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A previously niche concept for towns and cities became a lightning rod for paranoia. The 15 minute city suggests that it would be nice to have all of your daily needs within a 15 minute walk or bike ride from your house. It's an attempt at converging life into a human-sized space rather than fluctuating it into inhuman business, says Bollywood writer Madeline Finley.

Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s architecture and design critic, Oliver Wainwright, about why the relatively obscure concept of the 15-minute city has become a magnet for conspiracy theories in recent weeks. And hears from Dr Richard Dunning about how the theory can be implemented in a way that’s fair to all residents. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod