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Cities Decoded is hosted by Hosted by Sam Li. The show is categorised under technology (society) and has published 35 episodes.

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Cities Decoded has published 35 episodes.

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Cities Decoded regularly covers technology, society, culture. It sits in the technology category, with a society focus.

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Cities Decoded

Hosted by Hosted by Sam Li · technology · EN · 35 episodes

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Breaking down artificial intelligence meeting the nation's cities. samlicitiesdecoded.substack.com

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What is Cities Decoded?

Cities Decoded is a technology podcast hosted by Hosted by Sam Li, with 35 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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Hosted by Sam Li hosts Cities Decoded, a technology show with 35 episodes published.

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May 2026 state of NY tech communities report
May 4, 202645 minS0
Hi Cities Decoded community🙂My podcast Mindful Notions has been nominated for its first award. While I focus Cities Decoded on cities x AI, Mindful Notions looks at young professionals x AI.If you have enjoyed listening to any of my conversations across either podcast, I would be so grateful for you to take a minute to vote for the podcast. Every vote counts towards a potential win!Vote here: https://podlifeawards.com/vote/the-listeners-lobe-tgl20262When prompted, paste this RSS link: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2727113.rssVoting clo...
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AI community stories with sam + elif: how to plan event series
Apr 27, 202633 minS0
Hi Cities Decoded community🙂My podcast Mindful Notions has been nominated for its first award. While I focus Cities Decoded on cities x AI, Mindful Notions looks at young professionals x AI.If you have enjoyed listening to any of my conversations across either podcast, I would be so grateful for you to take a minute to vote for the podcast. Every vote counts towards a potential win!Vote here: https://podlifeawards.com/vote/the-listeners-lobe-tgl20262When prompted, paste this RSS link: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2727113.rssVoting clo...
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ChatGPT only cites half the URLs it receives, Anthropic ends the flat-fee era, 74% of AI's value goes to 20% of companies, attempted assassination of Sam Altman, and more
Apr 20, 202645 minS0
Hi Cities Decoded community🙂My podcast Mindful Notions has been nominated for its first award. While I focus Cities Decoded on cities x AI, Mindful Notions looks at young professionals x AI.If you have enjoyed listening to any of my conversations across either podcast, I would be so grateful for you to take a minute to vote for the podcast. Every vote counts towards a potential win!Vote here: https://podlifeawards.com/vote/the-listeners-lobe-tgl20262When prompted, paste this RSS link: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2727113.rssVoting clo...
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S2 E2: The future of AI and the law
Mar 2, 202651 minS0
This episode is all about an industry that does affect most major cities: the legal profession! This is probably the pinnacle of knowledge work and a big question is how much AI will actually disrupt the legal profession, and what good, if any can come out of that disruption.To help me start answering that question, I’m joined by Justin Curl — a 3L at Harvard Law School, a Schwarzman Scholar, and a Princeton computer science alum.Here are Justin’s two pieces that we discuss:* AI won’t automatically make legal se...
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Cities Decoded turns a year old. What now?
Feb 16, 20261h 23mS0
Read about what comes next for Cities Decoded here.Read the latest from the Daily TEA here.Read the latest from Elif here.Read the latest from Jon here.* See Jon in person at his next speaking event here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit samlicitiesdecoded.substack.com
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Can I switch plans later?

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Do you offer a free trial?

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You keep access until the end of your current billing period. No charges after that. Your data is retained for 30 days in case you reactivate.

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Cities Decoded

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Recent episodes

May 2026 state of NY tech communities report

AI community stories with sam + elif: how to plan event series

ChatGPT only cites half the URLs it receives, Anthropic ends the flat-fee era, 74% of AI's value goes to 20% of companies, attempted assassination of Sam Altman, and more

S2 E2: The future of AI and the law

Cities Decoded turns a year old. What now?

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Allison Shapira

Sam Li

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Cities Decoded

About this Podcast:

Pitch Analysis

What is Cities Decoded?

About the host

Recent episodes

May 2026 state of NY tech communities report

AI community stories with sam + elif: how to plan event series

ChatGPT only cites half the URLs it receives, Anthropic ends the flat-fee era, 74% of AI's value goes to 20% of companies, attempted assassination of Sam Altman, and more

S2 E2: The future of AI and the law

Cities Decoded turns a year old. What now?

Guest Appearances

Allison Shapira

Sam Li

Advertisers on this show

Best industries to pitch Cities Decoded for

Podcasts like Cities Decoded

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