Podcasts about City Road

With housing *the* hot topic this election, a panel of experts at the recent festival of urbanism a panel of experts battled to convince a live audience that the private market could (or could not) solve Australia's housing crisis. This debate features: - The Hon Doug Cameron, Former Senator - Sharath Mahendran, Urban Planner and creator of YouTube channel Building Beautifully - Emily Sims, Uralla Shire Council - Stephanie Barker, Executive Director, Strategy and Engagement, Willowtree Planning - Luke Cass, editor, Honi Soit Newspaper 2023 - Emeritus Professor Peter Phibbs, Henry Halloran Research Trust, the University of Sydney Commentary This debate also features commentary from Michael Koziol, Sydney editor, The Sydney Morning Herald and is chaired by Professor Nicole Gurran, Director, Henry Halloran Research Trust. Thanks for listening. See you next time on City Road. Host: Bill Code Editor: Mikayla McGuirk-Scolaro

Welcome back to City Road. In this episode, we reflect on 2024's Festival of 'Public' Urbanism and its panel discussion on how the public life of great cities takes place in our cultural buildings and civic spaces – from libraries to museums, town halls, streets, parks and playgrounds. This special Denis Winston memorial lecture, delivered by Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, State Librarian and award-winning author and curator, celebrates our crucial public infrastructure as the cornerstone of public and democratic life. The keynote address is followed by an eminent panel conversation between Dr Rob Stokes, former Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, and Professor Jennifer Barrett, Professor in Museum Studies and Pro-Vice Chancellor Indigenous at the University of Sydney. The annual Festival of Urbanism is brought to you by the Henry Halloran Research Trust with the assistance of the University of Sydney School of Architecture Design and Planning. Thanks for listening. See you next time on City Road. Host: Bill Code Editor: Mikayla McGuirk-Scolaro

Scenario 69 is on the agenda today, but gaz asks me a spicy question around what usually upsets me other than spelling d3tty with a capital D like (D3tty) wtf is that...We also talk about some PQ's we'll never ever see.Hope everyone had a happy holidays, and we'll see you all next year!City/Road event 59(both)Find us on: IG - https://www.instagram.com/am_dirt/Twitter - https://twitter.com/uamdirt YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@amdirtOr contact us directly at: contact@rollingterribly.com** Please note our episodes may contain spoilers for all games in the Haven series but we will try to keep them to a minimum **

Andrew meets genealogist and Chair of the Register of Qualified Genealogists, Sylvia Valentine. He hears about how she got hooked on researching family history, her love of life-long learning and research, and her opinions on the terrifying workhouses!THE LIFE STORY - NAOMI HAWARTH Sylvia has chosen to tell the life story of her Gt Grandmother, Naomi Hawarth, who was born as a twin, but was the only one of the two to survive. She was not the only twin to her parents, or to outlive a twin sister. Fifteen years before Naomi's birth was that of Mary, who looked exactly like the twin of Naomi.Whilst twins are often observed as having similar lives, and family historians spot common behaviours in families, Sylvia's research has found that Naomi's siblings have carried many similar traits in education and music to their descendants.THE BRICK WALL - BERNARD BRAND FIEGEHEN It's one of Sylvia's husband's ancestors - Bernard Brand Fiegehen who appears working as a china man in City Road, London that has Sylvia facing a brick wall. Phonetically, that surname sounds like 'Fee-gun', and whilst that phonetic pronunciation might sound on face value like it has Irish origins, Sylvia has been stuck to find them.Sylvia has seen many online trees that have few or no sources for this man, but many point to him as being from Berlin in Germany. If you think that you can help Sylvia with a research clue or idea, then you can message her via the email address she gives in the episode or alternatively, you can send us a message and we'll pass it on to her.In the meantime, Sylvia isn't sure of the safety of Andrew's research idea, but will her leap of faith work out?....- - -Episode CreditsAndrew Martin - Host and ProducerSylvia Valentine - Guest Thank you for listening! You can sign up to our email newsletter for the latest and behind the scenes news. You can find us on Twitter @FamilyHistPod, Facebook, Instagram, and BlueSky. If you liked this episode please subscribe for free, or leave a rating or review.

A slow week in cyclocross, as all attention went to the road world championships. Noah and Issam cover the only cyclocross races of the weekend, Charm City CX. They also recap the road world championships and talk about which venues will host the cyclocross world championships in 2028 and 2030.

Tire out the kids this summer! And also give them some great habits for life. Brian Rensing and Justin Taylor with Ancient City Road Runners talk summer camp.

Tamara has finally made it to her 50th state...Oklahoma!! She took an Oklahoma road trip to visit both Oklahoma City and Chickasaw Country in south-central Oklahoma, in partnership with Chickasaw Country and the Chickasaw Nation. Oklahoma City has a lot to offer as a stand-alone destination including the First Americans Museum and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Tamara stayed at the aLoft hotel in Bricktown, which is the entertainment district with plenty of restaurants, bars, shops, and the minor league baseball stadium and water taxis. If you are interested in learning more about First American culture and love visiting small towns, tune in to learn more about Chickasaw Country. Some highlights include: Chickasaw Cultural Center Chickasaw National Recreation Area (see bison!) Chisholm Trail Heritage Center (learn about life as a cowboy) "Leg Lamp" sculpture in Chickasha for those that love roadside attractions Small town shopping in Sulphur Art Walk in Pauls Valley You can also read more about Tamara's Oklahoma road trip itinerary on We3Travel. Follow Kim @stuffedsuitcase Follow Tamara @yourtimetofly Other Episodes You Will Enjoy: Glacier Country, Montana Off the beaten Path in Maine West coast road trip Southwest road trip Family road trip tips

The undisputed viral hit of Christmas 1852 was the country dance ‘Pop Goes The Weasel', still taught to children today. On 13th December, 1852, the craze was seen at a party in Ipswich, where it was declared “one of the most mirth-inspiring dances which can ever be well imagined”. The song was performed at the Palace and taught to the gentry but, within a few years, had gained a reputation as an irritating earworm beloved by the poor and illiterate. How did this plummet from posh society come about? And to what do its famous lyrics, ‘half a pound of tuppeny rice / half a bag of treacle' actually refer? In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly attempt to unpick the song's meaning; discover what Humpty Dumpty was doing atop his famous wall; and reveal how The Eagle on City Road still cashes in on their nursery rhyme celebrity…  Further Reading: • ‘London Has A Pub From A Nursery Rhyme' (Londonist, 2022): https://londonist.com/london/food-and-drink/london-has-a-pub-from-a-nursery-rhyme • ‘Pop Goes the Weasel - The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes, By Albert Jack' (Penguin, 2010): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Pop_Goes_the_Weasel/BoidGaGcDPwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=pop+goes+the+weasel&printsec=frontcover • ‘Pop! Goes The Weasel | Rhymes in Time' (The Museum of London, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbP7d2j6SQ Love the show? Join

Ball Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY SC's draw with Houston Dynamo FC! We talk initial reactions, highlights, low lights, player ratings, where we go from here, and much much more!Follow the show on Twitter and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and videos on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

Hello again! Friday, Aug. 25, was a bittersweet day. The old Schraub red brick building at the corner of Chihuahua and Seguin streets came tumbling down. (See “Schraub Store falls into history, and dust,” Aug. 31 La Vernia News.) There were many emotions that day. I know so many folks are saddened by the disappearance of this historic structure. I have heard many stories of personal and family memories in that building, and am aware of its more recent use for graduation pictures and such. While it is a shame that it had to come down, it did allow the...Article Link

Online retailer Plenty Mobility has announced the launch of its online store that specializes in offering a wide range of mobility products and accessories to enhance everyday life. Plenty Mobility 128 City Road, London, Greater London EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom Website https://plentymobility.co.uk/ Email info@plentymobility.co.uk

There's been reports of a fire in Southbank on Clarendon Street between Whiteman Street and City Road.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday, June 7th — In this episode we talk about: Doug's and Katie's races, Matt's road trip to Kansas City Weather report: Oatly Philadelphia-style cream cheese, Game Changers sequel, Taco Bell Vegan Crunchwrap trial, USDA tours Good Meat's cultivated meat headquarters, Texas food labeling law signed, Sprouts reports increased sales of plant-based products Tune in live every weekday at 11am to watch on YouTube or on Instagram (@plantbasedmorningshowand @nomeatathlete_official), or watch on Twitter or Twitch! Follow @plantbasedmorningshow, @realmattfrazier, and @itsdoughay for more.

Tetomato leverages its powerful media connection to give local landscape designers, lawn care companies, and other similar businesses access to digital visibility like they've never seen before.More details can be found at Tetomato. Tetomato 128 City Road, London, England EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom Website https://tetomato.clientcabin.com/ Phone +44-7441-429200 Email prc.pressagency@gmail.com

Best known for having the longest escalators on the London Underground (and indeed the whole UK), and a very wide southbound platform - both products of the station's 1990s reconstruction. Angel was the terminus of the City and South London Railway between 1901 and 1907, was upgraded in the 1920s, then entered a long period of decay culminating in the decrepit state beautifully depicted in "Heart of the Angel", the 1989 BBC documentary on the station by Molly Dineen. The 1990s rebuild brought escalators (but sadly not step-free access, lots of red marble and a postmodern office block overhead, which is itself now facing redevelopment. In this episode we also look at plans for Crossrail 2, the disused City Road station to the south (now the Bunhill 2 district heating project), and the unique disused subterranean signal cabin at Weston Street to the north. A full list of references for all sources used for this episode is available here

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Ancient City Road Runners Chip Gusler and Jim Wauldron sit in studio with us to talk about their upcoming Matanzas 5k, a local favorite and can't-miss-race on the race circuit.

Randle goes off and the Knicks battle their way to 5-5 to start the season.  Is Sims our best perimiter defender?

We've got a treat for you today, a conversation about speculative fiction and cities with a fantastic panel. Our panel includes award-winning author and critic James Bradley. James is the author of books such as Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist and Clade, the first two books of The Change Trilogy for young adults, The Silent Invasion and The Buried Ark, a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus, and The Penguin Book of the Ocean. His latest novel, Ghost Species, was published in 2020. Matt Levinson is a built environment professional in Sydney and a voracious reader of all things urban. Matt has a lifelong passion for cities, culture and social change, and now leads corporate affairs and communication for the city's peak advocacy and urban policy think tank, the Committee for Sydney. Professor Nicole Gurran is an urban planner, and as you'll learn in this conversation a keen reader of speculative fiction. The panel opens by talking about The City We Became, a speculative fiction novel by N. K. Jemisin. Your host is Dr Rebecca Clements. — City Road and The Henry Halloran Trust partnered to bring you this Festival of Urbanism podcast series.

We speak to two Galway locals about the efforts they've made to improve road safety and accessibility in Galway. Joining Pat on the show live from the University of Galway was Grainne Faller who started has been raising awareness about the lack of cyclist and pedestrian safety measures in Galway city and also Dave Corley who spent two weeks collecting data and devised a map of the city (identifying barriers to accessibility).

In this episode, we have Charlie Green , Joint Founder and Co-CEO of The Office Group.  Bernie speaks with Charlie about the origins of The Office Group and how it has evolved since then. The Office Group's journey began in 2003, when co-founders Olly Olsen and Charlie Green opened their first building on City Road in London, motivated by a desire to improve the way people work. And how they had to reimagine and shape the world of work for the future, ultimately creating flexible and individually-designed Work Spaces where both people and businesses thrive.

It's This Week in Bourbon for September 9th 2022. Pursuit Spirits announces a thirteen-city road trip tour. Adam Herz, the whiskey investigator, found another faker based in Omaha. Bardstown Bourbon Co. will release another Collaborative Series with leading French Armagnac house Chateau de LaubadeShow Notes: Pursuit Spirits Announces a thirteen-city road trip tour St. Louis Bourbon Festival on October 21st 2022 The Nelson Distillery warehouse has been demolished in Louisville Wilderness Trail announces Barrel picks offered to Family Tree members New Riff Distilling extends distribution to DC, MD, and DE Speyside Bourbon Cooperage will opens its first Pennsylvania facility Adam Herz, the whiskey investigator, found another faker based in Omaha Nebraska Legislators tackle the bourbon barrel tax Filmland Spirits announces its world premiere Stoli Group releases the Kentucky Owl Takumi Edition Wenzel Whiskey marks its debut Bardstown Bourbon Co. releases Chateau de Laubade Collaborative Series @pursuitspirits @stlbourbonsociety @wildernesstraildistillery @newriff @speysidecooperage @filmlandspirits @kentuckyowl @wenzel_whiskey @bardstownbourbonco Support this podcast on Patreon

This week Jammin Joe has his dad Mike Killeen as co host/ guest of the week this week. Topics include Braves in the middle of a 3  city roadie with the Mets, Redsox, and Marlins. Football talk happens next as Jammin Joe and his dad Mike Killeen talk Atlanta Falcons, and Georgia Football. 

Welcome back to Your Last Resort Podcast w/ your host Brandon Legendre. This week Brandon is joined by comedian and podcaster Kyle Doughty! The two discuss Brandon's recent road adventures to Georgia & Florida, the differences in human nature, minion memes, getting kicked out of competitions, and much more! Make sure to rate, review, & subscribe. Most importantly thank you for letting us be your last resort! NEW EPISODE OF YOUR LAST REVIEW: https://youtu.be/aaIlqj7G4d4 Visual: https://youtu.be/bknZ3Q1tgWM Brandon's Social: https://linktr.ee/brandonlegendre_ https://www.instagram.com/brandonlegendre_/ Kyle's Social: https://www.instagram.com/kyledcomedy/?hl=en

" trouble – and another stretch behind bars – was just round the corner"

The SF Chronicle's Giants beat writer Susan Slusser joins Murph & Mac before the orange and black kick off a 9-game roadie against the Reds See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The SF Chronicle's Giants beat writer Susan Slusser joins Murph & Mac before the orange and black kick off a 9-game roadie against the Reds See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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After nearly 3 weeks away from the show as the new Park Bank ESPN Madison Studios completed construction, Jesse Nelson makes a special return for Dewitt Law Firm Q&A Day as he prepares to travel to Detroit for a Packers road trip. Could he and his pals have picked a worse destination to see a road game? Also, Wilde & Tausch Trivia and Steinhafels Sleepers of the Week.

Dallas and Catriona talk Second City, which puts on display the diverse literary talents that make Sydney's western suburbs such a fertile region for writers. Beginning with Felicity Castagna's warning about the dangers of cultural labelling, this collection of essays takes resistance against conformity and uncritical consensus as one of its central themes. From Aleesha Paz's call to recognise the revolutionary act of public knitting, to Sheila Ngoc Pham on the importance of education in crossing social and ethnic boundaries, to May Ngo's cosmopolitan take on the significance of the shopping mall, the collection offers complex and humane insights into the dynamic relationships between class, culture, family, and love. Brought to you by City Road and The Henry Halloran Trust as a 2021 Festival of Urbanism podcast series. Eda Gunaydin's ‘Second City', from which this collection takes its title, is both a political autobiography and an elegy for a Parramatta lost to gentrification and redevelopment. Zohra Aly and Raaza Jamshed confront the prejudices which oppose Muslim identity in the suburbs, the one in the building of a mosque, the other in the naming of her child. Rawah Arja's comic essay depicts the complexity of the Lebanese-Australian family, Amanda Tink explores reading Alan Marshall as a child and as an adult, while Martyn Reyes combines the experience of a hike in the Dharawal National Park and an earlier trek in Bangkong Kahoy Valley in the Philippines. Finally, Yumna Kassab's essay on Jorge Luis Borges reminds us that Western Sydney writing can be represented by no single form, opinion, style, poetics, or state of mind. Join us for a series of fascinating conversations about some of the most interesting books about cities and urban life. Editor Bio Catriona Menzies-Pike is a Sydney writer, editor and former academic. She is the editor of the Sydney Review of Books and holds a doctorate in English literature. Host Fenella Kernebone, Head of Programming, Sydney Ideas at the University of Sydney Interviewed by Dallas Rogers, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney.

For Jasmine. Never forgotten.

This series of The Sound of the Hound ends with an interview with Giles Martin, the Grammy-winning record producer and son of Beatles producer Sir George. With this episode it feels as though we've come full circle: Giles was there at the plaque unveiling that we featured in the first episode of the series. And his family has a direct connection to that Maiden Lane studio where it all began. Dave and James talk to Giles about his career to date, from the early days working with Britpop bands to his big breakthrough creating the music for the Beatles-themed Love show in Las Vegas (his inspired mash-up of Within You Without You and Tomorrow Never Knows sounds like The Chemical Brothers). They talk about how production techniques have changed over time and how technology continues to alter the way music is consumed and understood. The interview takes place in Giles's state-of-the-art studio (and we're talking incredible) and so it's hard not to make comparisons between today's recording kit and the cumbersome acoustic gear that Fred and his buddies lugged around the world just over 100 years ago. Which takes us to the Martin family link to The Gramophone Company and EMI, as it was later known. Talk about six degrees of separation. If it wasn't for Fred, then the Maiden Lane studio wouldn't have got off the ground. If it hadn't got off the ground, then the City Road studio wouldn't have followed, and neither would Abbey Road, which was opened in 1931. Without Abbey Road, Giles's dad George wouldn't have got a job out of the Guildhall School of Music, and without his father being in Abbey Road there probably wouldn't have been The Beatles. So you can trace a direct line from the exploits of Fred to the greatest and most important group of all time. Without one, there wouldn't have been the other. James, Dave and Giles talk a lot about The Beatles, inevitably. Not only about the 50th anniversary editions of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album and Abbey Road that Giles remixed, but about how John, Paul, George and Ringo clicked. They talk about Beatles ‘what ifs…' and try to get to the bottom of the mystery of the box of instruments that – we think – directly links Fred to Yellow Submarine. There's so much more. Giles talks about working on the Rocketman film, on which he was music director. We discover just how you teach someone like Taron Egerton to sound like Elton John. We hear about The Rolling Stones. Giles recently remixed The Stones' Goats Head Soup album: how did their approach to recording differ to the Fab Four's? But, most memorably, Giles talks movingly about his father, his work and his great legacy. We hope you agree that this episode is a fitting end to the second series of The Sound of the Hound. If you've enjoyed it, please spread the word. See you soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With these episodes focusing on the life and work of the mighty Fred Gaisberg, we may have given the impression that he was his own boss. That would be wrong. Working for The Gramophone Company in London, Fred was answerable to a man called William Barry Owen. In this episode we tell Owen's story. It was his business acumen and vision that saw The Gramophone Company go from a pipe dream to a reality. We look at the Company through the prism of this fascinating man's stewardship.Despite his Welsh-sounding name, William Barry was actually from Massachusetts. A lawyer, an opportunist and a gambler, he sailed for London in 1897 to raise investment funds for the European arm of The Gramophone Company on behalf of Emile Berliner. He was, in effect, rolling the pitch for the music industry's arrival on this side of the world. When he arrived in London, William Barry hired one of the most opulent rooms at the Hotel Cecil on the Strand for business meetings, giving the impression that he meant business. It worked. Within a matter of weeks he had assembled a small syndicate of likely investors, chief among them being a London solicitor called Trevor Williams. The group acquired the European rights to Berliner's gramophone but, in a move that would prove decisive for the future of recorded music, the investors forced William Barry to commit to a strategy of recording European musicians rather than simply import records from America, which was what he was proposing. It was this change in tack that led to the arrival in London from the States of a certain Mr Fred Gaisberg. As Fred was weaving his sonic magic in Maiden Lane, William Barry (Managing Director) and Trevor Williams (Chairman) took care of business. William Barry didn't always get things right. When the gramophone initially failed to take off, he diversified the company into typewriters, a move that didn't work. And by the time that the company had moved into larger premises on City Road in 1902, it had already grown too big for the building. But in William Barry, we have one of the original and most often overlooked recording pioneers. So who was this man? What made him tick? And what did he do after he left the company in 1906? Dave and James find out, and play some cracking tunes along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every hero has a sidekick. And in this episode we tell the story of Fred's wingman, the wonderfully named William Sinkler Darby. Five years Fred's junior, fellow American Sinkler was by his boss's side as he established The Gramophone Company in London and travelled the world to capture sound. Their tale is like a buddy movie: it's Batman & Robin meets The Hangover meets Lethal Weapon (if the weapon in question is an unwieldy mobile recording rig). Darby first worked with Fred in Emile Berliner's laboratory in Washington DC in the summer of 1897 (he got a job that Fred's brother Will had initially wanted, only to be banned by their father). Once in London, Darby proved himself to be the most reliable partner imaginable. He helped Fred in the newly established Maiden Lane studio before they headed to mainland Europe to make the Company's first continental recordings. Leipzig, Vienna, Budapest, Paris, Milan… they visited them all. There was a definite element of ‘boys on tour' to these trips, as Dave and James find out in this episode. There were many escapades, including a curious story involving a sausage in a sweltering train carriage in Spain. They then toured the UK and Ireland, recording in Scotland, Dublin and elsewhere. Darby was also with Fred on their ground-breaking recording expedition to Russia in 1900. But this was more than a Victorian bromance. The duo recorded hundreds of historic recordings. Darby was an accomplished engineer himself, and helmed plenty of recording sessions himself, both at Maiden Lane and at the City Road studio that followed. We play a selection of those tracks here. Perhaps keen to emerge from Fred's shadow, Darby went it alone with an interesting venture that we explore in this episode. The history of recorded music is packed with characters. But it's unlikely that a duo exist who did so much to kick-start the music industry as these two, and – frankly – had so much fun doing it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manchester City are in UCL Finals! Today Rishabh Vedant and Varun talk about their UCL campaign so far

Weather permitting, the Virginia Department of Transportation will close Charles City Road (Route 7723) between Williamsburg Road (Route 60) and Eastport Boulevard in Henrico nightly from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday, May 23 through Thursday, May 27, to complete work a drainage project. The road will be reopened to traffic by 8 a.m. each day. The following detour will be in place: • Eastbound Charles City Rd. (Rt. 7723) – Take Williamsburg Rd. (Rt. 60) east to Klockner Dr. south back to Charles City Rd. • Westbound Charles City Rd. (Rt. 7723) – Take Klockner Dr. north to Williamsburg...Article LinkSupport the show (http://henricocitizen.com/contribute)

It's been a while but guess who's back with a milestone episode 20! Apologies it's been a while, work and life happened but now we're here! Hope everyone's keeping well, staying safe and enjoying things opening up! A lot has happened during my absence from podcasting and I cover a few of them:- My involvement in the launch of member led non profit organisation Every Asian Voice such as the hustings event we had.- AAPI heritage month in the US and Canada, the celebration of asian heritage, the releases, events and announcements from across the pond.- Announcement of the UK's equivalent of AAPI HM - ESEA Month in September and petition for government support funding organised by Besea.n- #stopeseahate UK community GoFundMe led by prominent BESEA individuals to support UK & Scotland grassroots non profit organisationsSo for episode 20 I had to bring on my very good friend DJ Mish where we talk about her journey to becoming a DJ, why she left her native Taiwan to her now home LA and what was her expectation vs reality. The current landscape for DJ's and what the lifestyle is really like. What's considered a bad DJ set and how we've actually all experienced bad DJ's. We learn about what are a DJ's biggest pet peeves, (great insight for when clubs open up again, aka do NOT do these!), how she got booked to perform at a very big well known festival (it begins with C and rhymes with ella) and how the pandemic transformed the DJ scene which led her to the world of Twitch and create the Squishy community. We welcome you all to Squish City and encourage you to enjoy your stay :)DJ Mish @_djmish_www.instagram.com/_djmish_/ Twitchwww.twitch.tv/djmish Soundcloudhttps://soundcloud.com/djmishhhCrazy Brit Asian@crazybritasian https://www.instagram.com/crazybritasian/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crazybritasian/  Email: crazybritasian@gmail.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/crazybritasian/message

MOI-42 990829AM The death of John Wesley, the father of Methodism, occurred in his room on City Road, London. The end was very beautiful. No pain, only a growing sense of weakness, and a tranquil acceptance of the inevitable. He slept much and spoke little, but sometimes the dying flame flickered up, and the inner [...] The post ARE YOU–SAVED WITHOUT A DOUBT & SURE OF YOUR SALVATION IN CHRIST? appeared first on Discover the Book Ministries.

Sergeant Brett Moore the traffic media relations officer joins Axel to discuss all thing related to traffic and our roads. He dives into what the major issues and violations are that many people make while driving. Such as letting your road rage get in your way of making proper decisions while driving. He also gives some great tips of what you can do to keep the roads a safer place, as well as the amazing things the organization Vision Zero is doing keep the roads safe for everyone.

New technology from Aira is set to give visual assistance to blind and partially sighted patients and support them to attend hospital eye appointments. The 6-month trial, launched today, will support patients attending appointments at Moorfields Eye Hospital. It is funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust and will be free of charge for blind and partially sighted people to use. It will link visually impaired patients attending appointments at the hospital's City Road site to a network of trained, professional agents who will be able to help them navigate to and around the hospital. Steven Scott chats to Charles Colquhoun, Chief Executive Officer at TPT, and RNIB's Alex Wallis about the news.

On this February 8th edition of the London Live Podcast: As talk of potentially reopen the province becomes more a reality, we chat with Biostatistician Ryan Imgrund about any potential concerns we should have about re-opening. Afterwards we check in with Shauna Versloot of the Forest City Road Races to see how they've been faring during the pandemic. Finally, we get our weekly online privacy check in with Dr. Thomas Cooke, where we start by talking about Google's lead engineer quitting their job. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advocate, Educate, Inspire Episode 68: Traverse City Road Trip This Week's Episode of MiCannaCast Cannadave & Groovee discusses our recent trip to Traverse City Michigan. We have been discussing us taking the podcast on the road and trying other shops & brands. We hit multiple dispos while we were there. We met some cool people and found out a lot about the legislation going on up there with medical and adult-use. We hit 5 different shops on our first trip up there. We started at Puff which is also opened in Bay City, Michigan. They have an exclusive deal with LocalGrove a cannabis company that produces quality cannabis and a wide selection of other products in the shop. We did end up getting the MAC 1 by them which we thought was pretty good smoke overall. The second shop we stopped in was Nirvana Center and we were actually their first customer of the day. We tried a couple of different products from that shop the GMO (Garlic Cookies) & GMO X Zkittlez flower tried as well. In this episode, we discuss the GMO x Zkittlez flower while we are discussing our trip to Traverse City. We stopped at a couple of other shops Highly Cannaco, Cloud Cannabis, & Green Pharm while we were up there. We will be making another trip up there in the coming months. They have a total of 13 medical shops in the city but you can't do delivery or adult-use. It does seem like a lot of discussions is going on because the town over in Noble Michigan Lume can deliver cannabis into traverse city but the traverse city shops can't deliver. We heard different opinions on the topic which we go into on our new episode. Have you been to Traverse City or The Shops? if so let us know what you liked or prefer. Please Follow & Subscribe MiCannaCast www.micannacast.com/ www.facebook.com/Micannacast www.instagram.com/micannacast/ www.patreon.com/micannacast CannaDave www.cannadave.com/ www.facebook.com/Cannadave420/ www.instagram.com/cannadave/ Groovee www.facebook.com/GrooveeMusic/ www.instagram.com/grooveemusic/

Moorfields Eye Hospital has been at its City Road location in London for just over 120 years and subject to planning permission will be moving with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology to a brand new purpose built building near King’s Cross. The exterior design of the building has now been finalised and the Oriel Project Team behind the development and move to the new building are looking for blind and partially sighted people to help with the design of the interior spaces of the new building such as lighting, colour schemes, acoustics, etc.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Jo Moss Director of Strategy and Business Development from Moorfields and Sunand Prasad Lead Architect on the project from Penoyre Prasad Architects to find out more and how blind and partially sighted people can help to shape the interior design of the new building. Do visit the Oriel London website for more details and how you can get involved:  https://oriel-london.org.uk

We speak to tenants, tenant advocates and academics about renting during COVID-19. "The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a hopefully once in a lifetime opportunity to fix the structural and systemic problems of housing that have always been here in Australia." Dr Alistair Sisson "It's very easy to think that a housing crisis is an individual persons problem and I think what's really interesting and important about COVID is that it's drawn into sharp relief the fact that a housing crisis is a community problem and not just an individual problem."  Dr Emma Power Guests Academics: - Dr Emma Power, Western Sydney University - Dr Alistair Sisson, University of New South Wales - Dr Andrew Clarke, University of Queensland - Dr Chris Martin, University of New South Wales Public and Private Renters: - Catherine - Henry - Sammy - Ella - Caitie Tenant Advocates: - Leo Patterson Ross, Tenants Union of NSW - Jemima Mowbray, Tenants Union of NSW This episode was produced as a part of a University of Technology student placement at City Road by guest producers: - Sam Dover - Ursula Aczel

An abandoned building on Saint John's City Road has clearly seen better days. It is slated for demolition, but a local developer says it's worth saving. Host Julia Wright speaks with developer John Cushnie.

Welcome to City Road's 50th episode! To celebrate we've invited the very first guest of the show, Professor Nicole Gurran, back to talk about how we started City Road, our first episode on Airbnb and Cities, and Nicole's current work on Informal Housing.    We also talk about some fun facts about City Road and the broader work that is coming out of the Urban Housing Lab at the University of Sydney.  So here is a fun fact; did you know that Elizabeth Farrelly launched City Road at the 2017 Festival of Urbanism? Guest Professor Nicole Gurran is an urban planner and policy analyst whose research focuses on comparative urban planning systems and approaches to housing and ecological sustainability. She has led and collaborated on a series of research projects on aspects of urban policy, housing, sustainability and planning, funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Australian Urban and Housing Research Institute (AHURI), as well as state and local government. Recent research has included AHURI Inquiries on affordable housing supply (2016-17); housing markets, economic productivity, and risk (2014) and planning system performance (2012), as well as an ARC Discovery Project on the impact of urban regulation on housing affordability in Australian cities and regions (2011-2014). Professor Gurran has authored and co-authored numerous publications and books including Urban Planning and the Housing Market: International Perspectives for Policy and Practice with Glen Bramley(Palgrave Macmillan 2017), Politics, Planning and Housing Supply in Australia, England and Hong Kong, with Nick Gallent and Rebecca Chiu (Routledge, July 2016) , and Australian Urban Land Use Planning: Principles, Policy, and Practice (Sydney University Press 2011, 2007).  Paper  Hidden homes? Uncovering Sydney’s informal housing market, by Nicole Gurran, Madeleine Pill, and Sophia Maalsen in Urban Studies

In this episode we use Eugene McCann's four dialectical tensions to understand the COVID-19 city: i) invisibility and visibility; ii) privilege and privation; iii) selfishness and solidarity; and iv) absence and presence. What’s the role of ‘academic experts’ in the debate about COVID-19 and cites, and how can we separate our expert role from our personal experience of being locked down in our cities and homes? This is a question we’ve certainly been struggling with at City Road, and we think it's a question that a lot of academics are struggling with at the moment. Perhaps it's a good time to listen to the experiences of academics as their cities change around them, rather than ask them to speak at us about their urban expertise. With this in mind, we asked academics from all over the world to open up the voice recorder on their phones and record a 2 minute report from the field about their city. Over 25 academics from all over the world responded. As you will hear, some of their recordings are not great quality, but their stories certainly are. Many of those who responded to our call are struggling, just like us, to make sense of their experience in the COVID-19 city. Reporters from the field: - Roger Keil, Professor at York University - Kurt Iveson, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney - Tanja Dreher, Associate Professor at the University of NSW - Carolyn Whitzman, Professor and Bank of Montreal Women’s Studies Scholar at the University of Ottawa - Tooran Alizadeh, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney - Eugene McCann, Professor at Simon Fraser University - Beth Watts, a Senior Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt University - Amanda Kass, PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago - Elle Davidson, Aboriginal Planning Lecturer at the University of Sydney - Creighton Connolly, Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln - Kelly Dombroski, Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury - Kate Murray, Connected Cities Lab at the University of Melbourne - Em Dale, at Oxford University - Matt Novacevski, PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne - Mirjam Büdenbender, advisor to the chair of the social-democratic parliamentary group in Berlin - Natalie Osborne, Lecturer at Griffith University - Ash Alam, Lecturer at University of Otago - Cameron Murray, Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Sydney - Deepti Prasad, PhD candidate at the University of Sydney - Madeleine Pill, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield - Matt Wade, postdoctoral fellow at the National University of Singapore is with Renae Johnson, an independent artist, in Singapore - Susan Caldis, PhD candidate at Macquarie University - Jason Byrne, Professor at the University of Tasmania - Paul Maginn, Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia

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THE HARDING SISTERS OF STERLING CITY ROAD AND ME by Carol E. Plimpton This book is the often-humorous, sometimes sad, story of a Connecticut Yankee family from the perspective of a great niece who was very involved in the everyday lives of her great aunts. It is autobiographical on her part and biographical on the part of the aunts of whom she writes. Carol E. Plimpton is Professor Emeritus from The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Having been born and raised on Sterling City Road, Lyme, Connecticut, she has since lived in State College, Pennsylvania, Lake Placid, New York, Columbus, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio. She has spent her career in the field of Education. Carol loves to write and has enjoyed telling the story of her Connecticut Yankee family. https://www.amazon.com/Harding-Sisters-Sterling-City-Road/dp/1643613057/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Harding+Sisters+of+Sterling+City+Road+and+Me+westwood+book&qid=1582059616&sr=8-1 http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/cplimpton.mp3

What can urban alliances and community organising teach us about building political unity across difference in cities? The 'progressive dilemma' is an apparent problem for contemporary left politics and our two guests have very different takes on the issue, and how it relates to urban politics. Our first guest is professor of politics from the UK and the other is a community organiser from Sydney. They discuss the challenges of centre-left politics and urban alliances. "It's a terrible city sometimes, and it's a beautiful city, and there are interesting people in it that matter, who deserve the kind of city people want to live in. I think we need a core of people who are committed to that city, who are willing to transform it." Chantelle Ogilvie-Ellis They talk about the possibilities for political renewal in political practices that build relationships across diverse urban geographies and political difference in cities, and in cultivating a belonging to place that is still open to and attentive of diversity. Guests Chantelle Ogilvie-Ellis is a community organiser with the Sydney Alliance, who spends her days meeting and working with a huge variety of people and communities right across Sydney. She, and the Sydney Alliance, are building a coalition of people willing to fight for a fair and sustainable city. You can read about the Sydney Alliance here. Chantelle shares her experience organising across Sydney with Adrian Pabst, Professor of Politics and the University of Kent. Adrian is a key thinker in the UKs Blue Labour movement and author of the recently-released book Story of Our Country: Labor's Vision for Australia. The Democratic Experiment Series This episode is a part of a series called The Democratic Experiment and hosted by Rosie Hancock. Rosie researches social movements, community organising, and grassroots urban political coalitions. She is convenor of the Religion and Global Ethics program and is the Managing Editor of Solidarity: Journal of Catholic Social Thought and Secular Ethics. She holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Auckland, an MA in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Sydney, and completed her PhD on Islamic Environmental Activism at the University of Sydney in 2015. Rosie is an Editorial Board Member of The Sociological Review, and the co-convener of the Sociology of Religion Thematic Group for The Australian Sociology Association. The Democratic Experiment series is a partnership between City Road and The Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney. The Sydney Policy Lab exists to break down the barriers between researchers, policymakers, campaigners and the community at large. At the Sydney Policy Lab people of all backgrounds are coming together to strengthen our democracy, reduce spiralling inequality and help to empower communities to shape their own future.

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Contemporary global circuits of policy advice are abuzz with 'urban solutions' from a growing industry of 'thought leaders'. These urban experts talk about 'policy solutions' and 'best practice models' and they have a ready supply of policy success stories from around the world. "What I'm really trying to study is this global circuitry of knowledge, a global network, and I'm engaging with cities not as specific field sites, but as entry points into this dynamic, fast-moving landscape." Rachel Bok Rachel Bok calls this 'superlative urbanism'; a practice whereby urban solutions experts have created an industry out of selling city managers a range of urban fixes. And while we're talking about urban fixes, you really should read Rachel's paper on the idea of the 'fix' called By our metaphors you shall know us’: The ‘fix’ of geographical political economy. Rachel says the celebratory policy narratives about innovation and progress often stand in stark contrast to the lack of urban policy innovation on the ground. "I see 'best practice' as a legitimising technique. You use it to mean a certain organisational benchmark. You have to say 'best practice' otherwise people... inside your organisation, people outside your organisation are not going to listen. We handed the City Road audio field kit over to Sophie Webber, who is reporting from in the field in this episode. She's talking with Rachel in Washington DC about her global, multi-sited ethnography on the global urban solutions industry. The global urban solutions industry "have also become rather inoculated; immunised to the language of 'best practice', which is why to them it is something that is everyday, it's commonplace, but it does really have much currency anymore". Rachel Bok Rachel's undertaking a range of internships with businesses involved in the global circuitry of urban solutions for her PhD. We track Rachel down in Washington DC to talk about her global, multi-sited ethnography. Guest Rachel Bok is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests sit at the intersections of global urban governance, critical urban theory, and political economy. Her current research examines the globalisation of the urban “solutions” industry and its emergent norms and forms of superlative urbanism.

We're taking our podcast on the road. In a short road trip to Kansas City, your host shares his personal experiences traveling with protracted withdrawal symptoms and a few tips about managing symptoms while outside of our comfort zone. Today's episode is our very first Benzo Free Road Trip. Although it was cut short mid-trip, we still have plenty of content to share on topics such as isolation, gratitude, connections, loneliness, and a whole section on managing the darkness of benzo mornings. https://www.easinganxiety.com/post/kansas-city-road-trip-benzo-mornings-isolation-gratitude-and-more-bfp035Video ID: BFP035 Chapters 02:17 Welcome 03:38 On the Road / Today's Format 09:39 Connecting with Each Other 11:37 Expanding Our World / Family / Loneliness 16:45 Being Uncomfortable / Gratitude 22:30 Benzo Mornings / Dealing with Darkness 36:03 Conclusion 37:22 Moment of Peace The PodcastThe Benzo Free Podcast provides information, support, and community to those who struggle with the long-term effects of anxiety medications such as benzodiazepines (Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, Valium) and Z-drugs (Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata). WEBSITE: https://www.easinganxiety.comMAILING LIST: https://www.easinganxiety.com/subscribe YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@easinganx DISCLAIMERAll content provided by Easing Anxiety is for general informational purposes only and should never be considered medical advice. Any health-related information provided is not a substitute for medical advice and should not be used to diagnose or treat health problems, or to prescribe any medical devices or other remedies. Never disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it. Please visit our website for our complete disclaimer at https://www.easinganxiety.com/disclaimer. CREDITSMusic provided / licensed by Storyblocks Audio — https://www.storyblocks.com Benzo Free Theme — Title: “Walk in the Park” — Artist: Neil Cross PRODUCTIONEasing Anxiety is produced by…Denim Mountain Presshttps://www.denimmountainpress.com ©2022 Denim Mountain Press – All Rights Reserved

We're taking our podcast on the road. In a short road trip to Kansas City, your host shares his personal experiences traveling with protracted withdrawal symptoms and a few tips about managing symptoms while outside of our comfort zone.Today's episode is our very first Benzo Free Road Trip. Although it was cut short mid-trip, we still have plenty of content to share on topics such as isolation, gratitude, connections, loneliness, and a whole section on managing the darkness of benzo mornings. Welcome to Episode #35 Today, we share the content from our very first Benzo Free Road Trip. On a driving trip to KC, I recorded an unscripted episode about dealing with the struggles of benzos, especially when on the road and outside our comfort zone. Several topics were discussed in this personal journey from your host. But first, let's list the resources used in this episode, and then we'll dive deeper into the content of episode 35. Episode Index Each time listed below is in minutes and seconds. Welcome: 2:17On the Road / Today's Format: 3:38Connecting with Each Other: 9:39Expanding Our World / Family / Loneliness: 11:37Being Uncomfortable / Gratitude: 16:45Benzo Mornings / Tips for Dealing with the Darkness: 22:30Conclusion: 36:03Moment of Peace: 37:22 Episode Resources The following resource links are provided as a courtesy to our listeners. They do not constitute an endorsement by Benzo Free of the resource or any recommendations or advice provided therein. BENZO FREE LINKSWebsitePodcast Home PageFeedback FormDisclaimer Podcast Summary This podcast is dedicated to those who struggle with side effects, dependence, and withdrawal from benzos, a group of drugs from the benzodiazepine and nonbenzodiazepine classes, better known as anti-anxiety drugs, sleeping pills, sedatives, and minor tranquilizers. Their common brand names include Ambien, Ativan, Klonopin, Lunesta, Valium, and Xanax. Feature: Kansas City Road Trip Today's episode was recorded on the road on a trip I took driving from Denver to Kansas City to visit family. Unfortunately, the trip was cut short and I had to return to Denver sooner than expected. Still, I recorded enough content to create an episode and I hope it is informative and even a bit entertaining. Feedback We'd love to hear from you! The Benzo Free Podcast is a community podcast and we need your input to help it grow and improve. You can tell us what you think in the following ways: Fill out our feedback form at www.benzofree.org/feedbackEmail us at podcast@benzofree.org.Submit audio content, such as a recording of your story, or a comment or question. Instructions for this can also be found on our feedback form.Leave a comment on the episode itself. Disclaimer The Benzo Free Podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be considered medical advice. Never dis­regard medical advice or delay in seeking it. Withdrawal, tapering, or any change in dosage of benzodiazepines, nonbenzo­diazepines, thienodiazepines, or any other prescription drugs should only be done under the direct supervision of a licensed physician. Please visit our official disclaimer for more information: https://www.benzofree.org/disclaimer.

The Citty of Omaha has a busy street repair and replacement plan for 2020, including three streets that will go from 4 lanes to 3 lanes with added room for alternative transportation (i.e. bikes). Mayor Stothert's deputy chief of staff Kevin Andersen explains which streets and how that will work, and road work ongoing this year.

Bob and Zipp are traveling to Kansas City to be recognized for their audio drama “Wheels of Justice”, and decided to document the journey itself. They run into a Neo-Nazi, make fun of Oklahoma, and order a whole bunch of cheese sticks. You aren’t gonna wanna miss this one! It’s like getting to take a road trip with Bob and Zipp without all the danger and obnoxious behavior! Follow the No Redeeming Qualities Podcast! It’s the best way to find new episodes, see memes, and check out the occasional butt or two! Website: NRQpodcast.com 
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Episode 1 of the Country and Cities Series This a truth telling, of sorts, about how urban planning and built environment professions are implicated in the settler colonial process, with Libby Porter and Naama Blatman-Thomas "[Settler colonialism is] a structure of governance and control where white people - European people - arrive to a new territory, a new area, and create a new political entity there; so a new nation state. We're talking about something that is ongoing, that is not a one-time invasion, or one-time event, but really something that transforms the nature of that place invaded. And everything that comes with that; social arrangements, economic arrangements and political constitutions." Dr Naama Blatman-Thomas We're listening in on a conversation between Genevieve Murray, Joel Sherwood-Spring, Libby Porter and Naama Blatman-Thomas. Genevieve and Joel are talking to Libby and Naama about three ideas in their recent International Journal of Urban and Regional Research research article: Property as Land; Property as Object; and Property as Redress. You can find a link to their paper on our website, which is titled, Placing Property: Theorizing the Urban from Settler Colonial Cities. "From a policy, governance perspective, planning as a discipline, my discipline, and geography is fully complicit in the colonial project. In fact, it is central to it. It can't happen without it, because it is the form of governance that comes and is imposed on something that was already here, and is used to do all that work of erasure. But of course never do anything to grapple with or unpick the underlying foundation of the will to erasure, and the ongoing persistent  attempt by the settler colonial structure... to continue to dispossess." Professor Libby Porter Professor Libby Porter is a Vice Chancellor's Principal Research Fellow. Her current work is in the areas of critical property studies, urban governance, decolonisation and settler cities, and on children’s sense of space and place. Dr Naama Blatman-Thomas joined the University of Sydney in 2019 as a lecturer in urban geography Previously, Naama was a visiting academic and adjunct lecturer at James Cook University where she undertook research and teaching at the school of social sciences. Prior to her academic work, Naama worked for many years in human rights organisations in Israel/Palestine. The Country and Cities Series We’ve handed the City Road audio field kit over to Genevieve Murray and Joel Sherwood Spring from the Future Method Studio and asked them to hit the road to talk to professional urban designers, architects and urban researchers who are working with Indigenous knowledge systems in their research or practice. Joel Sherwood-Spring, a Wiradjuri man raised between Redfern and Alice Springs, is a Sydney based Masters of Architecture student and interdisciplinary artist currently focussing on the contested narratives of Sydney’s and Australia’s urban culture and indigenous history in the face of ongoing colonisation. Joel began working with Future Method in 2017. Genevieve Murray, before establishing Future Method Studio in 2013, worked with Ric Leplastrier, Glenn Murcutt, Mcdonald Wright Architects (London), Hungerford+Edmunds, Rod Simpson and Andrea Wilson. Genevieve has written for Assemble Papers, Architecture AU, and teaches and lectures between UTS and Sydney University on a sessional basis. The studio’s work has been nominated for the Conde Naste Design Innovation Award 2010 and shortlisted for the Design boom competition Design For Death 2013. Production Miles Herbert and Dallas Rogers are the producers, sound editors and sound designers of the series.

Dustin and I talk about the games from the past week, which team would be the best matchup for the main players on the team, playoff rotations, and we previewed the games from this weeks slate. Today's show is brought to you by Vinyl Me, Please. To join their record club go to joinvmp.com/Holy Backboard

What’s at stake in podcasting the urban? There might be more to this question than you think. Podcasting the Urban is a five-part series where we turn the academic gaze back onto our podcasting practice. We are playing the first episode in the series in the City Road feed. For more details see: https://cityroadpod.org/2018/12/19/podcasting-the-urban-five-part-series/ In 2018 City Road organised four public panel discussions to critically interrogate the idea of academics podcasting the urban, and we recorded two of them for this series. We ran the two recorded panel discussions as live listening events in front of a studio audience. At each event we played podcast excerpts from some of our favourite podcasts and we talked about them. We discuss: Oral storytelling and Indigenous methodologies as radio practice; the history of Aboriginal community radio in Sydney; podcasting as an engaged research methodology; podcasting as a research dissemination tool; the politics of representation and voice; working across sound, text and images; podcasting technology and narrative; journalism verses academic ethics; urban sounds as data; and more.

Podcasting the Urban is a five-part series where we turn the academic gaze back onto our podcasting practice. In 2018 City Road organised four public panel discussions to critically interrogate the idea of academics podcasting the urban, and we recorded two of them for this series. We ran the two recorded panel discussions as live listening events in front of a studio audience. At each event we played podcast excerpts from some of our favourite podcasts and we talked about them. We discuss: oral storytelling and Indigenous methodologies as radio practice; the history of Aboriginal community radio in Sydney; podcasting as an engaged research methodology; podcasting as a research dissemination tool; the politics of representation and voice; working across sound, text and images; podcasting technology and narrative; journalism verses academic ethics; urban sounds as data; and more.

Education is one of the key civil rights struggles of our era, and urban schools need to do more to bridge the 'civic empowerment gaps' between students. How and what we teach children will determine how they engage in civic life for the rest of their life. It's time to rethink the role of civic education in our cities. This goes way beyond tweaking the curriculum. It means upending the curriculum altogether. It's about teaching students about power, justice and the need for collective action, and their role in improving their lives and society. We're talking with Professor Meira Levinson about her teaching and research. Meira's work draws on eight years of teaching in urban public schools in Atlanta and Boston. Educational disadvantage was a reality for many minority or disadvantaged students in these schools. Meira suggests that urban schools in some America cities are suffering from a 'civic empowerment gap', an achievement gap that was targeted by a 2001 government act known as No Child Left Behind. For Meria, ethics matter! She is commitment to grounding her research in teaching practice and her experience as a public school teacher. In her recent book, Justice in Schools, Meira combines philosophical analysis and school-based case studies to illuminate the complex dimensions of evaluating, achieving, and teaching justice in schools. Academics play a key role, she argues, in rigorous cross-fertilisation of scholarship, policy and practice. Guest Professor Meira Levinson is a normative political philosopher who writes about civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment and educational ethics. Levinson argues that education is the civil rights struggle of our era, and that schools need to do much more than bridge now widely recognised achievement gaps; rather, they need to upend curricula and redefine civic education to address the civic empowerment gap. Real civic education, according to Levinson, teaches students about power, justice and the need for collective action, as well as how they can have a role in improving their own lives and society. Her most recent books include the co-edited Making Civics Count (Harvard Education Press, 2012) and No Citizen Left Behind (Harvard University Press, 2012). Supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship, Levinson’s newest project is on justice in schools and combines philosophical analysis with school-based case studies. Levinson spent eight years teaching in public schools in Atlanta and Boston, has a background in political philosophy, and is a Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The Democratic Experiment Series This is episode II of The Democratic Experiment series. This series is a partnership between City Road and The Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney. The Sydney Policy Lab exists to break down the barriers between researchers, policymakers, campaigners and the community at large. At the Sydney Policy Lab people of all backgrounds are coming together to strengthen our democracy, reduce spiralling inequality and help to empower communities to shape their own future.

In this episode of City Road we talk to Saskia Sassen about her work on globalisation and the global city by tracing the key ideas in three of her books. We start with Saskia’s most famous book, The Global City, and the idea of intermediation in the global city. We move onto Saskia’s historical and, as Saskia suggests, her best book, Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages to discuss the methodological tools of capacities, tipping points and organising logics. We end our discussion with Saskia’s latest book, Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy and the ideas of expulsion and the systemic edge in the present. Guest Professor Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and a Member of its Committee on Global Thought, which she chaired till 2015. She is a student of cities, immigration, and states in the world economy, with inequality, gendering and digitization three key variables running though her work. Born in the Netherlands, she grew up in Argentina and Italy, studied in France, was raised in five languages, and began her professional life in the United States. She is the author of eight books and the editor or co-editor of three books. Together, her authored books are translated in over twenty languages. She has received many awards and honors, among them multiple doctor honoris causa, the 2013 Principe de Asturias Prize in the Social Sciences, election to the Royal Academy of the Sciences of the Netherlands, and made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French government.

Part II of our chat about democracy and cities. In cities around the world, citizens are channeling their frustration with existing community engagement processes into the creation of urban alliances. These alliances bring together diverse civil society actors in pursuit of social change. This is the second part of our two-part discussion about democracy and cities. We talk to Amanda Tattersall about how urban alliances work in practice in different cities around the world. We travel to Cape Town in South Africa and Barcelona in Spain, before returning to Sydney, Australia. “I’m interested in the urban alliances that are going to allow citizens to have a better city. I see them as progressive, because if citizens are going to have more rights, and more resources supporting their lives, that is a progressive outcome.” Dr Amanda Tattersall If you missed the first part of our discussion you might want to catch up on that episode first. We talk to Kurt Iveson about urban alliances that allow citizens to play a proactive role in shaping their cities. Kurt suggested these alliances are an alternative to the reactive modes of engaging people in city making that exist in current urban governance and planning frameworks. Guest Dr Amanda Tattersall is a scholar and a change maker. She is a Post-Doctoral Fellow as part of the Organising Cities Project in the School of Geosciences. She is the founder of some of Australia’s most interesting social change organisations, including the Sydney Alliance and GetUp.org.au, and she is the founder and Host of the ChangeMakers podcast, which tells stories about people trying to change the world. Her book, Power in Coalition, was the first international analytical study of alliance building as a strategy for social change. As an urban geographer, she focuses on questions of how the city can be a subject for democratic politics. She is currently undertaking research on intra and inter city coalition building strategies to identify ways in which networks of urban alliances may help citizens present solutions to wicked global problems like climate change, poverty, inequality and the politics of refuge. Her PhD was industrial relations, and she has previously worked as a union organiser and was an elected official at Unions NSW. As a teacher, Amanda’s greatest passion is to bring the community in – with stories, guest speakers, practical projects that are strengthened by her extensive network amongst Australia’s not for profit community. The Democratic Experiment Series This episode is a part of a series called The Democratic Experiment. This series is a partnership between City Road and The Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney. The Sydney Policy Lab exists to break down the barriers between researchers, policymakers, campaigners and the community at large. At the Sydney Policy Lab people of all backgrounds are coming together to strengthen our democracy, reduce spiralling inequality and help to empower communities to shape their own future.

After the Arab Spring, Occupy and the Umbrella Movement the streets were cleared. But as the dust was settling some more durable democratic experiments emerged. These urban alliances sought to make our cities more equitable places to live. In this two-part episode on democracy and cities we’re talking about a new type of political movement that is forming in different cities around the world; its called an urban alliance. In this first episode, Associate Professor Kurt Iveson sets up the discussion by telling us why cities are important for democracy. “There’s a basic demographic thing about, you know, the majority of the world’s population now living in cities… that’s really important, in the sense of, the particular problems of everyday life in cities are now being experienced by millions of people around the planet… questions of water, food, housing, transport…” Associate Professor Kurt Iveson It’s not only that there are different ways to practise democracy in our cities, but the very fabric of our cities and even the ecologies of our cities can shape how the new urban alliances operate. In other words, the geographies and socialities of the city matter for how democracy is practised. The story we tell ourselves about democracy is often focused on nation-states and citizenships. But for Kurt, urban alliances and sustained community organising in cities are just as important for democracy as nations. Questions about cities frequently focus on who counts as a democratic subject and how to participate in various political, interest or geographical communities. These types of questions are being creatively re-imagined in cities around the world, and one of these re-imaginings is called an urban alliance. “At the very basic level, what we’re trying to signal by this term of urban alliance is a kind of political formation that is not just about a particular issue, and is also not just based on a particular identity, but is an alliance that operates – the thing that binds people together is their shared inhabitance of a city”. Associate Professor Kurt Iveson If you like this discussion you can listen to the second part of this two-part episode about democracy and cities via City Road. In part two, we start with Kurt’s suggestion that urban alliances are not just flash-in-the-pan protests on the latest political bugbear, rather they are a new form of democratic practise. We pick up where Kurt left off with Kurt’s collaborator, Dr Amanda Tattersall, who is an urban activist and researcher. Amanda talks about her fieldwork uncovering new urban alliances in Cape Town and Barcelona. Guest Associate Professor Kurt Iveson is interested in the question of how social justice can be achieved in cities. In this episode, Kurt discusses his current study with collaborator Dr Amanda Tattersall: Organising the 21st Century City: An International Comparison of Urban Alliances as Citizen Engagement. The study is funded by the Henry Hallroan Trust. This study builds on Kurt’s previous research, which has focused on two main areas. First, he has examined the significance of the urban public realm for citizenship and democracy. Second, he has explored how urban planning might work better to achieve social justice in cities. Kurt is the author of Publics and the City The Democratic Experiment Series This episode is a part of a series called The Democratic Experiment. This series is a partnership between City Road and The Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney. The Sydney Policy Lab exists to break down the barriers between researchers, policymakers, campaigners and the community at large. At the Sydney Policy Lab people of all backgrounds are coming together to strengthen our democracy, reduce spiralling inequality and help to empower communities to shape their own future.

Part II of our chat with Professor Brett Christophers from Uppsala University about his new book, The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain. And it’s a story that we just couldn’t squeeze into one episode, so alas, we’ve given the next two episodes of City Road over to exploring the ideas in the book. In the first episode we talk about the old enclosure acts of the last few centuries before moving to what Brett calls the new enclosure—or the privatisation of public land in the UK today. In the second episode, Brett draws some connections between the privatisation of public land and addressing the housing problem in the UK. He maps out the winners and losers of The New Enclosure, and here’s a hot tip, if you’re looking to buy or rent a house, you’re unlikely to be a winner. Here is the book blurb from Verso. Much has been written about Britain’s trailblazing post-1970s privatisation programme, but the biggest privatisation of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: the privatisation of land. Since Margaret Thatcher took power in 1979, and hidden from the public eye, about 10 per cent of the entire British land mass, including some of its most valuable real estate, has passed from public to private hands. Forest land, defence land, health service land and above all else local authority land—for farming and school sports, for recreation and housing—has been sold off en masse. Why? How? And with what social, economic and political consequences? The New Enclosure provides the first ever study of this profoundly significant phenomenon, situating it as a centrepiece of neoliberalism in Britain and as a successor programme to the original eighteenth-century enclosures. With more public land still slated for disposal, the book identifies the stakes and asks what, if anything, can and should be done. Guest Professor Brett Christophers’ research ranges widely across the political and cultural economies of Western capitalism, in historical and contemporary perspectives. Particular interests include money, finance and banking; housing and housing policy; urbanization; markets and pricing; accounting, modelling and other calculative practices; competition and intellectual property law; and the cultural industries and the discourse of “creativity”. Brett has written many articles and book chapters, including: The Great Leveler: Capitalism and Competition in the Court of Law (Harvard University Press, 2016), which provides a theoretical and historical examination of the relationship between competition and monopoly in capitalism (focusing historically on the development of the US and UK economies from the late nineteenth century to the present-day), and of the role of competition/antitrust and intellectual property laws in mediating that relationship; Banking Across Boundaries: Placing Finance in Capitalism (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), which explores representations of finance in Western political-economic thought and systems of economic measurement (e.g. national accounting); practices of international banking and their historical evolution; and the relationships between these respective representations and practices; Envisioning Media Power: On Capital and Geographies of Television (Lexington Books, 2009) from his PhD thesis at the University of Auckland and explores the geographical political economy of international television and cognate media products; and Positioning the Missionary: John Booth Good and the Confluence of Cultures in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia (University of British Columbia, 1998), is based on his Master’s thesis at the University of British Columbia and is a study of the missionary axis of British colonialism in Western Canada, drawing on postcolonial and poststructural theory.

How much public land has been stolen from the British people? The short answer is, a lot! In this episode of City Road we talk to Professor Brett Christophers from Uppsala University about his new book, The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain. And it’s a story that we just couldn’t squeeze into one episode, so alas, we’ve given the next two episodes of City Road over to exploring the ideas in the book. In the first episode we talk about the old enclosure acts of the last few centuries before moving to what Brett calls the new enclosure—or the privatisation of public land in the UK today. In the second episode, Brett draws some connections between the privatisation of public land and addressing the housing problem in the UK. He maps out the winners and losers of The New Enclosure, and here’s a hot tip, if you’re looking to buy or rent a house, you’re unlikely to be a winner. Here is the book blurb from Verso. Much has been written about Britain’s trailblazing post-1970s privatisation programme, but the biggest privatisation of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: the privatisation of land. Since Margaret Thatcher took power in 1979, and hidden from the public eye, about 10 per cent of the entire British land mass, including some of its most valuable real estate, has passed from public to private hands. Forest land, defence land, health service land and above all else local authority land—for farming and school sports, for recreation and housing—has been sold off en masse. Why? How? And with what social, economic and political consequences? The New Enclosure provides the first ever study of this profoundly significant phenomenon, situating it as a centrepiece of neoliberalism in Britain and as a successor programme to the original eighteenth-century enclosures. With more public land still slated for disposal, the book identifies the stakes and asks what, if anything, can and should be done. Guest Professor Brett Christophers’ research ranges widely across the political and cultural economies of Western capitalism, in historical and contemporary perspectives. Particular interests include money, finance and banking; housing and housing policy; urbanization; markets and pricing; accounting, modelling and other calculative practices; competition and intellectual property law; and the cultural industries and the discourse of “creativity”. Brett has written many articles and book chapters, including: The Great Leveler: Capitalism and Competition in the Court of Law (Harvard University Press, 2016), which provides a theoretical and historical examination of the relationship between competition and monopoly in capitalism (focusing historically on the development of the US and UK economies from the late nineteenth century to the present-day), and of the role of competition/antitrust and intellectual property laws in mediating that relationship; Banking Across Boundaries: Placing Finance in Capitalism (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), which explores representations of finance in Western political-economic thought and systems of economic measurement (e.g. national accounting); practices of international banking and their historical evolution; and the relationships between these respective representations and practices; Envisioning Media Power: On Capital and Geographies of Television (Lexington Books, 2009) from his PhD thesis at the University of Auckland and explores the geographical political economy of international television and cognate media products; and Positioning the Missionary: John Booth Good and the Confluence of Cultures in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia (University of British Columbia, 1998), is based on his Master’s thesis at the University of British Columbia and is a study of the missionary axis of British colonialism in Western Canada, drawing on postcolonial and poststructural theory.

PART I - How much public land has been stolen from the British people? The short answer is, a lot! We’re talking to Professor Brett Christophers from Uppsala University about his new book, The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain. And it’s a story that we just couldn’t squeeze into one episode, so alas, we’ve given the next two episodes of City Road over to exploring the ideas in the book. In the first episode we talk about the old enclosure acts of the last few centuries before moving to what Brett calls the new enclosure—or the privatisation of public land in the UK today. In the second episode, Brett draws some connections between the privatisation of public land and addressing the housing problem in the UK. He maps out the winners and losers of The New Enclosure, and here’s a hot tip, if you’re looking to buy or rent a house, you’re unlikely to be a winner. Here is the book blurb from Verso. Much has been written about Britain’s trailblazing post-1970s privatisation programme, but the biggest privatisation of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: the privatisation of land. Since Margaret Thatcher took power in 1979, and hidden from the public eye, about 10 per cent of the entire British land mass, including some of its most valuable real estate, has passed from public to private hands. Forest land, defence land, health service land and above all else local authority land—for farming and school sports, for recreation and housing—has been sold off en masse. Why? How? And with what social, economic and political consequences? The New Enclosure provides the first ever study of this profoundly significant phenomenon, situating it as a centrepiece of neoliberalism in Britain and as a successor programme to the original eighteenth-century enclosures. With more public land still slated for disposal, the book identifies the stakes and asks what, if anything, can and should be done. Guest Professor Brett Christophers’ research ranges widely across the political and cultural economies of Western capitalism, in historical and contemporary perspectives. Particular interests include money, finance and banking; housing and housing policy; urbanization; markets and pricing; accounting, modelling and other calculative practices; competition and intellectual property law; and the cultural industries and the discourse of “creativity”.

PART II - How much public land has been stolen from the British people? The short answer is, a lot! We’re talking to Professor Brett Christophers from Uppsala University about his new book, The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain. And it’s a story that we just couldn’t squeeze into one episode, so alas, we’ve given the next two episodes of City Road over to exploring the ideas in the book. In the first episode we talk about the old enclosure acts of the last few centuries before moving to what Brett calls the new enclosure—or the privatisation of public land in the UK today. In the second episode, Brett draws some connections between the privatisation of public land and addressing the housing problem in the UK. He maps out the winners and losers of The New Enclosure, and here’s a hot tip, if you’re looking to buy or rent a house, you’re unlikely to be a winner. Here is the book blurb from Verso. Much has been written about Britain’s trailblazing post-1970s privatisation programme, but the biggest privatisation of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: the privatisation of land. Since Margaret Thatcher took power in 1979, and hidden from the public eye, about 10 per cent of the entire British land mass, including some of its most valuable real estate, has passed from public to private hands. Forest land, defence land, health service land and above all else local authority land—for farming and school sports, for recreation and housing—has been sold off en masse. Why? How? And with what social, economic and political consequences? The New Enclosure provides the first ever study of this profoundly significant phenomenon, situating it as a centrepiece of neoliberalism in Britain and as a successor programme to the original eighteenth-century enclosures. With more public land still slated for disposal, the book identifies the stakes and asks what, if anything, can and should be done. Guest Professor Brett Christophers’ research ranges widely across the political and cultural economies of Western capitalism, in historical and contemporary perspectives. Particular interests include money, finance and banking; housing and housing policy; urbanization; markets and pricing; accounting, modelling and other calculative practices; competition and intellectual property law; and the cultural industries and the discourse of “creativity”.

In cities around the world, people are channeling their frustration with existing community engagement processes into the creation of urban alliances. These alliances bring together diverse civil society actors in pursuit of social change. This is the second part of our two-part discussion about democracy and cities. We talk to Amanda Tattersall about how urban alliances work in practice in different cities around the world. We travel to Cape Town in South Africa and  Barcelona in Spain, before returning to Sydney, Australia. "I'm interested in the urban alliances that are going to allow citizens to have a better city. I see them as progressive, because if citizens are going to have more rights, and more resources supporting their lives, that is a progressive outcome." Dr Amanda Tattersall  If you missed the first part of our discussion you might want to catch up on that episode first. We talk to Kurt Iveson about urban alliances that allow citizens to play a proactive role in shaping their cities. Kurt suggested these alliances are an alternative to the reactive modes of engaging people in city making that exist in current urban governance and planning frameworks.  Guest Dr Amanda Tattersall is a scholar and a change maker. She is a Post-Doctoral Fellow on the Organising Cities Project in the School of Geosciences. She is the founder of some of Australia’s most interesting social change organisations, including the Sydney Alliance and GetUp.org.au. She is also the founder and Host of the ChangeMakers podcast, which tells stories about people trying to change the world. Her book, Power in Coalition, was the first international study of alliance building as a strategy for social change. As an urban geographer, she focuses on questions of how the city can be a subject for democratic politics. She is currently undertaking research on intra and inter city coalition building strategies to identify ways in which networks of urban alliances may help citizens present solutions to wicked global problems like climate change, poverty, inequality and the politics of refuge. Her PhD was in industrial relations, and she has previously worked as a union organiser and was an elected official at Unions NSW. As a teacher, Amanda’s greatest passion is to bring the community in – with stories, guest speakers, practical projects that are strengthened by her extensive network amongst Australia’s not for profit community. The Democratic Experiment Series This episode is a part of a series called The Democratic Experiment. This series is a partnership between City Road and The Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney. The Sydney Policy Lab exists to break down the barriers between researchers, policymakers, campaigners and the community at large. At the Sydney Policy Lab people of all backgrounds are coming together to strengthen our democracy, reduce spiralling inequality and help to empower communities to shape their own future.

After the Arab Spring, Occupy and the Umbrella Movement the streets were cleared. But as the dust was settling some more durable democratic experiments emerged. These urban alliances sought to make our cities more equitable places to live. In this two-part episode on democracy and cities we’re talking about a new type of political movement that is forming in different cities around the world; its called an urban alliance. In this first episode, Associate Professor Kurt Iveson sets up the discussion by telling us why cities are important for democracy. “There’s a basic demographic thing about, you know, the majority of the world’s population now living in cities… that’s really important, in the sense of, the particular problems of everyday life in cities are now being experienced by millions of people around the planet... questions of water, food, housing, transport…” Associate Professor Kurt Iveson It’s not only that there are different ways to practise democracy in our cities, but the very fabric of our cities and even the ecologies of our cities can shape how the new urban alliances operate. In other words, the geographies and socialities of the city matter for how democracy is practised. The story we tell ourselves about democracy is often focused on nation-states and citizenships. But for Kurt, urban alliances and sustained community organising in cities are just as important for democracy as nations. Questions about cities frequently focus on who counts as a democratic subject and how to participate in various political, interest or geographical communities. These types of questions are being creatively re-imagined in cities around the world, and one of these re-imaginings is called an urban alliance. “At the very basic level, what we’re trying to signal by this term of urban alliance is a kind of political formation that is not just about a particular issue, and is also not just based on a particular identity, but is an alliance that operates – the thing that binds people together is their shared inhabitance of a city”. Associate Professor Kurt Iveson If you like this discussion you can listen to the second part of this two-part episode about democracy and cities via City Road. In part two, we start with Kurt’s suggestion that urban alliances are not just flash-in-the-pan protests on the latest political bugbear, rather they are a new form of democratic practise. We pick up where Kurt left off with Kurt's collaborator, Dr Amanda Tattersall, who is an urban activist and researcher. Amanda talks about her fieldwork uncovering new urban alliances in Cape Town and Barcelona. Guest Associate Professor Kurt Iveson is interested in the question of how social justice can be achieved in cities. In this episode, Kurt discusses his current study with collaborator Dr Amanda Tattersall: Organising the 21st Century City: An International Comparison of Urban Alliances as Citizen Engagement. The study is funded by the Henry Hallroan Trust. This study builds on Kurt’s previous research, which has focused on two main areas. First, he has examined the significance of the urban public realm for citizenship and democracy. Second, he has explored how urban planning might work better to achieve social justice in cities. Kurt is the author of Publics and the City The Democratic Experiment Series This episode is a part of a series called The Democratic Experiment. This series is a partnership between City Road and The Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney. The Sydney Policy Lab brings people together to identify solutions to the major challenges of our age. At the Sydney Policy Lab people are coming together to strengthen our democracy, seeking to reduce spiralling inequality and helping to empower communities to shape their own future.

The Sydney Bachelor of Architecture degree has a lively history. It was open to men and women from its first offering in 1918, but the inclusion of women was controversial. In 1972 a student strike shut down the school for two weeks; students demanded the degree be remade. "In 1926... the University of Sydney put forward Marjorie [Holroyde nee] Hudson, a female student, for the award; and this really set the cat amongst the pigons. And the document we have from the Board of Architects minutes effectively gives every single battle that women had to fight in terms of equality in the profession." Daniel Ryan You might think that university degrees are fairly static cultural products, that change slowly and in line with the often-lethargic institutions they’re created within. But university degrees perhaps reflect the world back to us, just as much as their purpose is to shape the world around us. In this sense, university degrees are firmly located in society. They’re a cultural product of society. They ebb and flow with the times. They adapt and change to suit the current social and political mood; and they should always be on the frontiers of the latest ideas. But sometimes these ideas need to be challenged. “When we look at the history of the school - the history of any institution - we can recover the motivations behind the decision that have been taken over time”. Professor Andrew Leach This episode of City Road is not your usual fare. We're talking with Professor Andrew Leach, Associate Professor Lee Stickells, Daniel Ryan and Catherine Lassen about a book on the history of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney. The book is edited by Andrew and Lee, and our four guests have all written chapters. We’ve pulled four excerpts out of the book to tell you about the secret life of the Architecture Degree at the University of Sydney. And it’s a story that goes in some strange directions. From the way the 1960s and 70s counter-culture movements and the ideas around free speech, civil rights, feminism, and anti-war dissent radically reshaped what was happening inside the university; "Architecture schools around the world are also impacted by this broader dissent, they're often part of it." Lee Stickells To the way the ideas within the academy of architecture more broadly shaped the degree program. Writing about the work of Professor Jennifer Taylor (1935-2015) and her 1972 book Australian Identity: Houses for Sydney 1953-63, Catherine Lassen says; "In good architecture, absolutely, there's an internalising of the questions, and those things are up for grabs". Catherine Lassen

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Australian cities are awash with construction activity. From Collingwood to Kogarah, Marrickville to Newstead, every passing month seems to bring with it a new, sold-off-the-plan high-rise apartment tower. Real estate, it seems, is the true national sport. Australia now hosts the world’s most active market for securitised home loans and has the world’s second highest, and rising, levels of household debt. There are reportedly more cranes in the east coast capital cities than all of North America. And with the cranes and high-rise towers, come social problems and no respite from affordability crises: overcrowded schools, longer working hours to pay off mortgages, and worsening homelessness. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that in recent polls, densification and housing affordability are among the issues of most concern to Australian voters. In this City Road episode, Alistair, Dallas and Chris revisit Maurice Daly’s classic 1982 book, Sydney Boom, Sydney Bust. Daly’s insights remain highly relevant to Australian cities today; cities that are marked by poorly planned densification, inflated property markets, land speculation, global capital and housing poverty. They agree with Daly that it is the property and finance system itself, rather than any ruptures to it, that reproduce housing booms, bubbles and busts in our cities. Alistair Sisson and Dallas Rogers from the University of Sydney talk to these issues by narrating their 2018 Thinking Space essay, which was written with Chris Gibson from the University of Wollongong for the 100th anniversary of the journal Australian Geographer. An abridged version of this audio essay was produced and broadcast by The Conversation for their Essays on Air podcast, but we bring you the full, unabridged audio essay at City Road. Alistair Sisson is a PhD candidate in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney. Dallas Rogers is the Program Director of the Master of Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney, and host of City Road. Chris Gibson is Professor of Human Geography and Executive Director UOW Global Challenges Program at the University of Wollongong. Essay Credit Alistair Sisson and Dallas Rogers narrate their 2018 Thinking Space essay titled Property speculation, global capital, urban planning and financialisation: Sydney Boom, Sydney Bust redux. The essay was written with Chris Gibson and it was commissioned for the 100th anniversary of the journal Australian Geographer. Voice Credits Narrator: Dallas Rogers Acknowledgment of Country and old voices: Alistair Sisson Introduction: Cheyne Anderson, Executive Producer of Think: Digital Futures Voice of Maurice Daly: Roderick Chambers, Executive Producer of The Wire Voice of Manual Aalbers: Kevin Suarez, 2SER Newsreader Audio Credits Strange Dog by Blue Dot Sessions Atlantic State of Mind (A Long Winter) by McGee Gnossienne No3 by Trans Alp Soundscape audio sourced from: freesound.org

What are the possibilities for community action that hold powerful urban actors to account? Strategic antagonism and the spaces that community alliances are opening up themselves to engage with urban development might hold the answer. It is not only urban planners and the formal planning system that shape the way residents contribute to the planning of their city. In Sydney, local resident action groups and other urban alliances are working beyond the market-centred urban planning system to achieve their urban development goals. Under market-centred urban planning paradigms, urban development is increasingly valued as an economic process and as a driver of the economy, rather than a social process that might create a more equitable city. We talk to Cameron McAuliffe about the work of the Belgian political theorist Chantal Mouffe, and the way her ideas are being applied to urban planning in Australia. Talking about research conducted with the host of City Road, Dallas Rogers, Cameron says resident action groups are dissatisfied with contemporary urban planning engagement mechanisms in Sydney. Many groups viewed community participation as tokenistic and an end in itself. This was particularly the case in local government planning where community engagement mechanisms were routinely seen as tick-a-box processes, with contributions from the community simply passing ‘into a void’. Community activists spoke of their frustration with these participatory planning mechanisms and recognised their market-centred nature even if they did not use this term. Yet many continued to participate in order to remain in the politics of urban development. They recognised the limitations of formal participatory planning processes and this led many groups to take their political campaigns outside of the formal urban planning system, in what Cameron describes as a form of strategic antagonism. Following Mouffe, Cameron argues that participatory planning needs to move beyond consensus-seeking models of planning consultation. He uses Mouffe’s critique of Habermasian communicative theory and consensus politics, and her theory of agonistic pluralism,  to outline three ways in which the people of Sydney are working beyond the market-centered urban planning system. Cameron McAuliffe is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Studies in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology and part of the Geography and Urban Studies academic group. Cameron is an urban, social and cultural geography and a member of the Urban Research Program, where his research engages with the regulation of difference and the way cities govern ‘marginal’ bodies. His research includes projects on urban governance and resident action groups; the negotiation of national and religious identities among Iranian migrant communities; policy research on graffiti management; and the geographies of kerbside waste.

After an amazing trip to Cream City with a bunch of the Barn Burner Crew, we watched the latest ETN Face Melters with Ryan Sheckler in a parking lot on our way home. Holy Moly. Shout out to the newest skateboarding podcast : No Coping http://skatosis.com/files/SK8-079.mp3 SPONSORS: Old Dude Skate Co. Skater Balm Next For(...) The post Skatosis #79 – Cream City Road Trip and ETN Live appeared first on Skatosis - An Obsession with Skateboarding.

EP3: Mark is a partner at Firstplan, a Central London planning consultancy based on Bermondsey Street, SE1. He has over 10 years of experience dealing with a variety of developments across London and the UK, including a range of residential, mixed-use and retail, restaurant and commercial developments, as well as high-end, smaller-scale residential schemes such as basements and listed building alterations and extensions. Mark first worked with Nicole on her City Road scheme – winning a planning appeal enabling her to build 2 additional storeys of residential on the roof of the building – and has subsequently assisted with a number of her other ongoing developments in Hackney, including the St. Matthias Club in Dalston and the Paintworks site on Kingsland Road. He specialises in managing and negotiating with local authorities and advising developers on planning strategies aimed at helping them to maximise the planning potential of their sites. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/NicoleBremner)

Yes, it’s the end of the little perky ones in the morning.   Thanks heaps everybody for your enthusiastic if occasionally heated involvement over a lovely, long, lazy summer which (even though it nearly got cancelled) proved to be great start to 2015 for us at the towering media empire of Stupidly Big. We’re recording the real life proper Stupidly Small show from tomorrow. See you bright and early. Maybe.   The final stupidly bins (you’re on your own after this):   Put your bins out in St Andrews, Bayside City Council between Bay Street and City Road, and East St Kilda. 

46: Je suis un stereotype   French people are jus like everybody else.   Stupidly Bins: it’s bin night in St Andrews, Bayside City Council between Beay Street and City Road, East St Kilda, Dorchester in Boston, Parts of York in WA, and some parts of Inverleigh.