Bees has been with us for a long time. And we are consuming their literal fruit of their labor not only in the form of honey, but also their help pollinating plants and flowers. Now some of the bees varieties have shrunk in population, due to the growth of our consumption and --of course, the city. Come join Annika Engelhardt (annikaen.de) and Lorraine Haist, with your host Prima and Hagar as we Talk about Human nature, Bees, and the city.

Tokyo in 1994 was already a city with one of the lowest crime rates. With only 60 crimes per 100.000 population, it has earned a reputation of one of the safest cities. Unfortunately, not everyone is not experiencing the same sense of safety, at least 70% of women commuting has experience harassment. Join Prima and Hagar as they examine problems faced by female commuter in the city, with our guest human rights issue researcher Puri Kencana Putri.

The city can be discriminating, from its policy to its infrastructure, or public space to private toilet space. It can sometimes designed without considering women and the most vulnerable member of society. Join us as we talk how the city can be a safe space for everyone with our guest: the author of 'No Place to Go', Lezlie Lowe. 

In this episode Prima and Hagar talk about how the dissipation of misinformation through digital media affect the urban tissue with guest speaker Arief Azis, Country Director for Change.org.

Architecture has always been a tool in the hand of governors, priests and those who wish to demonstrate or communicate power. In the current search for an architecture that represents the period and free democratic regimes, it is important to examine not only the style, but the whole procedure and the relevance of local politics that outline the boundaries and planning conditions.

Under a global quarantine, either self-imposed or mandated. It is hard to see how the future will be the same as before. Having the benefit of hindsight from past pandemics, we can characterize two outcomes to this current event: massive changes (i.e the new normal) or nothing at all--either because the pandemic is not significant enough, or the changes are already ongoing. We will look into two cases, the 1846 Broad Street cholera outbreak and the 1918 Spanish flu.

Cities around the world is facing a trend of outward migration. The trend is worse now that in the time of pandemic. In this episode Hagar and Prima will talk about the drive that push the migration and how it is just a myth. A podcast in collaboration with urbannext.net