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65. Endangered Discourse from 2022-01-20T04:29:36
Endangered discourse: Improving the quality of public debate on urban and housing policy.
A 2021 Festival of Urbanism panel discussion.
An informed citizenry, independent analysis...
64. Endangered Communities from 2021-12-17T21:29:14
Endangered Communities and Resurgent Urbanism
A 2021 Festival of Urbanism panel discussion.
With ongoing processes of dispossession, marginalisation, gentrification and exclusion...
63. Endangered Country from 2021-12-06T00:43:46
Endangered Country? Indigenous perspectives on planning, and development
A 2021 Festival of Urbanism yarn of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experts discussing their perspectives on ...
62. Killing Sydney from 2021-09-09T02:03:54
Kurt Iveson talks with Elizabeth about her blueprint for the future of Sydney in a radically changing world.
Columnist Elizabeth Farrelly brings her unique perspective as architectural wri...
61. Benevolence from 2021-09-09T01:57:35
Preston Peachey reflects on the book Benevolence with author Julie Janson.
Julie’s intensely visual prose interweaves historical events with fictionalised characterisation in a story that ...
60. Mirror Sydney from 2021-09-09T01:52:28
Dallas chats with Vanessa about her delicately wrought essays and hand-drawn maps, Vanessa describes her encounters with unusual, forgotten or abandoned places in the city in which she was born and...
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59. Shaking Up the City from 2021-09-09T01:46:51
Dallas and Tom discuss Shaking Up the City, which critically examines many of the concepts and categories within mainstream urban studies that serve dubious policy agendas.
Through a combi...
58. Blood Meridian from 2021-09-09T01:40:23
As we reckon with the violent settler-colonial basis of our cities, Dallas talks with Adam Morton about a recent literary economy analysis of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. Adam published this r...
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57. Asia-Australia Migration and Everyday Time from 2021-09-09T01:20:58
Dallas and Shanthi discuss Shanthi’s fresh take on 21st-century migratory experiences and temporality from her innovative study of young Asian migrants’ lives in Australia’s cities and regions.
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56. Second City, Essays from Western Sydney from 2021-09-09T00:02:52
Dallas and Catriona talk Second City, which puts on display the diverse literary talents that make Sydney’s western suburbs such a fertile region for writers.
Beginning with Felicity Casta...
55. Renting and COVID-19 from 2020-11-25T19:26:43
We speak to tenants, tenant advocates and academics about renting during COVID-19.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a hopefully once in a lifetime opportunity to fix the structural and ...
54. Green Structural Adjustment from 2020-10-09T03:12
You might have heard about the 'structural adjustment' program, but what about the Green Structural Adjustment of the World Bank’s Resilient City program?
We're talking with Sophie Webber...
53. Night-time and Cities from 2020-07-13T10:01:12
The world of night-time waste collectors, night shift nurses, office cleaners, rough sleepers and security guards rarely makes international headlines.
Understanding what happens in cities...
52. Transport as a Platform from 2020-07-12T20:50:28
Transport is connected to social justice, freedom and equality in the city.
Transit networks are objects of intense political contestation and are key terrains of struggle in cities around...
51. Post-Pandemic Urbanism from 2020-07-09T00:00:01
COVID-19 is altering city experiences and spaces. As cities respond, the contours of post-pandemic cities are also being altered, for better or worse. This podcast brings together a group of leadi...
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50th Episode: Informal Housing from 2020-07-03T02:46:07
Welcome to City Road's 50th episode!
To celebrate we've invited the very first guest of the show, Professor Nicole Gurran, back to talk about how we started City Road, our first episode on...
49. Alpha City from 2020-05-25T04:48:46
Who owns London?
In recent decades, London has fallen into the hands of the super-rich. It is today the essential “World City” for High-Net-Worth Individuals and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Indiv...
48. The Architecture of Dread from 2020-04-24T06:21:26
Doomsday peppers consider the COVID-19 pandemic a 'mid-level' event that they are well-prepared for.
We're talking with Bradley Garrett about Doomsday peppers, underground bunkers and COVI...
47. Listening to the city in a global pandemic from 2020-04-03T01:12:32
In this episode we use Eugene McCann's four dialectical tensions to understand the COVID-19 city:
i) invisibility and visibility;
ii) privilege and privation;
iii) selfishness and so...
46. Urban Climate Control from 2020-02-25T22:48:52
Singapore is air-conditioning the inside and outside of buildings. This is about comfort and convenience, but it might also be about human survival.
In this talk with Dallas Rogers, Profe...
45. Dreaming with Architectural Models from 2020-01-22T03:35:02
In this episode we talk to Matthew Mindrup about his new book, which provides an intriguing narrative about the practical and cultural factors motivating the development of the architectural model’...
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44. Sex And The City from 2019-11-28T06:52:51
How do urban planners regulate the sex industries in our cities?
The sex industries - from sex work to porn production - are often perceived and therefore regulated as unsuitable businesse...
43. Politics and Cities from 2019-11-08T03:08:13
What can urban alliances and community organising teach us about building political unity across difference in cities?
The 'progressive dilemma' is an apparent problem for contemporary lef...
42. Experts And Cities from 2019-10-08T03:25:52
Contemporary global circuits of policy advice are abuzz with 'urban solutions' from a growing industry of 'thought leaders'.
These urban experts talk about 'policy solutions' and 'best pra...
41. Architecture Post-Nation from 2019-09-17T06:45:20
What makes up a nation? In the 21st century, nationalist frames are giving way to new interpretations of the global.
Dr Jennifer Ferng speaks with Professor Vikram Prakash and Professor Ju...
40. Architecture and Energy from 2019-09-17T06:27:21
Is modern architecture actually energy efficient? Buildings like the Bauhaus Dessau designed by Walter Gropius required large amounts of heating in the 1920s.
The preservation of modern bu...
39. Architecture and Global Curriculum from 2019-09-17T05:45:51
Universities are grappling with creating an inclusive and global curriculum that will serve the needs of 21st century architecture students.
In terms of architecture, which theories and bu...
38. Water And Cities from 2019-07-30T20:46:49
Around the world cities are running out of drinking water. Yes, literally running out of water!
Cape Town is a well-publicised example. But recently Chennai, and before that São Paulo, al...
37. Social Impact Investments & Cities from 2019-07-04T05:32:45
The financial industry has an image problem; capitalism functions by creating both wealth and poverty. But for financiers, the problem of poverty might just be reimagined as an investment opportuni...
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36. Country And Cities I from 2019-06-12T01:28:56
Episode 1 of the Country and Cities Series
This a truth telling, of sorts, about how urban planning and built environment professions are implicated in the settler colonial process, with L...
35. Food and Cities from 2019-04-29T23:30:58
"... the terrain of struggle for justice is happening in the city and in the countryside, and it's beginning to link." Eric Holt-Giménez
In response to the social inequities and ecological...
34. Gender And Cities from 2019-03-26T15:01:50
A gender sensitivity urban design process considers the political, cultural and economic factors that produce gender-based exclusion and discrimination in our cities.
We're talking with As...
33. Families And Cities from 2019-03-01T05:30:53
We’re travelling up the east coast of Australia with two early career researchers to talk about families and cities.
Our first stop is Wollongong, about 70 kilometres south of Sydney with ...
32. Money and Cities from 2019-01-16T23:51:24
You've probably heard about residential mortgage-backed securities and the global financial crisis. But did you know corporate mortgage-backed securities were reshaping American cities at the same ...
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31. Podcasting the Urban from 2018-12-19T00:56:16
What’s at stake in podcasting the urban? There might be more to this question than you think.
Podcasting the Urban is a five-part series where we turn the academic gaze back onto our podca...
30. Schools And Cities from 2018-11-30T02:21:38
Education is one of the key civil rights struggles of our era, and urban schools need to do more to bridge the 'civic empowerment gaps' between students.
How and what we teach children wil...
29. Art and Cities from 2018-11-19T05:39:14
In the early 1990s, when China’s artists were less able to participate in open debate about the shape of Chinese society, they turned to the production of urban space instead.
“If you want...
28. Land Enclosure II from 2018-11-14T04:41:26
PART II - How much public land has been stolen from the British people? The short answer is, a lot!
We’re talking to Professor Brett Christophers from Uppsala University about his new boo...
27. Land Enclosure 1 from 2018-11-14T04:38:29
PART I - How much public land has been stolen from the British people? The short answer is, a lot!
We’re talking to Professor Brett Christophers from Uppsala University about his new book...
26. Democracy and Cities II from 2018-10-24T18:17
In cities around the world, people are channeling their frustration with existing community engagement processes into the creation of urban alliances. These alliances bring together diverse civil s...
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25. Global Cities from 2018-10-18T18:37:53
We talk to Saskia Sassen about her work on globalisation and the global city by tracing the key ideas in three of her books.
We start with Saskia's most famous book, 'The Global City', an...
24. Democracy and Cities I from 2018-10-03T07:07:55
After the Arab Spring, Occupy and the Umbrella Movement the streets were cleared. But as the dust was settling some more durable democratic experiments emerged. These urban alliances sought to make...
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23. Diversity and Cities from 2018-09-26T03:33:34
In Sydney, changing international migration patterns and the rise of apartment living means people of different cultural backgrounds are regularly interacting with each other inside their high-dens...
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22. Planning Multispecies Cities from 2018-08-27T02:41:40
We’re talking about extinction, climate change, urban development and urban planning futures. Dr Donna Houston says urban planners need to be more attuned to the ecological realities and rhythms of...
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21. Smart Meters and Cities from 2018-08-23T02:55:07
We face an energy governance trilemma: of peak demand for electricity in cities; ensuring prices remain low; and addressing climate change with renewable technologies. And your home is right in the...
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20. Design Thinking and Cities from 2018-08-22T07:37:53
Everyone is talking about design thinking! But what, exactly, is design thinking? And how do these ideas relate to city making?
Design thinking is an increasingly valued skillset across a...
19. Secret Life of a Degree from 2018-08-07T23:20:24
The Sydney Bachelor of Architecture degree has a lively history. It was open to men and women from its first offering in 1918, but the inclusion of women was controversial. In 1972 a student strike...
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18. Working With a Street from 2018-08-06T23:37:20
Imagine building a life size (1:1 scale) model of your urban design right there on the street to communicate and test your design ideas with local communities.
This is exactly what Evelina...
17. Becoming a Utopian from 2018-08-06T05:02:43
The utopian visions of architects, planners, philosophers and sociologists are important speculative projects. We take a deep dive into the idea of utopia with Professor Danilo Palazzo, who calls o...
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16. Urban Renewal and Cities from 2018-07-04T01:18:14
What role does the government play in facilitating displacement through transit-led development?
We often hear about the role of the private sector, private landlords, and the purchasing ...
15. Parks and Cities from 2018-06-14T00:26:15
In New York, where anything’s possible, the privatisation of Manhattan's Central Park is even stranger than fiction.
I imagine that few people would choose to travel back in time to visit ...
14. City Boom, City Bust from 2018-05-13T20:37:02
Australian cities are awash with construction activity. From Collingwood to Kogarah, Marrickville to Newstead, every passing month seems to bring with it a new, sold-off-the-plan high-rise apartmen...
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13. Pop Up Cities from 2018-03-27T04:44:01
Pop-up, Guerrilla, DIY or Tactical Urbanism; whatever the name, temporary urban interventions are increasingly popular in contemporary cities.
From community gardens and pop-up cinemas to...
12. Antagonistic Cities from 2018-03-01T03:52:04
What are the possibilities for community action that hold powerful urban actors to account? Strategic antagonism and the spaces that community alliances are opening up themselves to engage with urb...
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11. Automated Landlord from 2018-02-01T07:48:33
This is a story about how the financial industry and governments turned a housing foreclosure crisis for everyday Americans into a financial opportunity for institutional real estate investors. And...
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10. History and Cities from 2017-12-11T03:22
In Washington, DC, neighbourhood activists attempted to make themselves at home in their city by using the techniques of neighbourhood preservation. What became clear in that process is that those ...
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9. Land and Cities from 2017-12-04T06:59:15
What is the secret life of land title registration? The Torrens system of land title registration, developed in South Australia in 1858, is fast becoming the most popular system of land conveyancin...
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8. Homeless Cities from 2017-11-01T22:50:06
The New South Wales state government recently passed legislation to remove a group of homeless people camped for several months in Sydney’s central business district.
Located just metres f...
7. Population & Cities from 2017-09-07T01:45:47
Can cities experience growing pains? Not the type of growing pains we usually associate with awkward teenagers but the growing pains of population growth.
Australia has one of the fastest...
6. Race and Cities from 2017-08-08T23:34:43
How is the history of urban and land use planning connected to US racial discrimination? 'Heavily' according to Sarah Coffin! In 2014, an African American teenager named Michael Brown was shot by p...
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5. Smart Cities from 2017-08-05T07:46:49
The 'Smart City' is not an urban planning term, it was dreamed up by large global tech companies. This week we hear from Dr Tooran Alizadeh about smart cities, the digital infrastructure that is re...
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4. Digital Cities from 2017-08-05T06:16:45
The terms "Car Sharing" and "Smart Homes" conjure up images of driverless cars and automatic coffee machines. But the digital transformation of our lives is a bit more complex than this. In this ep...
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3. Foreign Investment & Cities from 2017-08-01T21:36:04
You could be forgiven for thinking that the Chinese are the only foreign investors buying housing in Sydney and Melbourne. There has certainly been a lot of stories about foreign real estate invest...
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2. Pets and Cities from 2017-08-01T00:52:54
There are more than 24 million pets in Australian homes. But our cities are not the easiest places to own a pet. You can’t take your dog on the train in Australia, and if you’re a renter owning a p...
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1. Airbnb and Cities from 2017-04-30T23:35:40
We talk to Professor Nicole Gurran from Sydney University’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning about the impact of online home-sharing platforms for global cities like Sydney.
Sho...