Ask the Geographer

By 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.

Episode Date
Population Change in Britain Since C19th with Professor Alice Reid
Mar 06, 2024
Maps of Ukraine
Feb 20, 2024
Saving our seas with Sally Earthrowl
Feb 05, 2024
Geopolitics and new perspectives on Arctic governance with Dr Ingrid Medby
Dec 13, 2023
Flight of The Osprey with Sacha Dench aka the human swan
Nov 22, 2023
The Priestley Centre's 'Ask a Climate Researcher' series
Nov 01, 2023
Fraying Ties: what is the UK oil industry? Professor Bridge explains
Oct 11, 2023
Everyday Drone Stories with Dr Anna Jackman and David Holmes
Oct 04, 2023
ONE - a global movement to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030 | David McNair
Jul 26, 2023
Geography teachers Simon Holland and Ellie Barker on winning the OS Award 2023
Jun 15, 2023
Dr Laurie Parsons on globalism and 'carbon colonialism'
Jun 01, 2023
Plastics in the Pacific: an archipelago under threat | Katie Deakin and Georgie Savage
May 19, 2023
Alistair Hamill and Iram Sammar on ArcGIS and decolonising the curriculum | OS Award winners 2022
May 03, 2023
Remote sensing and hazard risk management with Dr Ekbal Hussain
Mar 31, 2023
Marine plastic in the Southern Ocean with Dr Clara Manno
Mar 15, 2023
Migrant Remittances and COVID-19 | Professors Kavita Datta and Elaine Chase
Feb 20, 2023
Decolonising Frank Oates: a snapshot in time during the Victorian era of exploration
Jan 31, 2023
How 'not to build a capital' with Dr Pojani | Nusantara, Indonesia
Jan 11, 2023
Why cryptocurrency is so bad for the environment | Dr Pete Howson
Dec 14, 2022
The Allerton Project with farmer and conservationist Joe Stanley
Nov 29, 2022
Dr Sabina Lawreniuk on female workers in the global garment industry
Nov 22, 2022
Elliot Arthur-Worsop and the story of Football For Future | part 2
Nov 18, 2022
Geography, identity and football with journalist David Goldblatt | part 1
Nov 18, 2022
Art and the representation of place with Francesca Sanders
Nov 11, 2022
The Stay Home Stories project
Nov 08, 2022
COVID-19 through the lens of a health geographer
Nov 02, 2022
The Routes Journal: what is it?
Oct 11, 2022
Professors Mike Bradshaw and Klaus Dodds on the war in Ukraine, geopolitics and energy
Sep 22, 2022
39 Ways to Save the Planet with Professor Vincent Gauci
Sep 08, 2022
Why are soils essential? Dr Daniel Evans answers
Aug 12, 2022
How to record audio when out in the field with Celia Robbins
Jul 19, 2022
Asian mega-deltas with Professor Large and Dr Henderson
Jun 07, 2022
How to use ArcGIS in geography with Jason Sawle
May 11, 2022
Cartograms and cartography with Professor Ben Hennig
Apr 19, 2022
Professor Yadvinder Malhi on climate change and ecosystem recovery
Mar 28, 2022
Geography teacher Ben Ranson on studying Core Maths and teaching numeracy
Mar 01, 2022
The geopolitics of Chinese investment and influence in Africa with Dinko Hanaan Dinko
Jan 12, 2022
Professor Lindsey McEwen and the DRY Utility resources
Dec 05, 2021
Responsible and ethical use of location data with Doug Specht
Nov 23, 2021
Dr Roucoux and the tropical peatlands of Peru
Oct 25, 2021
Dr Jess Hope and Grace Healy on sustainable development: what does Bolivia teach us?
Oct 08, 2021
Ofsted HMI Iain Freeland on what contributes to high-quality curricula, assessment and pedagogy
Sep 13, 2021
Jane Rumble, Head of the FCDO Polar Regions Department, on Antarctica and the Arctic
Aug 10, 2021
Teachers Hafsa Bobat Garcia and Kate Stockings on receiving the 2021 Ordnance Survey Award
Jul 20, 2021
Geographer and entrepreneur Nicholas 'Charles Tyrwhitt' Wheeler
Jul 02, 2021
The surprise bestseller: Small Gases, Big Effect by David Nelles and Christian Serrer
Jun 17, 2021
What is the bioeconomy in the NE of England? Professor Daniel Parsons explains
May 25, 2021
A professor, GIS hero, police analyst, PC and Superintendent on the geography of bike crime
May 13, 2021
Dr Anjana Khatwa and the UNESCO World Heritage Jurassic Coast
Apr 23, 2021
Senior hydrologist Dr Chris Skinner on the debates in geomorphology
Apr 20, 2021
Journalist and geographer Andrew Jack on FT for Schools and data visualisation
Apr 07, 2021
Dr Nick Westcott from the Royal African Society on the Tanganyika Groundnut Scheme
Mar 09, 2021
Dr Shreyashi Dasgupta and Dr Jess Hope explain the David W Smith Memorial Prize for year 12 students
Feb 19, 2021
Professor Kate Heppell on chalk stream environments and the threats to these beautiful rivers
Feb 07, 2021
Shadowplay. War correspondent Tim Marshall and his book on the Yugoslav conflict of the 1990s
Jan 26, 2021
Professor Pauline Deutz and Dr Charlotte Dean on Evolving a Circular Plastics Economy
Jan 04, 2021
Pack ice, -20°C and extreme remoteness, Dr John Shears and the 2019 Weddell Sea expedition
Dec 14, 2020
A Search for Magic in the Landscape with Jini Reddy
Nov 19, 2020
Synergies between Core Maths and geography: a discussion with MEI, a consultant and the Society
Nov 03, 2020
A conversation with Francisca Rockey and Louis Smith Lassey from Black Geographers
Oct 27, 2020
The dark geocultural heritage of La Soufrière with Jazmin Scarlett
Oct 20, 2020
Who is Polar Prem and what is the Seals from Space project?
Oct 06, 2020
From geography to journalism with BBC presenter Chris Mason
Sep 16, 2020
The Forgotten Paths of the UK by Dr Joe Thorogood, Dr Phil Wadey and Jack Cornish
Aug 05, 2020
The beauty of Earth Observation in geography with Dr Fleur Visser
Jul 08, 2020
Do you know what the Countryside Survey is? Dr Lisa Norton explains
Jun 25, 2020
Charity Mhlanga, winner of the 2020 OS Award, recognising excellence in geography education
Jun 18, 2020
A Royal Meteorological Society update on weather, climate and COVID-19. Dr Sylvia Knight
May 22, 2020
South Korea is a success story for managing Covid19, is surveillance the answer? Dr Sonn explains
May 04, 2020
1979 to 1989 'The Decade We Could Have Stopped Climate Change' | Nathaniel Rich
Apr 26, 2020
A conversation with Tim Marshall, author of the seminal book Prisoners of Geography
Apr 15, 2020
Victoria Ayodeji, on her remarkable journey from Hackney to the University of Cambridge
Mar 29, 2020
Aaron Wyld, winner of the Marjorie Sweeting award, on hypsometry and geomorphic evolution
Mar 10, 2020
What is the Indian Ocean Dipole and Southern Annular Mode? Dr Helen Cleugh
Feb 18, 2020
Why live in fire prone areas and how do people cope? Dr Christine Eriksen
Feb 11, 2020
How do graphic novels help understanding of natural disasters? Dr Gemma Sou
Aug 30, 2019
How is globalisation changing the countryside? Professor Michael Wood
Aug 23, 2019
How is climate and its science governed in Russia? Dr Jon Oldfield
Aug 19, 2019
Why is sand a powerful natural resource? Dr Laura Schoenberger
Aug 16, 2019
How is place-attachment and belonging managed in refugee re-settlement? Sara Kindon and Amber Kale
Aug 12, 2019
How is creativity produced in the Caribbean? Dr Pat Noxolo
Aug 09, 2019
How does international aid work? Dr Emma Mawdsley
Aug 05, 2019
What is rural gentrification? Professor Martin Philips
Aug 02, 2019
What do cartoons tell us about global politics? Dr Daniel Hammett
Jul 29, 2019
How do we talk about environmental risk? Professor Esther Eidinow
Jul 25, 2019
How is high street regeneration managed? Dr Steve Millington
Jul 23, 2019
Why did unprecedented migration occur across the Mediterranean in 2015? Professor Heaven Crawley
Jun 17, 2019
What is the relationship between comic books and geopolitics? Professor Jason Dittmer
Apr 24, 2019
How is internal migration changing cities? Professor Michael Collyer
Apr 09, 2019
What are the big challenges for global water security? Professor David Hannah
Mar 20, 2019
Can digital technology make cities safe and inclusive? Dr Ayona Datta
Mar 08, 2019
How do we map global change? Senior Earth Observation Specialist Terri Freemantle
Mar 07, 2019
Why is the Weddell Sea important? Professor Julian Dowdeswell
Feb 05, 2019
How do glacial surfaces evolve over time? Dr Ann Rowan
Nov 12, 2018
What makes the Arctic unique? Dr Ingrid A. Medby
Sep 11, 2018
Giant icebergs and the carbon cycle with Professor Grant Bigg
Jul 06, 2018
Urban transformation and belonging with Dr Melissa Butcher and Shekeila Scarlett
Jun 12, 2018
Hazards and volcanic gas emissions with Dr Tom Pering
May 25, 2018
Global dust cycle with Dr Rob Bryant
May 11, 2018
Ocean governance and political seas with Dr Kim Peters
Apr 25, 2018
Population and environmental change in Venice with Jane Da Mosto and Gabriella Gilmour
Apr 03, 2018
Plate tectonics and earthquake prediction with Dr Rebecca Bell
Mar 22, 2018
Gender equality and women in geography with Dr Sarah L. Evans
Mar 06, 2018
Chinese cities and urban life with Professor Mark Jayne
Oct 26, 2017
Forests and the carbon cycle with Professor Rob MacKenzie and Professor Jerry Pritchard
Oct 05, 2017
Changing urban places through poetry with Dr Phil Jones
Sep 12, 2017
Lagoon wetland systems and sea level rise in Ghana with Dr Sian Davis Vollum
Jul 25, 2017
Sustainable urban communities and young people. Dr Sophie Hadfield Hill and Professor Peter Kraftl
Jun 15, 2017
Mapping population and displacement with Professor Andrew J Tatem
May 10, 2017
Diverse places and ordinary high streets with Dr Suzanne Hall
Apr 19, 2017
Extreme weather in the UK: past, present and future with Professor Georgina Endfield
Oct 21, 2016
Food security and environmental justice with Luke Craven and Professor David Schlosberg
Aug 05, 2016
Gentrification and global cities with Dr Oli Mould
May 20, 2016