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Ask the Geographer

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools

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Our award-winning podcasts bring the latest in geographical research to your classroom from a host of experts. The experts involved present their own opinions, which should not be interpreted as the Society's point of view.
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Professor Alice Reid is a historical demographer, working on fertility, mortality and health in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She joins us to talk about reasons why these factors affected changes in population in the UK at this time.By Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools
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Sally Earthrowl is a British geographer and educator who has a wealth of experience in exploring our seas and oceans. In this podcast she delves into her exploration of the seas that was ignited by seeing plastic pollution in Bali. This led her to investigate the great ocean garbage patches with eXXpedition then, later, monitoring the impacts of cl…
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In this episode we join forces with The Priestley Centre at the University of Leeds to discuss their YouTube series ‘Ask a Climate Researcher’ and the art of science communication more broadly. You can get involved using the hashtag #AskAClimateResearcher, via The Priestley Centre website.By Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools
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Tonight Ingrid and Amelia uncover old-timey medical remedies that will make your stomach turn -- even if that's precisely what some of them were meant to cure! They'll dig into everything from early 19th century light therapy contraptions, to the bizarre tradition of drilling holes in people's skulls that has endured for thousands of years. Plus, l…
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Amelia and Ingrid explore the ghastly apparitions that can strike just as nighttime anxiety sets in, and the trinkets and superstitions said to ward them off. Ingrid delves into tales of sleepwalking murderers, and the criminal cases in which the bizarre defense actually worked out in the defendant's favour. Ingid and Amelia dig into sleep disorder…
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Ingrid and Amelia unravel the lore surrounding their favourite cryptids who hail from the Great White North. Canada has cryptids coast to coast -- from the Dundas Island Blackfly residing on a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, to the Hag of Bell Island off the coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic, uncanny creatures abound. Amelia and Ingrid will e…
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David McNair is the Executive Director for global policy at ONE – a global movement aiming to eradicate extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030. ONE lobby governments, promote social and climate justice and run active campaigns such as The Global Fund, which has saved 44 million lives from AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. In this podcast the…
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Amelia and Ingrid discuss some dark destinations off the beaten path that you can venture to this summer, if you want to take your vacation to the next level! They unwrap the enigma of the Ghost Shark -- one of the creepiest critters you might cross paths with on your travels. They dig into the real life horrors behind the countless films based at …
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Welcome to Mourning After Dark: your front page for the unusual and unexplained. In this episode, Amelia and Ingrid unfold tales of freaky folklore, dreadful deities, and unexplained events surrounding the season of rebirth and revival. ----- F O L L O W U S : Twitter | @themourningshow Tiktok | @themourningshow Instagram | @themourningsh0w Faceboo…
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