Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBangladesh Delta: Architecture for Impermanence and Resilience
Season 1 Episode 231
Life in the Bangladesh Delta is shaped by water that never stays still. Along the Jamuna, Padma, and Meghna rivers, entire communities live with the …
4 months, 1 week ago
Turkey Earthquake: Corruption, Construction, and Catastrophe
Season 1 Episode 230
When powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, the scale of destruction exposed more than a natural disaster—it revealed the deadly cost of human…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Natural City: Planning and Sustainability
Season 1 Episode 229
Cities often feel like the opposite of nature—but in reality, they are ecosystems of their own. From coyotes roaming urban streets to rivers buried a…
4 months, 1 week ago
Pernambuco: Saving Brazilwood and the Violin Bow
Season 1 Episode 228
A single tree species now sits at the center of a global cultural and environmental standoff. Brazilwood—also known as pernambuco—has long been prize…
4 months, 1 week ago
AI's Divergence in Software Engineering Pay and Jobs
Season 1 Episode 227
The software job market is splitting in two. At the very top, a small cadre of AI specialists is being courted with extraordinary salaries and fierce…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Problematic Mythology of Genius
Season 1 Episode 226
The word “genius” carries a seductive power—but it may explain far less than we think. Drawing on Helen Lewis’s critique, this episode unpicks the id…
4 months, 1 week ago
Gukesh's Chess Triumph and India's Growing Clout
Season 1 Episode 225
When 18-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh returned to Chennai as the youngest world chess champion in history, the celebration felt like more than a sporting…
4 months, 1 week ago
Age and Fitness of Presidential Candidates
Season 1 Episode 224
Never before have two leading presidential candidates been so old—and so closely scrutinized for it. With Joe Biden and Donald Trump both well beyond…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Evolution of Metropolitan Regional Planning
Season 1 Episode 223
More than a century ago, Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago offered a bold idea: that cities should be planned not just block by block, but as regions,…
4 months, 1 week ago
Building the Great Pyramid of Giza
Season 1 Episode 222
Rising from the desert with mathematical precision, the Great Pyramid of Giza remains one of humanity’s most astonishing feats of organization and be…
4 months, 1 week ago