Skylines, the CityMetric podcast

by The New Statesman
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Design #248

Skylines is the podcast from the New Statesman's urbanism site. Every two weeks, Jonn Elledge, colleagues and guests discuss the politics & workings of cities and test their contention that maps are a great topic for radio.

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Recent Episodes
  • 150. So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
    May 26, 2020 – 2:04:32
  • 149. No Exit
    May 10, 2020 – 37:49
  • 148. Graphs of doom
    Apr 22, 2020 – 37:51
  • 147. Lockdown
    Mar 31, 2020 – 30:29
  • 146. London mayoral walks #3: Rory Stewart has his porridge
    Mar 12, 2020 – 31:50
  • 145. The Great Manchester Mayoral Election
    Feb 27, 2020 – 34:54
  • 144. London mayoral walks #2, with Green Sian Berry
    Feb 13, 2020 – 29:16
  • 143. Curtain raiser
    Jan 30, 2020 – 40:50
  • 142. London mayoral walks, #1: with LibDem Siobhan Benita
    Jan 16, 2020 – 29:49
  • 141. Commonwealth voices in Kingston, Jamaica
    Jan 3, 2020 – 31:27
  • 140. So This Is Christmas, with Jay Foreman
    Dec 20, 2019 – 37:53
  • 139: 2019 Election Special
    Dec 5, 2019 – 28:32
  • 138. The real Middle Earth
    Nov 20, 2019 – 21:09
  • 137. Into the Woods
    Nov 6, 2019 – 42:50
  • 136: Health and efficiency
    Oct 24, 2019 – 22:07
  • 135. The battle for number two
    Oct 11, 2019 – 25:43
  • 134. The Power of Yes
    Sep 27, 2019 – 21:59
  • 133. The ancient regime
    Sep 12, 2019 – 31:07
  • 132. A summer holiday with Map Corner
    Aug 28, 2019 – 1:50:16
  • 131. Trapped
    Aug 15, 2019 – 30:42
  • 130. Public enterprise
    Aug 1, 2019 – 37:07
  • 129. The regeneration game
    Jul 18, 2019 – 35:47
  • 128. The country where I want to be
    Jul 4, 2019 – 30:15
  • 127. A short history of council housing
    Jun 21, 2019 – 45:17
  • 126. After Grenfell and advanced Sheffield
    Jun 6, 2019 – 36:08
  • 125. Global Britain and local Liverpool
    May 23, 2019 – 30:01
  • 124. North of the Tyne, south of the Strand
    May 9, 2019 – 27:06
  • 123. Beyond the Wall, with John Lanchester
    Apr 25, 2019 – 1:01:54
  • 122. A place of worship
    Apr 11, 2019 – 43:00
  • 121. Everything Is Awful
    Mar 28, 2019 – 32:44
  • 120: Brexit Brexit Bloody Brexit
    Mar 21, 2019 – 51:05
  • 119. Live from the crypt 2: Still encrypted
    Mar 7, 2019 – 30:22
  • 118. Flying high
    Feb 21, 2019 – 27:11
  • 117. Into the Vortex
    Feb 7, 2019 – 30:10
  • 116. The biggest story in the world
    Jan 24, 2019 – 35:32
  • 115. Food, glorious, food
    Jan 10, 2019 – 29:32
  • 114. Driving home for Christmas
    Dec 20, 2018 – 30:52
  • 113. Going green
    Dec 13, 2018 – 37:12
  • 112. Council housing strikes back
    Nov 29, 2018 – 36:41
  • 111. Why aye, man
    Nov 15, 2018 – 27:03
  • 110. The rise of the robots
    Nov 8, 2018 – 41:13
  • REPEAT: Sex* and the city (*gender)
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    Oct 25, 2018 – 27:30
  • 108. Brizzle
    Oct 18, 2018 – 45:35
  • 107. Social contracts
    Oct 11, 2018 – 43:58
  • 106. Walking with Elizabeth
    Oct 4, 2018 – 40:32
  • 105. Scouse Exceptionalism
    Sep 27, 2018 – 58:43
  • 104. London Blues, #2
    Sep 13, 2018 – 33:57
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    Sep 12, 2018 – 45:17
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Recent Reviews
  • Jstreeter1978
    Jstreeter1978
    Excellent podcast on urban themes, with a lot for train nerds (obviously by far the most civilized mode of transport).
  • CallMeTheBees
    A Favorite
    I look forward to listening to Skylines every week, and am digging into the back catalogue now. I find the deep dives into urbanism, politics, and policy to be very interesting and I always learn something new. Plus, I'm a dork for public transport. And I love how genuinely funny the commentary and discussions can be, and the sillier episodes are some of my favorites.
  • Cavell26
    Terrific and Insightful
    Skylines is very insightful and interesting, bringing together thoughtful ideas on public policy and transit, with an array of guests who help flesh out the larger picture of how transit fits into our daily life and the political landscape. As an expat, it's terrific for me to keep informed on key issues and topics back home in an enjoyable and engaging format. But while the focus is often specific, local issues in the UK, the podcast frequently disucsses broader, global topics, and really teaches you a lot about similar issues across the global. Highly recommended.
  • Tom Rockett
    Review update - from 3 to 4
    It's been almost 30 episodes since my first review (Oct 20, 2016) and I'm happy to report the audio quality that plagued early episodes has improved greatly. The content in general has remained about the same - recommend for those interested in transit, public policy, urbanism, the built environment, infrastructure, U.K. politics, etc
  • Lymanrstone
    Filling a valuable niche
    Glad to have a good urbanism podcast. Their view is sometimes a bit unrefined (like the painful discussion of US-New York political animosity), but that as often as not seems to be the guests' doing as the hosts. The hosts do a good job steering discussion and engaging listeners in topics you wouldn't expect to find fascinating. The sound quality is good. Still undecided if I like the constant background music and accompanying feeling of intensity. It's not bad, just not what I'm used to in most Podcasts, so takes adjustment.
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