Urban Radar

About Urban Radar

Urban Radar is a podcast series brought to you by Professors Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry, which reflects on current events and emerging trends through the lens of cities and urban life. Drawing on the unique range of urban expertise in the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, we place urban dynamics at the centre of contemporary global affairs. Feedback: Email: urbanradarpod@gmail.com Instagram: @urbanradarpodcast Credits: Podcast production, hosting, editing & promotion: Tom Goodfellow & Beth Perry Post-production editing & promotion: Sam Burgum Production support: Jack Clayton Distribution, promotion & marketing: Vicky Simpson Music: Horizon (music by Tom Goodfellow, produced by Alan Thomson); Falling Down (music by Tom Goodfellow, performed by the Dice, produced by Alan Thomson); Ghosts (music by the Dice; produced by Alan Thompson); Kilimanjaro (music by Tom Goodfellow, produced by Alan Thompson). Supported by the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester.

Publisher

Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry

Category

education · news · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Feb 2025

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   35. BLEEDING CITIES: Menopause, menstrual activism and urban development (+hometown tax in Japan, +architecture in Tirana, +el Nino's urban impacts, and more)

   In this month's episode, Beth and Tom mark World Menopause Day (18 October) through an exploratory conversation with Dr Maria Tomlinson (School of Information, Journalism and Communication, University of Sheffield) about menstrual dignity, justice and the city. World Menopause Day is an international awareness day set up since 2009 by the International Menopause Society, in partnership with the World Health Organisation, to break taboos, combat stigma and educate the public about the menopaus...

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   34. UNIVERSITIES AND URBAN CO-PRODUCTION: A conversation with Catherine Durose and Beth Chitekwe-Biti

   In this episode Tom and Beth are joined by Catherine Durose from the University of Liverpool and co-lead of the Co-production Futures Inquiry, and Beth Chitekwe-Biti, Executive Director of Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Secretariat and Community Knowledge Lead for the African Cities Research Consortium. Universities are increasingly expected to produce cutting edge research, be relevant and impactful and deliver value to students, governments and industry. They are seen as active pla...

3. 

   21 Sept 2026

   33. CLEANING UP THE CITY: Waste-lands in Mumbai and Lagos (+moving capitals, +renaming cities, +urban running events and more)

   In this month's episode, Beth and Tom reflect on UN World Clean-up Day, inviting Deji Akinpelu (Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development (CHSD) University of Lagos), and Purva Dewoolkar (School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester) to share their work rethinking waste management and sanitation in Lagos and Mumbai. 'Cleaning up the city' is easier said than done - and can also be dangerous, depending on the nature of the waste. Waste management is central t...

Who has been a guest on Urban Radar

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

• Julia Moses
• Dani Madrid-Morales
• Jon Silver
• Zhengli Huang
• Linda Westman

Reach and audience

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

Spotify

5.0 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

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

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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