Urban Broadcast Collective

About Urban Broadcast Collective

Welcome to the Urban Broadcast Collective. We are a curated network of podcast and radio shows on everything urban. And our goal is simple – to bring together all the amazing urban focused podcasts on one site. If you would like to get involved in the Urban Broadcast Collective, please contact one of our podcast producers: Natalie Osborne from Griffith University; Elizabeth Taylor from RMIT; Tony Matthews from Griffith University; Paul Maginn from the University of Western Australia; Jason Byrne from the University of Tasmania; or Dallas Rogers from the University of Sydney. So sit back and enjoy some fascinating discussions about cities and urbanism.

Publisher

Urban Broadcast Collective

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Feb 2018

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

192 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   196. Rebuilding Confidence: Urbanism and the Post-Industrial City_PX

   In this episode of PlanningxChange, Jess Noonan and Peter Jewell are joined by Stefanos Polyzoides, Professor of Architecture and Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame. Stefanos is also one of the founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism and has spent much of his career considering urban design, traditional urbanism, regeneration and the repair of cities. The discussion looks at the challenges facing post-industrial cities that have experienced long-term losses of employment, population and economic purpose. Stefanos discusses the effects of deindustrialisation not only on jobs and wealth, but also on civic institutions, confidence and the physical condition of cities. Existing social bonds, churches, neighbourhood organisations and community networks are discussed as essential assets. Stefanos reflects on Notre Dame's work in Gary and the importance of first listening to residents rather than arriving with predetermined solutions. The episode concludes with the lessons of twentieth-century urban renewal. Rather than wholesale clearance or the search for a single transformative project, Stefanos argues for a large vision implemented patiently and incrementally, learning from each intervention and building upon the assets that remain. This is the first of two PlanningxChange episodes examining the future of post-industrial cities. In the second, Professor Marianne Cusato of the University of Notre Dame joins Peter and Jess to look much more closely at Gary, Indiana, and the practical work now underway there. Podcast Extra / Culture Corner Stefanos recommends Urbanism as Civic Art: A Handbook of 150 Exemplary German Precedents, edited by Christoph Mäckler in collaboration with Birgit Roth. The book documents examples of urban spaces, courtyards, squares and streets from German cities. Stefanos contributed the introduction. He also recommends ANTA, the journal of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. Jess recommends Liane Moriarty's Big Little Truths, the sequel to Big Little Lies. She also recommends running, having recently completed the 10-kilometre event at the Melbourne Marathon and begun training for a half-marathon in Hobart. Peter recommends J. L. Carr's A Month in the Country, the short 1980 novel about a First World War veteran who spends a summer in a Yorkshire village restoring a medieval church painting. Peter reflects on the book's themes of recovery, community, memory and the rhythms of local life. Stefanos picks up on Peter's recommendation with a final reflection on recovery after shock, and on the importance of sometimes disengaging from media, opening our eyes and learning to see the world immediately around us again.

2. 

   28 Jul 2026

   195: History, Memory and the City with Robyn Annear_PX

   In this episode of PlanningxChange, Jess Noonan and Peter Jewell speak with historian and writer Robyn Annear about cities, memory and the art of noticing. Robyn has written extensively about Melbourne, lost places, everyday life, archival fragments and the small details that open up larger stories. Her recent book Shutter City looks closely at early photographs of Melbourne, but the conversation ranges more widely across her work as a historian and writer. The discussion explores place-based history, the previous lives of cities and towns, and the question that sits behind much of Robyn’s work: what was here before? Robyn reflects on how photographs, newspapers, buildings, signs, shopfronts, street furniture and passing figures can reveal the ordinary rhythms of urban life, including work, trade, movement, amusement, language, humour and sociability. The episode also considers whether history has become a niche interest, how historical knowledge can help planners, architects and city managers resist generic “anywhere” urbanism, and how memory can survive even when buildings and places change. Robyn also discusses AI-generated versions of the past, the danger of confident but invented historical narratives, and why human curiosity and judgement remain central to historical understanding. In Podcast extra / culture corner, Robyn recommends the poetry of John Clare, Jess recommends Pete's children’s book 'Kaizo at Dog Beach' (soon to be released on Amazon) and Pete recommends the Korean drama Teach You a Lesson which is on Netflix. PlanningxChange is proud to be a contributor to the Urban Broadcast Collective. Podcast released 29 July 2026.

3. 

   1 Jul 2026

   194. Making sense about waste and cities_PX

   In this episode of PlanningxChange, Jess Noonan and Peter Jewell speak with Maree Marshall from Urbis about waste, resource recovery and the city. Maree has worked in the waste and resource recovery sector for more than 25 years, advising councils, government agencies and designers on how waste systems operate in practice. The discussion begins with the ordinary household bin, but moves quickly into the larger planning and infrastructure questions behind waste collection, recycling and recovery. Topics include FOGO, glass recycling, container deposit schemes, textile waste, op shops, apartment buildings, transfer stations, repair spaces, tool libraries, landfill, waste-to-energy and the idea of local circular economy hubs. Maree explains why recycling is not the whole solution, and why better outcomes depend on reducing consumption, separating materials properly, designing buildings and precincts more intelligently, and making reuse and repair easier for communities. The conversation also considers how waste moves through cities, whether Australia relies too heavily on trucks, the role of technology and AI in sorting systems, and the importance of realistic policy that works for households, councils and the built environment. Podcast extra / culture corner includes home repairs, tuckpointing, the op shop challenge and Peter reading Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway. PlanningxChange is proud to be a contributor to the Urban Broadcast Collective. Episode released 1 July 2026.

Who has been a guest on Urban Broadcast Collective

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

• Scott Matheson
• Alfonso Morales
• Edna Ely-Ledesma

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

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

Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60