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# 19: Just Streets

The CityChangers Podcast - March 20, 2025

We sit down with Marco te Brömmelstroet and Adrian Fratila from the Just Streets project to talk about what justice has to do with city streets, how to deal with the naysayers, and whether...

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#18: Cities of Making

The CityChangers Podcast - February 20, 2025

Urban Future’s Karl Dickinson is in conversation with Adrian Hill, a social designer and lead researcher for the Cities of Making project, talking about the nature of production in the post-industrial city. They discuss...

Car-Free

#17: Heart & Seoul

The CityChangers Podcast - January 30, 2025

How did Seoul turn a backed-up expressway into a tranquil urban stream? We take a look at the landmark Cheonggyecheon River Restoration project and ask why, almost 20 year later, this peaceful pocket in...

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#16: Why Politics Needs Young People

The CityChangers Podcast - January 2, 2025

Urban Future’s Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr talks to Maral Koohestanian – former Young Leader and now the youngest ever Deputy Mayor for the city of Wiesbaden, Germany – about everything from why we need more young...

Inclusive Cities

#15 Defensive Urbanism: Who’s Defending Whom?

The CityChangers Podcast - October 21, 2024

How truly public are our public spaces? In this episode, we take a look at the rise of ‘defensive urbanism’ in our cities and ask what it would take to stop designing people out...

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#14 Haus der Statistik

The CityChangers Podcast - September 26, 2024

You’ve been pushing your city to make some changes for years. So, what happens when they suddenly reach across the aisle and give you the reins? We take a look at the Initiative Haus...

Food Waste

#13 Cake, Brew and Mend

The CityChangers Podcast - September 12, 2024

In our throwaway culture, binning a broken object and buying a replacement is often the easiest, and cheapest, solution. But the take-make-waste economy has serious costs – for the environment and for society. So, what...

Inclusive Cities

#12 The Gendered City

The CityChangers Podcast - August 22, 2024

After centuries in charge, men have made a mess of our cities! Gender bias is present in almost every element of urban planning and design, from mobility networks right down to the way we build...

Inclusive Cities

#11 Night, Gov!

The CityChangers Podcast - August 8, 2024

Life goes on after the sun goes down, so why should our cities stop? With more cities around the world creating night offices and appointing night mayors – we take a look at the potential...

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#10 The Resilient City

The CityChangers Podcast - May 23, 2024

‘Resilience’ has become something of a buzzword these days – not just in terms of a desirable personality trait but also something companies and even cities can aspire to. But what does it look...

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#9 Honest Mistakes

The CityChangers Podcast - May 9, 2024

Why do we fear failure? Sustainability is an iterative process. There are no shortcuts. But in a world focussed on success, we often hide from our mistakes. Recognising this, Gerald Babel-Sutter set out to unite urban...

Inclusive Cities

#8 Citizens, Assemble!

The CityChangers Podcast - April 11, 2024

Elected officials make decisions that affect millions of people, but beyond voting every few years, what say do citizens really have? Maybe democracy needs a tune-up. Citizens’ Assemblies – a sort of lottery promising better representation...

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#7 How to Move a City

The CityChangers Podcast - March 28, 2024

How do you go about relocating an entire city? The community of Swedish city Kiruna has grown up around the biggest local employer - a mine. But as the pit threatens the town above it,...

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#6 The Tada Manifesto

The CityChangers Podcast - March 14, 2024

How can we ensure that a ‘smart city’ is also a fair, diverse and ethical one? We talk to Douwe Schmidt from the city of Amsterdam about the thorny issues cities face when implementing technological...

Inclusive Cities

#5 The Unlikely Urban Planners

The CityChangers Podcast - February 29, 2024

What would a city designed entirely by children look like? And what could it tell us about the cities we live in now – the good things and the bad? Academic Christina Ergler’s research into...

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#4 Orange Sky

The CityChangers Podcast - February 15, 2024

Turning big ideas into reality is what CityChangers do. But what happens when, against the odds, you finally achieve your goal? What next? Nicholas Marchesi, of charity Orange Sky, launched the world’s first mobile laundry, helping...

Inclusive Cities

#3 The Tiny Town Hall

The CityChangers Podcast - February 1, 2024

One city in Germany takes a unique approach to civic participation. With declining rates of local democratic engagement around the world, Keil has teamed up with local creatives to try something radical: take their town...

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#2 The Slow Lane

The CityChangers Podcast - January 17, 2024

What links pedestrian crossings in Chicago, USA, with the Sydney Opera House in Australia? Sascha Haselmayer's surprising story provides an unexpected answer to this unusual question, and it's led to positive change in more than...

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