Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 35m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Jul 2025
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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49%
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About This Podcast

Centre for Cities is the leading think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK’s largest cities and towns. In these podcasts, Chief Executive Andrew Carter interviews leading thinkers in the urban policy field, as well as experts from Centre for Cities about their research and ideas on improving the economies of cities and large towns.

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Recent Episodes

City Talks: The inclusive growth debate

Jun 08, 2026 26m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Rob Johnson, Senior Analyst, and Neela Parker-Talwar, Researcher, to discuss the current debate on growth and inclusion in big cities. Drawing on our recent…

City Talks: Cities in the media

May 27, 2026 56m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Joshi Herrmann, founder and editor of Manchester Mill (Mill Media), Dave Hill, founder and editor of OnLondon, and Jane Haynes, politics and people editor…

City Talks: Devolution's next steps

May 11, 2026 29m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Ant Breach, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss devolution following the passing of the Devolution Act at the end of April. They cover what is…

City Talks: What these elections could mean for local power

Apr 27, 2026 33m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Caitlin Rollison, External Affairs and Policy Manager, and Jess Tulasiewicz, Head of Public Affairs and Policy. They discuss the manifestos for the upcoming…

City Minutes: The Croydon planning experiment

Mar 26, 2026 1h 1m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Analyst Maurice Lange as well as Alison Coutinho (Mace Consult) and Guy Rochez (Town) who both worked for Croydon council between 2019 and 2022 when they…

City Minutes: Visitor levies around the world

Mar 04, 2026 16m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by External Affairs and Policy Manager Caitlin Rollison and Intern Zoe Johnson to discuss the findings of our latest briefing ‘Around the world: How do visitor…

City Talks: Death and life of British cities

Feb 26, 2026 49m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Alex Trew, Professor of Economics at the Adam Smith Business School at Glasgow University and David Nagy, Senior Researcher at CREI in Barcelona. As two of…

City Talks: Perspectives on place

Jan 29, 2026 53m

Centre for Cities’ Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Will Jennings, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy as well as Dean for the faculty of Social Sciences at the University of…

City Minutes: Cities Outlook 2026

Jan 25, 2026 26m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Rob Johnson, Senior Analyst, to discuss the findings of Cities Outlook 2026, our annual health check of the economic performance of urban Britain. They…

City Minutes: Density in our big cities

Dec 17, 2025 21m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Analyst Maurice Lange to talk about the urban density gap following the publication of our recent report ‘Flat Britain: The urban density gap and how to…

City Minutes: Devolution for the Glasgow City Region?

Dec 08, 2025 19m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by External Affairs and Policy Manager Caitlin Rollison to discuss Scottish devolution from a city region perspective following the publication of our recent…

City Minutes: The performance of London's high streets

Dec 04, 2025 18m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Researcher Oscar Selby to discuss the findings of our latest briefing 'Follow the money: Explaining the performance of London’s suburban high streets'. They…

City Minutes: Better transport for big cities

Nov 04, 2025 20m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Analyst Rob Johnson and External Affairs and Policy Manager Caitlin Rollison to discuss the findings of our latest report 'Integrated transport: The size of…

City Minutes: Big cities are catching up

Oct 15, 2025 17m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Yunze Wang, Analyst, to discuss the findings of our latest briefing 'How productive are the UK’s big cities?'. They dive into what the latest data ONS tells…

City Minutes: the New Towns Taskforce report

Oct 14, 2025 43m

This episode is a recording of our recent event on the New Towns taskforce report. Chief Executive Andrew Carter was joined by Maurice Lange, Analyst, and Ant Breach, Director of Policy and…

City Minutes: A year of planning reforms

Sep 18, 2025 46m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Maurice Lange, Analyst, and Ant Breach, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss planning reform. They explore how the government has been doing over the…

City Minutes: The role of universities in city economies

Sep 03, 2025 12m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Rob Johnson, Analyst, and Xuanru Lin, Researcher, to discuss the findings of our latest briefing 'Town and Gown: The role of universities in city economies…

City Talks: My life at Centre for Cities

Aug 26, 2025 1h 7m

In this very special episode of City Talks Andrew Carter is joined by the Centre for Cities' now former Director of Policy and Research, Paul Swinney, to reflect on his 16 years at the Centre for…

City Talks: Rt Hon Greg Clark on the new Industrial Strategy

Jul 21, 2025 46m

Centre for Cities’ Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Rt Hon Greg Clark, member of the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council and former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and…

City Talks: Remote working and the future of cities

Jul 16, 2025 50m

Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Matt Clancy, Senior Programme Officer at Open Philanthropy and the creator of New Things Under the Sun, a living literature review on social science…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Centre for Cities have?

Centre for Cities has published 20 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Government, History.

Is Centre for Cities still active?

Centre for Cities is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 35m.

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