Episodes

  • 13. The Geography of Discontent with Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

    13. The Geography of Discontent with Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
    Feb 13 2025
    From Argentina to the U.S. to Europe, populist leaders are rising to power across the globe—often backed by communities that feel unheard or left behind. In this episode, we sit down with Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose to explore how deep-seated discontent fuels the rise of populism and what it means for the future of democracy.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 12. The Geography of Parking with Donald Shoup

    12. The Geography of Parking with Donald Shoup
    Aug 30 2024
    At 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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    41 mins
  • 11. The Geography of AI Pt. 2 with Pierre-Alexandre Balland

    11. The Geography of AI Pt. 2 with Pierre-Alexandre Balland
    Nov 27 2023
    From 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.

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    44 mins
  • Little Bit of Aerial Cable Cars with Santiago Cardona Urrea

    Little Bit of Aerial Cable Cars with Santiago Cardona Urrea
    Nov 1 2023
    Busses, 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.

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    25 mins
  • 10. The Geography of Toilets with Chelsea Wald

    10. The Geography of Toilets with Chelsea Wald
    Aug 3 2023
    Everybody 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.

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    59 mins
  • 9. The Geography of Migration with Ilse van Liempt

    9. The Geography of Migration with Ilse van Liempt
    Jun 20 2023
    Humans 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.

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    44 mins
  • 8. The Geography of Crypto with Matthew Zook

    8. The Geography of Crypto with Matthew Zook
    Apr 15 2023
    Ever 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”.

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    38 mins
  • 7. The Geography of Inequality with Eric Sheppard

    7. The Geography of Inequality with Eric Sheppard
    Jan 14 2023
    To 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.

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    1 hr and 5 mins