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Back to Search14: HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE - A conversation with AbdouMaliq Simone and Ash Amin
Season 1 Episode 14
In this month’s feature Tom and Beth are joined by two leading scholars of the urban condition - Ash Amin and AbdouMaliq Simone - to reflect on quest…
5 months ago
13: CONFLICT & URBAN TERRITORY - FROM UK HOMELESSNESS TO UPRISING IN NEPAL (+West Bank settlements, +witchcraft, +cars and more)
Season 1 Episode 13
This month we are joined by Dr Sam Burgum & Professor Simon Rushton to dive into what the new UK Minister for Homelessness should have on their agend…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
12: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin
Season 1 Episode 12
In this month's episode Tom and Beth discuss the value of translocal learning to address poverty and inequality for women in low income communities i…
6 months ago
11: SCHOOLING AND SURVIVING IN ENGLAND AND SUDAN (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move)
Season 1 Episode 11
This month we are joined by Drs Christina Tatham & Cathy Wilcock for a post-summer bumper episode.
First in England, many children are starting schoo…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
10: URBAN LABS IN TIMES OF CONFLICT AND POST-TRUTH - A conversation with Mona Fawaz & Nausheen Anwar
Season 1 Episode 10
In this month’s feature, Beth and Tom are joined by Professors Nausheen Anwar and Mona Fawaz, Directors of the Karachi Urban Lab and Beirut Urban Lab…
7 months ago
9: URBAN POLITICS OF TRUTH AND WEALTH (+ AI data centres, +extreme heat and more)
Season 1 Episode 9
In this episode we are joined by Dr Katie Pruszynski and Professor Rowland Atkinson to explore how political and wealth elites are reshaping cities f…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
8: CYBORG RIGHTS & THE CITY? A conversation on tech & urbanism with Simon Marvin & Allan McCay
Season 1 Episode 8
In this month's special feature, Tom and Beth are joined by Simon Marvin and Allan McCay to discuss how advances in neurotechnology - specifically Br…
8 months, 1 week ago
7: HOUSING SAFETY, TRANS RIGHTS & THE CITY (+ Bunkers, AI protest & more)
Season 1 Episode 7
In this month’s episode, we are joined by Jenny Preece to dive into the issue of building safety in the context of the recent anniversary of the Gren…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
6: POWERING THE NORTH - A conversation with Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram
Season 1 Episode 6
In this first stand-alone feature, Tom and Beth introduce an uncut conversation with Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram - the Mayors of Greater Manchest…
9 months, 1 week ago
5: POWER & THE POPE (+ Gaza urbicide, gambling cities & more)
Season 1 Episode 5
In this month’s Radar, we dive into the issue of community power - the energy kind! - with Dr Jayne Carrick (22:28), before discussing how a new pope…
9 months, 3 weeks ago