Talking Place
Welcome to Talking Place
The podcast bringing placemakers and storytellers together to talk about place.
The Talking Place podcast is your go-to podcast for exploring the power of storytelling in shaping narratives and identities for neighbourhoods, towns, cities, and nations.
Join your host, Concept Culture’s Creative Director Tanisha Raffiuddin as she talks with experts across the built environment, sharing their knowledge and stories on placemaking, branding, sustainability, language, finance, health, culture, and more.
Whether you are an urban designer, architect, planner, developer, investor, marketeer, or simply curious about places and stories, this podcast is for you.
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Host: Tanisha Raffiuddin
Production: Concept Culture
Talking Place
012 - Festival of Place 2025: Radical Hope and Practical Imagination
In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin heads to the Festival of Place 2025, live from Boxpark Wembley, to uncover the bold ideas, honest reflections, and emerging practices shaping the future of placemaking.
Framed around themes of equity, wellbeing, and intergenerational living, this special episode explores what happens when we move beyond performative placemaking and start designing with purpose, people, and justice at the core.
From reimagining housing for older people to building feminist cities, and from measuring wellbeing with flourishing indices to unlocking community-driven sustainability, this episode is packed with provocation, possibility, and practical imagination.
You’ll hear reflections on co-design, planning frustrations, placemaking buzzwords (we secretly love), and what a thriving neighborhood might actually look like in 2030 according to the architects, developers, policymakers, and rebels making it happen.
Whether you’re rethinking housing systems or just wondering how we build places where everyone belongs, this conversation challenges us all to be bolder, braver, and more inclusive in how we shape the world around us.
Join us as we ‘Talk Place’
A huge thank you to our guests:
Simon Beck, Related Argent
Jude Leighton, United Saviour’s Street Charity
Charlotte Miller, Intergenerational England
Sem Lee, Ouri Labs
Imandeep Kaur, Civic Square
Zoe Berman, Part W
Ayo Abbas, Abbas Marketing
Blossom, Poplar HARCA
Sophie Trotman, Notting Hill Genesis
Ramsey Yassa, Nooma Studio
Soham De, Eco Responsive Design
To learn more about Tanisha – visit here:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tanishaa
Website: www.conceptculture.co
Twitter: @tanisha.rr
Instagram: @tanisha.rr
To learn more about Talking Place – visit here:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/talking-place-podcast
Website: https://www.conceptculture.co/talking-place-podcast
Instagram: @talkingplacepodcast
X (Twitter): @tppodcast_
Bluesky: @talkingplace
TikTok: @talkingplacepodcast
To learn more about Concept Culture – visit here:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/concept-culture-uk
Website: www.conceptculture.co
Twitter: @_conceptculture
Instagram: @_conceptculture