architects and an indigenous design expert. Plus: we visit Seattle’s new Waterfront Park.
