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Each week we discover a new city or neighbourhood somewhere in the world via its architecture, food, gardens, art, literature and cultural history.

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    • Jan 27, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 25m AVG DURATION
    • 247 EPISODES


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    Belfast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 25:13


    Belfast is kaleidoscopic — a product born out of contested histories and the desire to break free from it. As Northern Ireland commemorates 100 years since partition, take a journey through a city that is shedding its historical sectarian binaries.

    Brasília

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 25:15


    How might you go about building a capital city from scratch?

    Florida

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 25:14


    To the outsider, 'Florida' evokes a certain kind of hot, swampy and technicolour Americana — a particular kind of heat-warped American eccentricity with added canasta. But what is the place really like?

    Toronto

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 25:15


    Take a tour of Canada's largest and most multicultural city via it's underground walkways, it's myriad of restaurants and a Toronto Raptors home game.

    Costa Rica

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 25:14


    A country rich in biodiversity, a festival for every saint and 16 different types of avocado: come on a journey to Costa Rica.

    Milan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 25:08


    Behind the cosmopolitan, dynamic, and fashion-filled city of Milan lies a long and rich history. Down your aperitivo, hop on the underground train and take a tour around this grand Italian city.

    Byron Bay

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 25:14


    Beautiful beaches, ideal surfing conditions, national parks and plenty of sunshine; it's not hard to see why Byron Bay attracts everyone from holiday makers to social media influencers, to the global film industry.

    South Auckland

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 25:12


    Take a trip to South Auckland, a city within a city; it's geographical lines drawn by greater Auckland's collective imaginary (allowing a glimpse of how one might come to understand race relations in New Zealand).

    Manila

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 25:14


    The Philippines is a melange of Austronesian, Spanish, Chinese, and American histories which have their focal point in the capital, Manila. But to really see Manila as it is now, throw out everything you've been told… because it's time to head to the mall.

    Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 25:14


    Christmas in the city… well, a city emerging from six lockdowns. Join Jonathan as he takes a stroll through the spine of central Melbourne decked out in full Christmas garb, with a few street Santas mixed in for good measure.

    Kefalonia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 25:15


    An odyssey of loukamades, fir trees and feasts for a Patron Saint

    Lisbon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 25:15


    It's a global tourist mecca, drawing in visitors to its Wes Anderson-like dreamscape of pastel-coloured row houses, quaint lemon yellow trams, and cobblestone streets cascading down to a glittering river mouth. But dig a little deeper, and you'll find the darker histories beneath Lisbon's bright veneer.

    Las Vegas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 25:15


    Is Las Vegas The Strip? Or is The Strip, Las Vegas?

    Patrick McGorry's Swansea

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 25:16


    Featuring beautiful landscapes, coal, rugby and Beatlemania.

    Mexico City

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 25:14


    Pop on your walking shoes and head out to discover the wealth of art, architecture, cuisines, and histories that reside in this seductively chaotic city… as well as the razed metropolis beneath it.

    Vilnius

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 25:11


    A journey to the Lithuanian capital featuring a visit to Vilnius' last remaining synagogue and a day trip to a Soviet theme park.

    Melbourne General Cemetery

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 25:18


    Contrary to what we see, there is plenty of life to be found in an urban cemetery – especially where trees and plants are concerned.

    Bath

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 25:15


    Tuck into a brioche-style Sally Lunn bun, admire Palladian and neoclassical Georgian architecture, and retrace the footsteps of a 25 year old Jane Austen to the Pump Room.

    Lost and Found — Bath

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 25:15


    Tuck into a brioche-style Sally Lunn bun, admire Palladian and neoclassical Georgian architecture, and retrace the footsteps of a 25 year old Jane Austen to the Pump Room.

    Seoul

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 25:15


    If you're a fan of time travel, Seoul might be the city for you. It's a bustling, futuristic metropolis that retains a strong and deep sense of history.

    Western Sydney

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 25:14


    Too often obscured by news headlines and stereotypes, it's time to get to know the vast urban expanse that is Western Sydney.

    Florida

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 25:14


    To the outsider, 'Florida' evokes a certain kind of hot, swampy and technicolour Americana — a particular kind of heat-warped American eccentricity with added canasta. But what is the place really like?

    Bookshops part two

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 25:16


    It's time to go on a journey of the mind around the world via the bookstore. For our second and final edition, let some new and old friends whisk you around New York, Maastricht and Chandigarh.

    Bookshops part one

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 25:06


    It's time to go on a journey of the mind around the world via the places that are the ultimate conduits for escape — the bookstore. In part one of two, discover Wales' 'town of books', and Juliana Engberg's bibliophile guide to London and Paris.

    Belfast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 25:16


    Belfast is kaleidoscopic — a product born out of contested histories and the desire to break free from it. As Northern Ireland commemorates 100 years since partition, take a journey through a city that is shedding its historical sectarian binaries.

    The Enchanted City

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 25:16


    Come on an urban tramp, in search of enchantment, to discover the industrial city anew.

    Manila

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 25:14


    The Philippines is a melange of Austronesian, Spanish, Chinese, and American histories which have their focal point in the capital, Manila. But to really see Manila as it is now, throw out everything you've been told… because it's time to head to the mall.

    Taipei

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 25:14


    Hop on board one of the best transit systems in the world and arrive on time to enjoy hot pot, oyster omelettes and braised pork over rice; before taking in the culturally eclectic sites that make up Taiwan's capital.

    New Zealand Bubble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 25:14


    Our travel bubble with New Zealand might be closed for now (thanks, Delta variant) but it doesn't mean we can't plan for the future.

    Urban London

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 25:15


    Urban music… it's a London thing. From grime to garage, to drum & bass, the city itself has been instrumental in incubating these rich musical cultures. Take a trip through the council estates, radio stations, and social histories that made this happen.

    Budapest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 25:18


    From the Ruin Bar to Budapest's spectacular thermal bath houses, Bela Lajta's proto-deco Parisiana nightclub to Bartok's transformational impact on 20th century music, we take a mind journey through the Hungarian capital.

    Mount Bogong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 25:02


    Victoria's tallest summit is Mount Bogong, a place of dazzling beauty nestled in the Great Dividing Range on Yaithmathang country. Jonathan Green takes you on an icy journey up the mountain.

    Byron Bay

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 25:15


    Beautiful beaches, ideal surfing conditions, national parks and plenty of sunshine; it's not hard to see why Byron Bay attracts everyone from holiday makers to social media influencers, to the global film industry.

    Lost and Found — Milan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 25:18


    Behind the cosmopolitan, dynamic, and fashion-filled city of Milan lies a long and rich history. Down your aperitivo, hop on the underground train and take a tour around this grand Italian city.

    Richard Leplastrier's House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 25:18


    Gamilaraay man and ABC Top 5 Arts residential scholar Beau de Belle brings us along on a visit to the house of his mentor and friend, the revered architect Richard Leplastrier.

    Xinjiang

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 25:14


    Arid dessert air, plunging temperatures at night, bright white light and framed by multiple mountain ranges: Xinjiang is the kind of place that inspires poetry, music and delicious food.

    Costa Rica

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 25:18


    A country rich in biodiversity, a festival for every saint and 16 different types of avocado: come on a journey to Costa Rica.

    Berlin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 25:18


    Come on a mind journey through the 'unloved capital' to discover Berlin's rough charm, it's currywurst, its art and the unavoidable weight of it's history.

    Queer Melbourne

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 25:43


    Turn a 'queer eye' to Victoria's capital city on a walking tour with historian Graham Willett.

    Brasília

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 25:16


    How might you go about building a capital city from scratch?

    Jerusalem

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 25:02


    A journey to an ancient city marked by both beauty and ugliness, where intractable allegiances, passions and pasts collide.

    Vilnius

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 25:11


    A journey to the Lithuanian capital featuring a visit to Vilnius' last remaining synagogue and a day trip to a Soviet theme park.

    Vilnius

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 25:11


    A journey to the Lithuanian capital featuring a visit to Vilnius' last remaining synagogue and a day trip to a Soviet theme park.

    Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 25:15


    In anticipation of Australian football's return, journey to the MCG, a centuries old meeting place with many stories to tell.

    Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 25:15


    In anticipation of Australian football's return, journey to the MCG, a centuries old meeting place with many stories to tell.

    Bergen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 25:16


    A city of beauty, inwardness, and relentless, driving rain from which emerged Neo-Fjordic cuisine, Karl Ove Knausgård and with him a great literary renaissance.

    Bergen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 25:16


    A city of beauty, inwardness, and relentless, driving rain from which emerged Neo-Fjordic cuisine, Karl Ove Knausgård and with him a great literary renaissance.

    Toronto

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 25:14


    Take a tour of Canada's largest and most multicultural city via it's underground walkways, it's myriad of restaurants and a Toronto Raptors home game.

    Toronto

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 25:14


    Take a tour of Canada's largest and most multicultural city via it's underground walkways, it's myriad of restaurants and a Toronto Raptors home game.

    The Enchanted City

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 25:13


    Come on an urban tramp, in search of enchantment, to discover the industrial city anew.

    The Enchanted City

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 25:13


    Come on an urban tramp, in search of enchantment, to discover the industrial city anew.

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