Skylines, the CityMetric podcast

I really enjoy this - in particular as someone living in London who is interested in urbanism. Sounds like Jonn is leaving it though which will be a shame.

Great to hear from a journalist who's interested in the same things I am. Always interesting, thoughtful and funny with it. Really enjoyed the recent one about my adopted home town, the great Newcatle upon Tyne. Nice one Jonn!

Excellent podcast on urban themes, with a lot for train nerds (obviously by far the most civilized mode of transport).

Jonn Elledge once described the platonic ideal of the podcast as him apologising for the poor sound quality of an interview, but the interviews tend to be so interesting that it doesn't really matter. Well worth your time.

Excellent, very enjoyable chat with the lads.

More sweary Manavis please.

Get enthused by cities, more depressed by Brexit.

Interesting stuff on cities and John Elledge’s Twitter beefs

I started listening to this podcast a year ago, around the time when I moved to London. Since then this podcast has provided me with never-ending facts to impressively regurgitate in conversation, intensified my desire to live in cities for the rest of my life and inexplicably made me a massive transport nerd. Safe to say, I'm a fan. One comment though- Jonn Elledge's self deprecating 'i am a complete loser who loves maps and walking across London, lol' schtick gets a bit tired on occasion. OWN... more

I look forward to listening to Skylines every week, and am digging into the back catalogue now. I find the deep dives into urbanism, politics, and policy to be very interesting and I always learn something new. Plus, I'm a dork for public transport. And I love how genuinely funny the commentary and discussions can be, and the sillier episodes are some of my favorites.

Skylines is very insightful and interesting, bringing together thoughtful ideas on public policy and transit, with an array of guests who help flesh out the larger picture of how transit fits into our daily life and the political landscape. As an expat, it's terrific for me to keep informed on key issues and topics back home in an enjoyable and engaging format. But while the focus is often specific, local issues in the UK, the podcast frequently disucsses broader, global topics, and really teach... more

Really interesting podcast, in general the show is quite UK/London centric but does get quite a few guests on from other parts of the world.

knowledge of hosts and guests is very good although I miss when John had a co-host.

The best episode so far has been about the legacy of the Olympics in cities.

I think anyone who has an interest in cities will enjoy this podcast.

It's been almost 30 episodes since my first review (Oct 20, 2016) and I'm happy to report the audio quality that plagued early episodes has improved greatly.

The content in general has remained about the same - recommend for those interested in transit, public policy, urbanism, the built environment, infrastructure, U.K. politics, etc

One of very few British podcasts that covers urbanism; good concept, good episode themes, so I keep listening in hope that it will improve. I wish there was more factual information and less extemporising. Liked the discussions about the metro mayors, and the Chicago one. But a lot of episodes are really flabby. The London Underground episode (#33) was a wasted opportunity as were John's Midwestern road trips. And why haven't you mentioned HS2 once in the whole series? Can I hope you're planning... more

Consistently interesting and entertaining. The presenters' and guests' enthusiasm and knowledge makes even the most obscure detail of city life accessible and fascinating. Makes you look at a city through new eyes.