Sunday Pick: Mexico City

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🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. Today we're sharing a special episode of Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala.

Harnessing the creativity of a megalopolis isn't easy, but Mexico City shows us how it's done. Follow a real-life superhero who dons a luchador mask and cape to protect his fellow residents from speeding cars, learn how citizens are hacking their way to a better public transport system, and see what it takes to crowd-source a constitution from a city with 21 million minds.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	Hey TED Talks Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:12.0	Today we have an episode of another
0:14.0	podcast from the TED Audio Collective hand-picked by us for you. It's travel
0:18.8	season. This week let us take you on an audio adventure to Mexico City.
0:24.0	Hear about an everyday superhero whose disguise is a luchador mask, citizens creating
0:29.2	better transportation, and a constitution crowdsourced from a city of 21 million people.
0:35.0	We think hearing about these stories of creativity can help you feel inspired.
0:40.0	If you want to hear more unique stories from around the world,
0:43.0	check out far flum available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:47.0	You can learn more about the TED Audio Collective at audio collective dot Ted.com.
0:52.0	Now on to the episode, right after a quick break.
0:57.0	So I started Piatonito like six years ago as a defender of the right to walk the city.
1:07.0	It all started like a joke, like yeah, let's do it just for fun.
1:10.5	Go out to the streets with my cape and my mask, like luchadores, like wrestlers.
1:17.6	And then suddenly it became a great idea to communicate the message.
1:24.0	That's Jorge Kanias, and in just a minute we'll get to the message that made him put on a literal
1:29.3	cape.
1:31.3	I'm Salim Rush and Walla, and Ted this is far-flung. In each episode we visit a different place around the world to understand ideas that flow from there.
1:41.0	Shout out to women will, a Grow with Google program for sponsoring this week's episode.
1:47.3	This week, a giant Mexico City. Mexico City is possibly one of the hardest cities in the world to describe.
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