Podcast Episodes
Back to Search23. PROPERTY AND URBICIDE: Housing in Lebanon, +Nairobi floods, +Banksy, +scam centres, +Habermas and more
Season 2 Episode 23
This month, Tom and Beth are joined by Hannah Sender, University of Sheffield, and Mariam Bazzi, Beirut Urban Lab to discuss how propertied families …
11 hours ago
22. CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH & THE CITY: A conversation with Cristina Temenos
Season 2 Episode 22
In this episode Beth and Tom are joined by Cristina Temenos from the University of Manchester to discuss a wide range of issues from trust in medicin…
2 weeks ago
21. URBAN ROBOTICS BY STEALTH: Driverless vehicles, + Epstein, + Royals, + drug cartels, + immigration and more
Season 2 Episode 21
In this episode Tom and Beth are joined by Professor Aidan While from the University of Sheffield to explore how robotic urban infrastructures are al…
3 weeks ago
20. SEEING THE CITY: A discussion with Junia Mortimer and Felipe Magalhaes
Season 2 Episode 20
In this episode Tom and Beth are joined by visiting researchers to the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, Junia Mortimer and Felipe Magalhães.…
1 month, 1 week ago
19. THE NEW URBAN GEOPOLITICS: Inside Caracas + urban Greenland, + embassies and disinformation in London, + neighbourhood governance and more
Season 2 Episode 19
In this first episode of Series 2 of Urban Radar, Beth and Tom start to tackle some of the many ways in which the current moment of geopolitical turm…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Series 2 Urban Radar: Trailer
Season 2
Urban Radar is a podcast series which reflects on current events and emerging trends through the lens of cities and urban life.
Launched in 2025, Ur…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
18: WRAP UP, REFLECTION & REVEAL (+ Care and the city, +Aussie social media ban, +urban themes of the year and much more...)
Season 1 Episode 18
This month, we (Beth and Tom) are podding alone, using the final episode of the year to reflect on some of the big themes we’ve discussed in 2025 as …
3 months, 1 week ago
17: CHILD LABOUR AND DISINFORMATION (+immigration policy, +COP30 in Belem, +ticket touts, +urban statistics and more…)
Season 1 Episode 17
In this episode we are joined by Professor Julia Moses to consider the working lives and rights of children, and then Dr Dani Madrid-Morales to discu…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
16: CHINA, THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE RACE AND ITS URBAN IMPACTS - A panel with Jon Silver, Zhengli Huang and Linda Westman
Season 1 Episode 16
In this feature, Tom and Beth discuss the Global Infrastructure Race with colleagues from the Urban Institute (UI), recorded live as part of the UI’s…
4 months, 1 week ago
15: GREEN RESURGENCE & GAZA RECONSTRUCTION (+Brexit, +rats, +Louvre heist, +AI Friend and more)
Season 1 Episode 15
Released to coincide with World Cities Day on 31 October, this episode sees Beth and Tom first joined by Prof. Matthew Flinders (26:09) to discuss wh…
4 months, 3 weeks ago