Episodes

  • Tall Stories 489: Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island
    Dec 15 2025

    Gregory Scruggs tells us the tale of the oldest existing synagogue in the United States.

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    7 mins
  • ‘Architecture is Climate’
    Dec 11 2025

    We speak to Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider – two of the authors behind ‘Architecture is Climate’ – a new book rethinking the industry and its foundations in an age of ecological crisis.

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    30 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
  • Tall Stories 488: The bunker in Schönbornpark, Vienna
    Dec 8 2025

    Alexei Korolyov visits an air-raid bunker that has laid empty for decades but is now being brought back to life through art.

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    6 mins
  • MIPIM Asia 2025: What are Asian cities learning from each other?
    Dec 4 2025

    We report from MIPIM Asia in Hong Kong, where delegates from across the APAC region and beyond discussed solutions to meet the rapid pace of urbanisation. Plus: a city reeling from a devastating fire in Tai Po.

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    31 mins
  • Tall Stories 487: Strolling Athens’ stoas
    Dec 1 2025

    Paul Logothetis takes us to an iconic feature of Athens’ urban fabric – covered walkways offering much needed shade and a space for socialising.

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    7 mins
  • Testing the pressure on our cities with the 2025 Workforce Preference Barometer
    Nov 27 2025

    JLL’s Sue Asprey Price joins us to discuss the findings from the Workforce Preference Barometer 2025. Then Charlotte McDonald-Gibson reports on the challenges of training for combat in urban environments.

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    30 mins
  • Tall Stories 486: The towering beauty of Switzerland’s Grande Dixence Dam
    Nov 24 2025

    Jessica Bridger marvels at the tallest dam in Europe, which was constructed in the 1950s and supplies about 20 per cent of Switzerland’s stored energy.

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    7 mins