Skylines, the CityMetric podcast

I don't mean to worry you, but if you live in a city, the air you breathe is probably killing you. As many as 40,000 dea... Read more

This is one of our occasional guest episodes in which I hand the reins to somebody else/shamelessly re-release someone e... Read more

Thirty episodes ago, I put out what I presented as the first of a two-part crossover. In it, I interviewed Jeff Wood, pr... Read more

This week’s podcast is a bit of a sandwich. In the middle, you’ll find an informative and nutritious conversation with P... Read more

Oh, capitalism. You had a good run. But then Transport for London decided to ask Uber to take some responsibility for th... Read more

This week's guest is John Boughton, teacher, historian and author of an excellent housing-flavoured blog, which last yea... Read more

It’s a bit of a game of two halves this week.First up, I talk to Eric Klinenberg – director of the Institute for Public ... Read more

I realised earlier that this is the fourth Skylines Christmas Special, which apart from being a marker of quite how long... Read more

This podcast has been a bit parochial of late (read: London-bound) so this week we're going abroad. Max Rashbrooke is a ... Read more

Skylines is out and about again this week. Epping Forest is a 13 mile long strip of wooded land straddling the border be... Read more

Once upon a time, Philadelphia was the state capital of Pennsylvania. It was also briefly the capital of the early Unite... Read more

I’m very excited about this week’s guest – so excited that one point this was going to be the Christmas special, but I g... Read more

This is, somehow, the 50th episode of Skylines. That seems quite a lot, doesn’t it? Well done to both you and I for maki... Read more

This week, we’re getting out of the British Isles and heading east. Milo Edwards is a British comedian who moved to Mosc... Read more

This week, two disparate segments linked by the idea of trading with the world. Well, vaguely. It’s there, but you have ... Read more

We’ve had a bit of a run of serious, thoughtful episodes of late, so this time we’re going to the opposite extreme.This ... Read more

This week we’re going overseas again to talk about one of the big themes of the 21st century: the development, or otherw... Read more

There’s been something of a spate of natural disasters recently, from hurricanes to wildfires to floods. So this week, t... Read more

Well, this is new: our first crossover with another podcast. Exciting times.The podcast in question is Talking Headways ... Read more

This is another guest-presented episode, at least of sorts. Back when we started this thing in early 2016, we had a prop... Read more