GeogPod

By the Geographical Association

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GeogPod is the Geographical Association’s podcast. Each episode, our host John Lyon will be chatting to a guest from within the geography community and discussing their work and areas of interest.

If you’ve enjoyed any of the discussions on GeogPod, you may want to consider becoming a member of the GA. GA membership gives you access to our highly respected journals, as well as member-only teaching resources and a host of other benefits.

The views and opinions expressed in GeogPod discussions are those of the interviewees and are not necessarily those held by the Geographical Association.


Episode Date
Episode #101: Tom Davies, GeoWizard – Geography games and adventures
Mar 06, 2026
Episode #100: Mark Enser - The geography curriculum and supporting specialists and non specialist teachers
Feb 27, 2026
Episode #99: Chloe Searl - Planning your fieldwork trip
Feb 06, 2026
Episode #98: Dr Edward Armston Sheret – Refiguring historical exploration and discovery
Jan 26, 2026
Episode #97: Philip Parker – wonders of the Wear River Trust
Jan 16, 2026
Episode #96: Celebrating 50 years of Teaching Geography
Dec 12, 2025
Episode #95: Dr Charlene Rose - Exploring superdiversity and identity through Caribbean food
Oct 17, 2025
Episode #94: Special edition - Three women in the presidency
Jun 27, 2025
Episode #93: Jenny Cooke – Inspiration, challenges and amazing fieldwork
May 30, 2025
Episode #92: Laura Young - Bottle caps, new years' resolutions and climate resilience
May 02, 2025
Episode #91: Parvati, Manu and Melis - Global Inequalities and the Climate Crisis Project
Apr 04, 2025
Episode #90: Robert Swan and Jenny Cooke – Save Antarctica
Mar 28, 2025
Episode #89: Anthony Barlow - Shared experiences in primary geography
Mar 07, 2025
Episode #88: Karen Corfield - Connections and memories to place
Nov 22, 2024
Episode #87: Alice Gadney – What's your favourite map? Tracing subject connections
Nov 15, 2024
Episode #86: Jess Hill – Championing primary geography and embracing change
Nov 08, 2024
Episode #85: Catherine Walker – Climate action research and advocacy
Nov 01, 2024
Episode #84: Steve Brace - Meet the GA’s Chief Executive
Oct 21, 2024
Episode #83: Black History Month with Pat, James & Francisca
Oct 11, 2024
Episode #82: Sabeeha Bhatti - Art, empathy and inspiration
Aug 16, 2024
Episode #81: Dr Evelyn Wandia Corrado - Challenging perspectives and stereotypes
Aug 09, 2024
Episode #80: Cath Rule, Rob Parker and Rhian Meara - The 50 year story of the Heimaey eruption
Jun 22, 2024
Episode #79: Fiona Sheriff – Maps, fieldwork and work-life balance
Jun 14, 2024
Episode #78: More than Human Geography
Jun 08, 2024
Episode #77: Dr Philipp Horn – Urban informality
May 31, 2024
Episode #76: Donald McClean – Widening participation
Apr 15, 2024
Episode #75: AESIG - Progression in geography
Mar 21, 2024
Episode #74: James Esson - Viewing the world through a geographical lens
Jan 26, 2024
Episode #73: Paul Chatterton - How to save the city
Jan 05, 2024
Episode #72: The benefits of Educake
Nov 24, 2023
Episode #71: Spotlight session - Navigating EDI through geography
Nov 22, 2023
Episode #70: The Chalk Stream Challenge
Nov 10, 2023
Episode #69: Richard Philips – The meaning of place
Apr 20, 2023
Episode #68: Helen Mazalon - Leaving nobody behind
Dec 01, 2022
Episode #67: Alex Densmore - Learning from the landscape
Nov 03, 2022
Episode #66: Daanish Mustafa - Critical Geography
Oct 27, 2022
Episode #65: Chris Winter and Dan Whittall - Research for teachers
Oct 20, 2022
Episode #64: Dave Petley - Landslides and Earthquakes
Sep 29, 2022
Episode #63: Clarry Simpson - NQTs and ECTs
Sep 15, 2022
Episode #62: Richard Bustin, Alice Matthews & Charlotte Milner - Writing your first article in Teaching Geography
Sep 02, 2022
Episode #61: Ilan Kelman - Disasters and diplomacy
Aug 25, 2022
Episode #60 John Lyon - Drunk parrots, arterial routes, and finding your way through geography
Aug 18, 2022
Episode #59 Gemma Sou - The human geography of the climate crisis
Aug 04, 2022
Episode #58: Narinder Mann - Geography teacher training and what makes a good geography teacher
Jul 28, 2022
Episode #57: David Lambert - Thinking geographically and making powerful knowledge relevant
Jul 21, 2022
Episode #56: Ryan Ing - High altitude weather balloons and marine terminating glaciers
Jun 28, 2022
Episode #55: Dr Joe Usher - Getting children involved in local places
Jun 18, 2022
Episode #54: Dawn Gessey-Jones - Know where you are, know who you are
Jun 11, 2022
Episode #53: Alan Parkinson and Paula Richardson - Fieldwork: a shared experience for everybody
Jun 04, 2022
Episode #52: Gill Miller - Live your geography!
May 28, 2022
Episode #51: Dr Sarah Greene - Past climates, fieldwork and belonging
May 21, 2022
Episode #50: Natasha Dowey - The importance of geoscience in a more sustainable society
Mar 18, 2022
Episode #49: David Gardner – Planning a Coherent Curriculum
Dec 18, 2021
Episode #48: Sylvia Knight - Royal Meteorological Society
Dec 13, 2021
Episode #47: Dr Tim Daley & Kate Stockings - Climate Change and the Climate Crisis
Dec 04, 2021
Episode#46 Shenona Mitra - Youth Climate Action
Nov 18, 2021
Episode #45: Michila Critchley - InterClimate Network
Nov 11, 2021
Episode #44: Kirstin Coughtrie - Technology in education, Gaia Learning & Britannica
Oct 07, 2021
Episode #43: David Alcock - ‘Hopeful geography‘
Sep 29, 2021
Episode #42: Caiti Walter - The building blocks of curriculum design
Sep 23, 2021
Episode #41: Dr Simon Carr - ”Our eyes are the most sophisticated piece of geographical equipment we have”
Sep 16, 2021
Episode #40: Dr Amber Murrey - Geographies of race and racialisation and designing an anti-racist curriculum
Sep 09, 2021
Episode #39: Professor Ben Hennig - Iceland, Worldmapper, Trump tweets & more
Sep 01, 2021
Episode #38: Jamie Woodward - Understanding climate change during the Quaternary and microplastic transport and storage in river catchments
Jun 10, 2021
Episode #37: Stephen Scoffham - Quality geography, atlases, capital cities and making geography fun!
Jun 02, 2021
Episode #36: Rachel Kay - preparing for an Ofsted inspection and 'deep dive'
May 26, 2021
Episode # 35: Professor Tamsin Mather - Volcanoes, a ’fundamental fascination’
May 19, 2021
Episode #34: Professor Johanna Waters & Dr Maggi Leung - Geographies of education
May 12, 2021
Episode #33: Alistair Hamill - Using GIS to bring divided communities together, plate tectonics and photography
May 05, 2021
Episode #32: Alan Kinder - Talking to the GA's Chief Executive
Mar 31, 2021
Episode #31: Iain Freeland - Understanding Ofsted and what makes 'good geography'
Mar 24, 2021
Episode #30: Janine Maddison - Virtual fieldwork
Mar 17, 2021
Episode #29: Dr Margaret Byron - Caribbean communities in the UK
Mar 11, 2021
Episode #28: Paul Turner & John Huckle - Teaching critical school geography
Mar 04, 2021
Episode #27: Elizabeth Rushton, Charlotte Arulseelan & Darcy Beardmore-Crowther- Training to be a teacher during a pandemic
Feb 25, 2021
Episode #26 - Dominic Dyer: Wildlife protection and animal welfare activism
Feb 11, 2021
Episode#25 - Simon Collis & Leanne Chorekdjian-Jojaghaian: SDGs, the primary curriculum and more!
Feb 04, 2021
Episode #24 - Alastair Owens: Religion in inner cities and how Covid-19 has changed our relationship with home
Jan 28, 2021
Episode #23 - Harriet Ridley: Learning about the climate's future from its past
Jan 21, 2021
Episode #22 - Kit Rackley: Why climate change is a safeguarding issue
Jan 14, 2021
Episode #21 - Joseph Kerski: How to incorporate GIS into your teaching
Jan 07, 2021
Episode #20: Kate Stockings - How to speak like a geographer
Dec 10, 2020
Episode #19 - Mark Maslin: How to deal with climate change deniers and reasons to be hopeful.
Dec 03, 2020
Episode #18 - Dr Patricia Noxolo: "Everybody who is here, belongs here. That is a geographical statement."
Nov 26, 2020
Episode #17 - Tom Highnett: "Being a geography teacher is a superpower."
Nov 19, 2020
Agatha Herman: Wine, food security, ethical commodity networks, and did we mention wine?
Nov 12, 2020
Tony Champion: urbanisation, migration, elevators and escalators
Nov 05, 2020
Brad Frankel and Fearghal O'Nuallain: Flooglebinder, sustainable travel and the coolest geography teacher in the country?
Oct 08, 2020
Hina Robinson and Tariq Jazeel: Defining and decolonising geography
Sep 30, 2020
Simran Jouhal: Leading a department, diversity in geography and blogging
Sep 23, 2020
Fiona Ferbrache :Citizenship, migration and Brexit
Sep 17, 2020
Dr Bethan Davies: Glaciation and climate change
Sep 10, 2020
Stephen Legg: Global governance, internationalism and colonial India.
Sep 03, 2020
Chris King: Plate tectonics, rubber ducks, and the toilet roll of time
Jun 12, 2020
Mary Gearey: English wetlands, Covid-19 and more
Jun 05, 2020
Katy Salter: GCSE strategies ready for take off
May 14, 2020
Geography from home eConference panel discussion
May 07, 2020
Daniel Hammett: Development and geopolitics in sub-Saharan Africa
Mar 19, 2020
Peter Jackson: Food security and sustainability
Mar 12, 2020
Episode #2 - Margaret Roberts
Mar 05, 2020
Episode #1 - James Pollard
Feb 27, 2020
#0 - Rebecca Kitchen: Critical thinking for achievement
Jan 22, 2020