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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.
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UrbanTalk completes a trilogy of podcasts focusing on suburbia. In this episode we’re joined by Guy Gibson, a Director at Suburban Futures and co-editor of the book “The Next Australian City: The Suburban Evolution”. We take a quick overview of the past, present and future of Australian suburbia.
Buy The Next Australian City: The Suburban Evolution: https://www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au/THE-NEXT-AUSTRALIAN-CITY-THE-SUBURBAN-EVOLUTION--EDITED-BY-GUY-GIBSON-ROSS-ELLIOTT_p_601.html
https://www.amazon.com.au/Next-Australian-City-Suburban-Evolution/dp/1923224050
Visit the Suburban Futures website: https://suburbanfutures.com.au/
Visit the UrbanTalk website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. We speak with Ika Trijsburg, who leads the Disinformation in the City project across five Australian universities, and in 2024 was the lead author of the world first Disinformation in the City Response Playbook.
Planning is not an area commonly associated with disinformation, but recent narratives and campaigns have caused the issue to burst onto the planning scene. Ika talks about just how much of a threat disinformation poses to planning, some of the knock-on effects and strategies to respond to disinformation.
Disinformation in the City Playbook: https://www.gmfus.org/news/disinformation-city-response-playbook
Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/
PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/
UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. We’re joined by Anthony Burke, a Professor of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney and host the of Grand Designs Australia and Culture by Design.
Anthony talks about quality design and how they can help create better cities, better homes and address some of the most pressing planning challenges.
Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/
PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/
UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/
Thursday May 22, 2025
Thursday May 22, 2025
The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin.
CSIRO Principal Research Scientist, Dr Tim Muster discusses some of the work the Organisation has been undertaking in collaboration with private business and government to help make our cities more resilient and sustainable. He also talks about how the Urban Living Labs in Sydney and Darwin are helping to accomplish this.
Sydney Science Park CSIRO Urban Living Lab: https://research.csiro.au/ssplivinglab/
CSIRO Darwin Urban Living Lab: https://research.csiro.au/darwinlivinglab/
Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/
PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/
UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/
Friday May 16, 2025
Friday May 16, 2025
The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. Ross Elliott is a founding director of the policy group Suburban Futures and has over 35 years of experience in property and urban development.
As a sequel to our previous episode about suburban retrofits, Ross discusses ways Australia can better embrace our suburbs and fulfill housing needs.
Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/
PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/
UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. Recognised in 2017 and 2023 by Planetizen as one of the 100 most influential urbanists, Ellen Dunham-Jones joins us to discuss retrofitting suburbia and give an introduction into her keynote at the Planning Congress. Along with co-author June Williamson, Ellen literally wrote the book on the topic and maintains a unique database of over 2,500 suburban retrofits.
Ellen gives a fantastic introduction to suburban retrofitting, the benefits they can bring to suburbs, some existing case studies from her extensive database and some lessons for Australia.
Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/
PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/
UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
The Planning Institute of Australia has once again partnered with UrbanTalk to create a series of podcast in the lead up to the Planning Congress 2025 in Darwin. In this first episode, we welcome back the CEO of PIA, Matt Collins.
Planning Congress Website: https://eventfrog.eventsair.com/planning-congress-2025/
PIA Website: https://www.planning.org.au/
UrbanTalk Website: https://www.urbantalk.com.au/
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Former Minister for Planning, Dr Rob Stokes is a passionate urbanist with a unique perspective. He shares some of his philosophy on planning, initiatives that could improve Australia’s planning system and the challenges facing State Governments.
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Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
UrbanTalk were delighted to be joined by Dallas Rogers – the Associate Professor of Urbanism at the University of Sydney in the latest episode of the UrbanTalk Podcast. We discuss unsolicited urbanism using Barangaroo as a case study and examine the broader implications and risks that come from such an opaque process.
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Architect and urban designer, Jon Johannsen joined us on the UrbanTalk Podcast to discuss the design excellence process and design review panels. In addition to his five decades of professional experience, Jon has also sat on numerous design excellence panels all across Sydney, including Burwood, Cumberland, Parramatta, Hornsby, Waverley and Inner West local government areas.
This podcast was originally recorded at the end of 2023 and in the intervening period our guest, Jon Johannsen, has closed his architectural practice AJA. He continues to contribute to design excellence as an urban design consultant on several local government panels.