{"podcast":{"title":"A is for Architecture Podcast","slug":"a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985","podcast_index_feed_id":4885985,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6123d53c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://linktr.ee/AisforArchitecturePodcast?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnCGrgtkfHCX8az9QUdgkogeS1FuGmRof_9ezHrdQhJWXkvMPEGnO4uL1fj9w_aem_eRaQzK_kKC7Z47Hp01zBXg","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16197383/16197383-1736374370337-6056a54ee71eb.jpg","author":"Ambrose Gillick","episode_count":208,"summary":"Explore the world of architecture with the A is for Architecture Podcast hosted by Ambrose Gillick. Through conversations with designers, scholars and practitioners, Ambrose unpacks the creative and theoretical dimensions of architecture. Whether you're a professional, student, or design enthusiast, the A is for Architecture Podcast offers the best insights into how buildings shape society and society shapes buildings. To keep it free and good, subscribe to the podcast on Patreon. The podcast is not affiliated with Ambrose's place of works.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T14:20:32.969281+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985"},"episode":{"title":"Leslie Kern: Resisting gentrification.","slug":"leslie-kern-resisting-gentrification","published_at":"2026-05-21T21:31:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/leslie-kern-resisting-gentrification","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ambrose-gillick/episodes/Leslie-Kern-Resisting-gentrification-e3jng31","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6123d53c/podcast/play/120356385/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-21%2F0cb28f78-86b8-b49c-d7ee-b2bcd3eedc39.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to scholar, activist, author and feminist totem, Leslie Kern , about Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies , which she published with Verso in 2022. In Leslie and my conversation we speak broadly about her work and approach, some themes from the book, and how resistance is not just necessary, but possible too. in 1964 Ruth Glass, in her introduction to London: Aspects of Change, named the phenomenon: ‘One by one, many of the working class quarters of London have been invaded by the middle classes—upper and lower. Shabby, ‘modest mews and cottages—two rooms up and two down—have been taken over, when their leases have expired, and have become elegant, expensive residences. […] Once this process of ‘gentrification’ starts in a district, it goes on rapidly until all or most of the original working class occupiers are displaced, and the whole social character of the district is changed […] The invasion has since spread.’ Glass implied that what is presented as urban improvement is in fact a reassertion of class hierarchy in spatial form. In recent years things have moved on, away from what might be seen as an evolutionary process of cultural and economic enrichment , where artists, bohemians, thinkers and web designers find space for their creative praxis. Now the market makes it, and the government spends its taxes to make it more likely to occur. Leslie can be found on her website, linked above, as is the book. If you want and can, please support the A is for Architecture Podcast by listening in and sharing it, or by either subscribing via links in the podcast description. + Music credits: Bruno Gillick Image credit: Ambrose Gillick.","meta_description":"In this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to scholar, activist, author and feminist totem, Leslie Kern , about Gentrification is Inevi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3549,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/episodes/leslie-kern-resisting-gentrification/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/leslie-kern-resisting-gentrification.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}