#27 Urbcast: Urbanism as "A Lens Through Which We Look At The City"

With us in this special episode is none other than a fellow podcast host and urbanist – Marcin Wojciech Żebrowski from Urbcast - a podcast about cities. He is also a Business Development Coordinator at Henning Larsen Architects.

Urbcast is a unique bilingual podcast about cities, urbanism, urban planning, architecture and much more. Every second Wednesday, Marcin interviews various guests and dives into topics such as cities, urban design, architecture or living in the Scandinavian capital of design—Copenhagen.

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Overview of the episode:

02:25 - Teaser: How does it feel for a podcast host to become the guest?

03:05 - How did Marcin get into podcasting?

05:30 - How many cities have Marcin recorded episodes with?

07:10 - Is urbanism an inclusive term, or should we widen the scope of Smart in the City and Urbcast?

09:00 - What is the most inspiring story Marcin heard from his guests?

13:15 - How can cities enable bottom-up initiatives?

18:10 - What has been the biggest urban challenge Marcin heard about?

21:50 - What role can podcasting have in the urban transition?

29:20 - Can we copy-paste solutions from one city to another?

32:05 - Flip the Script: our guest is asking the questions!

36:45 - Ending Question: To you, what is a Smart City?

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