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From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait but Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what the hell is going on in our strange, unprecedented modern times.

The Urban, le podcast de Gecina qui interroge notre rapport à la ville et aux modes de vie urbains est de retour ! La ville est un objet mouvant. Elle se réinvente sans cesse au gré des événements qui la traversent et de ceux qui l’habitent, l’animent, la pensent. Quel horizon aujourd’hui pour notre vie en ville ? Comment penser, vivre et construire les nouvelles urbanités ? Les sociologues Jean Viard et Saskia Sassen, l’économiste Pierre Veltz, mais aussi le professeur d’urban studies, Richard Florida et la géographe Magali Reghezza-Zitt sont aux côtés de la journaliste ...

Since 2010, Toronto's headlines have been consumed by the outrageous personal foibles and government-slashing, anti-urbanist policies of Mayor Rob Ford. But the heated debate at City Hall has obscured a bigger, decade-long narrative of Toronto's ascendance as a mature global city. Some Great Idea traces how post-amalgamation, and under three very different mayors, Toronto managed to so quickly oscillate from one extreme to another, and how the city might proceed from here.

From the sprawling barricadas of Lima to the garbage hills of Manila, urbanization has been disconnected from industrialization, even economic growth. Davis portrays a vast humanity warehoused in shantytowns and exiled from the formal world economy. He argues that the rise of this informal urban proletariat is a wholly original development unforeseen by either classical Marxism or neoliberal theory. Are the great slums, as a terrified Victorian middle class once imagined, volcanoes waiting to erupt?

Over the past 10 years, urban planners, technology companies, and governments have promoted smart cities with a somewhat utopian vision of urban life made knowable and manageable through data collection and analysis. Emerging smart cities have become both crucibles and showrooms for the practical application of the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and the integration of big data into everyday life. Are smart cities optimized, sustainable, digitally networked solutions to urban problems? Or are they neoliberal, corporate-controlled, undemocratic non-places?

Legal scholar and architect Sara C. Bronin examines how zoning became such a prevailing force and reveals its impact. Outdated zoning codes have maintained racial segregation, prioritized cars over people, and enabled great ecological harm. But, as Bronin argues, once we recognize the power of zoning, we can harness it to create the communities we desire, and deserve. Drawing on her own experience leading the overhaul of Hartford's zoning code and exploring the efforts of activists and city planners across the country, Bronin shows how new codes are reshaping our cities.

An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. We live in a world defined by urbanization and digital ubiquity, where mobile broadband connections outnumber fixed ones, machines dominate a new "internet of things," and more people live in cities than in the countryside.

Conversations with CRE Broker Lauren Lowery and Appraiser Paul Gibson on Chicago and other Urban American Cities' Changing Urban Communities. We tackle the transformation in OUR residential, commercial and industrial corridors with in-depth interviews with The Retailers, Developers, Policy Makers and Politicians that Transform the Nations Urban Landscape. Thursdays @ 1pm.

Your go to podcast where sports, education and entertainment collide-all through a bold, urban lens. Hosted by voices rooted in culture, we break down the latest in sports, spotlight game-changing stories and explore how athletics intersects with real life, learning and the streets. Whether you’re a diehard fan, aspiring athlete, coach, or just love smart unfiltered takes, this is your playbook for the game on and off the field.

Your go to podcast where sports, education and entertainment collide-all through a bold, urban lens. Hosted by voices rooted in culture, we break down the latest in sports, spotlight game-changing stories and explore how athletics intersects with real life, learning and the streets. Whether you’re a diehard fan, aspiring athlete, coach, or just love smart unfiltered takes, this is your playbook for the game on and off the field.

The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year. But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities.

Chezare A. Warren chronicles the transition of a cohort of young Black males from Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men to their early experiences in higher education. A rich and closely observed account of a mission-driven school and its students, Urban Preparation makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how young males of color can best be served in schools throughout the United States today.

Raus aus dem Elfenbeinturm, rein in die Gegenwart – das ist „HTRS OFF COURSE“, der Podcast des Urban Hitters Collective. Und darum geht es: Der Golfsport ist wie ein gut erhaltenes Museum – gepflegt, respektvoll, mit Regeln, die lange vor unserer Zeit geschrieben wurden. Das Spiel selbst ist zeitlos, doch das Erlebnis oft nicht. Für viele ist Golf ein Symbol für Exklusivität, elitäre Codes und eine Sprache, die sie nie gelernt haben. „HTRS OFF COURSE“ holt Golf in die Realität der nächsten Generation – in die Welt von Kultur und Subkultur. Golfprofi Marcel Siem und ...

As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: The belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Author James Bridle surveys the history of art, technology, and information systems and reveals the dark clouds that gather over our dreams of the digital sublime.

Urban Future Talks ist der Podcast des Urban Forum – Egon Matzner-Institut für Stadtforschung. In jeder Folge führen Bernhard Müller oder andere Vertreter:innen des Urban Forum tiefgehende Gespräche mit Persönlichkeiten aus Politik, Wissenschaft, Medien und Zivilgesellschaft. Gemeinsam beleuchten sie aktuelle Herausforderungen und Chancen für Städte im Wandel: von sozialer Gerechtigkeit über Mobilität, Baukultur und Urbanisierung bis hin zu Klimapolitik und demokratischer Teilhabe. Die Gespräche bieten fundierte Analysen, kritische Perspektiven und konkrete Impulse für eine ...

Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, Thomas Sugrue asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. He challenges the conventional wisdom that urban decline is the product of the social programs and racial fissures of the 1960s.

Through over ten years of research, interviewing activists along with unprecedented access to their personal archives, Tracy and Sonnie tell a crucial, untold story of the New Left. Their deeply sourced narrative history shows how poor and working-class individuals from diverse ethnic, rural and urban backgrounds cooperated and drew strength from one another. The groups they founded redefined community organizing, and transformed the lives and communities they touched.

Urban Beginnings is a podcast co-hosted by practicing planners Blair Czarecki and Rogelio Martinez. Influenced by their love for spaces and places and the people helping shape them, Urban Beginnings explores urban planning topics and their impact on communities. By uncovering noteworthy people, places, and events, Urban Beginnings elevates projects, issues, and initiatives shaping the field. Through interviews with community members and planning enthusiasts, Urban Beginnings explores real issues and stories that are fun, engaging, personal, and organic.Support the show: https://linktr.ee/...

Urban Radar is a podcast series brought to you by Professors Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry, which reflects on current events and emerging trends through the lens of cities and urban life. Drawing on the unique range of urban expertise in the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, we place urban dynamics at the centre of contemporary global affairs.Feedback:Email: urbanradarpod@gmail.comInstagram: @urbanradarpodcastCredits: Podcast production, presentation & editing: Tom Goodfellow & Beth PerryPost-production editing & marketing: Polly CliftonProduction support: Jack ClaytonDistribution, ...

Urban Uplift is a dynamic media network dedicated to shining a spotlight on the untold stories of inner-city communities. Through powerful storytelling, we celebrate the resilience, creativity, and innovation that emerge from urban life while addressing the challenges and triumphs of these vibrant spaces. Our mission is to amplify voices, inspire change, and foster a deeper understanding of the cultural and social fabric that makes cities thrive. From documentaries and interviews to digital content and live events, Urban Uplift serves as a platform for authentic narratives that uplift and ...