Grow Places

About Grow Places

Welcome to the Grow Places podcast where we explore the virtuous circle of people growth and place. Brought to you by Grow Places and hosted by our Founder, Tom Larsson. These short conversations with industry leaders and community figures share insights on the built environment and open up about their purpose and what drives them on a personal level. Thank you for listening. For more information please visit our website; www.growplaces.com and connect with us @WeGrowPlaces across all social channels. We cover topics such as real estate, property development, place, urban design, architecture, social value, sustainability, community, technology, diversity, philanthropy, landscape design, public realm, cities, urban development, people, neighbourhoods, anthropology, sociology, geography, culture, circular economy, whole life carbon, affordability, business models, innovation, impact, futurism, mindset, leadership, mentorship, wellbeing. See you next time!

Publisher

Grow Places

Category

arts · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Apr 2023

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

70 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026

   GP 69: Human Is The New Luxury: with Anthony Slumbers

   In this episode of the Grow Places Podcast, Tom Larsson sits down with Antony Slumbers, PropTech strategist and advisor, and a pioneer of the sector since launching the UK's first commercial real estate website in 1995. Antony's central provocation is simple: as AI drives the cost of intelligence toward zero, the qualities that remain scarce, and valuable, are distinctly human ones. He calls this "human is the new luxury," and the conversation traces what that means for cities, buildings and ...

2. 

   8 Sept 2026

   GP 68: Housing as Social Infrastructure: with Ofri Earon of Neighborhood Lab

   Ofri Earon is an architect, urban planner, and the founder and director of Neighborhood Lab, a Copenhagen based strategic advisory working on social impact in housing and neighbourhood design. Her career began in Amsterdam, working on the transformation of the Bijlmermeer, before a PhD in social sustainability in residential areas led her to see housing as something far bigger than shelter. In this conversation, Ofri makes the case for treating housing as social infrastructure, arguing that...

3. 

   28 Jul 2026

   GP 67: Live Life in the Yellow: with Nick Searl

   Nick Searl spent over two decades at Argent, where he played a central role in the development of King's Cross, one of the UK's most significant regeneration projects. He now advises Urban Partners, a Copenhagen based investment business, on large scale urban regeneration across Europe. Reflecting on a Radio 4 programme about the lost art of getting lost, Nick makes the case for a different relationship with uncertainty, one where the goal isn't to eliminate risk but to become comfortable wor...

Who has been a guest on Grow Places

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rob Marten
• Kristian Riis
• Sophie Rosier
• Kat Hanna

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3,829

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

60

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