Talking Place
Welcome to Talking Place
The podcast that brings placemakers and storytellers together to talk about what makes a good 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 investor, developer, urban designer, architect, planner, marketeer, or simply curious about places and stories, this podcast is for you.
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Host: Tanisha Raffiuddin
Produced by: Concept Culture
Episodes
40 episodes
E33: London 2050: Inside the City Building Britain's AI Future with Theo Blackwell
What happens when a 2,000-year-old city tries to build itself around artificial intelligence without losing the essence that makes it special? Theo Blackwell MBE, London's first Chief Digital Officer, has spent the pa...
E32: Women Changing Cities: The Leaders Reshaping Our Streets with Melissa Bruntlett
What does it feel like to move through a city without fear? To just... switch off?For Melissa Bruntlett, author, mobility advocate, and co-author of the new book Women Changing Cities, that feeling isn't a luxury. It's a design ...
E31: How Art Creates Better Places with Marine Tanguy
What happens to a city that treats culture as an afterthought? Founder of MTArt Agency, Marine Tanguy explains why culture is not a luxury but essential urban infrastructure - and why investing in art and artist...
E30: Co-Authoring the City: Audrey Tang on Digital Democracy, Civic AI and Who Gets to Decide
What does it mean for a city to be genuinely co-authored by the people who live in it? In Episode 30 of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin speaks with one of the most consequential figures in the global conversation about...
Chrisp Street: 75 Years On | Know Your Neighbourhood | LFA 2026
Can regeneration strengthen a community rather than replace it?Chrisp Street Market has been part of East London's story for generations. Chrisp Street in E14 is five minutes from Canary Wharf, named on the DLR, and about to turn...
Cody Dock: 4,000 Volunteers, One Vision | Know Your Neighbourhood | LFA 2026
Host Tanisha Raffiuddin visits Cody Dock in East London and speaks with Simon Myers and Bella Quirin from Cody Dock about what belonging looks like when it is built on collective ownership. This episode is part of the Know Your Neighbourhood se...
City of London: The Neighbourhood of Contrast | Know Your Neighbourhood | LFA2026
In this episode of Know Your Neighbourhood - produced in partnership with the London Festival of Architecture 2026 - host Tanisha Raffiuddin travels to the City of London, the Square Mile, to meet Eliza Grosvenor of NLA<...
E29: Bradford City of Culture: The Year That Changed Everything and What Comes Next
Bradford was UK’s City of Culture in 2025. The events happened, the crowds came, the spotlight found a city that had been waiting a long time to show the world what it was made of. The real question begins: what did it actually leave behind?&nb...
Know Your Neighbourhood: Fitzrovia | London Festival of Architecture 2026
What makes a neighbourhood feel like home?In this episode of Talking Place's Know Your Neighbourhood series, host Tanisha Raffiuddin visits Fitzrovia with Marcos Gold, Director of Policy and Place at The Fitzrovia Partnership.
E28: Be More Bradford: What Happens When a City Designs for Health
85% of our health is determined by non-clinical factors. So why does the built environment remain an afterthought in most public health conversations? In this episode of Talking Place, recorded live at the Bradford Showcase at UKREi...
Know Your Neighbourhood: Alexandra Palace & Wood Green | LFA2026
What makes people feel they belong somewhere?In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin visits Alexandra Palace and Wood Green as part of London Festival of Architecture's Know Your Neighbourhood series exploring th...
E27: Shaping Bradford: Heritage, Housing, and the Hard Yards of Regeneration
Bradford is one of the UK's most talked-about regeneration stories and for good reason. With a demographic dividend, a stunning heritage canvas, and one of the boldest city centre transformation programmes in the country underway, Bradford is d...
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E26: Can We Design Out Danger? Spatial Justice, Safety & the Politics of Public Space with Deborah Saunt
What does it mean to design a city that's truly just? And can we actually design out danger?In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin sits down with Deborah Saunt, founding director of award-winning London practice...
E25: Future of Cities - Power, Politics & Density with Patrik Schumacher
Patrick Schumacher, Principal of Zaha Hadid Architects, joins Talking Place for a conversation that challenges some of the most settled assumptions in contemporary placemaking and urban design.From the claim that inclusiveness und...
Talking Place Season 3 Trailer
Season 3 Trailer — Talking PlaceThe conversations cities need. The ones the industry keeps avoiding.Season 3 of Talking Place is coming — and it's the most urgent series yet. From the economics of viability to the politics ...
024 - Why Retrofit Is the UK’s Most Urgent Climate and Housing Challenge with Anna Moore
Retrofit is often framed as a technical challenge — but what if it’s actually about people, pride and place?In this episode, Anna Moore, founder of Domna, joins Talking Place to unpack why upgrading the homes we already live in is essent...
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023 - The role of cultural districts in our cities with Gregorio Scarpella
What role does culture play in shaping our cities, and how can collaboration across borders help places thrive?In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin talks place with Gregorio Scarpella, Director of t...
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022 - The Impact of A Good Home with Ruth Skidmore
How do homes shape our health, happiness, and sense of belonging, and what does it take to design places where everyone can truly thrive?In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin talks place with Ruth Skidmore, Social Imp...
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021 - Why real estate is broken and how to fix it with Ben Cross
How do we fix a broken real estate system built on short-term returns?In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin ‘talks place’ with Ben Cross, Founder of MORE, a purpose-led real estate and development company rethinking h...
020 - Reimagining Public Practice with John Stiles
How can Local Authorities create places people truly belong to, and what does public placeshaping look like in action?In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin ‘talks place’ with John Stiles, Placemaking Manager a...
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019 - Designing Cities That Last: Masterplanning The Future with Bob Allies (Part 2)
What makes a city truly work, and how do we design places that endure the test of time?In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin ‘talks place’ with Bob Allies, Partner at Allies and Morrison, whose work has shaped some o...
019 - Designing Cities That Last: Masterplanning The Future with Bob Allies (Part 1)
What makes a city truly work, and how do we design places that endure the test of time?In this episode of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin ‘talks place’ with Bob Allies, Partner at Allies and Morrison, whose work has shaped some o...
018 - Architecture That Travels: From Expos to Olympics with ES Global
What if buildings didn’t just get demolished, but were moved, reused, and reborn?In this episode of Talking Place, Tanisha Raffiuddin ‘talks place’ with Olly Watts (Joint CEO) and Amy Casterton (Business Develo...
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017 - Reimagining Earls Court: Culture, Creativity and Community with Tom Branton
What does it mean to reimagine a place as complex and stories as Earls Court?In this episode of Talking Place, Tanisha Raffiuddin speaks with Tom Branton, Development Director at the Earls Court Development Company, about the am...
016 - Designing people-friendly places with Hilary Satchwell
What makes a place truly people-friendly?In this episode of Talking Place, Tanisha Raffiuddin speaks with Hilary Satchwell - Director at Tibbalds and the Mayor of London’s Town Architect for Angel Edmonton - about designing inclusive ci...
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