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The Future City
by Eyal Halamish & Louka Parry
On the Future City Podcast, we learn about how our cities are changing from the people you normally wouldn’t hear from. From cocktail artists to urban planners, green thumbs to financial analysts, we will share stories about how these creative thinkers and doers are shaping the city you live in. Come learn with us about this new normal.
Episodes
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Episode 51: Season Wrap-up with Louka Parry and Eyal Halamish
Louka and Eyal reminisce about the first 50 conversation of The Future City Podcast.
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Adoption of a New Market Focus
We've all heard about affordable housing, but what is affordable retail? Charlie and Anthony say that entrepeneurial start ups are creating immense value by creating businesses and organisations that are focussed on affordable retail, leading to fulfilled sustainable communities. Charlie has over...
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Episode 49: Gardens in Urban Evironments with Elizaveta Fakirova
Are green gardens allowed, or encouraged on rooftops in most metropolitan areas? In a high-density low-parkland environment; are there really no spaces for greenery and plant-life? Elizaveta Fakirova says that parks, natures, and green spaces can be on walls, rooftops, inside, and designed into...
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Episode 48: Mindful Construction with Nitin Govila
How valuable is the purpose of a space? What happens when you combine a meditation trainer and an engineer? Nitin Govila says that the importance and design of spaces for reflection, meditation, and just to unwind are extremely important human-centred considerations in design, capable of being...
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The Public Art City by Samuel Mayze
Architect and public art strategist Samuel Mayze says every city needs an Artist-in-Residence. Mayze says public art is another piece of infrastructure which brings people together and cities are in dire need of creative curation of their public spaces. On this episode of The Future City Podcast…
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Episode 46: The Commuter City with Will Fisher
The Long Island Railroad's chief technologist Will Fisher says remote work will keep going if the commute sucks. According to Fisher "If you don't have competitive commuting options, you will resort to virtual work." On this episode of The Future City we speak with Google and Palantir-trained...
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Episode 45: The Post-Growth City with Donnie Maclurcan
Economist Donnie Maclurcan says there are ways city dwellers can be encouraged to share more readily. In this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with Executive Director of the Post-Growth Institute Donnie Maclurcan. Donnie has spent over 15 years investigating how to re-teach people in...
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Episode 44: The Untold City with Dominique Somda
The Untold City with Dr. Dominique Somda Slave trade researcher Dr. Dominique Somda says monuments which honor colonisers should not be removed from our cities. They should be spectacularly subverted. In this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with anthropologist and author Dr. Dominique...
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Episode 43: The Healing City with Dr. Melissa Lem & Jennie McCaffrey
What if doctors and educators prescribed nature? On today's episode of The Future City Podcast, Eyal and Louka speak with Dr Melissa Lem and not-for-profit educator and leader Jennie McCaffrey about how nature can be prescribed for health and education. Dr Melissa Lem is a Vancouver family...
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Episode 42: The Space-based City by Michael McCormack
How does our space influence us? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with property development innovator Michael McCormack. Michael is a registered building practitioner with education in law, architecture, and construction. With over ten years of experience working at several...
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Episode 41: The Unarmed City by Tony Rice II
Why is police accountability critical for our cities? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with entrepreneur, management consultant and public sector innovator Tony Rice II. Tony is a top tier management consultant specialising in public sector innovation. He is the founder of...
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Episode 40: The Timeless City by Eddie Harran
What if we looked at our cities through the lens of time? What ideas might emerge? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with futurist, entrepreneur and researcher Eddie Harran. Eddie is the Founder of Temporal Labs, a futurist at Huddle Design and was explorer in residence at the...
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Episode 39: The Integrated City with Andrew Davies
Is the economic model of your city regenerative and inclusive? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with executive, entrepreneur and CEO of BLab Australia and New Zealand, Andrew Davies. Andrew speaks with us about redefining the foundations for good businesses and how solving…
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Episode 38: The Inclusive City with Ali Estefam
The Inclusive City What does it mean to design a culturally inclusive city? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with linguist, urban planner and designer Ali Estefam. Ali is a multilingual community outreach specialist at Melissa Johnson Associates. She has worked on…
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Episode 37: The Coworking CIty by Beth Hampson
What turns a space into a place you want to be a part of? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with property director and entrepreneur Beth Hampson. Beth is Commercial Director at The Argyll Club, which manages 38 premium flexible workspaces at the heart of London's office market....
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Episode 36: The 22nd Century City by Jacksón Smith
What if you got paid to learn for the rest of your life? On this episode of the Future City Podcast we speak with storyteller, learner, and technology architect Jacksón Smith. Jacksón is Co-Founder and the CTO of the Learning Economy Foundation, a U.S. based non-profit organization with a global...
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Episode 35: The Counter-Intuitive City by Ting Jiang
What is the magic solution to revive human vitality? On this episode of the Future City Podcast, we speak with global behaviour change expert Dr. Ting Jiang. Dr. Jiang was a Principal at the Duke University Center for Advanced Hindsight, founded by best-selling Professor Dan Ariely. Ting coined…
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Episode 34: The Insightful City by Sébastien Turbot
What can your city teach you? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with executive, curator and researcher Sébastien Turbot. Sébastien is the CEO of eko6, a creative learning consultancy and a Research Fellow at Qatar Foundation's World Innovation Summit for Education, leading a...
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Episode 33: The Campus City by Jay Deshmukh
Is your university alma mater a city? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with Jay Deshmukh, an award-winning architect and Associate Manager in Architecture at IBI Group; a global technology-driven design firm focused on the future of cities. She is also a member of the Board of...
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Episode 32: The Diplomatic City by Juan Battaleme
How might international relations and diplomacy affect the future of our cities? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with professor, political scientist and diplomat Juan Battaleme. Professor Battaleme is the Secretary of CARI, the Argentine Council on International Relations…
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Episode 31: The Wise City by Jonathan Lane
What would it mean for our cities if equity and resilience were the metrics of success? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with Harvard and MIT-trained Associate Vice President of Economic Development for the New York City Economic Development Corporation Jonathan Lane. Jonathan...
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Episode 30: The Strategic City by Jonelle Simunich
What are the likely futures for our cities? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with futurist, urban planner and architect Jonelle Simunich. Jonelle is the Senior Strategist at Arup's Foresight Research and Innovation team. She specialises in sustainability, regenerative urban...
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Episode 29: The Activist City with Sonny Singh
What would it mean if every citizen was a revolutionary optimist? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with singer, songwriter, activist and racial justice educator Sonny Singh. Sonny is the original member of the Brooklyn Bhangra outfit Red Baraat and also co-founded the…
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Episode 28: The In-Between City by Prachi Sharma
How might we discover stillness in the spaces we design? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with architecture professor and Mumbai-based design thought leader Prachi Sharma. Prachi is an Assistant Professor at the Lokmanya Tilak Institute of Architecture & Design Studies. She...
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Episode 27: The Opportune City with Courtney Cardin
What's an opportunity zone and how do you create one? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with campaigner, lawyer and investment analyst Courtney Cardin about how civic leaders create economic and social opportunities in our neighborhoods. Courtney was Senior Counsel on the US...
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Episode 26: The Conscious City with Itai Palti
What would it mean if a city was conscious? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with architect, researcher and founder of the Conscious Cities movement Itai Palti. Itai is Director of Hume, a science-informed architecture and urban design practice and Director of the Centre for...
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Episode 25: The Dating City with Logan Ury
How is love and dating changing how we experience our cities? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with dating coach, author and behavioral scientist Logan Ury. Logan is the author of How to Not Die Alone and is the Director of Relationship Science at the dating app Hinge. Logan...
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Episode 24: The Play-filled City by Leticia Lozano
What if children designed our cities? On this Episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with play consultant, experience designer and creative strategist Leticia Lozano. Leticia is the Co-founder and Director of MACIA Estudio, an applied research studio seeking to enhance human experiences...
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Episode 23: The Techno-Powered City with Daniel Korski
What if we invested in technology for our cities as much as we invest in our search engines? In this episode of The Future City Podast, we speak with investor, political advisor and govtech industry builder Daniel Korski CBE. Daniel was an adviser to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and is the...
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Episode 22: The Riverine City with Scott Martin
What happens when you slow down? You start to care about where you live. On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with Scott Martin, Executive Director of the River Heritage Conservancy, a non-profit organization dedicated to preservation of the Ohio River. Scott is a conservationist...
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Episode 21: The Optimists' City with Pia Mancini
What if cities are the greatest opportunity we have to redesign the rules we live by? On this episode of the Podcast we speak with Pia Mancini, co-founder of Democracy Earth and Open Collective. Pia is an activist, technologist and serial impact entrepreneur working at the intersection of...
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Episode 20: The Diverse City by Katherine Teh
What would a city be like if citizens were emotionally aware of themselves and how they impacted others? On this episode of The Future City podcast, we speak with Futureye Consultancy Founder and Managing Director Katherine Teh. Katherine is a corporate executive, management consultant and...
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Episode 19: The Water Connected City by Sarah Bell
What happens when there is no more water? On this episode of The Future City podcast, we speak with Professor Sarah Bell. Sarah is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers who has worked across…
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Episode 18: The Brand City by Sérgio Brodsky
Imagine a city where corporations used their brands for public good? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with expert brand strategist Sergio Brodsky. Sergio is a corporate leader, marketing guru and founder of the concept of Urban Brand Utility. Sergio shares his own story of...
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Episode 17: The Regenerative City with Jess Miller
What does it mean to have a city which regenerates itself? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with City of Sydney Councillor Jess Miller, an environmental activist and equity advocate. Jess shares about the power of urban ecology, why diverse representation matters and how…
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Episode 16: The Emotion Revolution with Marc Brackett
How do you feel right now? Understanding and regulating emotions is one of the key aspects to living a good life, and in fact it's never been more important than at this moment in our human history. This week we doing something different as we share an episode from our friends at The Learning...
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Episode 15: The Servant Leader City with Shelley Danner
How do cities attract and retain the best talent, and therefore the best industries? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with Shelley Danner, community activator, Adjunct Professor of Design Thinking, and Co-founder and Program Director of Challenge Detroit. Shelley shares with…
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Episode 14: The Multicultural City with Anya Shani
How do we truly discover and showcase the different cultures in our cities? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with Anya Shani, The most recent CEO of Hansen House, Jerusalem's Public Cultural Center. Anya is a convenor of creatives and embodies the essence of entrepreneurship…
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Episode 13: The Just City with Yassmin Abdel-Magied
What would it be like to design a city from the perspective of justice? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with Yassmin Abdel-Magied, a London-based, Sudanese-Australian writer, engineer and award-winning social advocate. Yassmin shares her thoughts about forgiveness, inclusive...
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Episode 12: The Considered City with Dominic Regester
How would you describe the way you experience your city? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with Dominic Regester about the benefits of leveraging a city's ecology and what happens when city makers take the time to consider the emotional experience city dwellers have when they...
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Episode 11: The Clean Air City with Reecha Upadhyay
How do we know if the air in our cities is clean enough to breathe? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with Reecha Upadhyay, an international clean air activist based in one of the most air-polluted cities on earth, Delhi, India. Reecha is a campaigns and program leader at the...
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Episode 10: The Aero-powered City with Dr. Newton Campbell Jr.
What does the future of flight mean for our cities? Drones already deliver items to consumers at home, and as we are the midst of the third aviation revolution. Where might this technology take us? On today's episode we speak with Dr. Newton Campbell Jr., a NASA computer scientist and cyber...
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Episode 9: The Workers' City with Julian Waters-Lynch
On this week's episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with Dr. Julian Waters-Lynch about how remote working in response to the COVID19 pandemic is changing us and our cities. Dr. Waters-Lynch is a lecturer at RMIT University. He is an expert in the future of work in this "new normal." Julian...
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Episode 8: The Empowered Culture City with Kyra Assibey-Bonsu
How are we celebrating, catalyzing and amplifying black joy? This, in itself, is a radical act. On this week's episode of The Future City podcast we speak with Kyra Assibey-Bonsu, a Brooklyn based urbanist and storyteller who is on the board of Black Space Urbanist Collective - an organization...
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Episode 7: The Self-Sufficient City with Ross Harding
What does it mean to have a city which is truly self-sufficient where the only thing coming in and out is people? On this episode of The Future City podcast, we speak with Ross Harding, a designer, engineer and finance guy with a special power - designing self-sufficient cities. Ross shares his...
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Episode 6: The Cool, Green, Climate resilient City with David Speirs
How can we increase people's connection to nature, and make our cities greener, healthier and more sustainable? In today's episode we speak with the Honorable David Speirs MP. He is the Minister for Environment and Water and serves as a Member of Parliament in South Australia, Australia's 4th...
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Episode 5: The Data-driven City with Lucinda Hartley
In this episode we speak with Lucinda Hartley, an urban designer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Neighbourlytics, a social analytics platform for neighbourhoods that measures the quality of life and wellbeing in cities using big data. Named as one of Melbourne's Top 100 most influential people,...
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Episode 4: The National Park City with Daniel Raven-Ellison
Daniel Raven-Ellison is a Guerrilla Geographer, National Geographic Emerging Explorer and is leading the campaign to make London the world's first National Park City. A former secondary school Head of Geography, Daniel's work focuses on exploring and thinking about places in creative ways,...
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Episode 3: The Livable City - Clare Shine
What makes a city livable? Transport? Splendid Coffee? Hip people? On this episode of the Future City Podcast we speak with Clare Shine about how access to the natural world inside our cities is what makes them desirable, equitable and even commercially successful. Clare speaks about the…
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Episode 2: The Culinary City - Ryan 'Lyan' Chetiyawardana
What's the difference between a good night and a wicked night? Incredible food and amazing cocktails. On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with Ryan Chetiyawardana about how to design magical culinary experiences, where the future of restaurants is heading and why being weird is…
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On the Future City Podcast, we learn about how our cities are changing from the people you normally wouldn’t hear from. From cocktail artists to urban planners, green thumbs to financial analysts, we will share stories about how these creative thinkers and doers are shaping the city you live in. Come learn with us about this new normal.
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Eyal Halamish & Louka Parry
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