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The Adelaide suburb of Colonel Light Gardens is like Australia’s answer to Pleasantville. Think wide, winding tree-lined streets, 1920s bungalows, and the odd Stepford Wife-alike. Originally, the land – about 7km south of the CBD – was used for an army camp. Now it’s internationally recognised as a model garden suburb. But it’s what’s behind the suburb’s glossy façade that really makes it interesting … Presenters: Carla Caruso & James Elsby Email us at carla@carlacaruso.com.au Website: https://carlacaruso.com.au This podcast is an independent production. We received a Maggy ...

Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them? KQED’s Devin Katayama and Sandhya Dirks explore that question, taking us into the ordinary spaces of suburban life to find extraordinary stories about race, poverty and belonging.

Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten...