Latest Urbanize la Podcast Episodes

Episode 5 - The Architect: Eric Owen Moss

Cityspeak - September 16, 2019 19:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Eric Owen Moss is the principal and lead designer of his eponymously named architecture firm Eric Owen Moss Architects. Alongside his formidable portfolio of international projects, Mr. Moss is widely known for almost single-handedly designing the Culver City neighborhood known as the Hayden Tra...

Carolina Miranda: Writing about Architecture Is Like Dancing about Music

Cityspeak - September 03, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Carolina Miranda is an arts and architecture writer for the Los Angeles Times and has had her work featured in a wide range of national and international publications. Ms. Miranda’s writing embodies what art historian Barry Bergdoll defined as the purpose of architecture criticism to be “a bridg...

Episode 4 - The Critic: Carolina Miranda

Cityspeak - September 03, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Carolina Miranda is an arts and architecture writer for the Los Angeles Times and has had her work featured in a wide range of national and international publications. Ms. Miranda’s writing embodies what art historian Barry Bergdoll defined as the purpose of architecture criticism to be “a bridg...

William Witte: The Mind of an Urban Planner in the Real Estate Industry

Cityspeak - August 19, 2019 19:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
William Witte is the Chairman and CEO of Related California, the West Coast arm of the Related Companies and one of the largest real estate developers in the state. Mr. Witte’s profile defies easy classification—his over 30 years leading Related California’s extensive development portfolio of ov...

Episode 3 - The Developer: William Witte

Cityspeak - August 19, 2019 19:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
William Witte is the Chairman and CEO of Related California, the West Coast arm of the Related Companies and one of the largest real estate developers in the state. Mr. Witte’s profile defies easy classification—his over 30 years leading Related California’s extensive development portfolio of ov...

Frances Anderton: Design and Architecture on the Radio

Cityspeak - August 05, 2019 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Frances Anderton is the host of the popular radio program DnA: Design and Architecture, a weekly show on KCRW public radio. Born and raised in the ancient, historic city of Bath, England, Ms. Anderton chose her decidedly less ancient home of Los Angeles after visiting LA in 1987 on a story for t...

Episode 2 - The Urbanist: Frances Anderton

Cityspeak - August 05, 2019 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Frances Anderton is the host of the popular radio program DnA: Design and Architecture, a weekly show on KCRW public radio. Born and raised in the ancient, historic city of Bath, England, Ms. Anderton chose her decidedly less ancient home of Los Angeles after visiting LA in 1987 on a story for t...

Antonio Villaraigosa: Becoming the "Subway Mayor" in Car-Centric Los Angeles

Cityspeak - July 22, 2019 18:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
In the debut episode of CitySpeak, Max Masuda-Farkas interviews the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa. Dubbed by LA Weekly as “the Subway Mayor,” Mayor Villaraigosa was mayor from 2005-2013, promoting a new vision for Los Angeles as “a city of smart growth,” the fruits of which are...

Episode 1 - The Mayor: Antonio Villaraigosa

Cityspeak - July 22, 2019 18:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
In the debut episode of CitySpeak, Max Masuda-Farkas interviews the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa. Dubbed by LA Weekly as “the Subway Mayor,” Mayor Villaraigosa was mayor from 2005-2013, promoting a new vision for Los Angeles as “a city of smart growth,” the fruits of which are...

Episode One Trailer - Antonio Villaraigosa

Cityspeak - July 16, 2019 03:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
CitySpeak features the visionaries who are designing, building, and reimagining cities as we know them today. From the shimmering skyscrapers of Hong Kong to the stuccoed bungalows of Los Angeles, cities across the globe develop through a familiar pattern. Like the cell cycle of an organism, bu...