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Latest Episodes
Destigmatising density
Urban density is an inevitable issue for our cities. As more and more people move into urban areas, we need to know how to do density right and make it welcoming on a human…
Urbanism in the UAE
Being a young nation presents its own set of challenges but it also provides ample opportunity to innovate when thinking about the future of cities. We meet the CEO of URB, who’s dreaming up…
Active cities
How can urban environments encourage city dwellers to be more active? From urban design to office architecture, we investigate some of the key players making an effort to keep people moving.
Community development through hip-hop
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.
Utopian Hours 2023
Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from the Utopian Hours urbanism festival in Turin. We hear how a “disobedient picnic” ignited change in Brussels, tour the Royal Green Walk, talk about reclaiming the streets from cars…
Urban Transformation Summit
Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from the World Economic Forum’s Urban Transformation Summit in Detroit. We hear about a new innovation district in Milan, Boston’s 24-hour city ambitions and the master plan for AlUla in…
Saint-Gobain’s Benoit Bazin
We sit down with Saint-Gobain’s CEO, Benoit Bazin, to hear about his journey, passion for enhancing quality of life in our cities and how sustainability lives at the heart of everything the company does.
Meet the officials
We speak to two city mayors, and one runner-up, about what their roles mean to them, what they’ve learned from their time in office and their ambitions for the cities that they call home.
In praise of the metro
We marvel at the beauty and utility of city metro systems from France to Nigeria. Plus, we explore what is happening below ground in Seattle
How activism is saving our cities
We explore how urban activism can help to save our cities, including one man who galvanised efforts in Ukraine to build back better and the battle against the redevelopment of a cultural hub in…
