Author Ben Wilson joins us to talk about the innovations of ancient cities, which connect the Sumerian city of Uruk to the world’s urban mega-centers of today.
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Building Cities That Climate Change Won’t Wash Away
Shayla Love, a senior staff writer at Vice covering science, medicine, health, drugs, and climate, talks to us about the hidden things that make a city run smoothly and why it’s not ready to face the reality of climate change.
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The Evolution of Urban Parks
Urban design critic John King joins guest host John McCaa to talk about how urban parks have evolved to offer a variety of experiences.
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Lost Cities As Seen From Space
Sarah Parcak joins us to talk about how satellites are being used to scan for buried artifacts and more.
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A Guide to Ending Urban Violence in 10 Years
Senior research fellow at Harvard University Thomas Abt joins us to talk about how we can reduce crime in major urban cities.
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Putting New York On The Map
This hour, we’ll talk about how smart urban planning transformed an unruly town into a metropolis with the author of “City on a Grid: How New York Became New York.”
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