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GeogPod
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.
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Episodes
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Episode#46 Shenona Mitra - Youth Climate Action
In the second episode of Series 8 of GeogPod, John speaks to Shenona Mitra, who is a climate activist and vice-chair of the Youth Climate Ambassadors (YCA)…
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Episode #45: Michila Critchley - InterClimate Network
In the first episode of Series 8 of GeogPod, John speaks to Michila Critchley, Associate and Programme Coordinator for InterClimate Network, which is a…
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Episode #44: Kirstin Coughtrie - Technology in education, Gaia Learning & Britannica
For the final episode of series 7 of GeogPod, John spoke to Kirstin Coughtrie, founder of Gaia Learning about the use of technology and AI in teaching, the…
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Episode #43: David Alcock - ‘Hopeful geography‘
David Alcock, is a geography teacher, teaching and learning champion at Bradford Grammar school as well as a writer and presenter. David joined John to…
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Episode #42: Caiti Walter - The building blocks of curriculum design
This week John sat down with Caiti Walter to discuss her route into geography teaching and to explore her views and strategies when it comes to designing a…
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Episode #41: Dr Simon Carr - ”Our eyes are the most sophisticated piece of geographical equipment we have”
This week, John spoke to Dr Simon Carr. Simon is Associate Professor of Geography and the University of Cumbria, specialising in geomorphology and climate…
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Episode #40: Dr Amber Murrey - Geographies of race and racialisation and designing an anti-racist curriculum
This week John was joined by Dr Amber Murrey. Amber is an Associate Professor in Human Geography, Fellow and Tutor at Mansfield College, Oxford University…
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Episode #39: Professor Ben Hennig - Iceland, Worldmapper, Trump tweets & more
Ben Hennig is Professor of Geography at the University of Iceland, an honorary research associate at the University of Oxford and also the founder of…
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Episode #38: Jamie Woodward - Understanding climate change during the Quaternary and microplastic transport and storage in river catchments
This week John spoke to Professor Jamie Woodward from the University of Manchester about two key global issues; our developing understanding of climate change…
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Episode #37: Stephen Scoffham - Quality geography, atlases, capital cities and making geography fun!
This week John spoke to Dr Stephen Scoffham, former GA President, Visiting Reader in Sustainability and Education at Canterbury Christ Church University and…
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Episode #36: Rachel Kay - preparing for an Ofsted inspection and 'deep dive'
In this week's episode, John spoke to Rachel Kay about how to prepare your department for a deep dive visit from Ofsted. Rachel is Head of Geography and Lead…
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Episode # 35: Professor Tamsin Mather - Volcanoes, a ’fundamental fascination’
This week John was joined by Professor Tamsin Mather from Oxford University. Tamsin is professor of Earth Sciences and her research centres around volcanoes…
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Episode #34: Professor Johanna Waters & Dr Maggi Leung - Geographies of education
This week John was joined by Professor Johanna Waters from University College London and Dr Maggi Leung from Utrecht University to discuss examples of students…
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Episode #33: Alistair Hamill - Using GIS to bring divided communities together, plate tectonics and photography
In this week's episode John spoke to Alistair Hamill, Geography teacher by day, astrophotographer by night. Alistair talked about how to use GIS in the…
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Episode #32: Alan Kinder - Talking to the GA's Chief Executive
This week our GeogPod guest was the GA's very own Chief Executive, Alan Kinder. Alan spoke to John about his path to becoming the GA's Chief Executive as well…
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Episode #31: Iain Freeland - Understanding Ofsted and what makes 'good geography'
This week John spoke to Iain Freeland, Her Majesty's Inspector and National Lead for Geography. Iain talked us through his career path so far and some of…
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Episode #30: Janine Maddison - Virtual fieldwork
This week John spoke to Janine Maddison about virtual fieldwork, how it compares to 'traditional in field' fieldwork, how the two can be blended, and some…
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Episode #29: Dr Margaret Byron - Caribbean communities in the UK
This week John spoke to Dr Margaret Byron, Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Leicester, about the different waves of migration from…
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Episode #28: Paul Turner & John Huckle - Teaching critical school geography
This week John spoke to Paul Turner and John Huckle in a far-ranging episode which covered teaching critical school geography and what is it to be a radical…
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Episode #27: Elizabeth Rushton, Charlotte Arulseelan & Darcy Beardmore-Crowther - Training to be a teacher during a pandemic
Dr Elizabeth Rushton of King's College London and two of her PGCE students, Charlotte Arulseelan & Darcy Beardmore-Crowther spoke to John about the challenges…
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Episode #26 - Dominic Dyer: Wildlife protection and animal welfare activism
In this episode, Wildlife Protection & Animal Welfare activist and Pearson World Changer ambassador Dominic Dyer talked us through some of his varied and…
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Episode#25 - Simon Collis & Leanne Chorekdjian-Jojaghaian: SDGs, the primary curriculum and more!
This week John spoke to primary school teachers Simon Collis & Leanne Chorekdjian-Jojaghaian, about sustainable development goals, the challenges for…
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Episode #24 - Alastair Owens: Religion in inner cities and how Covid-19 has changed our relationship with home
This week John spoke to Alastair Owens, Professor of Historical Geography at Queen Mary University, London about his research on the role of the Church and…
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Episode #23 - Harriet Ridley: Learning about the climate's future from its past
REUPLOADED: Apologies if you downloaded an unedited version. This week John spoke to Dr Harriet Ridley, palaeoclimatologist and Production Coordinator at Time…
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Episode #22 - Kit Rackley: Why climate change is a safeguarding issue
This week John spoke to Kit Rackley about why climate change is a safeguarding issue, eco-anxiety, how to navigate the politics of climate change, and teaching…
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Episode #21 - Joseph Kerski: How to incorporate GIS into your teaching
In this episode John spoke to GIS advocate and enthusiast Joseph Kerski. They discussed what GIS is, explored terms such as 'geospatial thinking' and 'the…
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Episode #20: Kate Stockings - How to speak like a geographer
Kate Stockings is head of geography at a London school as well as being an active blogger and sharer of ideas on Twitter. Kate joined John on the pod to…
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Episode #19 - Mark Maslin: How to deal with climate change deniers and reasons to be hopeful.
Mark Maslin is a professor of climatology at University College London Mark and John discussed dealing with climate change deniers, how climate change relates…
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Episode #18 - Dr Patricia Noxolo: "Everybody who is here, belongs here. That is a geographical statement."
This week, John had a far-reaching discussion with Dr Patricia Noxolo, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Birmingham University. John and Patricia covered a…
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Episode #17 - Tom Highnett: "Being a geography teacher is a superpower."
In this week's episode, John spoke to Tom Highnett, a geography teacher now Assistant Principal and Director of Post-16 at a South Yorkshire school. Tom spoke…
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Agatha Herman: Wine, food security, ethical commodity networks, and did we mention wine?
In this episode John was joined by Dr Agatha Herman, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Cardiff University, specialising in the geography of ethics and…
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Tony Champion: urbanisation, migration, elevators and escalators
This week, John spoke to Tony Champion, Emeritus Professor of Population Geography at Newcastle University about urbanisation, counter urbanisation, migration…
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Brad Frankel and Fearghal O'Nuallain: Flooglebinder, sustainable travel and the coolest geography teacher in the country?
This week, John spoke to Brad Frankel from Flooglebinder about the company's history and his views on sustainable tourism and also to Fearghal O'Nuallain, once…
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Hina Robinson and Tariq Jazeel: Defining and decolonising geography
In this episode John had a very insightful conversation with Hina Robinson, a secondary geography teacher and Tariq Jazeel, Professor of Geography at UCL…
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Simran Jouhal: Leading a department, diversity in geography and blogging
This week, John spoke to Simran Jouhal who is head of Geography in a north London school and the founder of the fantastic Geographia blog. Simran talked about…
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Fiona Ferbrache: Citizenship, migration and Brexit
This week, John spoke to Dr Fiona Ferbrache, Lecturer in Geography at University of Oxford about her work in citizenship, migration and Brexit. Many thanks to…
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Dr Bethan Davies: Glaciation and climate change
This week, John spoke to Dr Bethan Davies, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Royal Hollaway University of London about her work in glaciation and…
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Stephen Legg: Global governance, internationalism and colonial India.
Welcome to Series 2 of GeogPod! This week, John spoke to Stephen Legg, Professor of Historical Geography at Nottingham University. Stephen discussed his work…
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Chris King: Plate tectonics, rubber ducks, and the toilet roll of time
This week, John spoke to Chris King, Emeritus Professer of Earth Science Education at Keele University, plate tectonics, geology, and generally his life and…
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Mary Gearey: English wetlands, Covid-19 and more
Mary Gearey is a human geographer and Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography at Brighton University. In this episode, John asks Mary about her new…
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Katy Salter: GCSE strategies ready for take off
Another episode where we look back at one of the sessions from this year's GA eConference. This time we bring you the audio from Katy Salter's session from the…
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Geography from home eConference panel discussion
This special episode of GeogPod takes the audio from a panel discussion held over Zoom during the GA's recent eConference. GA President Gill Miller was the…
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Daniel Hammett: Development and geopolitics in sub-Saharan Africa
In episode 4 of GeogPod, John spoke to Dr Daniel Hammett, a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield University, about development and geopolitics in sub-Saharan Africa…
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Peter Jackson: Food security and sustainability
In this week's GeogPod, John spoke to Professor Peter Jackson about food security, the origins of the food we eat, and whether the UK could ever be…
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Episode #2 - Margaret Roberts
Margaret Roberts was responsible for the PGCE course at Sheffield University for almost 20 years, is a former GA president (2008-2009), the author of the…
GeogPodEpisode #1 - James Pollard
In this episode, John spoke to James Pollard, a PhD Candidate at the Department of Geography at Jesus College, Cambridge, about the article he wrote for…
GeogPod#0 - Rebecca Kitchen: Critical thinking for achievement
The very first episode of GeogPod! Our host John Lyon is joined by the GA's Curriculum and Marketing Manager, Rebecca Kitchen, to discuss the Critical thinking…