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Explore "cityplanning" with insightful episodes like "City Limits: Blame the mayor", "The Manhattan Grid", "337. How to Build a Smart City" and "How Underwater Tunnels Work" from podcasts like ""Today, Explained", "Stuff You Should Know", "Freakonomics Radio" and "Stuff You Should Know"" and more!
Episodes (4)
The Manhattan Grid
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337. How to Build a Smart City
We are in the midst of a historic (and wholly unpredicted) rise in urbanization. But it's hard to retrofit old cities for the 21st century. Enter Dan Doctoroff. The man who helped modernize New York City — and tried to bring the Olympics there — is now C.E.O. of a Google-funded startup that is building, from scratch, the city of the future.
How Underwater Tunnels Work
It's a pretty amazing feat to dig a tunnel beneath a body of water that's big enough (and safe enough) to drive a train through. While humans have been digging underwater tunnels for thousands of years, it wasn't until the late 19th century that it became viable on a large scale. In this episode, Chuck and Josh explore the ins and outs of the engineering triumph that is digging below water.
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