Aristide Athanassiadis

Circular Metabolism Podcast

👋Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, the bi-weekly meeting where we have in-depth discussions with thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a systemic, socially just and context-specific way. This podcast is hosted and produced by Aristide Athanassiadis from Metabolism of Cities 👋Bonjour et Bienvenu.e au Circular Metabolism Podcast. Le rendez vous bi-hebdomadaire qui interviewe des chercheurs, des décideurs politiques et des praticiens pour mie...

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Aristide Athanassiadis

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www.circularmetabolism.com

Latest episode

Jun 5, 2026

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Episodes

Après le pic pétrole, le pic métaux ? (Podcast avec Olivier Vidal - CNRS)- Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.50 18.05.2022

📺 Bienvenu.e au 50ème épisode du Circular Metabolism Podcast : Après le pic pétrole, le pic Métaux ? avec Olivier Vidal 📺. 🔋⛽ Dans cet épisode nous allons faire un pont entre les enjeux énergétiques et de ressources minérales et métalliques ainsi que des enjeux économiques. En effet, comprendre le lien entre ces enjeux est essentiel si nous voulons entrevoir les besoins d’une société post-carb...

How to Predict the Future of Cities ? (Podcast with Michael Batty)- Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.49 04.05.2022

📺 Welcome to the 49th episode of the Circular Metabolism Podcast: How to Predict the Future of Cities ? with Prof. Michael Batty 📺. 🏙️ On today’s episode we will talk about the future of cities. You have all probably heard that most of the global population lives in cities and that rate is going to increase very rapidly. But what if I told you that everyone on this planet would live in a city by...

Vers la Fin des Grandes Villes ? (Podcast avec Guillaume Faburel)- Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.48 20.04.2022

📺 Bienvenu.e au 48ème épisode du Circular Metabolism Podcast : Vers la Fin des grandes Villes ? avec Guillaume Faburel 📺. 📉🏠 Dans cet épisode nous allons de métropolisation et d’urbanisme néolibéral, des conséquences sociales, spatiales et écologiques des métropoles ainsi que d’alternatives possibles tant à l’intérieur qu’à l’extérieur de celles-ci. Nous allons également discuter de quelle pou...

Feeding Cities - The relationship betwen food supply and cities (Podcast with Carolyn Steel) 06.04.2022

📺 Welcome to the 47th episode of the Circular Metabolism Podcast: Feeding Cities - The relationship betwen food supply and cities with Carolyn Steel 📺. 🏙️ On today’s episode we will talk about one of my newfound loves: Urban Environmental History. More specifically today we will talk about how food cycle and the shape of our cities were and still are intimately connected. In fact, we don’t seem...

Transition énergétique des sociétés : Vers un Effondrement (Interview avec Vincent Mignerot) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.46 23.03.2022

📺 Bienvenu.e au 46ème épisode du Circular Metabolism Podcast : Transition énergétique des sociétés : Vers un Effondrement ? avec Vincent Mignerot 📺. ⚡ 💥 Dans cet épisode nous allons parler d’une thématique qui revient souvent dans nos épisodes mais dont on ne sait jamais réellement attarder. Cette thématique est l’effondrement des sociétés modernes ou industralisées à cause des dépassements su...

Scaling Laws in Cities (Interview with Geoffrey West - Sante Fe Institute) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.45 09.03.2022

📺 Welcome to the 45th episode of the Circular Metabolism Podcast: Scaling Laws in Cities with Prof. Geoffrey West 📺. 🏙️ on today’s episode we will talk about complex adaptive systems, Kleiber’s law and how it is possible predict based on the size of the city how many patents it’s produced, how long are all of its roads or how many violent crimes have been committed. I can imagine that you might...

The role of Cities in a World Economy (Interview with Saskia Sassen - Columbia University) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.44 23.02.2022

📺 Welcome to the 44th episode of the Circular Metabolism Podcast: The role of Cities in a World Economy with Prof. Saskia Sassen 📺. 🏙️ On today’s episode we will talk circulation of flows amongst cities but also between cities and their hinterlands. This time we will not only talk about material and energy flows but also capital, information, and skilled labour flows. We will underline why citie...

The Political Ecology of Cities (Interview with Erik Swyngedouw - Uni Manchester) - CMP ep.43 09.02.2022

📺 Welcome to the 43rd episode of the Circular Metabolism Podcast: The Political Ecology of Cities with Prof. Erik Swyngedouw 📺. 🌎 On today’s episode we will talk about some original topics we have not yet covered that much. We will talk about the metabolic, the cyborg and the post-political city. For this we will have to provide some urban political ecology and critical/Marxist geography founda...

Boucler les flux d'azote et de phosphore en ville ? (Fabien Esculier - LEESU) - CMP ep.42 26.01.2022

📺 Bienvenu.e au 42ème épisode du podcast Circular Metabolism: Boucler les flux d'azote et de phosphore en ville ? avec Fabien Esculier 📺. Bonjour et Bienvenu au Podcast Circular Metabolism. Le rendez vous bi-hebdomadaire qui interviewe des chercheurs, des décideurs politiques et des praticiens pour mieux comprendre le métabolisme de nos villes et comment réduire leur impact environnemental d’une...

Mise en place de l'économie circulaire sur un territoire francilien (Leslie Petitjean, Est-Ensemble). Circular Metabolism Podcast #41 12.01.2022

📺 Bienvenu.e au 41ème épisode du podcast Circular Metabolism: Mise en place de l'économie circulaire sur un territoire francilien avec Leslie Petitjean (Est Ensemble) 📺. Bonjour et Bienvenu au Podcast Circular Metabolism. Le rendez vous bi-hebdomadaire qui interviewe des chercheurs, des décideurs politiques et des praticiens pour mieux comprendre le métabolisme de nos villes et comment réduire l...

Environmental Injustices of the Circularity Rift (Prof. Joan Martinez-Alier - UAB) - Circular Metabolism Podcast #40 29.12.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, the bi-weekly meeting where we have in-depth discussions with thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way. Today we celebrate...

The Business of Less (Prof. Roland Geyer - UCSB) - Circular Metabolism Podcast #39 15.12.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, the bi-weekly meeting where we have in-depth discussions with thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way. On today’s episode...

The City as a Resource: the case of Earth (Anton Maertens) - Circular Metabolism Podcast #38 01.12.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, the bi-weekly meeting where we have in-depth discussions with thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way. On today’s episode...

Quelles relations villes-campagnes ? (Laëtitia Verhaeghe - Univ Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.37 17.11.2021

📺 Bienvenu.e au 37ème épisode du podcast Circular Metabolism: Quelles relations villes-campagnes avec Laëtitia Verhaeghe 📺. Bonjour et Bienvenu au Podcast Circular Metabolism. Le rendez vous bi-hebdomadaire qui interviewe des chercheurs, des décideurs politiques et des praticiens pour mieux comprendre le métabolisme de nos villes et comment réduire leur impact environnemental d’une manière juste...

La ville comme ressource - le cas du bois (Stephan Kampelmann - Sonian Wood Coop) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.36 03.11.2021

📺 Bienvenu.e au 36ème épisode du podcast Circular Metabolism: La ville comme ressource - le cas du bois avec Stephan Kampelmann 📺. Je suis Aristide Athanassiadis de Metabolism of Cities. Dans ce podcast nous interviewons des chercheurs, des décideurs politiques et des praticiens pour mieux comprendre le métabolisme de nos villes et comment réduire leur impact environnemental d’une manière j...

From Steady State to Ecological Economics (Prof. Herman Daly) - Circular Metabolism Podcast #35 20.10.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, I am your host, Aristide from Metabolism of Cities. In this podcast we interview thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way....

Heated Debates & Misconceptions about Degrowth (Timothée Parrique) - Circular Metabolism Podcast #34 06.10.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, I am your host, Aristide from Metabolism of Cities. In this podcast we interview thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way....

The Metabolism of MegaCities (Chris Kennedy - UVic) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.33 22.09.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, I am your host, Aristide from Metabolism of Cities. In this podcast we interview thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way....

The Ecological Footprint of Cities (Mathis Wackernagel - GFN) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.32 08.09.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, I am your host, Aristide from Metabolism of Cities. In this podcast we interview thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way....

Vers des villes sobres et Low-Tech (Philippe Bihouix - AREP) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.31 07.07.2021

📺 Bienvenu.e au 31ème épisode du podcast Circular Metabolism: Vers des villes sobres et Low-Tech avec Philippe Bihouix 📺. Je suis Aristide Athanassiadis de Metabolism of Cities. Dans ce podcast nous interviewons des chercheurs, des décideurs politiques et des praticiens pour mieux comprendre le métabolisme de nos villes et comment réduire leur impact environnemental d’une manière juste et contex...

Doughnut Economics in Cities (Kate Raworth) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.30 23.06.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. Hello everyone and Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast, I am your host, Aristide from Metabolism of Cities. In this podcast we interview thinkers, researchers, activists, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way....

The Role of Urban Infrastructures (Prof. Sybil Derrible) - Circular Metabolism Podcast ep.29 10.06.2021

📺 Welcome to the 29th episode of the Circular Metabolism podcast: "The Role of Urban Infrastructures" with Prof.  Sybil Derrible  📺. On today’s episode I wanted to focus on a piece of our cities which I always found a bit boring. It is topic dominated by engineers and which I thought there is nothing new happened since the beginning of the 50s or 70s. However, I later came to realise t...

Increasing Urban Resilience (Prof. Sara Meerow) 27.05.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. This podcast is hosted by Aristide Athanassiadis from Metabolism of Cities. In this podcast we interview thinkers, researchers, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way. In this new episode, I wanted to explore a concept...

Designing the 21st century city (Prof Paola Viganò) 12.05.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. This podcast is hosted by Aristide Athanassiadis from Metabolism of Cities. In this podcast we interview thinkers, researchers, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way. In this new episode, I wanted to move away from st...

Post Growth - Life After Capitalism (Prof. Tim Jackson) 28.04.2021

📺 Welcome to the Circular Metabolism podcast 📺. This podcast is hosted by Aristide Athanassiadis from Metabolism of Cities. In this podcast we interview thinkers, researchers, policy makers and practitioners to better understand the metabolism of our cities and how to reduce their environmental impact in a socially just and context-specific way. In the last episodes we explored some alternative...

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