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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Sep 26

🎙️ We are proud to share that Talking Place has been shortlisted for the Archiboo Awards 2025 in the Best Podcast category.

Thank you to our brilliant guests & listeners for being part of the journey. 🏆

See you at Shoreditch Arts Club on 13 Nov!

#TalkingPlace

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Sep 26

🎙️ We are proud to share that Talking Place has been shortlisted for the Archiboo Awards 2025 in the Best Podcast category.

Thank you to our brilliant guests & listeners for being part of the journey. 🏆

See you at Shoreditch Arts Club on 13 Nov!

#TalkingPlace

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Sep 16

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Talking Place

Welcome to Talking Place The podcast bringing placemakers and storytellers together to talk about place. The Talking Place podcast is your go-to podcast for exploring the power of storytelling in shaping narratives and identities for neighbourhoods, towns, cities, and nations. Join your host, Concept Culture’s Creative Director Tanisha Raffiuddin as she talks with experts across the built environment, sharing their knowledge and stories on placemaking, branding, sustainability, language, finance, health, culture, and more. Whether you are an urban designer, architect, planner, developer, investor, marketeer, or simply curious about places and stories, this podcast is for you. Listen to our latest episodes of Talking Place and join the conversation on social media! Follow us on Instagram: @talkingplacepodcast X: @tppodcast_ LinkedIn: Talking Place Podcast Bluesky @talkingplace TikTok: @talkingplacepodcast Host: Tanisha Raffiuddin Production: Concept Culture

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Sep 16

💬 “The public realm and landscape have been designed in genuine collaboration with a diverse group of local people.”

In episode 17 of Talking Place, Tom Branton (Earl’s Court Development Company) shares with host Tanisha Raffiuddin how inclusive consultation has shaped the Earl’s Court regeneration

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Sep 11

In episode 17 of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin talks place with Tom Branton (Earl’s Court Development Company) about how culture and creativity can act as catalysts for urban transformation.

🎧 Full episode out now – link in bio.

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Sep 3

💬 Let’s talk about feelings.

In episode 16 of Talking Place, Tanisha Raffiuddin speaks with Hilary Satchwell of Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design about why emotions, stories, and authentic connections should be central to how we shape the built environment.

#TalkingPlacePodcast

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Aug 28

💬 “There are projects in Oslo planned on 100-year timescales. They call it cathedral thinking.”

Hilary Satchwell of Tibbalds, speaks with Tanisha Raffiuddin about the importance of long-term vision in placemaking, and how today’s choices will shape the places of tomorrow.

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Aug 26

Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3y8u9uan
Listen on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/5ctvyjbh
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#TalkingPlace

Talking Place

Welcome to Talking Place The podcast bringing placemakers and storytellers together to talk about place. The Talking Place podcast is your go-to podcast for exploring the power of storytelling in shaping narratives and identities for neighbourhoods, towns, cities, and nations. Join your host, Concept Culture’s Creative Director Tanisha Raffiuddin as she talks with experts across the built environment, sharing their knowledge and stories on placemaking, branding, sustainability, language, finance, health, culture, and more. Whether you are an urban designer, architect, planner, developer, investor, marketeer, or simply curious about places and stories, this podcast is for you. Listen to our latest episodes of Talking Place and join the conversation on social media! Follow us on Instagram: @talkingplacepodcast X: @tppodcast_ LinkedIn: Talking Place Podcast Bluesky @talkingplace TikTok: @talkingplacepodcast Host: Tanisha Raffiuddin Production: Concept Culture

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Aug 26

🌱 Listening to all forms of life can transform how we shape place.

In episode 15 of Talking Place, Tanisha Raffiuddin speaks with Devorah Block, founder of the Place Literacy Project, about why geological, ecological, and non-human perspectives must be part of how we understand and design places.

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Aug 22

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, or YouTube

Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3y8u9uan
Listen on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/5ctvyjbh
Listen on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/yzdfzubr
Watch:

Talking Place

Welcome to Talking Place The podcast bringing placemakers and storytellers together to talk about place. The Talking Place podcast is your go-to podcast for exploring the power of storytelling in shaping narratives and identities for neighbourhoods, towns, cities, and nations. Join your host, Concept Culture’s Creative Director Tanisha Raffiuddin as she talks with experts across the built environment, sharing their knowledge and stories on placemaking, branding, sustainability, language, finance, health, culture, and more. Whether you are an urban designer, architect, planner, developer, investor, marketeer, or simply curious about places and stories, this podcast is for you. Listen to our latest episodes of Talking Place and join the conversation on social media! Follow us on Instagram: @talkingplacepodcast X: @tppodcast_ LinkedIn: Talking Place Podcast Bluesky @talkingplace TikTok: @talkingplacepodcast Host: Tanisha Raffiuddin Production: Concept Culture

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Aug 22

💬 “In the vast majority of cases, things go wrong when we take too partial a perspective in making our decisions.”

In episode 15, Devorah Block, shares why place needs to be understood in all its complexity, and how place awareness workshops are helping communities see the bigger picture.

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎙️ Talking Place – New episode out now!

In episode 14 of Talking Place, host Tanisha Raffiuddin explores cultural programming’s impact on urban transformation with George Kekatos from Futurecity.

🎧 Full episode now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, & YouTube.

#TalkingPlacePodcast #CulturalPlacemaking

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 30

That’s a wrap on Season 1 of Talking Place!

Huge thanks to all our guests, from local walkarounds to global ideas, it’s been a joy to record everywhere from Earls Court to the World Expo.

We’re taking a summer break and will be back in September.

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 29

“The cost of putting in a planning application is bonkers.”

In Talking Place Ep. 013, Tanisha Raffiuddin unpacks the barriers keeping retrofit from scaling with Philip Atkinson and Llinos Hughes from Orbit Architects.

🎧 Full episode now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, & YouTube.

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 24

💬 “The more restrictions you have, the more creative you are.”

This week on Talking Place, Tanisha Raffiuddin dives into how constraints - listed buildings, tight budgets, awkward sites - unlock creativity and value with Orbit Architects.

🎧 Full episode now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon & YouTube.

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 22

🎧 Full episode out now – https://f.mtr.cool/rubwzzenao

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Talking Place

Podcast · Tanisha Raffiuddin · Welcome to Talking Place The podcast bringing placemakers and storytellers together to talk about place. The Talking Place podcast is your go-to podcast for exploring the power of storytelling in shaping narratives and identities for neighbourhoods, towns, cities, and nations. Join your host, Concept Culture’s Creative Director Tanisha Raffiuddin as she talks with experts across the built environment, sharing their knowledge and stories on placemaking, branding, sustainability, language, finance, health, culture, and more. Whether you are an urban designer, architect, planner, developer, investor, marketeer, or simply curious about places and stories, this podcast is for you.Listen to our latest episodes of Talking Place and join the conversation on social media! Follow us on: Instagram: @talkingplacepodcastX: @tppodcast_ LinkedIn: Talking Place PodcastBluesky @talkingplaceTikTok: @talkingplacepodcastHost: Tanisha Raffiuddin Production: Concept Culture

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 22

In our latest Talking Place episode, host @Tanisha_rr dives into the realities of delivering retrofit with Philip Atkinson and Llinos Hughes from @OrbitArchitects

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 22

💬 “You know, you start with an empty site, and it can be absolutely anything you want it to be. But that’s easy, right? We want the challenge.”

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Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our latest Talking Place episode with host Tanisha Raffiuddin and guest Palak Jhunjhunwala explores how authentic placemaking means respecting the past and designing with empathy.

🎧 Hear more: https://www.conceptculture.co/talking-place-podcast

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 15

💬 “How come it costs thousands just to say ‘we’d like to make our neighborhood better’?”
We said what everyone’s thinking—and it’s time to rethink the system.

🎧 Full episode here: https://www.conceptculture.co/talking-place-podcast

#TalkingPlacePodcast #PlanningPolicy #FestivalOfPlace

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our latest episode with Palak Jhunjhunwala explores why India’s heritage stories must come from the people through collective, co-designed narratives — not imposed visions.

🎧 Hear more: https://tinyurl.com/4jxy4r9k

#TalkingPlacePodcast #Placemaking #Storytelling #CoDesign #CulturalHeritage #India

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 11

🎙️ Talking Place Ep. 012 is live!

Host Tanisha Raffiuddin dives into the big ideas and radical questions coming out of Festival of Place 2025.

Listen now: https://www.conceptculture.co/talking-place-podcast

#TalkingPlace #FestivalOfPlace #Placemaking #Architecture #CoDesign

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 8

In our latest Talking Place episode, Rumi Bose reflects on what is lacking and what feels saturated when it comes to telling stories for the built environment with host Tanisha Raffiuddin.

🎧 Listen here: https://tinyurl.com/4jxy4r9k

#TalkingPlacePodcast #CoDesign #Placemaking

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 3

Rumi Bose joins the Talking Place place with host Tanisha Raffiuddin to explain why authentic co-design means slowing down and listening - not rushing through a tick-box exercise.

🎧 Hear more: https://www.conceptculture.co/talking-place

#TalkingPlacePodcast #CoDesign #Placemaking

Talking Place @talkingplace.bsky.social · Jul 2

🗣️ “A good story makes you laugh or cry—or both. But it should never leave you emotionless.”

In our latest Talking Place episode, Clare Delmar shares why storytelling is essential for turning health equity from policy into action.

🎧 Listen now: https://www.conceptculture.co/talking-place