Tall Stories 493: The Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
Petri Burtsoff takes us to a festival grounds that acts as a lasting symbol of Estonian national pride.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
26 Jan 7min
Urban lessons from the World Economic Forum and the Holcim Foundation Awards
Carlota Rebelo reports from the World Economic Forum in Davos to share some urban lessons from this year’s meeting. Then: Ed Stocker gives us a run-down on the most recent Holcim Foundation Awards for...
22 Jan 34min
Tall Stories 492: Todo Modo, Florence
Grace Charlton takes us to a literary stalwart and community pillar in Florence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
19 Jan 4min
Development priorities in Canadian cities and a decade of co-operation in Cascadia
We’re joined by former City of Toronto chief planner Gregg Lintern to discuss priorities for Canadian cities. Plus: we visit Cascadia to see what has come from the mega-region’s decade-long formal par...
15 Jan 26min
Tall Stories 491: Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Andrew Mueller takes us to the Australian War Memorial to find out the nature of and reasons for its recent refit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12 Jan 6min
What energy should we take into 2026 in order to face climate change head on?
We meet Dr Gary Yohe, a Nobel Peace prize recipient for his work on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Then: we discover the stories behind Britain’s cooling towers, a bruta...
8 Jan 30min
Tall Stories 490: How renovations stripped Bangkok’s Robot Building of its personality
Tomás Pinheiro explains how an act of urban erasure in the Thai capital stole the charm from one of the city’s iconic structures.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5 Jan 6min
The best of ‘Tall Stories’ in 2025
Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, rounds up his favourite episodes of ‘Tall Stories’ from 2025.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 Jan 30min
