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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

December 17, 2025 · 42 min

In this episode of The Urban Exchange, hosts Paul Wilson and Katrin Bruebach speak with Bianca Perez, Head of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office for Quezon City in the Philippines – a city that, in August 2025, experienced…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 31 – Resilient Sydney: 33 local governments, one resilience strategy

September 24, 2025 · 36 min

Dive into the latest episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast, where hosts Paul Wilson and Lina Liakou are joined by Yvette Andrews, strategy and engagement manager for Resilient Sydney, and a key architect of the newly released Resilient…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 30 – Norfolk: building coastal resilience before the storm

August 6, 2025 · 40 min

Dive into the heart of coastal resilience with this episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast, supported by Sand Technologies, where hosts Paul Wilson and Nate Echeverria are joined by two leading voices from the City of Norfolk, – Kyle…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 29 - Financing city resilience

July 9, 2025 · 47 min

Dive into the heart of urban resilience and climate finance in this thought-provoking episode of the Urban Exchange podcast, where hosts Paul Wilson, Chair of the Advisory Board at Smart Cities World. and Nate Echeverria, North America…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 28 - Data-driven urban resilience in Montevideo

May 28, 2025 · 36 min

In this compelling episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast, host Lauren Sorkin and Paul Wilson dive deep into the transformative world of digital innovation and urban resilience, featuring an extraordinary case study from Montevideo…

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 27 - Life-saving action on extreme heat

April 30, 2025 · 44 min

In this episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast, hosts Lauren Sorkin and Paul Wilson explore extreme heat in cities worldwide. Joined by Dr. Dileep Mavalankar, former Director of the Indian Institute of Public Health, and Nick Jones, Program…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 26 - Championing urban heat resilience: Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili

March 26, 2025 · 44 min

In this episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast, hosts Lauren Sorkin and Paul Wilson dive deep into the critical issue of extreme heat with Lenio Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer for UN-Habitat and the Atlantic Council. The conversation…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 25 - Understanding AI-powered water resilience

February 26, 2025 · 43 min

In this insightful episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast, sponsored by Sand Technologies, host Lauren Sorkin delves into the critical challenge of clean water and resilience, with a focus on how artificial intelligence is emerging as a…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 24 - The City Resilience Framework & the next decade of resilience

January 29, 2025 · 37 min

This episode of the Urban Exchange podcast focuses on the evolution of urban resilience and the critical role of the City Resilience Framework. Hosts Lauren Sorkin and Paul Wilson welcome Jo Da Silva, the Global Director of Sustainable…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

September 27, 2024 · 42 min

This episode of the Urban Exchange podcast focuses on identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity. Resilient Cities Network's Lauren Sorkin hosts, joined by Patricia Himschoot and Catalina Thela from the…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 22 - Digital solutions shaping the urban landscape

August 8, 2024 · 31 min

This episode of the Urban Exchange podcast explores the role of digital financial innovation in building urban resilience, featuring experts Daniel Sullivan, Director of Resilience for the City of Cape Town, and Tanya Filer, Founder and…
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 21 - 10 years of urban resilience in Rotterdam

June 3, 2024 · 25 min

This episode of the Urban Exchange podcast takes a look back at Rotterdam's resilience journey over the past decade. Host Paul Wilson speaks with Arnoud Molenaar, Rotterdam's Chief Resilience Officer, who was one of the first city CROs to…

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About the show

Urban Exchange: Cities on the Frontlines is the podcast series from SmartCitiesWorld and the Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities), delivering frank and open conversations between international city leaders and industry practitioners that share ideas to solve urban challenges. With the world’s cities under pressure to deliver a sustainable future for more than half of the global population – a figure that is consistently trending upwards – the Urban Exchange provides a platform for the people driving urban innovation and change to share their ideas and insights with those that need them most. As cities seek a future that is environmentally, economically, and socially resilient and sustainable, each episode of the podcast plays host to an in-depth conversation between a city leader and a smart city specialist to uncover the initiatives that cities are working on to deliver on these goals.