Best Geography Podcasts (2025)

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6.25.25 28:04

1d ago28:04

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By Radio Eye

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Urban Geography - Battersea Power Station 17:34

1d ago17:34

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Sophie Blake - Head of Geography at Channing School, London has created a new set of learning resources around the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station. Listen to her insights in why it is important to study this iconic landmark and the potential for fieldwork in the area.By Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools

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Lieba Faier, "The Banality of Good: The UN's Global Fight Against Human Trafficking" (Duke UP, 2024) 58:44

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In The Banality of Good: The UN’s Global Fight against Human Trafficking (Duke University Press, 2024), Dr. Lieba Faier examines why contemporary efforts to curb human trafficking have fallen so spectacularly short of their stated goals despite well-funded campaigns by the United Nations and its member-state governments. Focusing on Japan’s efforts…

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Evolution of the environmental movement 30:17

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This podcast explores the history of the environmental movement with Chris Church and Professor Oli Mould from the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.By Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools

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Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire with Shaina Potts 47:23

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In this episode, we sit down with Shaina Potts, author of Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire (Duke University Press, 2024)—a groundbreaking book that reveals how U.S. courts have quietly become instruments of global economic governance. Drawing on legal geography and a sharp understanding of finance and political…

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6.18.25 28:08

8d ago28:08

28:08

By Radio Eye

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 762 53:12

13d ago53:12

53:12

News: Some climate data returning Impacts to NSRS GISP-E Certified Professionals The Action Plan for GeoSkills survey Topic: Constructed landscapes DisneySea Sanrio Puroland Edo-Tokyo Open Air Museum World Expo 2025, Osaka etc Music: We’re Super Sonic by Lola BuzzBy VerySpatial

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 762 53:12

13d ago53:12

53:12

News: Some climate data returning Impacts to NSRS GISP-E Certified Professionals The Action Plan for GeoSkills survey Topic: Constructed landscapes DisneySea Sanrio Puroland Edo-Tokyo Open Air Museum World Expo 2025, Osaka etc Music: We’re Super Sonic by Lola BuzzBy VerySpatial

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6.11.25 27:59

13d ago27:59

27:59

By Radio Eye

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6.4.25 28:02

21d ago28:02

28:02

By Radio Eye

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5.28.25 28:03

27d ago28:03

28:03

By Radio Eye

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 761 44:58

27d ago44:58

44:58

News: GeoWoodstock XXI (GCANXX1) 25th anniversary of geocaching The Pew Research Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Interactive Map NGA announces the Year of NGA-AI St. Louis geospatial industry responds to tornados Missouri S&T to offer first U.S. master’s degree in geospatial engineering Status of Remote Sensing and the Utilities Industry Land subsi…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 761 44:58

27d ago44:58

44:58

News: GeoWoodstock XXI (GCANXX1) 25th anniversary of geocaching The Pew Research Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Interactive Map NGA announces the Year of NGA-AI St. Louis geospatial industry responds to tornados Missouri S&T to offer first U.S. master’s degree in geospatial engineering Status of Remote Sensing and the Utilities Industry Land subsi…

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Samuel Western, "The Spirit of 1889: Restoring the Lost Promise of the High Plains and Northern Rockies" (UP of Kansas) 47:16

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When did the West lose its way? In 1889, when the US government carved five states out of the spawling Dakota Territory, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and North and South Dakota, all created state constitutions that enshrined certain progressive values into their structre of government. These included the right for women to vote, the power to curtail mo…

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Marine Environment Assessment in Palawan, Philippines 25:47

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Dr Billy Haworth is a geographer interested in human-environment interactions, with expertise positioned at the intersection of human geography, critical GIS (geographic information systems), and international disaster studies. Billy’s work tries to better-understand experiences of, and adaptation to, environmental change and disruption, and often …

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Ceuta (S6.10)

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Audio: Ceuta In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about the autonomous city of Ceuta — Spanish exclave, military post, and free port on the coast of Morocco, at the Mediterranean entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. Ceuta, Melilla (also an exclave), and other tiny islets along the coast of North Africa constitute the …

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Matthew Shindell, "Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps and Matter" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:09:09

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The first book to combine exquisite cartographical charts of the Moon with a thorough exploration of the Moon’s role in popular culture, science, and myth. President John F. Kennedy’s rousing “We will go to the Moon” speech in 1961 before the US Congress catalyzed the celebrated Apollo program, spurring the US Geological Survey’s scientists to map …

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5.21.25 28:03

1M ago28:03

28:03

By Radio Eye

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Gazi Mizanur Rahman, "In the Malay World: A Spatial History of a Bengali Transnational Community" (Cambridge UP, 2025) 50:53

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Gazi Mizanur Rahman’s In the Malay World: A Spatial History of a Bengali Transnational Community (Cambridge University Press, 2024) offers the first sustained historical study of Bengali migration to British Malaya from the mid-nineteenth century to the late twentieth. Drawing on archival research in South and Southeast Asia, as well as oral histor…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 760 24:21

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News: David Attenborough's 99th birthday New spectral bands for Landsat Next Mexico sues Google Lunar positioning system NSF at 75 Web corner NSF STEM Day Facilities Coloring Book Music: “Garden Groove” by AFAUNBy VerySpatial

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 760 24:21

1M ago24:21

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News: David Attenborough's 99th birthday New spectral bands for Landsat Next Mexico sues Google Lunar positioning system NSF at 75 Web corner NSF STEM Day Facilities Coloring Book Music: “Garden Groove” by AFAUNBy VerySpatial

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5.14.25 27:59

1M ago27:59

27:59

By Radio Eye

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Daniel MacFarlane, "The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2024) 55:51

2M ago55:51

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Join me for a fascinating conversation with one of today’s leading voices in environmental studies, Daniel Macfarlane, as we explore his new book The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024). Please see the description of the book below, then tune in to hear Dr. Macfarlane share the insights, research,…

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5.7.25 28:10

2M ago28:10

28:10

By Radio Eye

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Oral Histories 36:22

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Join Dr. Toby Butler and Dr. Saskia Papadakis - part of the team behind the History of the Environmental Movement project for the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway University, London as they reflect on the use of oral history interviews as a tool within geography projects and explore the unique insights gained from interviewing environmenta…

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4.30.25 27:53

2M ago27:53

27:53

By Radio Eye

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Maliha Safri et al., "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation" (U of Minnesota Press, 2025) 1:06:18

2M ago1:06:18

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In this episode, Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy, and Craig Borowiak talk about their new co-authored book Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation (University of Minnesota Press, 2024). This volume is part of the Diverse Economies and Livable Worlds series. Solidarity economies, characterized by di…

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Franck Billé, "Somatic States: On Cartography, Geobodies, Bodily Integrity" (Duke UP, 2025) 51:02

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In Somatic States: On Cartography, Geobodies, Bodily Integrity (Duke UP, 2025), Franck Billé examines the conceptual link between the nation-state and the body, particularly the visceral and affective attachment to the state and the symbolic significance of its borders. Billé argues that corporeal analogies to the nation-state are not simply poetic…

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Reflections on an expedition: Oman 21:50

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Catch up with explorer Mark Evans as he reflects on his expedition to Oman - the opportunities, challenges and how his adventure compared with 20th Century explorer Bertram Thomas.By Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools

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Asa Simon Mittman, "Cartographies of Exclusion: Anti-Semitic Mapping in Medieval England" (Penn State UP, 2024) 1:06:22

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From the battles over Jerusalem to the emergence of the “Holy Land,” from legally mandated ghettos to the Edict of Expulsion, geography has long been a component of Christian-Jewish relations. Attending to world maps drawn by medieval Christian mapmakers, Cartographies of Exclusion: Anti-Semitic Mapping in Medieval England (Penn State University Pr…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 759 46:21

2M ago46:21

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News: GOES-19 now operational ArcGIS SDK 2.0 for Unity and Unreal QGIS 4.0 coming Topic: What we would like to see in geospatial tools Events: Machine Learning for Earth Observation Conference: 18- 20 June 2025, Exeter 15th European conference on precision agriculture: 29th - July 3rd 2025, Barcelona Music: city of lights by LUCØ…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 759 46:21

2M ago46:21

46:21

News: GOES-19 now operational ArcGIS SDK 2.0 for Unity and Unreal QGIS 4.0 coming Topic: What we would like to see in geospatial tools Events: Machine Learning for Earth Observation Conference: 18- 20 June 2025, Exeter 15th European conference on precision agriculture: 29th - July 3rd 2025, Barcelona Music: city of lights by LUCØ…

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4.23.25 27:44

2M ago27:44

27:44

By Radio Eye

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Lauren E. Bridges on Fantasies and Realities of Digital Transformation and the Data Center Industry 1:14:53

2M ago1:14:53

1:14:53

Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Lauren Bridges, Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, about her work on the political, economic, and environmental politics of big data infrastructures. They focus on some of Bridges’ work on the disconnect between the promises made to localities around digital transformati…

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María de Los Ángeles Picone, "Landscaping Patagonia: Spatial History and Nation-Making in Chile and Argentina" (UNC Press, 2025) 1:08:53

2M ago1:08:53

1:08:53

In late nineteenth-century Latin America, governments used new scientific, technological, and geographical knowledge not only to consolidate power and protect borders but also to define the physical contours of their respective nations. Chilean and Argentine authorities in particular attempted to transform northern Patagonia, a space they perceived…

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4.16.25 27:44

2M ago27:44

27:44

By Radio Eye

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The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History 40:45

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Geographic labels are sometimes misnomers. The Dead Sea’s name is not, for the most part. Its high salinity levels kill most forms of life, barring a couple hardy microbes and algae—and even these are threatened by environmental change. Except the Dead Sea has been part of human history for millennia. Jericho, the world’s oldest city, sits nearby. …

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 758 21:19

3M ago21:19

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News: PreGISP Apple Maps adding indigenous lands in Australia and New Zealand Web corner Citizen Science Month 2025 and One Million Acts of Science Topic: NC GIS interviews EagleView ROK Tech Music Stranger Danger by Solo KeiBy VerySpatial

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 758 21:19

3M ago21:19

21:19

News: PreGISP Apple Maps adding indigenous lands in Australia and New Zealand Web corner Citizen Science Month 2025 and One Million Acts of Science Topic: NC GIS interviews EagleView ROK Tech Music Stranger Danger by Solo KeiBy VerySpatial

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4.9.25 28:03

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28:03

By Radio Eye

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4.2.25 28:13

3M ago28:13

28:13

By Radio Eye

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Azmeary Ferdoush, "Sovereign Atonement: Citizenship, Territory, and the State at the Bangladesh-India Border" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 1:22:44

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The former border enclaves of Bangladesh and India existed as extra-territorial spaces since 1947. They were finally exchanged and merged as host state territories in 2015. Sovereign Atonement: Citizenship, Territory, and the State at the Bangladesh-India Border (Cambridge UP, 2024) focuses on the protracted territorial exchange and experiences of …

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 757 23:07

3M ago23:07

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News: Data Rescue Project Committee cuts Are drones on the path to commoditization Web corner Pittsburgh in 50 maps Topic: Interviews from the 2025 NC GIS Conference Jackson Adams from NCTech Inc. Dale Loberger from BCS, Inc. Events: Big Ten GIS Conference 2025 April 11 virtual Horizons April 27-29 Denver Louisiana May 6-8 in Baton Rouge Louisiana …

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 757 23:07

3M ago23:07

23:07

News: Data Rescue Project Committee cuts Are drones on the path to commoditization Web corner Pittsburgh in 50 maps Topic: Interviews from the 2025 NC GIS Conference Jackson Adams from NCTech Inc. Dale Loberger from BCS, Inc. Events: Big Ten GIS Conference 2025 April 11 virtual Horizons April 27-29 Denver Louisiana May 6-8 in Baton Rouge Louisiana …

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Breaking the Cycle 21:42

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Join us for an exciting podcast with expedition cyclist Dr. Kate Leeming who is embarking on a 10,500 km bicycle journey through the heart of Central Asia. Kate will be travelling for 5 months exploring the geography, history and cultural importance of this region with a particular focus on water resources - a topic that is critical not only to Cen…

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3.26.25 28:26

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By Radio Eye

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V. Chitra, "Drawing Coastlines: Climate Anxieties and the Visual Reinvention of Mumbai's Shore" (Cornell UP, 2024) 1:04:16

3M ago1:04:16

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Drawing Coastlines: Climate Anxieties and the Visual Reinvention of Mumbai's Shore (Cornell UP, 2024) reveals the ways that technical images such as weather infographics, sea-level projections, and surveys are fast remaking Mumbai's coasts and coastal futures. They set in place infrastructural interventions, vocabularies of development and conserva…

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Royce Kurmelovs, "Slick: Australia's Toxic Relationship with Big Oil" (U Queensland Press, 2024) 34:49

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A riveting expose of the global oil industry' s multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to address environmental devastation. Researched and written by one of Australia' s most fearless investigative journalists, Slick: Australia's Toxic Relati…

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Genevieve Guenther, "The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It" (Oxford UP, 2024) 30:32

3M ago30:32

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The Language of Climate Politics (Oxford UP, 2024) offers readers new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help get fossil fuels out of our economy and save our planet. It's an analysis of the current discourse of American climate politics, but also a critical history of the terms that most directly influence the way not just conservativ…

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3.19.25 27:58

3M ago27:58

27:58

By Radio Eye

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