{"podcast":{"title":"Challenger Cities","slug":"challenger-cities-6959558","podcast_index_feed_id":6959558,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/challengercitytoronto/feed.xml","website_url":"https://challengercities.substack.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/challengercitytoronto/20241125_031154_12bb296aa546a7561a00033f0e685478.png","author":"Iain Montgomery","episode_count":88,"summary":"Iain Montgomery of Now or Never Ventures interviews urbanists, creatives, transit and development types to explore how cities can punch above their weight and create distinctive new futures outside of the tired playbooks.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T06:17:04.276818+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenger-cities-6959558"},"episode":{"title":"Challenger Cities EP80: The Materials of Cities with Saurabh Mangla","slug":"challenger-cities-ep80-the-materials-of-cities-with-saurabh-mangla","published_at":"2026-05-12T13:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenger-cities-6959558/challenger-cities-ep80-the-materials-of-cities-with-saurabh-mangla","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenger-cities-6959558","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/challengercitytoronto/2813381","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/278784/2813381/challengercitytoronto/2026_05_11_15_51_12_7fecf5be-90cc-4d64-a963-95d9d7a0027e.mp3","summary":"This is a bit of a different episode because we're talking about what cities are made of, rather than how we make our cities. I had the pleasure of meeting Saurabh Mangla on a day where I was hot, tired and just wanted a beer. But getting the story of his materials lab and how he's working to explore how cities use their materials more effectively, efficiently and in many ways, delightfully is a good reviver. We talk about Singapore, India and how material resources can be an excellent way for cities to demonstrate their Challenger mindset.","meta_description":"This is a bit of a different episode because we're talking about what cities are made of, rather than how we make our cities. I had the pleasure of meetin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2731,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/challenger-cities-6959558/episodes/challenger-cities-ep80-the-materials-of-cities-with-saurabh-mangla/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/challenger-cities-6959558/challenger-cities-ep80-the-materials-of-cities-with-saurabh-mangla.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}