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The Urbanist

The Urbanist

Written by: Monocle
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With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards.

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  • Tall Stories 491: Australian War Memorial, Canberra

    Tall Stories 491: Australian War Memorial, Canberra
    Jan 12 2026

    Andrew Mueller takes us to the Australian War Memorial to find out the nature of and reasons for its recent refit.

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    6 mins
  • What energy should we take into 2026 in order to face climate change head on?

    What energy should we take into 2026 in order to face climate change head on?
    Jan 8 2026

    We meet Dr Gary Yohe, a Nobel Peace prize recipient for his work on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Then: we discover the stories behind Britain’s cooling towers, a brutalist structure that once dominated our skylines.

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    30 mins
  • Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York

    Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York
    Mar 29 2021
    Christopher Cermak charts his journey from model UN to reporting on the real thing and explains what the organisation’s New York HQ means to the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    6 mins
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