15.12.2018 - In EPISODE FORTY EIGHT we are joined again by geographer Johnny Finn (from EPISODE THIRTY TWO). Rounding out our three-episode on-the-ground fieldwork series on the crocodile-shaped island of Cuba, we discuss health care, Fidel, José Martí,...
03.10.2018 - In our second episode from fieldwork in Cuba we sit down with “Song Maker” Enid Rosales and discuss her two albums (Brisa Pasajera and Dentro de Mí), her listeners in Cuba and beyond, the Nueva Trova genre, the Buena Vista Social Club effect,...
16.09.2018 - With EPISODE FORTY SIX we start a series of episodes made while conducting fieldwork in Cuba in Spring 2018. In Puentes we sit down with don Jose Poveda–poet, philosopher, man of letters and of faith–in this wide ranging discussion of...
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09.08.2018 - In Geographies of Everything we have the great pleasure of sitting down with world renowned academic geographer Dr. Yi-Fu Tuan. In the first part of this two-episode series we explore space, place, offices, Madison (Wisconsin), film,...
21.06.2018 - In EPISODE FORTY THREE we continue with our two-part Summer Reading Series and finish our review of John Kirtland Wright’s 1946 Presidential Address Association of American Geographers. In this canonical text, Wright outlines his...
25.05.2018 - In EPISODE FORTY TWO we start our two-episode Summer Reading Series with a reading and discussion of John Kirtland Wright’s 1946 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Presidential Address where he outlines his ideas for geosophy. The...
18.05.2018 - In DARchitecture we discuss architectural heritage in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Joining us for an episode-long conversation is Aida Mulokozi, CEO of the Dar es Salaam Centre for Architectural Heritage (DARCH). We walk through the process of...
18.05.2018 - In EPISODE FORTY we are on field assignment exploring the multi-species geographies of, perhaps, the most iconic safari game drive in the world. We report on site from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, learning some basic Swahili (Safari...
18.05.2018 - In EPISODE THIRTY-NINE we set out and explore “Dar City Geographies” with urban geographer Dr. Sarah Smiley from Kent State University. This “urban safari” provokes discussions of the legacy of historical segregation policies on the...
18.05.2018 - In “Piece by Piece,” we sit down with Rukia Hatibu, aka The Annoyin’ Artist, to discuss the importance of making public our ideas, stories and “pieces.” It is not enough to ask questions about who we are. What is vital is having an...
18.05.2018 - “Zanzibar, or the Last Reason,” translated from the German, “Sansibar oder der letzte Grund,” is a novel by Alfred Andersch where one of the protagonists (a boy) daydreams the far away Zanzibar from his small hometown in Germany. Maybe...
17.05.2018 - In “La Arquitecta” we explore the resonance of spaces and the social aspects of urban design with German-born architect Chris Heidrich. The show returns to Havana, Cuba (see EPISODE 32) to raise questions about who designs and shapes the...
17.05.2018 - We finish our summer reading of C.C. Long’s “Home Geography” in EPISODE THIRTY FIVE. Lessons 33 through 45 round out this primer for developing our own geographical imaginations. Long reminds us, “All around are illustrations of lake...
