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Riyadh: Massive Change

In this final episode on transit and public space, the New York Times’ Vivian Nereim shares the accelerated transformation of Riyadh as Saudi Arabia attempts to make its capital more livable and attractive to investors and visitors.

by Tau Tavengwa & Dhashen Moodley

Season 2

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Joburg: The Long Road home

The City Show

When Johannesburg was awarded the 2010 World Cup, the race was on—literally—for the city’s leadership to figure out how to transport large numbers of international fans all across the city. They even took part in an ‘Amazing Race’ style challenge. But, did the investment pay off? Dhashen Moodley finds out.

July 9, 2023

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Medellin: Social Urbanism

The City Show

After being appointed Medellin’s Director of Urban Projects in 2004, Alejandro Echeverri Restrepo and his team quickly realised that a better, more integrated and accessible transport system would be vital. Then a Medellin resident, academic/activist Catalina Ortiz, had just graduated from university. Like many, she was inspired by the momentum she saw in the city. However, she was equally skeptical and was concerned about the many changes she saw in her adopted city and some of their impacts on poor communities.

June 7, 2023

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Tijuana: A Simple Plan

The City Show

In 2009, Raul Cardenas Osuna enlisted a motley crew of artists, researchers, designers and scientists to tackle a violence and crime epidemic that plagued Camino Verde, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Tijuana

July 27, 2021

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Lagos: The promised land

The City Show

Olamide Udoma-Ejorh says Lagos' Eko Atlantic development offers a misplaced narrative that refuses to embrace the realities of life in that city. Edgar Pieterse sees it as one of many projects that provide politicians with irresistible, often unrealistic promises of desperately needed revenues and taxes for their cities

July 13, 2021

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Beirut: Condemned to hope

The City Show

Fashion designer George Azzi and Urbanist Mona Harb love Beirut. They have lived through the city's multiple crises and survived its tragedies. Both are optimistic and willing to fight for its survival. It's worth it; hope lives in Beirut, they say.

June 29, 2021

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Rio: A Dilemma in Vidigal

The City Show

Architect Pedro Henrique de Cristo moved into Vidigal, a picturesque favela in Rio de Janeiro, determined to do work with impact. But, after some remarkable successes, he learnt that even good ideas have their limits.

June 15, 2021

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Mumbai: Built up, fed up!!

The City Show

What do the world’s second most expensive private home, a spate of serial bombings, and air rights have in common?

May 17, 2021

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Cape Town: It’s Complicated

The City Show

Contesting views on a neighbourhood struggling with change and an influx of new development in a post-apartheid South African city

May 3, 2021

About

The City Show is a podcast about the lives of people in fast changing cities across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Each episode explores how cities function and offers rich perspectives about what their dynamic changes mean now, and for the future.

It’s hosted by urbanist Tau Tavengwa and journalist Dhashen Moodley.