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The Geography of Everything
The podcast in which we try to to figure out the geography of, well, everything...
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12. 12. The Geography of Parking with Donald Shoup
40:34||Season 1, Ep. 12At first glance, parking might seem like a mundane topic, but Dr. Donald Shoup shows us it is anything but. In this episode, we explore how parking policies shape our cities, influence our daily lives, and even contribute to a societal Stockholm syndrome with cars. Join us as we uncover the hidden consequences of where and how we park, and why it matters more than you might think.
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11. 11. The Geography of AI Pt. 2 with Pierre-Alexandre Balland
44:08||Season 1, Ep. 11From ChatGPT to AI generated art, a lot has changed since we recorded our first geography of AI episode in 2022. It seems like in just 18 months the entire AI space has transformed. We made this follow-up episode with Dr. Pierre-Alexandre Balland to better understand these changes and what they could mean going forward.
4. Little Bit of Aerial Cable Cars with Santiago Cardona Urrea
24:49||Season 2, Ep. 4Busses, bikes, trains, trams…. Aerial cable cars? In cities with uneven geographies of both physical and socio-economic kinds, can aerial cable cars solve the age old problem of urban mobility? In this episode we chat with Santiago Cardona Urrea, PhD candidate in urban geography and aerial cable car researcher.10. 10. The Geography of Toilets with Chelsea Wald
58:31||Season 1, Ep. 10Everybody poops, but what happens next? In this episode, we sit down with Chelsea Wald, author of Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet to learn about the past, present, and future of the toilet, and of course, how embedded it is in our everyday geographies.9. 9. The Geography of Migration with Ilse van Liempt
44:26||Season 1, Ep. 9Humans have been migrating for just about as long as we’ve been humans. While migration is nothing new, it remains one of the most politically charged topics in the world. To help guide us through the tricky world of migration and its seemingly infinite categories, we’ve invited Dr. Ilse van Liempt.8. 8. The Geography of Crypto with Matthew Zook
38:06||Season 1, Ep. 8Ever been in a conversation about crypto and realized you have no idea what anyone’s talking about? Well, us too. In this episode we discuss the history and development of crypto, policies surrounding it and if it’s truly possible for anything to be “decentralized”.7. 7. The Geography of Inequality with Eric Sheppard
01:04:50||Season 1, Ep. 7To say that inequality is a hot button topic these days is an understatement. But while the concept may seem straightforward, the ways in which we think about and approach inequality are much more variable than meets the eye. In this episode we talked about the fractality of inequality and how its distribution is not as simple as we may think.