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WRLDCTY

WRLDCTY
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kyiv
Medellín, Colombia
Tokyo, Japan
Cape Town, South Africa
Singapore
Urban Recovery
Urban Planning
Social Urbanism
Cafe Culture
Urban Resilience
London, United Kingdom
Loneliness
Artificial Intelligence
Black Rock City
Burning Man
Downtown San Francisco
Urban Development
Nighttime Economy
The Conduit

The world's best ideas from the world's best - and next - cities. Hear urban transformation stories from our collective of urbanists, visionaries, artists, policy shapers, business leaders, activists, and innovators whose diverse ideas, perspectives and lived experiences are shaping the future of global cities.

PublishesTwice monthlyEpisodes9Founded5 months ago
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Latest Episodes

Few downtowns have had their post-pandemic struggles examined as closely — or declared dead as confidently — as San Francisco.

The city was particularly exposed to the structural changes reshaping downtowns everywhere: remote and hybrid work, high o... more

Every year, more than 70,000 people gather in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to build a city from nothing.

Roads are laid out. Neighborhoods emerge. Public spaces come alive.

Art rises from the dust (and rain). People cook, teach, perform, care for on... more

In 2018, Cape Town came within months of Day Zero; the potential of running out of water. What followed was one of the most remarkable collective responses to an urban crisis: water use was cut by almost half, the taps stayed on, and the experience p... more

In this episode of the WRLDCTY Podcast, we explore Tokyo through the work of PYNT, Nikken Sekkei's collective innovation platform - a social space where designers, researchers, and community builders are experimenting with new ways of bringing people... more

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Recent Guests

Shola Olatoye
CEO of San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation
Downtown Development Corporation (San Francisco)
Episode: San Francisco: A Comeback or Reinvention? Guest: Shola Olatoye
Brian Tan
Level, one of the people responsible for planning and shaping Black Rock City
Burning Man organization
Episode: Is Burning Man The World's Most Ambitious Urban Experiment?
Gareth Morgan
Executive Director of Future Planning and Resilience, City of Cape Town
City of Cape Town
Episode: Cape Town: Preparing for a Future That Refuses to Behave
Junko Iwaya
Representative, Nikken Sekkei
Nikken Sekkei
Episode: Tokyo: Are Snack Bars the Antidote to Loneliness?
Yuki Tatano
Representative, Nikken Sekkei
Nikken Sekkei
Episode: Tokyo: Are Snack Bars the Antidote to Loneliness?
Paul van Zyl
Co-founder of The Conduit
The Conduit
Episode: London: The Infrastructure of Change with The Conduit & Paul Van Zyl
Emiliano Espasandin
Long-time World City fellow
World City/Global Fellows
Episode: Buenos Aires: The Choreography of the Sidewalk
Alejandro Echeverri
Key figure behind Medellín's evolution
Medellín city governance / Urban development
Episode: Medellín: The Long Game of Urban Transformation
Fulco Treffers
Urban planner and founder of Ro3kvit
Ro3kvit
Episode: What Ukraine is Teaching Us About Collective Care and Planning

Hosts

Jasmine Pallardi
Host of World City initiatives, guiding conversations on urban transformation and city futures.
Chris Fair
Co-host featuring expertise in urban culture, policy, and city-building conversations.

Chart Rankings

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Apple Podcasts
#20
Denmark/Arts/Design
Apple Podcasts
#100
Singapore/Arts/Design
Apple Podcasts
#231
Denmark/Arts

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Is Burning Man The World's Most Ambitious Urban Experiment?
Q: What makes Burning Man a model for urbanists in terms of community and infrastructure?
The guest emphasizes how the event functions through a civic infrastructure built by the community, including volunteer-driven support, mutual aid, and deliberate art activations that foster collaboration rather than transactional encounters.
Is Burning Man The World's Most Ambitious Urban Experiment?
Q: Can you start us off with a Burning Man 101 and describe Black Rock City?
Brian explains that Black Rock City is a temporary, planned city in the desert that peaks at tens of thousands of residents, functioning like a medium-sized city while also being a highly experimental space where people try new forms of interaction, skills, and community.
Medellín: The Long Game of Urban Transformation
Q: What defines social urbanism, and what are its key points beyond traditional planning?
Social urbanism focuses on the most marginalized areas, integrating physical transformation with inclusive programs, community participation, and durable institutions that can survive political changes, using transport, housing, public spaces, and culture as interconnected levers.
Medellín: The Long Game of Urban Transformation
Q: What did the transformation take, and what tensions emerged along the way?
It took decades of dealing with violence and inequality, strategic public investments, and the building of trust through civic leadership and cross-sector collaboration, with a focus on education, culture, and targeted mobility projects that incrementally transformed neighborhoods.

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What is WRLDCTY about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A signal-focused exploration of how cities reinvent themselves through urban planning, design, and policy. Episodes cover a wide range of city-scale topics—from downtown revitalization, urban resilience, and public-private partnerships to social infrastructure, nightlife economies, and innovative urban experiments. Notable throughlines include data-driven governance, cross-sector collaboration, and human-centered approaches to making cities more livable, inclusive, and resilient. The show frequently features practitioners and policy leaders who are actively shaping urban futures, offering practical lessons, scalable ideas, and real-world case studies from cities around the world. A standout aspect is the mix of infrastructural, cultural, an... more

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2. Brian Tan
3. Gareth Morgan
4. Junko Iwaya
5. Yuki Tatano
6. Paul van Zyl
7. Emiliano Espasandin
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