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Top Podcasts for Building Better Cities in 2026

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The building better cities space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 23 of the best, including 99% Invisible, About Buildings + Cities, and Monocle on Design.

  1. 99% Invisible
    99% Invisible
    Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration ...
    Content:
    African UrbanismArt History StorytellingArtsConstruction IndustryCreative AttentionBuilding Better Cities
    +15
    Audience:
    College StudentsCreatorsDesignersEngineersReal Estate Agents
    +4
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasFollowing A StoryGetting Expert InsightsLearning New SkillsSleeping Better
    +1
    Style:
    DocumentaryEducationalIn-Depth InterviewsInterviewInvestigative
    +1
    When:
    At WorkBackground NoiseBefore BedCommutingDoing Chores
    +4
  2. About Buildings + Cities
    About Buildings + Cities
    A podcast about architecture, buildings and cities, from the distant past to the present day. Plus detours into technology, film, fiction, comics, ...
    Content:
    ArtsLuxury Treehouse DesignBuilding Better Cities
    Audience:
    Designers
  3. Monocle on Design
    Monocle on Design
    Everything you need to know about the world of design, from furniture to fashion and craft to architecture. Expect fresh stories, new finds and des...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
    Audience:
    Designers
  4. The Urbanist
    The Urbanist
    With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, ...
    Content:
    African UrbanismLand PoliticsBuilding Better Cities
  5. The Strong Towns Podcast
    The Strong Towns Podcast
    The Strong Towns Podcast is a weekly conversation on the Strong Towns movement, hosted by Strong Towns Founder and President Charles Marohn and fre...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  6. Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
    Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
    A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Ov...
    Content:
    African UrbanismBuilding Better Cities
  7. The Aesthetic City
    The Aesthetic City
    How come our modern cities have become so hostile to humans, so ugly, car-oriented and grey? What is the solution to these problems - how can we re...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  8. The Urbanist Agenda
    The Urbanist Agenda
    A podcast by the creator of the popular YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, The Urbanist Agenda is an exploration of the latest topics in urban plannin...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  9. GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government
    GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government
    GovLove is a podcast about the people, policies and profession of local government. From Mayors and City Managers to interns and everyone in betwee...
    Content:
    Local PoliticsBuilding Better Cities
  10. Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People
    Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People
    A podcast about how we plan and design cities for people. Tune in and join listeners from over 150 countries. I'm Mustafa Sherif, an Urbanist, Plac...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  11. City Journal Audio
    City Journal Audio
    City Journal is America's premier source of insightful policy analysis, sophisticated cultural commentary, and bold investigations that legacy jour...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  12. Streets Ahead
    Streets Ahead
    Cities around the world are finally discovering the pitfalls of a car-centric transport system, with the most progressive cities implementing prote...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  13. Urban Planning is Not Boring
    Urban Planning is Not Boring
    Passionate about climate change mitigation, finding equitable solutions to the housing crisis, and more, Sam Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata dive into v...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  14. Urban Limitrophe
    Urban Limitrophe
    Urban Limitrophe is a podcast exploring the various initiatives happening in cities across the African continent (and diaspora) to creatively solve...
    Content:
    African UrbanismBuilding Better Cities
  15. Next City
    Next City
    Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. E...
    Content:
    Local StoriesBuilding Better Cities
  16. Design and the City
    Design and the City
    "Design and the City" is published by reSITE, a global nonprofit acting to improve the urban environment, about the ways we can use design to make ...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  17. Cityspeak
    Cityspeak
    Cityspeak features the visionaries who are designing, building, and reimagining cities as we know them today. From the shimmering skyscrapers of Ho...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  18. Better Cities By Design
    Better Cities By Design
    Better Cities by Design is a podcast from Arcadis, where we explore the world of urban development and the state-of-the-art solutions used to creat...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  19. Building Better Cities
    Building Better Cities
    Cities don't just happen. They're shaped by the choices we make about housing, transportation, infrastructure, public spaces, and the communities w...
    Content:
    Infrastructure InvestingReal EstateSustainable LivingBuilding Better Cities
    Goal:
    Building A Business
  20. Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
    Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
    100+ episodes exploring climate action in cities and neighbourhoods. This show provides actionable advice and case studies on:- Sustainable ur...
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  21. The Smart Community Podcast
    The Smart Community Podcast
    "Making Smart Communities that are Accessible, Liveable and Sustainable for All"​ The Smart Community Podcast is a hub where Smart and exciting peo...
    Content:
    African UrbanismBuilding Better Cities
  22. Spacing Radio
    Spacing Radio
    Spacing Radio is the voice of Spacing, Canada's leading publication on urbanism.
    Content:
    Building Better Cities
  23. Urbanistica Podcast
    Urbanistica Podcast
    Un espacio para conversar y aprender sobre el entorno natural y construido de la ciudad de Santo Domingo, desde la perspectiva de que todos los usu...
    Content:
    African UrbanismBuilding Better Cities