ING’s guide to the best built environment podcasts
Podcasts are big business for industries of all kinds, and the built environment is no exception. With so much high quality content to choose from, here's our guide to the best podcasts you should be listening to on design, architecture, urbanism and property.
There are now a wide range of series from high profile media outlets, independent journalists, creatives, and brands, produced by very talented individuals providing high quality and original content.
ING’s guide to the best podcasts covers design, architecture, urbanism and property.
Design and Architecture
Design Matters
What: Design Matters with Debbie Millman was one of the world’s very first podcasts, having been broadcasted independently for the past 14 years. Content is focused on design and the world of creative culture, featuring interviews with guests from a variety of disciplines. You can filter by category, which is especially useful if you want to navigate through their 200 episode catalogue.
Where: designmattersmedia.com/designmatters
Justyna Green Podcasts
What: This podcast brings insightful conversations with the arts, design and architecture’s most inspiring figures from designers to illustrators, and editors to architects. A new episode is released nearly every week, making this series a good way to keep up with current trends and today’s most prominent figures.
Where: justynagreen.com/
Failed Architecture (long-form)
What: This Amsterdam-based foundation created its own podcasts as a combination of personal stories, research and reflections. They explore the current meaning of architecture in contemporary society from the rise of the digital world to the urban experience and its impact on social justice, climate, pop culture and more.
Where: failedarchitecture.com/podcast/
RIBAJ Meets
What: The new RIBAJ Meets podcasts gather conversations with leading architects on their projects, work, life and how they’ve got to where they are. Let’s hope for more international content from them very soon!
Where: soundcloud.com/user-797915477/sets
99% Invisible
What: The world-famous radio show created by American radio producer Roman Mars (Planet Money, RadioLab) had to make the cut. 99% invisible is about the unnoticed architecture and design that shapes our world, from Freud's couch to inmates redesigning prisons in San Francisco. The content is less academic but more original and fun.
Where: 99percentinvisible.org
ArchiSpeak
What: Hosts Evan Troxel, Neal Pann and Cormac Phalen share real life experiences on pretty much everything: design, tools, generational difference, mentoring, work/life balance, job hunting and more. The podcasts provide insightful discussions and original content that is worth listening to twice-monthly.
Where: archispeakpodcast.com
The Observatory
What: American graphic designer Michael Bierut and founding editor of the Design Observer, Jessica Helfand weave world news, timely topics, pop culture, design, trends and discoveries into a very original format. A good pick if you are bored of the 1:1 interview format and you would like to explore how cultures intersect with technology.
Where: designobserver.com/topic/theobservatory/1045
Talking Practice
What: These academic podcasts are produced by Harvard Graduate School of Design. The content focuses mainly on comprehensive interviews with leading designers, architects and planners. They offer great insights on the life and processes of practices all around the world, from Shohei Shigematsu to Jeanne Gang.
Where: gsd.harvard.edu
Like a good book, podcasts aren’t only informative but allow us to explore places we may never have been.
Urbanism
Skylines
What: Every two weeks, British journalist John Elledge from City Metric and his guests discuss the politics and workings of cities, including topics from the Great Northern Rail to Uber to the perception of Paris by the French. About 136 episodes with strong and engaging content.
Where: citymetric.com/content/skylines-podcast
The Urbanist and Tall Stories
What: Created by Monocle, The Urbanist podcast is a guide to better cities: it is smart, serious and very international. The podcasts do not only focus on design and planning, but the whole economic system behind them. Tall Stories are short length podcasts around five minutes that explore a focused subject: either a particular building, statue or even park bench.
Where: monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist/
Third Wave Urbanism
What: This conversational podcast is off the air at the moment. It was created by two American urbanists Kristen Jeffers and Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman, both with significant experience of designing urban spaces. It mainly deals with the new normal of human-scale urban thinking in our globalised cities, but from a female perspective. Old, but still good.
Where: medium.com/third-wave-urbanism
Property
The Property Podcast
What: A brilliant podcast for all the property investors that want to get straight-talking property investment advice! With different topics each week and news round-up for new or experienced investors, it’s very UK-focused but worth listening to.
Where: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-property-podcast/id624127071?mt=2
Property She podcast
What: This podcast is hosted by Susan Freeman, partner at the London legal firm Mishcon de Reya and one of the most well-connected women in the real estate industry. She invites a mix of influential property personalities to debate hot topics, from the rise of Proptech to smart buildings and flexible working.
Where: mishcon.com/propertyshe
EG Property Podcast
Journalists from EG present the latest news and debates from the property industry, through a news round-up and short interviews with large property developers, commercial property management, lawyers, investors and more. The content is very serious but it’s informative and very well produced.
Where: estatesgazette.podbean.com/
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