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- 🇬🇧GB · Social Sciences#1775K to 30K
- 🇧🇷BR · Social Sciences#19100K to 300K
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- 🇸🇪SE · Social Sciences#1771K to 10K
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75K to 243K🎙 ~2x weekly·26 episodes·Last published 2w ago - Monthly Reach
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149K to 486K🇧🇷62%🇮🇳21%🇬🇧6%+7 more - Active Followers
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60K to 194K
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28. RIVER/CITY: A conversation with Olivia Casagrande and Roberto Monte-Mór
Jun 8, 2026
58m 42s
27. MAKING A PRIME MINISTER IN MAKERFIELD? Predicting election results, +Ebola in African cities, +domestic worker activism, +global sand crisis, +housing and the World Urban Forum and more
May 22, 2026
57m 05s
26. COMPARATIVE LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNITY EXCHANGE: A conversation with Jack Makau and Temilade Sesan
May 8, 2026
1h 03m 31s
25. ASYMMETRIC URBANISM: Pushback in Portland, +Palantir in Sheffield, +dunking in Trento, +adopting cities, +Pope vs Trump and more
Apr 23, 2026
1h 07m 03s
24. CHAOS AND DESIRE IN THE CITY: A conversation with Tanya Zack and Tanzil Shafique
Apr 13, 2026
55m 44s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/8/26 | 28. RIVER/CITY: A conversation with Olivia Casagrande and Roberto Monte-Mór✨ | riverscities+3 | Olivia CasagrandeRoberto Monte-Mór | — | Andes mountain rangeEl Plomo hill+5 | riversMapocho+3 | — | 58m 42s | |
| 5/22/26 | 27. MAKING A PRIME MINISTER IN MAKERFIELD? Predicting election results, +Ebola in African cities, +domestic worker activism, +global sand crisis, +housing and the World Urban Forum and more✨ | electionsvoting behaviour+5 | Dr Lotte Hargrave | University of Manchester | MakerfieldGreater Manchester | psephologyelections+8 | — | 57m 05s | |
| 5/8/26 | 26. COMPARATIVE LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNITY EXCHANGE: A conversation with Jack Makau and Temilade Sesan✨ | urban communitiesinformal settlements+3 | Jack MakauTemilade Sesan | African Cities Research Consortium | KampalaNairobi | urban communitiesinformal settlements+5 | — | 1h 03m 31s | |
| 4/23/26 | 25. ASYMMETRIC URBANISM: Pushback in Portland, +Palantir in Sheffield, +dunking in Trento, +adopting cities, +Pope vs Trump and more✨ | urbanismdemocratic backsliding+3 | Ryan Bellinson | Palantir | Portland, Oregon, USMinneapolis+2 | urbanismPortland+4 | — | 1h 07m 03s | |
| 4/13/26 | 24. CHAOS AND DESIRE IN THE CITY: A conversation with Tanya Zack and Tanzil Shafique✨ | urban dynamicsinformal trading+5 | Tanya ZackTanzil Shafique | The Chaos Precinct: Johannesburg as a Port City | JohannesburgDhaka+3 | JohannesburgDhaka+5 | — | 55m 44s | |
| 3/23/26 | 23. PROPERTY AND URBICIDE: Housing in Lebanon, +Nairobi floods, +Banksy, +scam centres, +Habermas and more✨ | housingurbicide+5 | Hannah SenderMariam Bazzi | University of SheffieldBeirut Urban Lab | — | housingLebanon+5 | — | 1h 05m 50s | |
| 3/9/26 | 22. CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH & THE CITY: A conversation with Cristina Temenos✨ | public healthCOVID-19+5 | Cristina Temenos | University of Manchester | AthensSantiago+1 | public healthCOVID-19+6 | — | 50m 07s | |
| 3/2/26 | 21. URBAN ROBOTICS BY STEALTH: Driverless vehicles, + Epstein, + Royals, + drug cartels, + immigration and more✨ | urban roboticsdriverless vehicles+4 | Professor Aidan While | University of Sheffield | USAfrica+1 | roboticsdriverless taxis+4 | — | 1h 08m 18s | |
| 2/13/26 | 20. SEEING THE CITY: A discussion with Junia Mortimer and Felipe Magalhaes✨ | urban studiesgeopolitics+4 | Junia MortimerFelipe Magalhães | Universities of SheffieldManchester | — | cityphotographs+5 | — | 54m 01s | |
| 1/26/26 | 19. THE NEW URBAN GEOPOLITICS: Inside Caracas + urban Greenland, + embassies and disinformation in London, + neighbourhood governance and more✨ | urban geopoliticsVenezuela crisis+4 | Dr. Erika Garcia Fermin | University of Manchester | VenezuelaSheffield+2 | urban geopoliticsVenezuela+5 | — | 53m 51s | |
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| 1/5/26 | Series 2 Urban Radar: Trailer✨ | urban lifecurrent events+3 | — | Urban Radar | UK670 cities | urban studiespodcast+3 | — | 4m 29s | |
| 12/16/25 | 18: WRAP UP, REFLECTION & REVEAL (+ Care and the city, +Aussie social media ban, +urban themes of the year and much more...)✨ | reflectionurban themes+3 | — | Urban Radar | — | urban themessocial media ban+3 | — | 50m 07s | |
| 11/28/25 | 17: CHILD LABOUR AND DISINFORMATION (+immigration policy, +COP30 in Belem, +ticket touts, +urban statistics and more…)✨ | child labourdisinformation+3 | Professor Julia MosesDr Dani Madrid-Morales | — | — | child labourdisinformation+5 | — | 1h 15m 59s | |
| 11/13/25 | 16: CHINA, THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE RACE AND ITS URBAN IMPACTS - A panel with Jon Silver, Zhengli Huang and Linda Westman | 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 10 year anniversary celebrations. Drawing on insights emerging from the GlobalCORRIDOR and Pluralize projects, Jon Silver, Zhengli Huang and Linda Westman share their interpretation of the Global Infrastructure Race, its urban impacts and how we can centre and decentre the role of China. Specifically they discuss: What is the Global Infrastructu... | 1h 16m 51s | ||||||
| 10/31/25 | 15: GREEN RESURGENCE & GAZA RECONSTRUCTION (+Brexit, +rats, +Louvre heist, +AI Friend and more) | 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 what the rise in fortunes of the Green Party, UK, under Zack Polanski, means for progressive politics in the UK, and for a city like Sheffield. Then, with Said Zaaneen (51:46), they dive into what the history of refugee camps in the Gaza strip tells us about the role of international humanitarian aid, and consider implications for future reconstruc... | 1h 20m 37s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 | 14: HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE - A conversation with AbdouMaliq Simone and Ash Amin | 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 questions of inclusion and belonging in the search for the 'good city'. Building on their collaborative work for the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Humanity's Urban Future programme, our guests consider: Are ideas of the good city still relevant in face of worsening inequality, segregation and individualism?Can a progressive politics... | 1h 03m 15s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 | 13: CONFLICT & URBAN TERRITORY - FROM UK HOMELESSNESS TO UPRISING IN NEPAL (+West Bank settlements, +witchcraft, +cars and more) | 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 agenda (27:50) and how we can understand the wider socio-economic issues shaping the recent Gen Z uprising in Nepal (50:08). Cutting across our discussions are questions of conflict over and in urban territory, federalism and decentralisation and how best to meet basic needs - such as shelter, health or security at the local (and national) l... | 1h 19m 46s | ||||||
| 9/23/25 | 12: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin | 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 in India, Southern Africa, Kenya and the UK. Joined by guests Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin, they ask: What can we learn from informal processes and practices in South Asian and African cities to address social injustice and poverty here in the UK?What kinds of trans-national networks can support this work and how do they build solidariti... | 56m 58s | ||||||
| 9/4/25 | 11: SCHOOLING AND SURVIVING IN ENGLAND AND SUDAN (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move) | This month we are joined by Drs Christina Tatham & Cathy Wilcock for a post-summer bumper episode. First in England, many children are starting school for the first time, including those with English as a second language, against a backdrop of stubborn spatial inequalities in educational outcomes later in life (31:26). Then, in the face of civil war and conflict in Sudan, we dive into how urban communities in and beyond national borders are finding ways to build resilience and... | 1h 21m 21s | ||||||
| 8/19/25 | 10: URBAN LABS IN TIMES OF CONFLICT AND POST-TRUTH - A conversation with Mona Fawaz & Nausheen Anwar | 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 respectively. This feature is a live recording of an in-person event on Urban Research Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth, recorded in July as part of the Sheffield Urbanism Summer Programme. This was an ‘in conversation’ event during which Tom and Beth explored the challenges that Mona and Nausheen face running urban labs in the fac... | 54m 23s | ||||||
| 7/29/25 | 9: URBAN POLITICS OF TRUTH AND WEALTH (+ AI data centres, +extreme heat and more) | In this episode we are joined by Dr Katie Pruszynski and Professor Rowland Atkinson to explore how political and wealth elites are reshaping cities from New York to London and beyond. We dive into Zohran Mamdani's journey to becoming the Democratic Party's nominee for Mayor of New York City (25:10) and the pros and cons of increasing tax on the super-rich (47:26), through an urban political tour of truth and wealth. Also on our radar: The loss of pubs & representations of young peop... | 1h 12m 36s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 | 8: CYBORG RIGHTS & THE CITY? A conversation on tech & urbanism with Simon Marvin & Allan McCay | In this month's special feature, Tom and Beth are joined by Simon Marvin and Allan McCay to discuss how advances in neurotechnology - specifically Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) - are changing the way we think about urban infrastructures and human-technology relations in the city. We discuss: How can we understand the complex and continuously changing relationship between cities and technology over the last few decades?What and where are the new frontiers of urban technology in... | 47m 21s | ||||||
| 6/27/25 | 7: HOUSING SAFETY, TRANS RIGHTS & THE CITY (+ Bunkers, AI protest & more) | 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 Grenfell Tower fire (22:33). Next, we consider trans rights in the context of Pride month and the impact of the UK’s recent Supreme Court ruling (38:40). Also on our radar: Bunkers and new forms of subterranean exclusionUrban festivals Touristification and the commodification of citiesThe LA riots and urban stigmaAI propaganda and AI prote... | 59m 51s | ||||||
| 6/16/25 | 6: POWERING THE NORTH - A conversation with Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram | In this first stand-alone feature, Tom and Beth introduce an uncut conversation with Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram - the Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region in the North of England, recorded at Sheffield's Festival of Debate. The conversation was chaired by Beth at the Octagon Theatre, and focussed on Andy and Steve's 10-point plan for a fairer, more equal Britain, set out in their book Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain (2024). In the discussion, the... | 1h 07m 28s | ||||||
| 5/29/25 | 5: POWER & THE POPE (+ Gaza urbicide, gambling cities & more) | 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 (or an AI confession box!) will alter relations between religion, faith and the city with Dr Krzysztof Nawratek (35:26). On our urban radar (02:41) we also consider: The UK government’s Immigration White Paper and the ‘local impacts’ of international student recruitmentRace and space in Trump’s welcoming of white South African ‘refugees’Ur... | 54m 20s | ||||||
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11 placements across 10 markets.
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11 placements across 10 markets.