How major events have influenced Milan’s urban infrastructure
16/04/2026 | 30min
We look at the legacy left by Milan’s Expo 2015 and the Olympic Winter Games on urban infrastructure. Then: Ottawa’s winter-transport report. Plus: Hong Kong’s plans to develop 120 hectares of protected wetlands. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 504: Caracas’s El Helicoide – from mall to political prison to rebirth
13/04/2026 | 6min
Camille Rodríguez Montilla investigates the dark history and hopeful future of Caracas’s mall-turned-political-prison – El Helicoide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Breaking ground or breaking promises? New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days in office
09/04/2026 | 37min
We discuss some of the promises that led to Zohran Mamdani’s election, from affordability and small businesses to transit. Plus: how are immigrant communities reacting to one of their own sitting in city hall?
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Tall Stories 503: The Sámi Cultural Centre in Finland and its impact
06/04/2026 | 5min
Petri Burtsoff takes us to Sajos, in Finland’s northern Lapland, a centre for culture and administration in the Sámi community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Finding out what our urban futures hold in Ljubljana
02/04/2026 | 29min
Guy de Launey reports from Urban Future, a Better Cities event taking place this year in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.