Louka and Eyal reminisce about the first 50 conversation of The Future City Podcast.

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 30 years’ experience of advising on commercial property investment development and asset management. Clients include owner-managed property companies, international trustees/private offices and...

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 other creative areas. Ingenuity and policy can enable a city of smart gardens, and will hopefully increase as we have more free-time. Elizaveta is the 2020/21 German Chancellor Fellow with the...

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 achieved efficiently by being a part of practical planned construction and supply. Nitin is a management leader, entrepreneur, engineer, and meditation trainer. He is the APAC MENA MD for the French...

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. On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with Samuel Mayze, Director of Strategic Projects at Urban Art Projects (UAP) where he has led multi-million dollar public art, cultural master planning and complex fabrication projects in Australia and the Middle East.

Will Fisher encourages people to experiement and explore different ways to get around our cities. Will is the Chief Innovation Officer for the Long Island railroad system in New York city, transporting and average of 301,000 customer each week. His team is responsible for all customer-facing information, including digital signage and the agency app. He has spearheaded efforts to collect new, realtime data, including GPS locations and realtime passenger counts from the entire fleet.

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 cities to feel safe enough to share their offers and needs. Donnie says capitalism has traumatized us but that there are powerful ways many people are rebuilding a more just economic system from the...

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 Somda about why keeping slave histories a secret suppresses the evolution of our cities and their inhabitants. Somda outlines how people in cities interact based on what they know and ignore about...

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.

How does our space influence us? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with property development innovator Michael McCormack. Michael is the managing director of the B-Corporation Milieu, a boundary bending architecture and design firm focusing on influencing behaviour in our buildings, spaces, and cities. Michael speaks with us about how design and architecture infused with purpose can inspire communities to form; and how firms building our cities must think about their...

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. He is the founder of Unarmed, a platform where compliments and complaints about law enforcement are managed.  Tony shares why now is the leadership moment for police chiefs, the impact of deeply entrenched policing methods, and the role of citizens in holding our law enforcement to account.

What if we looked at our cities through the lens of time? On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with futurist and entrepreneur Eddie Harran. Eddie is the Founder of Temporal Labs, a futurist at Huddle Design, and was explorer in residence at the Centre for the Edge at Deloitte.  Eddie challenges us to think about the timescape of our city, the ‘speed’ of a city, and how focussing on ‘time spent’ in our cities can unlock solutions to deeply entrenched problems our city executive

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 urban challenges sits at the intersection of public and private partnerships. BLab is a movement of people using business as a force for good.

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. A multilingual community outreach specialist at Melissa Johnson Associates Ali has worked on people-centred approaches to design and urban planning across New York and internationally. Ali speaks with us about engagement beyond language, tactical urbanism and the behavioural science and psychology of...

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. Beth shares with us the importance of urban hubs and what the future of coworking looks like as we emerge from this global pandemic.

What if you got paid to learn for the rest of your life?  On this EP of the Future City Podcast, we speak with storyteller, learner, and technology architect Jacksón Smith. Co-Founder and the CTO of the Learning Economy Foundation, they prepare citizens to be future-skilled, address student inequity and put innovation at the centre of our communities. We speak about having a vested interest in your alma mater, carrying a learner “wallet”, and what a learning economy might look like beyond...

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. Ting coined the term "Behavioral Tech" and guides us through a meditative conversation about why science-driven lifestyle change is the key to human vitality in our cities. Take a slow breath and enjoy.

What can your city teach you? On this episode of The Future City Podcast we speak with executive, curator and researcher Sébastien Turbot; CEO of eko6, a creative learning consultancy, a Board Member of Montreal International and Global Director at Qatar Foundation's World Innovation Summit for Education.  Sébastien speaks with us about the value of learning to learn, how urban space shapes our learning and how becoming a global “hub” means investing in student and citizens’ 21st century skil

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 Trustees at the Textile Museum of Canada.  Jay speaks with us about the social nature of learning, how university campuses have become intrinsic to places and the value of integrated campus life.

How might international relations and diplomacy affect the future of our cities? This week we speak with professor, political scientist and diplomat Juan Battaleme. Professor Battaleme is the Secretary of CARI, the Argentine Council on International Relations (CARI), and the Director of the Government. Battaleme speaks with us about why connectography trumps geography, how foreign government soft power can be developed through infrastructure investments and how biometrics could prevent crime.

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 speaks with us about the power of targeting new industry to tackle equity issues in a city, the need to challenge the status quo and why resilience is the key to urban economics.

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 systems and advanced technologies that will shape the future of the build environment in our cities. Jonelle speaks with us about regeneration, the role of tech and the scenarios for our society and...

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, co-founded the political rock band Outernational, and has been produced by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. Sonny speaks with us about institutional racism, the power of digital spaces for activists and why he is a...

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 speaks with us about breaking the silos of architecture, the value of in-between spaces and why you should design so people can discover stillness in a city.