Episodes

  • Tall Stories 446: Villa Rezek, Vienna
    Feb 17 2025

    Alexei Korolyov tells us about the refurbishment of one of Vienna’s most important modernist buildings.

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    9 mins
  • Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York
    Mar 29 2021
    Christopher Cermak charts his journey from model UN to reporting on the real thing and explains what the organisation’s New York HQ means to the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    6 mins
  • Developing London
    Feb 13 2025

    We take a look at three developments in the UK capital that will be worth a visit in the months to come. From a revitalised piece of industrial history to a colourful waterside park in a grey business district and the big tenants pitching up beside Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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    31 mins
  • Tall Stories 445: Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj
    Feb 10 2025

    Geetanjali Krishna takes us to a temporary city on the banks of the Ganges river to investigate a large example of temporary urbanism brought about by a Hindu pilgrimage.

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    7 mins
  • Cultural city planning
    Feb 6 2025

    We explore how keeping culture in mind when planning our cities can have effects beyond just arts-related improvements. The people behind ‘The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning’ tell us more. Plus: we visit a treasured museum in Lima and look ahead to some cultural institutions that are set to open in 2025.

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    30 mins
  • Tall Stories 444: Sacré-Cœur, Paris
    Feb 3 2025

    Carla Hyenne describes the history of Paris’s Sacré-Cœur basilica, which holds a history that many of those who visit the monument today might not be familiar with.

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    5 mins
  • Los Angeles wildfires and the future of the city
    Jan 30 2025

    We discuss the environmental causes, political response and mobility fallout surrounding the Los Angeles wildfires. We examine some of the thousands of structures lost to this catastrophic blaze that tore through many of LA’s neighbourhoods and communities.

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    34 mins
  • Tall Stories 443: Helsinki’s canopy kiosks
    Jan 27 2025

    Petri Burtsoff visits his home city to see how it has revived its “canopy kiosks”, which have been a distinctive feature of the Finnish capital for a century.

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    4 mins