Podcasts by Geographical Imaginations

EPISODE SIXTY Going Back To An Empty House from 2020-02-19T01:58:12

Spanish scholar Javier Cardeña Contreras does all the heavy lifting in this inaugural 13-theme speed round exploration of Quijote, Shawshank Redemption, Antonio Machado’s Caminante, La Casa de Pape...

EPISODE FIFTY NINE Climate Thinking Change from 2019-12-20T02:14:42

In Climate Thinking Change we speak with Dr. Lawrence Hamilton of the University of New Hampshire about the survey work he has done to get closer to American perceptions of the Arctic. This radio e...

EPISODE FIFTY EIGHT Poster Bear from 2019-11-21T21:23:33

Poster Bear is the second part of a two-episode exploration of two polar bears—the one that travels along the ice and the other one that circulates in the media.  Joining us is Dorothea Born, a Sci...

EPISODE FIFTY SIX Writing the Arctic from 2019-09-08T23:37:26

On expedition in Svalbard we encountered the circa 1930s cabin that pioneer female big game hunter and writer Wanny Wolstad lived in during five overwinters. Literature scholar Dr. Ingrid Urberg co...

EPISODE FIFTY FIVE Asking Svalbard from 2019-06-13T21:21:03

In  Asking Svalbard  we begin to move beyond generalization about the Arctic. By digging deeper we interrogate a place that might only exist on the fringes of our imaginations-Svalbard, Norway. Loc...

EPISODE FIFTY FOUR Don’t Feed the Bears from 2019-06-13T21:18:22

How does one prepare for an expedition to the Arctic North?  In Don’t Feed the Bears we speak with Ann Christin Auestad, project manager at the Arctic Safety Centre to learn  more about the differe...

EPISODE FIFTY THREE Arctic Fever from 2019-05-23T23:42:05

In Arctic Fever we embark on our multi-episode explorations of “The Arctic.”  Joining us is historian Michael Robinson—creator, host and producer of Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about sci...

EPISODE FIFTY TWO Amateur/Donkey/Expedition from 2019-04-25T23:27:46

In EPISODE FIFTY TWO we track down Andy Merrifield, a well-published UK-based geographer who left academia in 2003 to do what he loves. We discuss his writings on William Bunge, Guy Debord, Henri L...

EPISODE FIFTY ONE Imagine Energy from 2019-03-12T19:59:30

Who is imagining the energy landscapes of the future?  How are they doing it?  Where?  In what spaces?  Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, Founding Co-Directors of the Land Art Generator Initiativ...

EPISODE FIFTY 50 from 2019-02-21T00:48:37

Celebrating Geographical Imaginations: Radio Expeditions into the Geographies of Everything and Nothing’s 50th episode we revisit the concept for the show and take a look back at all of the differe...

EPISODE FORTY NINE Pilgrim’s Mood from 2019-01-25T01:32:41

For the opener of Season Five, we are joined by Phil Cousineau, the award-winning author of The Art of Pilgrimage.  In a wide-ranging “long conversation” we discuss how to make travel meaningful an...

EPISODE FORTY EIGHT Notes from the Crocodile from 2018-12-15T21:07:39

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...

EPISODE FORTY SEVEN Hacedora de Canciones from 2018-10-03T21:08:24

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 Tro...

EPISODE FORTY SIX Puentes from 2018-09-16T20:19:32

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 f...

EPISODE FORTY FIVE Geographies of Nothing from 2018-08-09T11:25:53

EPISODE FORTY FOUR Geographies of Everything from 2018-08-09T11:21:45

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...

EPISODE FORTY THREE Terrae Incognitae II from 2018-06-21T16:11:21

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 ...

EPISODE FORTY TWO Terrae Incognitae I from 2018-05-25T10:49:35

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...

EPISODE FORTY ONE  DARchitecture from 2018-05-18T09:32:41

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 Herit...

EPISODE FORTY Safari Njema from 2018-05-18T09:25:14

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 T...

EPISODE THIRTY NINE Dar City Geographies from 2018-05-18T09:23:26

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 hi...

EPISODE THIRTY EIGHT  Piece by Piece from 2018-05-18T09:22:19

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...

EPISODE THIRTY SEVEN  Zanzibar, or the Last Reason from 2018-05-18T09:21:03

“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 fro...

EPISODE THIRTY SIX  La Arquitecta from 2018-05-17T20:16:37

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 q...

EPISODE THIRTY FIVE Summer Reading Vol. 3 from 2018-05-17T20:08:29

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...

EPISODE THIRTY FOUR  Summer Reading Vol. 2 from 2018-05-17T20:07:05

In EPISODE THIRTY FOUR we pick up from where we left off in C.C. Long’s classic text, “Home Geography for Primary Grades.”  Starting with Lesson 18, “How Rivers Are Made,” and finishing with Lesson...

EPISODE THIRTY THREE  Summer Reading Vol. 1 from 2018-05-17T18:09:58

Welcome to our inaugural summer reading series.  Listen to EPISODE THIRTY THREE as we explore C.C. Long’s 1894 classic primary school text.  In “Home Geography,” Dr. Long tells us, “A knowledge of ...

EPISODE THIRTY TWO  Hasta La Habana Siempre from 2018-05-17T18:08:03

What comes to mind when someone says, “CUBA?”  Classic automobiles, Buena Vista, Che?  Maybe you envision a socialist utopia?  Or a maybe a communist dystopia?  In EPISODE THIRTY TWO we invite geog...

EPISODE THIRTY ONE  The World as Village: 100 People from 2018-05-17T18:06:30

In EPISODE THIRTY ONE we use statistics to bring the world closer to home and to inform how we think about our place within the milieu.  Forget about trying to understand 7.5 billion people.  What ...

EPISODE THIRTY  Dances with Bees from 2018-05-17T15:08:39

In Dances with Bees we venture to the shores of Wolfgangsee to visit the apiary of Nobel Prize winner Karl von Frisch to see first-hand and explore how honeybees communicate their geographical (i.e...

EPISODE TWENTY NINE  A Great American Pilgrimage from 2018-05-17T15:07:44

In A Great American Pilgrimage we walk 3500 kilometers from Maine to Georgia in the Eastern woods of the United States traversing the ridge-line of the oldest mountains in the world, the Appalachia...

EPISODE TWENTY EIGHT  Auf Deutsch Bitte from 2018-05-17T15:06:45

In Auf Deutsch Bitte we explore linguistic borrowings from German.  Joining the show in conversation are Salzburg locals and Sprachgefüle Marie Damisch and Daniel Url.  We discuss the word-concepts...

EPISODE TWENTY SEVEN  Unconventional Worldmaps, Unconventional Worldviews from 2018-05-17T15:04:58

In EPISODE TWENTY SEVEN we explore alternatives to the conventional world map and question how much this standard image of the world frames and limits our own imaginations of the globe.  We speak w...

EPISODE TWENTY SIX  BLUE. For Points. from 2018-05-17T15:04:02

In EPISODE TWENTY SIX we set up a pub-style quiz game for you to play at home with your friends and family.  Many of us have had our geographical imaginations informed by geographical information t...

EPISODE TWENTY FIVE  Psychogeography 101 from 2018-05-17T15:02:55

In Psychogeography 101 we discuss contemporary urban exploration practices with cultural theorist and psychogeographer Tina Richardson.  After tracing back to the mid-twentieth century work of the ...

EPISODE TWENTY FOUR Countries & Capitals from 2018-05-17T13:16:26

In EPISODE TWENTY FOUR, Countries & Capitals, we seek to increase our geographic literacy by reviewing country names (in the order of most to least populated) while locating each within its region ...

EPISODE TWENTY THREE Deconstructing the Map w/ Denis Wood from 2018-05-17T13:14:36

Maps are ubiquitous in today’s world.  Our geographical imaginations are both expanded and limited by their form.  But, what is a map?  Roughly 25 years ago academic geographers began to seriously ...

EPISODE TWENTY TWO Everyday Symphony Vol.1 from 2018-05-17T13:12:54

Does a city have its own song?  A hum and beat that makes it unique?  Join us on this short expedition to record the soundscape produced by the everyday interactions of people and place in Old Town...

EPISODE TWENTY ONE Seeing Heimat Through a Lens from 2018-05-17T13:10:34

In EPISODE TWENTY ONE, Seeing Heimat Through a Lens, we discuss the power of photography to shape and frame sentiments and ideas about place-based national and regional identities in 1930s Austria....

EPISODE TWENTY  Sitting Near Borges from 2018-05-17T11:44:41

In EPISODE TWENTY, Sitting Near Borges, we look at the geographical imagination of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.  We visit a park bench in Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to conjure up ...

EPISODE NINETEEN It’s a Jopará World from 2018-05-17T11:42:56

In the show’s 19th episode we test locals on their knowledge of the country of Paraguay while locating their own geographical imaginations along the way.  We also invite two of the three Paraguayan...

EPISODE EIGHTEEN Pedagogy of the Compressed from 2018-05-17T11:40:53

In Pedagogy of the Compressed we venture through different spaces of teaching and learning with Dr. Rich Heyman of the University of Texas and ride upcycled bicycles through northern California wit...

EPISODE SEVENTEEN Navigating Terra Incognita from 2018-05-17T11:39:10

In EPISODE SEVENTEEN we start here in Salzburg with the statue of St. Vergil, an 8th century Irish monk who believed the world was round and then travel out to terra incognita in a leather boat wit...

EPISODE SIXTEEN Making Heritage from 2018-05-17T10:50:47

In Making Heritage we venture out to explore 3 Austrian cultural heritage sites: the historic city center of Salzburg, the Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape, and the Viennese Cof...

EPISODE FIFTEEN WANTED: Rhythmanalysts from 2018-05-17T10:33:26

Does the City of Salzburg have rhythm?  Or rhythms, plural?  How do we access it?  Or them?  In EPISODE FIFTEEN we explore the concept of rhythmanalysis with Dr. Reena Tiwari and examine how commun...

EPISODE FOURTEEN Krampus Goes to Hollywood from 2018-05-17T09:27:50

In EPISODE FOURTEEN we look at how Alpine folk culture has made it into global popular culture on the back of the Krampus.  In a conversation with local cultural historian Christoph Schwaiger we lo...

EPISODE THIRTEEN Framing—City—Walking from 2018-05-17T09:02:59

In EPISODE THIRTEEN we join Bärbel Hartje of the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts to investigate the connections between theoretical framing, the cityscape and walking.  We discuss the evo...

EPISODE TWELVE A Year in Studio B from 2018-05-16T19:12:29

Celebrating a year of radio-making from inside the incubator of Studio B at Radio Fabrik, in EPISODE TWELVE we discuss with Program Coordinator Eva Schmidhuber the historical geography of this coll...

EPISODE ELEVEN Up and Around the Untersberg from 2018-05-16T18:00:50

The Untersberg Mountain dominates the landscape visible to the south of the City of Salzburg and captures the popular geographical imagination through the legends and myths surrounding it.  Come wa...

EPISODE TEN A Canal Runs Through It from 2018-05-16T17:26:26

The Almkanal is an extensive canal system that runs through the City of Salzburg.  In EPISODE TEN we speak with the Almmeister Wolfgang Peter and the Alm Gatekeeper Kurt Klappacher to learn more ab...

EPISODE NINE Portrait of a Rhythmanalyst No.1 from 2018-05-16T16:56:05

We discuss rhythm and cities with Soundpainting creator and composer Walter Thompson in this first installment of our Portraits of Rhythmanalysts inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s collection of essays e...

EPISODE EIGHT Far and Away from 2018-05-16T16:25:48

In EPISODE EIGHT we sit back and listen to the Far and Away travel stories from two long distance expeditions.  Christoph Rehageshares lessons learned from the road while walking from Beijing back ...

EPISODE SEVEN Unwanted Heritage from 2018-05-16T15:59:25

In EPISODE SEVEN we look at how three communities deal differently with their shadowed pasts and “unwanted heritage.”  We visit post-USSR Budapest and their communist era monuments at Memento Park,...

EPISODE SIX In Maria’s Footsteps from 2018-05-16T15:26:19

Join us and walk in both Maria von Trapp’s and Julie Andrew’s footsteps as we tour Salzburg as seen in the 1965 film classic The Sound of Music.  Veteran tour guide Peter Baron von Werteim of Bob’s...

EPISODE FIVE Winter Wonderland from 2018-05-16T13:03:53

How much have the broadcasts of the Winter Olympics and other world-class winter events informed how viewers from around the world imagine the Alps?  In EPISODE FIVE we take a closer look at the ge...

EPISODE FOUR Little Stories from 2018-05-16T11:56:07

Have you ever wanted to map your own city?  What would you include?  What stories would your map tell?  In EPISODE FOUR we join Eva Krallinger and Matthias Gruber on the streets of Salzburg and in ...

EPISODE THREE Artist Dialogue w/ Birte Endrejat from 2018-05-16T11:36:11

Ask your town or city a question.  German artist Birte Endrejat joins us to discuss her collaboration with the art collective “mark” here in Salzburg where they encouraged Salzburgers to ask the ci...

EPISODE TWO Peephole Geographies from 2018-05-16T08:23:07

Peepholes allow us to see what’s on the other side.  Renate Langenfelder and Deborah Gatewood to see the world „out there“ in EPISODE TWO the  Salzburg Panorama and Cosmorama exhibition with art hi...

EPISODE ONE Keyword: Geographical Imagination from 2018-05-15T09:46:58

In the show’s first episode, Geographical Imagination with geographers  Doreen Massey (Emeritus Professor of Geography at Open University),  Veronica Della Dora  (Professor of Geography at Royal Ho...