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The celebration of the first year of the podcast!

I would like to thank you all for joining me on this adventure. I am really grateful for your support. And I am especially thankful for my interviewees who took the time to appear on the podcast and share their ideas and insights. Stay tuned for a special announcement at the end of the episode!

Links to the episodes introducing the specific approaches:

• Milan Janosov in episode 45 talked about the city as graphs and networks in great detail.
• Magnus Moglia described such urban complexity in episode 36 among others.
• Hussein Dia in episode 48 especially highlighted the transport network as an opportunity to improve cities.
• With this differentiation we can retain the urban character, the uniqueness of a place, just as Tamás Mezős talked about it on episode 72.
• Bridgette Engeler in episode 21 and Laura Summers in episode 51 talked about how to plan for the future and what can be achieved by proper foresight planning.
• Smartness for example was identified with pure technology or people’s local knowledge and expertise. Rolland Vida in episode 54 gave examples of urban smartness through technology use in a small town of Hungary.
• Some interviewees, like Luke Housego in episode 15, Daniel Prohasky in episode 6 and Gavin Cotterill in episode 75, highlighted that data in and of itself is not smart, we need to work with it to provide information and insights.
• The very first interview with Frans-Anton Vermast introduced Amsterdam’s smart city approach and their evolution over time due to the populace’s needs.
• Richard Manasseh in episode 27 talked a great deal about water sustainability and sharing opportunities.
• Amélie Uhrig shared her experiences about talking about sustainability, and especially climate change and her recommendations for becoming individually more sustainable in episode 57.
• Johan Tijssen presented his sustainable building material, hempblock in episode 66
• Kieran Leong advocated for healthy cities in episode 12 with their special approach to include biophilia and natural experiences into design to enhance joy, beauty, belonging and comfort.
• Neurodiversity was a expertise for Kirsten Day in episode 39, while Éva Kereszty in episode 69 argued for a wider consideration of disabilities and service provision in urban planning.
• Gala Camacho in episode 60 talked about responsible technologies and steward ownership, and Lilly Ryan advocated for better data and digital privacy and acknowledgement in episode 63.
• Mark Burry in episode 42 needed more engagement for citizens in urban areas.
• Andrew Lizzio in episode 9 talked about how each individual can influence the whole system even with the smallest actions. Ville Sirviö highlighted the opportunities presented with digital data sharing and e-governance solutions in episode 30. Anthony Mazzei told their efforts to make renting and apartment living a more comfortable experience for all within episode 33.
• Number 18 with María José Yanez and we talked about the Nightingale model and what they do differently in the development industry.
• Interestingly, the most listened to research episodes were number 43 about shifting from sustainability to regeneration and number 20 about the antifragile concept.

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