Geography Matters explores the importance of geography in shaping and influencing the world we live in: economy, society, politics and environment. Whether looking at world affairs and geopolitics, at global trade, regional inequality or the character of particular places, geography is important. History looks at when and why things happen. Geography looks at where and why. Everything takes place at particular times and in particular places. You can't escape the importance of geography wheth ...
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Interviews with Geographers about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography
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Join me on a journey across the globe with Geography 101. In each episode, I share personal stories, cultural insights, and fascinating details about the places I’ve explored, bringing the world closer to you one destination at a time.
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A Podcast of Geography and geospatial technologies
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Welcome to REVISE, the ultimate podcast for those ready to ace their Geography GCSE exams! Are you feeling the exam pressure building up like a stack of unread textbooks? Fear not! Join us as we transform daunting topics into digestible, engaging, and easy-to-follow episodes. To see all of Seneca Learning's available content, visit our website https://app.senecalearning.com/
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== About the 'Coffee & Geography' podcast == The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, the ...
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Geopolitical and geoeconomics
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Talking all about cool Geography things. Geography Ninja checks out ideas, oddities, news items, trends and possibilities that have a Geography connection.
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Explaining the physical geography and climate of the United States
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For 11th grade Geography class 2019 HHS
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We simply discuss the worlds news and facts from all around the world.
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Revision podcasts for GCSE Geography. Designed for the AQA 'A' Syllabus.
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Complete NCERT Geography syllabus for class 9.
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A Complete NCERT Geography Syllabus for Class 10
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This podcast contains the geography ncerts books of class 11 and 12 u can reach me at [email protected] for more podcasts
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NCERT Class 7 Geography syllabus.
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Podcast based off of information about North America geographical features.
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Geography is everything and in this podcast you'll gain a better understanding of topics such as regional dialects, beer, cities, food, and everything else, just with a geographic lens! Join Geoff Gibson (host of the YouTube channel: Geography by Geoff) and Professor Hunter Shobe of Portland State University as they tackle different topics and discuss them to ridiculous lengths! New episodes published weekly every Tuesday.
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Podcast about AP Human Geography
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This is a feed of pages for Carnahan Geography 121 Geography and Urban Planning
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Eyal’s Geography Corner is a show where every week I will be talking about a different UN Member State, proceeding in alphabetical order, in order to teach you a little bit more about our world.
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Short episodes to help you revise for your Geography Edexcel B Syllabus Summer 2011 Exams. Any questions then email [email protected] or twitter @icknieldgeog
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My podcasts on Geography Expert will cover a range of geographical topics which might be of interest to teachers and students of geography. I've also included some podcasts on Leadership, Health and Fitness as well as some Funny Stories. Music intro and ending -We Are One by Vexento https://soundcloud.com/vexentohttps://www.youtube.com/user/VexentoFree Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2PaIKcRMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Ssvu2yncgWU
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Weekly Geography Fun Facts for Kids and Parents to enjoy together! Brought to you by Chris Krimitsos Twitter: Show - @KrimitsosChris Voice - @TheJimmyMurray
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Hey~好久不见!2020年8月1日,让我们一同“重新起航”~~~你准备好了么? 这是一档披着旅游的外衣,与你分享历史、人文、地理等等五花八门有趣好玩内容的百科节目 ~
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Facts about the country of Albanian. Cover art photo provided by Dimitry Anikin on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@dimitryanikin
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Pod cast Cover art photo provided by bharath g s on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@xen0m0rph
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The top three places in the world to live and how that got to that position. source: https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/the-most-livable-cities-in-the-world By Claudia Corazzi
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This is an audio tour of the physical features of Ohio Geography. The tour is geared towards 4th graders and is meant to be listened to while looking at a map of Ohio that includes cities.
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Listen in to hear about physical geography and climate of the United states.
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Afghanistan war Cover art photo provided by Vanessa Ives on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@vanessaives
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Földrajzi témák nem csak geográfusoknak. További friss podcastokért látogass el a youtube-csatornámra is, ami szintén Geogulliver néven érhető el, vagy az alábbi linken keresztül: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqsVB_wXhX8&list=PLttrNrPGsp5FUd3U9okGdYaqJR1wyTuLV Topics in Geography not only for Geographers. For further podcasts please visit my youtube channel!
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Welcome to the AP Human Geography- Brennan Bezdek podcast, where amazing things happen. Cover art photo provided by Vanessa Ives on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@vanessaives
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Welcome to the Cultural Geography w/ Colin Phillips podcast, where amazing things happen.
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Go boldly. Live long and prosper.
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These online audio resources consist of lectures, seminars and interviews from the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford.
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World Geography in Greece. Cover art photo provided by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@pawel_czerwinski
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The Oxford University Press- Complete Geography for Cambridge IGCSE- Student Revision Podcast
Robin Whitehead
To help fellow students to remember definitions and simple facts for their IGCSE exams. This is the updated location for the podcast.
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The Oxford University Press- Complete Geography for Cambridge IGCSE- Student Revision Podcast (OLD)
Robin Whitehead
To help fellow students to remember defenitions and simple facts for their IGCSE exams. This is the outdated location for the podcast. This is the updated location's link: http://www.anchor.fm/robin-whitehead-geography-podcast
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Welcome to REVISE, the ultimate podcast for those ready to ace their Geography A-Level exams! Are you feeling the exam pressure building up like a stack of unread textbooks? Fear not! Join us as we transform daunting topics into digestible, engaging, and easy-to-follow episodes. To see all of Seneca Learning's available content, visit our website https://app.senecalearning.com/
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The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
MapScaping
A podcast for geospatial people. Weekly episodes that focus on the tech, trends, tools, and stories from the geospatial world. Interviews with the people that are shaping the future of GIS, geospatial as well as practitioners working in the geo industry. This is a podcast for the GIS and geospatial community subscribe or visit https://mapscaping.com to learn more
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Whatever the arguments about causes, there is no doubt that the world has been getting considerably warmer over the last 50 years and much warmer over the last 20 years. Mean average global temperature has risen by 1.4 degree C over the last 100 years and it has now speeded up and almost all the hottest years in the last 100 years have been in the …
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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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Coffee & Geography 5x15 Climate Action at the Geog Association Annual Conference 2025 #GAConf25
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1:13:20A special on-location episode recorded at Oxford Brookes University for the Geographical Association Annual Conference 2025 (https://geography.org.uk/events-cpd/ga-annual-conference-and-exhibition/). Part of our season-long special focusing on #ClimateAmbassadors, Kit Marie explores the multitude of talks, workshops, resources and exhibits that foc…
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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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In this episode, we discuss wave-cut platforms. Wave-cut platforms are coastal landforms created through persistent erosion. Destructive waves attack the base of a cliff, forming a wave-cut notch through hydraulic action and abrasion. This undermining weakens the cliff above, eventually leading to its collapse. The sea clears the fallen debris, and…
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Asa Simon Mittman, "Cartographies of Exclusion: Anti-Semitic Mapping in Medieval England" (Penn State UP, 2024)
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1:06:22From 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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This episode explains the four primary methods by which water moves sediment. Solution describes the transport of dissolved soluble rocks within the water itself. Suspension involves holding fine particles like silt and sand within the water flow without them dissolving. Saltation is the process of smaller sand and gravel bouncing along the bed. Fi…
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Lauren E. Bridges on Fantasies and Realities of Digital Transformation and the Data Center Industry
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1:14:53Peoples & 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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Coastal Landscapes in the UK: Headlands, Bays, Caves, Arches & Stacks 🌊 GCSE Geography Learning & Revision
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In this episode, we discuss headlands, bays, caves, arches & stacks. Coastal landscapes featuring headlands and bays emerge where alternating bands of hard and soft rock meet the sea. Softer rock erodes more rapidly, forming inward curves known as bays, while the more resistant hard rock juts out as headlands. Erosion of headlands along lines of we…
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In this episode, we discuss the process of erosion on coastal landscapes. Coastal erosion, the wearing down of rock by natural forces, is explored in this text. It highlights that wave energy accelerates this process. Several key types of coastal erosion are detailed, including hydraulic power, where wave force breaks apart cliffs, and abrasion, wh…
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María de Los Ángeles Picone, "Landscaping Patagonia: Spatial History and Nation-Making in Chile and Argentina" (UNC Press, 2025)
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1:08:53In 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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In this episode, we discuss the sustainable management of cold environments. Fragile, cold wilderness areas warrant protection due to their undisturbed nature and vulnerability to even small disruptions, despite not being biodiversity hotspots. A key reason for their conservation is the moral imperative to avoid unnecessary ecosystem damage, alongs…
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Tundra & Polar Environments: Adaptations of Animals to Cold Environments 🥶 GCSE Geography Learning & Revision
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In this episode, we discuss animals adapting to cold environments. Animals living in frigid regions have developed various strategies to endure harsh conditions. Marine mammals like walruses and seals, along with polar bears, accumulate substantial fat reserves for insulation. Many bird species undertake long migrations to evade the extreme winter …
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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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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 KeiΑπό τον VerySpatial
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Tundra & Polar Environments: Adaptations of Plants in Cold Environments 🥶 GCSE Geography Learning & Revision
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In this episode, we discuss the adaptations of plants in cold environments. Tundra plants have developed several key adaptations to thrive in their harsh environment. To endure extremely low temperatures and strong winds, many species enter periods of dormancy, ceasing growth during the coldest times. Their typically small size and leaves help them…
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In this episode, we discuss biodiversity in hot deserts. Hot deserts possess limited biodiversity compared to more hospitable environments like tropical rainforests due to their extreme temperatures, lack of water, and nutrient-poor soil. These harsh conditions necessitate unique evolutionary adaptations in the species that inhabit them, often maki…
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Tropical Rainforests: Adaptations of Animals to Rainforests 🐒 GCSE Geography Learning & Revision
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In this episode, we discuss the adaptions of animals to rainforests. Various animals residing in tropical rainforests have developed unique features to aid their survival and reproduction. Monkeys, such as tamarins and howlers in the Amazon, utilise strong limbs and tails to navigate the high canopy, evading ground-based predators. Flying squirrels…
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Suggesting that America is an empire may seem a bit bizarre as America does not have any colonies at present but if we take a wider perspective, America has a large number of overseas territories and possessions (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands), and even more overseas military bases: in South Korea, The Philippines, Japan, Oki…
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Coffee & Geography 5x14 Stephanie Gilliver (East-based Climate Ambassador from Virgin Money)
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A season-long special of the podcast interviewing #ClimateAmbassadors up and down the country! Why did they become Ambassadors? How can they help communities and education settings to take climate action?Joining Kit Marie based in the East of England is Stephanie Gilliver, discussing the beauty of Norfolk's Broads, the critical role of sustainable …
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Tropical Rainforests: Adaptations of Plants to Rainforests 🌳 GCSE Geography Learning & Revision
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In this episode, we discuss plants' adaptations to rainforests. Tropical rainforest plants exhibit specific evolutionary adaptations to thrive in their unique environment. Buttress roots provide stability and nutrient absorption in shallow soils, though they create competition. Waxy leaf coatings and pointed tips facilitate water runoff, preventing…
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Tropical Rainforests: Interdependence of Tropical Rainforests 🔗 GCSE Geography Learning & Revision
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In this episode, we talk about the interdependence of tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforests exhibit a strong interconnectedness, where various components rely on each other. The warm, humid climate fosters rapid decomposition, creating nutrient-rich soil essential for quick plant growth. This abundant vegetation supports numerous herbivores, w…
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Coffee & Geography 5x13 Chris Churchman (London-based Climate Ambassador from cquester)
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1:00:14A season-long special of the podcast interviewing #ClimateAmbassadors up and down the country! Why did they become Ambassadors? How can they help communities and education settings to take climate action?Joining Kit Marie based in the London region is Chris Churchman, discussing the hidden green spaces of London, the critical importance of soil hea…
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In this episode, we discuss surface winds. Global air circulation creates distinct surface wind patterns. Around 30 degrees latitude north and south, descending air generates winds that travel either towards the equator or the poles. Trade winds are those surface winds returning to the equator from these latitudes, blowing south-westerly in the nor…
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Azmeary Ferdoush, "Sovereign Atonement: Citizenship, Territory, and the State at the Bangladesh-India Border" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
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1:22:44The 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 season-long special of the podcast interviewing #ClimateAmbassadors up and down the country! Why did they become Ambassadors? How can they help communities and education settings to take climate action?Joining Kit Marie based in the East of England is Adrian Ferraro, discussing his journey as a Climate Ambassador, his work with The Bioasis, and h…
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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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In this episode, we discuss food supply and security. Food security, defined as having a food surplus, is influenced by several interconnected factors. Climate issues like droughts and floods, particularly in regions like the DRC and Chad, hinder food production and import capabilities. Poverty exacerbates food insecurity by reducing individuals' a…
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V. Chitra, "Drawing Coastlines: Climate Anxieties and the Visual Reinvention of Mumbai's Shore" (Cornell UP, 2024)
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1:04:16Drawing 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)
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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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Espoo is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa.
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The population is approximately 321,000. It is the 2nd most populous municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants
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Coffee & Geography 5x11 Amelia Grigg (East-based Climate Ambassador from Central Beds Council)
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A season-long special of the podcast interviewing #ClimateAmbassadors up and down the country! Why did they become Ambassadors? How can they help communities and education settings to take climate action?Joining Kit Marie based in the East of England is Amelia Grigg, discussing her journey as a Climate Ambassador, her role as a Sustainability Offic…
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Genevieve Guenther, "The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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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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Maggie M. Cao, "Painting US Empire: Nineteenth-Century Art and Its Legacies" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
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Painting US Empire: Nineteenth-Century Art and Its Legacies (University of Chicago Press, 2025) by Dr. Maggie Cao is the first book to offer a synthetic account of art and US imperialism around the globe in the nineteenth century. In this work, art historian Dr. Cao crafts a nuanced portrait of nineteenth-century US painters’ complicity with and re…
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Joseph A. Seeley, "Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan's Empire in Korea and Manchuria" (Cornell UP, 2024)
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1:01:38Icy, unpredictable, and treacherous, the dangers of the Yalu River were heightened in the twentieth century when it became the longest non-maritime border of the Japanese Empire. Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan’s Empire in Korea and Manchuria (Cornell University Press, 2024) focuses on this river at this critical juncture, analyzi…
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Coffee & Geography 5x10 SharedEd Sustainable Futures & Climate Citizen Science with Alistair Hamill
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A season-long special of the podcast interviewing #ClimateAmbassadors up and down the country! Why did they become Ambassadors? How can they help communities and education settings to take climate action?A special 'side-step' episode as Kit Marie welcomes back previous #CoffeeGeogPod guest and Espresso co-host Alistair Hamill, discussing his innova…
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Vaasa, formerly known as Nikolainkaupunki, is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Ostrobothnia.
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It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Vaasa is approximately 70,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 111,000.
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Martin Spychal, "Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832 Reform Act" (U London Press, 2024)
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The 1832 Reform Act was a landmark moment in the development of modern British politics. By overhauling the country’s ancient representative system, the legislation reshaped constitutional arrangements at Westminster, reinvigorated political relationships between the center and the provinces, and established the political structures and precedents …
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European empires have a long history and can be traced back to the late C15th when Spanish and Portugese explorers were pushing further and further south down the west coast of Africa. Eventually in 1492 Columbus discovered the New world and the scene was set for Spain and Portugal to divide it up between them. But around the same time Cabot naviga…
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Luis F. Alvarez Leon, "The Map in the Machine: Charting the Spatial Architecture of Digital Capitalism" (U California Press, 2024)
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Digital technologies have changed how we shop, work, play, and communicate, reshaping our societies and economies. To understand digital capitalism, we need to grasp how advances in geospatial technologies underpin the construction, operation, and refinement of markets for digital goods and services. In The Map in the Machine: Charting the Spatial …
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Nir Arielli, "The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History" (Yale UP, 2025)
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1:06:22The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly to most lifeforms—even so, civilizations have built ancient cities and hilltop fortresses around its shores for centuries. The protagonists in its story are not only Jews and Arabs, but also Greeks, Na…
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Gary Griggs, "California Catastrophes: The Natural Disaster History of the Golden State" (U California Press, 2024)
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1:09:18California has more natural hazards per square mile than any other state, but this hasn’t deterred people from moving here. Entire California towns and regions frequently contend with destruction caused by earthquakes, floods, landslides and debris flows, and sea-level rise and coastal erosion. As Dr. Gary Griggs demonstrates in California Catastro…
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News: Esri AGO updates Map viewer classic road to deprecation AGE roadmap SketchUp 2025 Microsoft removing location history API from Windows 11 Web corner Inaugural David J. Weaver GIS Research Fellow at Boston Public Library Topic: Cartography in 3D Events: QGIS User Conference 2025: 2-3 June, Norrköping, Sweden Music: Storyteller by Julianna Lain…
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Marcia Bjornerud, "Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks" (Flatiron Books, 2024)
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Today I talked to Marcia Bjornerud about Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks (Flatiron Books, 2024). Rocks are the record of our creative planet reinventing itself for four billion years. Nothing is ever lost, just transformed. Marcia Bjornerud’s life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery. From …
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British and European listeners will probably be familiar with the fact that many European countries developed extensive overseas empires from about 1500 onwards. First the Spanish and Portugese, then the Dutch, then the British, French, German etc. We will discuss these European empires in the next episode. But empires have a much longer history - …
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Dawn Day Biehler, "Animating Central Park: A Multispecies History" (U Washington Press, 2024)
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From deer and beavers to “free range” pigs and goats in and around Seneca Village, what we now know as Central Park has long been home to an abundance of animals. In 1858, the city adopted the Greensward Plan and began the long process of reshaping the 843 acres of land into a park where everything—from the trees to the trails to the inhabitants—wo…
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