Best Geography Podcasts (2024)

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Locusts of Power: Borders, Empire, and Environment in the Modern Middle East (Cambridge UP, 2023) 46:56

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Locusts of Power: Borders, Empire, and Environment in the Modern Middle East (Cambridge UP, 2023) focuses on the intersections of three entities otherwise deemed marginal in historical scholarship: the Jazira region, the borderlands of today’s Iraq, Syria, and Turkey; the mobile peoples within this region, from nomadic pastoralists to deportees and…

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Eric Thompson, "The Story of Southeast Asia" (NUS Press, 2024) 1:08:52

1d ago1:08:52

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Does Southeast Asia “exist”? It’s a real question: Southeast Asia is a geographic region encompassing many different cultures, religions, political styles, historical experiences, and languages, economies. Can we think of this part of the world as one cohesive “place”? Eric Thompson, in his book The Story of Southeast Asia (NUS Press: 2024), sugges…

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7.10.24 28:07

2d ago28:07

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By Radio Eye

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Discovering Minerals with Nadine Gabriel 15:28

2d ago15:28

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A fascinating discussion about minerals with Nadine Gabriel, Curator of Minerals at the Natural History Museum in London and how studying Geography at school helped spark her interest in this area of Earth Science.By Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools

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Semantic Search For Geospatial 50:39

2d ago50:39

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This podcast episode is all about semantic search and using embeddings to analyse text and social media data. Dominik Weckmüller, a researcher at the Technical University of Dresden, talks about his PhD research, where he looks at how to analyze text with geographic references. He explains hyperloglog and embeddings, showing how these methods captu…

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David Alff, "The Northeast Corridor: The Trains, the People, the History, the Region" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 46:28

3d ago46:28

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Traversed by thousands of trains and millions of riders, the Northeast Corridor might be America’s most famous railway, but its influence goes far beyond the right-of-way. Dr. David Alff welcomes readers aboard to see how nineteenth-century train tracks did more than connect Boston to Washington, DC. They transformed hundreds of miles of Atlantic s…

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Amanda McMillan Lequieu, "Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt" (Columbia UP, 2024) 41:40

7d ago41:40

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Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their…

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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 740

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A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 740 19 June 2024 Early summer news Click to directly download MP3 YouTube(audio only) AVSP – Episode 740 Transcript (docx) http://traffic.libsyn.com/avsp/AVSP_Episode740.mp3 News: Bentley e-on software now free with perpetual license GOES-U satellite launched CogniSat6 – AI-driven remote sensing ShakeAlert …

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 740 45:35

8d ago45:35

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News: Bentley e-on software now free with perpetual license GOES-U satellite launched CogniSat6 - AI-driven remote sensing ShakeAlert Earthquake System adds GPS Sensors AGO June 2024 ArcGIS Web Editor UAS proposed legislation Counter Uas FAA reauthorization DJI ban Library of Congress Cartographic Fellowship Music: 40 Hours On The Road by Adriel Ri…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 740 45:35

8d ago45:35

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News: Bentley e-on software now free with perpetual license GOES-U satellite launched CogniSat6 - AI-driven remote sensing ShakeAlert Earthquake System adds GPS Sensors AGO June 2024 ArcGIS Web Editor UAS proposed legislation Counter Uas FAA reauthorization DJI ban Library of Congress Cartographic Fellowship Music: 40 Hours On The Road by Adriel Ri…

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Wellington, New Zealand (S6.06)

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Audio: Wellington LISTENER SURVEY In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about Wellington, New Zealand. Located at the south end of the country’s North Island, Wellington is the third largest city, and capital of New Zealand. Māori oral tradition tells that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th centu…

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7.3.24 28:24

9d ago28:24

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By Radio Eye

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Samuel Dolbee, "Locusts of Power: Borders, Empire, and Environment in the Modern Middle East" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 55:53

9d ago55:53

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In this episode, I talk to Samuel Dolbee, Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. His book, Locusts of Power: Borders, Empire, and Environment in the Modern Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2023). In this highly original environmental history, Samuel Dolbee sheds new light on borders and state formation by following locusts…

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John Soluri, "Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia" (UNC Press, 2024) 1:19:25

9d ago1:19:25

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Today, the mention of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego conjures images of idyllic landscapes untouched by globalisation. Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia (University of North Carolina Press, 2024) by Dr. John Soluri upends this, revealing how the exploitation of animals—terrestrial and marine, domesti…

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Meaghan Stiman, "Privileging Place: How Second Homeowners Transform Communities and Themselves" (Princeton UP, 2024) 30:05

11d ago30:05

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In recent decades, Americans have purchased second homes at unprecedented rates. In Privileging Place: How Second Homeowners Transform Communities and Themselves (Princeton UP, 2024), Meaghan Stiman examines the experiences of predominantly upper-middle-class suburbanites who bought second homes in the city or the country. Drawing on interviews wit…

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Race, Social Reproduction, and Capitalist Totality 1:28:51

12d ago1:28:51

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We live in a historical conjuncture characterized by the rise of a range of social movements that aim to challenge different forms of domination: capitalism, patriarchy, racism, settler colonialism, just to name a few. However, critical scholars remain divided about how to think about the relations between these different struggles. The political s…

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6.26.24 28:11

16d ago28:11

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By Radio Eye

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Reeju Ray, "Placing the Frontier in British North-East India: Law, Custom, and Knowledge" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:02:25

16d ago1:02:25

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Placing the Frontier in British North-East India: Law, Custom, and Knowledge (Oxford UP, 2023) is a study of the travels of colonial law into the North-East frontier of the British Empire in India. Focusing on the nineteenth century, it examines the relationship of law and space, and indigenous place-making. Inhabitants of the frontier hills examin…

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Seascapes with Royal Holloway University 38:26

17d ago38:26

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An insightful podcast with Dr. Rachael Squire and Prof. Kim Peters from Royal Holloway University, London addressing people’s relationships with the ocean. They explore our historic connections, how this can change, and the role aquariums have as a means to help us become more in tune with marine environments.…

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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 739

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A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 739 19 June 2024 The ‘duct tape’ that connects our approach to GIS Click to directly download MP3 YouTube(audio only) AVSP – Episode 739 Transcript (docx) http://traffic.libsyn.com/avsp/AVSP_Episode739.mp3 News: Back-up your Google Location History while you can Google Maps updates Apple Maps updates USGIF …

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 739 49:55

20d ago49:55

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News: Back-up your Google Location History while you can Google Maps updates Apple Maps updates USGIF accredits programs at South Dakota State University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign WingtraCloud for uas mapping Topic: A discussion of our 'duct tape', or the way we link applications to get results…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 739 49:55

20d ago49:55

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News: Back-up your Google Location History while you can Google Maps updates Apple Maps updates USGIF accredits programs at South Dakota State University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign WingtraCloud for uas mapping Topic: A discussion of our 'duct tape', or the way we link applications to get results…

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6.19.24 28:11

22d ago28:11

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By Radio Eye

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Paulina Rowinska, "Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers" (Pan Macmillan, 2024) 56:44

23d ago56:44

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How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day? Why does remote Alaska have such a large airport? Where should we look for elusive serial killers? The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and maths. In Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers (Pan Macmillan, 2024), Dr Paulina Rowinska em…

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6.12.24 28:15

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By Radio Eye

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Adrienne Brown, "The Residential Is Racial: A Perceptual History of Mass Homeownership" (Stanford UP, 2024) 1:01:52

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Housing experts and activists have long described the foundational role race has played in the creation of mass homeownership. This book insistently tracks the inverse: the role of mass homeownership in changing the definition, perception, and value of race. In The Residential Is Racial: A Perceptual History of Mass Homeownership (Stanford Universi…

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Aaron Eddens, "Seeding Empire: American Philanthrocapital and the Roots of the Green Revolution in Africa" (U California Press, 2024) 53:49

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In Seeding Empire: American Philanthrocapital and the Roots of the Green Revolution in Africa (University of California Press, 2024), Dr. Aaron Eddens rewrites an enduring story about the past—and future—of global agriculture. Dr. Eddens connects today's efforts to cultivate a "Green Revolution in Africa" to a history of American projects that intr…

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6.5.24 28:10

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By Radio Eye

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5.29.24 28:07

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By Radio Eye

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Why You Should Care About L Band 51:14

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In this episode, we welcome back Lauren Guy, CEO and founder of ASTERRA, a groundbreaking company using L band and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for commercial purposes. Lauren shares his journey as a geophysicist and discusses the innovative applications of L band in detecting water leakages, soil moisture, and even minerals from space. Dive deep…

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Geography teachers Fiona Sheriff and Dr Cyrus Golding on winning the OS Award 2024 24:52

1M ago24:52

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Discussion with Fiona Sheriff and Dr Cyrus Golding - recipients of the 2024 Ordnance Survey Award for excellence in geography education at secondary level.By Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools

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Ronald R. Sundstrom, "Just Shelter: Gentrification, Integration, Race, and Reconstruction" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:08:45

1M ago1:08:45

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It is widely acknowledged that the United States is in the grip of an enduring housing crisis. It is less frequently recognized that this crisis amounts to more than there being an insufficient supply of adequate shelter. It rather is tied to a range of other forms of social and economic vulnerability – and many of these forms of vulnerability impe…

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Polo B. Moji, "Gender and the Spatiality of Blackness in Contemporary AfroFrench Narratives" (Routledge, 2022) 55:06

1M ago55:06

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Polo B. Moji's book Gender and the Spatiality of Blackness in Contemporary AfroFrench Narratives (Routledge, 2022) approaches the study of AfroEurope through narrative forms produced in contemporary France, a location which richly illustrates race in European spaces. Moji adopts a transdisciplinary lens that combines critical black and urban geogra…

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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 738

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A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 738 21 May 2024 State conference thoughts… Click to directly download MP3 YouTube(audio only) AVSP – Episode 738 Transcript (docx) http://traffic.libsyn.com/avsp/AVSP_Episode738.mp3 News: Ordnance Survey creates National Vernacular Mapping Tool Oakridge National Laboratory team map Coca River, Ecuador USGS …

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 738 44:09

2M ago44:09

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News: Ordnance Survey creates National Vernacular Mapping Tool Oakridge National Laboratory team map Coca River, Ecuador USGS using remote sensing to explore groundwater discharge impact on coral USGS call for William T. Pecora Awards nominations Air taxi developers in race for FAA certification Geomagnetic storms impact agricultural GPS Finland in…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 738 44:09

2M ago44:09

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News: Ordnance Survey creates National Vernacular Mapping Tool Oakridge National Laboratory team map Coca River, Ecuador USGS using remote sensing to explore groundwater discharge impact on coral USGS call for William T. Pecora Awards nominations Air taxi developers in race for FAA certification Geomagnetic storms impact agricultural GPS Finland in…

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GeoParquet For Beginners 42:00

2M ago42:00

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Cloud-native geospatial, range requests, chucks, COGs and COPCs ... [ insert confusing acronym here ] Sometimes It feels like we need to learn a whole new vocabulary and if you have been doing #geo for a while you might be wondering how much of this is actually going to impact me. What bits of this are the ones that I need to know about? I don’t th…

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5.22.24 28:14

2M ago28:14

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By Radio Eye

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Constantin Ardeleanu, "Steamboat Modernity: Travel, Transport, and Social Transformation on the Lower Danube, 1830–1860" (CEU Press, 2024) 1:11:51

2M ago1:11:51

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Through a skillful combination of economic and cultural history, this book describes the impact on Moldavia and Wallachia of steam navigation on the Danube. The Danube route integrated the two principalities into a dense network of European roads and waterways. From the 1830s to the 1860s, steamboat transport transformed time and space for the area…

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Miguel A. Martínez, "Research Handbook on Urban Sociology" (Edward Elgar, 2024) 54:19

2M ago54:19

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Emphasising the social, critical and situated dimensions of the urban, this comprehensive Research Handbook presents a unique collection of theoretical and empirical perspectives on urban sociology. Bringing together expert contributors from across the world, it provides a rich overview and research agenda for contemporary urban sociological schola…

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In Glen's Steps: A Journey with Dementia Promo. 3:24

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In Glen's Steps: A Journey with Dementia is a deeply personal and heartfelt podcast series that explores the impact of dementia on Glenroy Brown, a man of remarkable character, and his family. Through candid conversations, personal reflections, and expert insights, we share the journey of his life, from his early years in Jamaica to his current exp…

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Finding Stuff Indoors 49:37

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Mappedin started as a school project and evolved into a leading indoor mapping company, working with malls, airports, hospitals, and Fortune 500 companies. You guessed, today's podcast is all about indoor mapping, why it's hard, what are the use cases driving it, what the state of the art looks like today and what we can expect in the future. Key p…

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5.15.24 28:01

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By Radio Eye

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Per Högselius and Achim Klüppelberg, "The Soviet Nuclear Archipelago: A Historical Geography of Atomic-Powered Communism" (CEU Press, 2023) 23:41

2M ago23:41

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In this episode of the CEU Press Podcast, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press/CEU Review of Books) sat down with Per Högselius and Achim Klüppelberg to discuss their new book with CEU Press entitled, The Soviet Nuclear Archipelago: A Historical Geography of Atomic-Powered Communism (CEU Press, 2023). The book is available Open Access, click here to down…

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Montserrat, Spain (S6.05)

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Audio: Montserrat LISTENER SURVEY In this episode of 80 Days: An Exploration Podcast we’ll be talking about Montserrat in Catalonia, Spain, a spectacular mountain range not far from Barcelona. Montserrat was “Montserrat” literally means “serrated mountain” in Catalan, and the name accurately describes its bizarre and unique aspect with a multitude …

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5.8.24 28:11

2M ago28:11

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By Radio Eye

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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 737

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A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 737 5 May 2024 Metageography? Click to directly download MP3 YouTube(audio only) AVSP – Episode 737 Transcript (docx) http://traffic.libsyn.com/avsp/AVSP_Episode737.mp3 News: FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality White House/OMB AI guidelines UNESCO names 18 new Geoparks The impacts of open edit Overture Maps…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 737 46:03

2M ago46:03

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News: FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality White House/OMB AI guidelines UNESCO names 18 new Geoparks The impacts of open edit Overture Maps beta Topic: Metageography Events: State of the Map US: 6-8 June, Salt Lake City International geographical congress 2024: 24-30 August, Dublin This week’s song is “Idaho” by Arbour Season…

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A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 737 46:03

2M ago46:03

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News: FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality White House/OMB AI guidelines UNESCO names 18 new Geoparks The impacts of open edit Overture Maps beta Topic: Metageography Events: State of the Map US: 6-8 June, Salt Lake City International geographical congress 2024: 24-30 August, Dublin This week’s song is “Idaho” by Arbour Season…

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Ketaki Chowkhani and Craig Wynne, "Singular Selves: An Introduction to Singles Studies" (Routledge, 2024) 38:29

2M ago38:29

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Singular Selves: An Introduction to Singles Studies (Routledge, 2024) edited By Ketaki Chowkhani and Craig Wynne examines, for perhaps the first time, singlehood at the intersections of race, media, language, culture, literature, space, health, and life satisfaction. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach, borrowing from sociology, literary studie…

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