The World's Fair Podcast - Expo Talk About the Past, Present, and Future

Tower of the Sun, Expo 70

John McGregor talks about his recent trip to Japan where he visited several expo legacy sites, including the site of Osaka's Expo 70 (shown above).

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Spanning two hemispheres, Urso and John have visited ten world's fairs between them.

Based in San Francisco, USA, Urso Chappell founded ExpoMuseum in 1998, won Expo 2005's Linimo Design Contest, and has visited eight world's fairs so far: 1982 Knoxville, 1984 New Orleans, 1986 Vancouver, 1998 Lisbon, 2000 Hannover, 2005 Aichi, 2008 Zaragoza, and 2010 Shanghai.

John McGregor comes from Brisbane, Australia, and has worked at 3 expos: 1988 Brisbane, 1992 Seville, and 1993 Taejon. He also attended the Inaugural Assembly of Expo Cities and Regions in Seville in 2002 and visited the Expo 2005 under construction. He founded Foundation Expo 88 in 2002.


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