In Episode 21 of the Life-Sized City podcast, Mikael Colville-Andersen engages his friend Bianca Hermansen - Danish architect, urbanist and thinker - in the idea of The Erotic City from an urbanist perspective. Eroticism, sensuality and intimacy are incredibly human needs but how does urban design allow them to thrive and flourish? To what extent does our urban fabric allow the sensory lines to become blurred and encourage sharing intimate moments with strangers? What aspects of a sensual city go lost in car-centric societies?

Pinar Pinzuti is a cycling advocate based in Milan. A veritable powerhouse of spreading the word about the importance of reestablishing the bicycle as transport in our cities. Pinar started the Fancy Women Bike Ride in Izmir, Turkey in 2013 and, in 2021, there were 150 rides in thirty countries. In this conversation with Mikael, Pinar discusses the idea behind her Fancy Women Bike Ride and the importance of empowering women through positive advocacy. They discuss Mikael’s Cycle Chic movement, the male-dominated cycling world and the future of selling cycling positively to the 99%. Check out https://www.fancywomenbikeride.com Intro and outro music by Phil Creamer from www.hereonout.ca.

Episode 19: What is slow, life-sized travel? On a visit to an off-the-grid tiny house in the Helsinki archipelago, Mikael discusses the idea with his friend, Carl Honoré. Carl is an author, broadcaster and the man who started the global Slow Movement. While Mikael has been thinking about Life-sized Travel for years, Carl has also been playing around with his concept of Slow Travel. They started planning a tv series about their shared visions for the future of travel and, in this candid conversation, they explore what the concept of slow, life-sized travelling might be and how it could be the direction we’re heading in, a post-pandemic world with an increasing focus on sustainability. http://carlhonore.com http://colville-andersen.com The tiny house: http://majamaja.com Intro and outro music by Phil Creamer from http://hereonout.ca