30 Best Urban Planning Podcasts

1. 99% Invisible

Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award-winning producer Roman Mars.
Podcast 99percentinvisible.org
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 72.8KInstagram Followers 86.6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 75 min Since Sep 2010 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Talking Headways

Talking Headways is a Streetsblog podcast hosted by Streetsblog USA editor Tanya Snyder and Reconnecting America's Jeff Wood. We explore the intersection of transportation, urban planning, city living, and anything else that piques our interest.
Podcast usa.streetsblog.org
Email ****@theoverheadwire.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 177.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 48 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Monocle 24: The Urbanist

With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners, and architects, this is Monocle's guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments.
Podcast monocle.com
Email ****@monocle.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Twitter Followers 31.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 18 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. The Aesthetic City

In this podcast, host Ruben Hanssen interviews experts in the fields of architecture, urban planning, and urban design to find out how we can improve our cities, our architecture, and our streets, in order to create more friendly and beautiful places. The clock is ticking; valuable land is wasted on dreary developments while many beautiful, picturesque urban environments are at risk of being jarred forever by ugly buildings that don't belong there. There are better ways to build; let's explore how!
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@theaestheticcity.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 13 episodes / year Avg Length 71 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. The Urbanist Agenda

A podcast by the creator of the popular YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, The Urbanist Agenda is an exploration of the latest topics in urban planning and urban mobility from your favourite urbanist YouTubers.Each month we'll put another important topic on the agenda and pull back the curtain to discover how online urbanists plot and scheme to make cities work better for everyone.
Podcast art19.com
Email ****@theurbanistagenda.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 48 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. Cognitive Urbanism

The big ideas of cities, urbanism, technology, and the brain by Justin Hollander, urban planning professor at Tufts University.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 12 min Play Get Email Contact

7. Plannerama

Listen to fellow Ryerson University Urban Planning Alumni answer fun questions about themselves, their work, and their memories at Rye High.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Instagram Followers 601 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

8. Urban Planning is Not Boring

Passionate about climate change mitigation, finding equitable solutions to the housing crisis, and more, Sam Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata dive into various topics related to the field of urban planning that are anything but boring!
Podcast urban-planning-is-not-boring.castos.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Instagram Followers 3.6K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 40 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

9. EJB Talks

Faculty, staff, and guest experts from the Edward J. Bloustein School at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey talk about public policy, urban planning, public health, health administration, and informatics.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@ejb.rutgers.edu
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 3.1KInstagram Followers 1.5K Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 20 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. The Smart Community Podcast

The Smart Community Podcast is a hub where Smart and exciting people from all around the world come to discuss all things Smart City, Smart Town, Smart Region - anything that makes a place more liveable. Together we can create the Smart Community Collective.
Podcast mysmart.community
Email ****@mysmart.community
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 230Twitter Followers 662 Frequency 12 episodes / year Avg Length 40 min Since Feb 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. On Cities

Did you know that the quality of our daily lives is directly influenced by the design of our built environment?
Podcast voiceamerica.com
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Facebook Followers 28.3KInstagram Followers 2.2K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 60 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. KunstlerCast

The KunstlerCast featuring James Howard Kunstler's thoughts on the failures of modern urban design, suburban sprawl, American culture, peak oil, alternative fuel, the impoverishment of public places, and the tasks at hand to reform commerce, schooling, trade, and agriculture.
Podcast kunstler.com
Email ****@kunstlercast.com
Twitter Followers 3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 63 min Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. 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.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Twitter Followers 754 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 62 min Since Feb 2018 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. Talking Transformation

An open conversation addressing contemporary city building and spatial transformation issues in South Africa.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Twitter Followers 214 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 45 min Since Jul 2019 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

15. American Planning Association

From affordable housing to disaster recovery, from climate resilience to autonomous vehicles, APA's podcast delves into a wide array of urban planning topics with deep curiosity, expert analysis, and affecting, true-life stories.
Podcast media.planning.org
Twitter Followers 57.3KInstagram Followers 13.5K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 25 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

16. UrbanTalk Podcast

Join our host Belinda Barnett as we explore what makes our cities tick. The UrbanTalk Podcast aims to spark a thriving, inclusive, and progressive dialogue around urban planning, design, and development. We'll be inviting industry professionals and representatives from the public to discuss issues and areas of concern in an effort to promote a shared understanding of cities and the people living in them.
Podcast urbantalkpodcast.podbean.com
Email ****@urbantalk.com.au
Facebook Followers 7Instagram Followers 102 Frequency 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 38 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

17. Urban Resilience Dialogues

Corina Angheloiu and Chiara Tomaselli explore the key themes for urban resilience practitioners, researchers, and policymakers.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 39 min Play Get Email Contact

18. Future Cities Africa podcast

Future Cities Africa hosts digital discussions with thought leaders and experts at the forefront of major trends, projects, innovations, challenges, and opportunities impacting the future of African Cities. Major drivers such as rapid urbanization, health crisis, climate change, inadequate infrastructure, technological advancement, and more are creating an urgent need for African Cities to become sustainable, livable, and workable.
Podcast futurecitiesafrica.com
Email ****@futurecitiesafrica.com
Facebook Followers 615Twitter Followers 2.2K Frequency 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

19. Land Matters

A behind-the-scenes look at what makes cities tick. Whether financing infrastructure, adapting to climate change or building more affordable housing, a big part of innovative solutions can be traced back to land.
Podcast lincolninst.edu
Email ****@lincolninst.edu
Facebook Followers 13.2KInstagram Followers 2.6K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

20. The Streets Are Planning

Where Urban Planning, Cities, Hip Hop Culture and Community Development conversations live. The Streets are Planning Podcast highlights the unheard voices, stories and impact of community leaders working in cities and neighborhoods across the globe.
Podcast the-streets-are-planning.simplecast.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 612Twitter Followers 960Instagram Followers 2K Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

21. Urban Eyes: Planning in Context

Welcome to an urban planning and public health podcast: Hosted by Walle Brown. This started as a school project in planning school where I interviewed professionals, students, and community members about their take on urban planning, public health, and contemporary American society. Each was meant to gain perspective on our socioeconomic environment from different community members.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 43 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

22. City of the Future

We explore the innovations and ideas that will transform our cities. Follow to get the latest episodes from this podcast
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@sidewalklabs.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Twitter Followers 33K Since Mar 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

23. Metrocouncil | PlanIt

The PlanIt Podcast is the new part of the 2017 PlanIt Training Program on Comprehensive Plan Updates. This series will feature monthly episodes on a variety of topics that are not required elements of a comprehensive plan through conversations with planning experts and professionals outside of the Metropolitan Council.
Podcast metrocouncil.org
Email ****@metc.state.mn.us
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 10.4KInstagram Followers 2K Since Mar 2017 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

24. SUP GW?

This student-run podcast explores diverse topics around sustainable urban planning. Students who are enrolled in George Washington University's Master's program in Sustainable Urban Planning host each season of this podcast. We interview thought leaders and working professionals, to get perspectives from the local to the global. We discuss sustainability, equity, social justice, policy, and design as they relate to the built environment. Tune in each semester for a new season for contemporary discussions about what'SUP with sustainable urban planning!
Podcast supgwpodcast.podbean.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 35 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

25. Progressing Planning

A podcast series by Planning for Justice exploring the role of urban planning in fostering change in contemporary society. Planning for Justice is a coalition of graduate students, alumni and faculty at LSE questioning the relationship between urban planning and systemic inequality.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 29 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

26. Reinventing Transport

The Reinventing Transport show provides practical help and encouragement on urban mobility issues for an international audience. It is for anyone, in any country, pushing for local changes to urban transport and public space, especially if you want your city to be more socially just, sustainable, safe, productive, full of great places and much better at helping us all to flourish.
Podcast reinventingtransport.org
Email ****@reinventingtransport.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 5.2K Since May 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

27. The Urban Lab

The program on cities, real estate, and the urban and built environment, featuring leaders in industry, research, and policymaking; hosted by Dr. Sam Chandan, Silverstein Chair and academic dean of the NYU SPS Schack Institute and Fellow at the NYU Urban Lab.
Podcast samchandan.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 5.1K Since Apr 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

28. This Must Be The Place Podcast

This Must Be the Place is a podcast-in-the-offing with occasional installments, hosted by David Nichols (University of Melbourne) and Elizabeth Taylor (Monash University). It's a podcast about space, place, culture and society. It's kind of like the Urbanists (a community radio show on RRR, about urban planning type issues in Melbourne) but it's a podcast.
Podcast soundcloud.com
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Facebook Followers 158 Frequency 5 episodes / year Avg Length 54 min Play Get Email Contact

29. Streets.mn Podcast

Streets.MN is dedicated to expanding the conversation about transportation, urban design, and public space issues in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota.
Podcast streets.mn
Email ****@streets.mn
Twitter Followers 7.1K Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

30. Open During Construction Podcast

Conversations about City-building at the intersection of planning and engineering. Michelle Berquist, Rob Muir and Muneef Ahmad reflect on stories behind-the-scenes of 'Plangineering' projects.
Podcast openduringconstruction.libsyn.com
Hosts Muneef Ahmad, Michelle Berquist, Rob Muir
Email ****@openduringconstruction.ca
Twitter Followers 38 Since Jan 2017 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact