Episode Archive

• On Metrolingualism
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• Be Water! Urban Protests in Hong Kong
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• Heritage vs. Gentrification
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• When Social Housing was Big
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• Reviewing Suburban Planet

  Roger Keil's new book, 'Suburban Planet', is a major contribution to (re)thinking the urban age in terms its peripheries rather than its centres. He seeks to provide us with a way of coming to t...

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• Take Your Eyes Off the City Center!

  We are living on a suburban planet, if you ask Roger. He even wrote a book with that title. In the interview, he elaborates on the political implications of that condition. Situating his work on...

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• Bridging Urban Research and Action

  The call to make academic research more socially relevant has become a commonplace. But what does it mean to for academic research to benefit urban activism? What is to be done when the logics o...

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• Reclaiming the Tourist City - Part 2

  Part 2: Regaining Democratic Control

  The second part examines the extent to which democratic control has been exerted in the Checkpoint Charlie case and how development plans have been m...

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• Reclaiming the Tourist City - Part 1

  Part 1: Heritage Preservation and Urban Development

  Much-visited by tourists and generally avoided by Berliners, the site has faced growing conflict over plans to develop a hotel, Hard R...

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• Introduction Episode

  Welcome to the Urban Political Podcast! In this brief episode, we introduce ourselves, tell you about the motivation and purpose behind the podcast and what you should expect to hear in our pod ...

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