Map Corner
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsEach week cartophiles come together to discuss Map porn!
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Racing Across Canada: Ladi and Monique the Stars of BBC's Race Across the World
March 14, 2024 15:52 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBIn this episode, the hosts, Roifield Brown from the wilds of Southern Ontario and Claire Astbury from Swindon, as they dive into an exhilarating discussion with Monique and Ladi the dynamic father-daughter duo from the latest season of the BBC's "Race Across the World." They've traversed Canada by land, facing the challenges of navigation without modern conveniences, and they're here to share their incredible stories. The duo delved into the story of how they joined the show, a journey spar...
Social Media Cartography with Alex the Map Nerd
October 25, 2023 21:35 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBGuest: Alex, the Map Nerd In this episode, we're joined by Alex, the social media sensation known as the Map Nerd, who has taken the digital world by storm with his unique insights into maps and geography. From the bustling streets of Birmingham to the serene landscapes of Lille in Northern France, we journey through tales of passion, discovery, and the ever-evolving world of maps. Plus, don't miss our special audio postcard segment that brings the world closer to you. Episode Summary: Gu...
Uncharted Horizons: Pallet Bo's Epic Journey Around the World
June 30, 2023 18:50 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBPalle Bo a Danish radio producer and modern digital nomad who aims to visit all the countries in the world. In today's captivating conversation, Clare and Roifield have the pleasure of diving into the extraordinary journey of Palle, a Danish radio producer and intrepid explorer. For the first 51 years of his life, Palle found himself rooted in the same rural part of Denmark, dedicated to his children's education. However, a revelation struck him: he could work remotely from anywhere in the...
Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places and Stories
March 31, 2023 23:56 - 58 minutes - 54 MBThis month we look at the LGBTQIA+ community that has always found ways to exist and bond. Adam Nathaniel Furman and Joshua Mardell have brought together a team of authors to tell stories of spaces, from educational and institutional to re-appropriated and beyond, in their colorful and detailed book Queer Spaces. This book pays homage to the past, present, and future of the community, celebrating LGBTQIA+ life as powerful and deserving of its own place in history. It also looks ahead to the p...
Ken Field
January 20, 2023 11:55 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBKen is an academic cartographer and geographer from the UK who lives in California since 2011 he teaches, talks and writes about cartography,and makes maps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Simon Kuestenmacher - Random Maps: The World in Over 100 Unusual Maps
November 04, 2022 22:27 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBRoifield and Claire speak to the map man himself about his new book https://www.amazon.com/Random-Maps-World-Over-Unusual/dp/1914317068 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Listen to podcasts from Roifield Brown
October 18, 2022 00:45 - 1 minute - 1.66 MB10 American Presidents Podcast DumTeeDum - A show about BBC Radio's 'The Archers' How Jamaica Conquered the World Intelligent Speech - interviews, conversations and presentations of ideas Map Corner Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics The Race Directors Podcast - F1 The Things That Made England Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ralph Velasco - The Continental DRIFTER
September 06, 2022 16:27 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBRalph Velasco is the Founder and CEO (Chief Experience Officer) of PhotoEnrichment Adventures and Alla Campagna Experiences, as well as a travel photography instructor and seasoned international guide who has photographed in over 70 countries on 6 continents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Russell Heath - travelled to the Sahara, the jungles, the savannahs of Africa and into southern Asia.
April 26, 2022 20:24 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBIn his teens, Russell Heath hitchhiked to Alaska and lived in a cabin on the banks of the Tanana River; in his twenties, he lived in Italy and then travelled overland across the Sahara, through the jungles and over the savannas of Africa and into southern Asia. In his thirties, he sailed alone around the world in a 25-foot wooden boat; in his forties, he wrote novels; and in his fifties, he bicycled the spine of the Rockies from Alaska to Mexico. He’s worked on the Alaska Pipeline, as an e...
Rosemary J Brown - Following Nellie Bly
April 08, 2022 21:46 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBRosemary J Brown Freelance is a writer, world traveller, and adventurer, who has lived in Canada, US, England and France. Now residing in London she has written a bio of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century the intrepid journalist Nellie Bly who raced through a ‘man’s world’ — alone and literally with just the clothes on her back — to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, co...
Joni Seager author of the Woman's Atlas
March 06, 2022 00:42 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBJoni Seager has created a comprehensive and accessible analysis of up-to-the-minute global data on the key issues facing women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, the culture of beauty, women at work, in her 5th edition of her woman's atlas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Eian Ray - Redmapper
December 22, 2021 14:16 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBRedMapper believe in the democratization of space exploration. Using modern mapping technology they build tools that bring the planetary surface within reach of students, educators, and space enthusiasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Douglas - The Educator Podcast
November 02, 2021 16:12 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBThe Educator Podcast is presented by Matt Douglas, a longtime educator, former history teacher and life coach for teens and young adults. Each episode pulls back the curtain on a unique topic, from the most famous Civil War battles to the hidden world of professional comedians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Map Men
September 07, 2021 12:13 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBMap Men is a series of educational YouTube videos co-presented with Mark Cooper-Jones. The series premiered in 2016. It consists of around 5 minutes long videos about specific maps and abnormalities considering them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wander Woman Phoebe Smith
July 25, 2021 22:53 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBPhoebe Smith is an adventurer, presenter, broadcaster, author, photographer, speaker and podcast host. By day she is award-winning travel writer, broadcaster and presenter, host of the Wander Woman Podcast and Sleep Storyteller-in-Residence at Calm.com. By night she’s an extreme sleeping outdoors adventurer who thrives on heading to the wildest locations she can find to sleep in the strangest places she can seek out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-16 Davide Guimarães Martins
May 26, 2021 01:55 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBWe speak to Portuguese Chef Davide Guimarães Martins living in Washington D.C, he is the creator of the Podcast Turning Chickens and Breaking Dishes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
MC-23 Davide Guimarães Martins
May 26, 2021 01:55 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBWe speak to Portuguese Chef Davide Guimarães Martins living in Washington D.C, he is the creator of the Podcast Turning Chickens and Breaking Dishes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-22 Rudyard Lynch - Alternative History - Whatifalthist
April 08, 2021 00:42 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBWe speak to Rudyard Lynch of the popular YouTube channel WhatifAltHist. WhatifAltHist is a channel about how history could have been different. It explores how the past and present could have been different using examples from our present timeline, geography, culture and reasoning. The channel is dedicated to alternate histories (Example:What if the C.S.A. won the U.S. civil war) , what if scenarios (Example:What if there was a zombie apocalypse). https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist ...
MC-21 VanDeGraph
March 04, 2021 00:48 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBThis month we talk to VanDeGraph about his map related YouTube channel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-20 Father Bill Miller - personal pilgrimages and The Last Howlelujah
January 24, 2021 21:54 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBThis month we speak to Father Bill Miller, an Episcopal priest who set off on a cross-country road trip with his terminally ill dog, not knowing if the dog would make it back home,. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-19 An Atlas of Extinct Countries - Gideon Defoe
December 16, 2020 17:59 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBThis month we are talking to author Gideon Defoe, about his book An Atlas of Extinct Countries We have an audio postcard from Andy Gladwin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-18 Fun with flags with Ted Kaye
November 20, 2020 02:22 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBGood flags and bad flags are discussed by Ted Kaye who has studied vexillography for 20 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-18 Fun with flags with Ted Kaye
November 20, 2020 02:22 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBGood flags and bad flags are discussed by Ted Kaye who has studied vexillography for 20 years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
MC-17 Deidre Mask - The Address Book
October 04, 2020 22:56 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBWe take regular postal addresses for granted in parts of the world, so it was thought provoking for us to consider how it is just another form of invisible privilege. We speak to the author of the brilliant tome the Address book about what your address can reveal your race and class. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-16 Deidre Mask - The Address Book
October 04, 2020 22:56 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBWe take regular postal addresses for granted in parts of the world, so it was thought provoking for us to consider how it is just another form of invisible privilege. We speak to the author of the brilliant tome the Address book about what your address can reveal your race and class. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
MC-16 Anton Thomas - Artist Cartographer
September 26, 2020 12:28 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBPresently based in Melbourne, Australia. Born and raised in New Zealand, Anton draws detailed maps with colour pencil and pen. He spent almost 4,000 hours or 5 years creating an incredibly detailed view of the North America. https://www.antonthomasart.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-15 Map Board games - Ready Steady Roll - Darrell Cannon
August 03, 2020 13:19 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBSorry about the Roifield's audio! This month we look at map related board games with Darrell Cannon, via Zoom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-14 Matt Breen from the Explorers podcast
July 05, 2020 23:30 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBMatt Breen is the host from the Explorers podcast, he talks to us about the men from the age of discovery. We also have an audio postcard from Ken McDonald and the Map Corner Quiz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-13 Map Corner "live" talks to Simon Kuestenmacher and the listeners
May 05, 2020 16:22 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBClaire and Roifield have a Zoom chat with Twitter's Mr Maps Simon Kuestenmacher plus 10 listeners give us their audio postcards and answer some questions on geography live! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-12 How big is a city and paper maps with Paul McGonigal of OS
April 23, 2020 15:25 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBThis month we answer listener calls from Kevin from Washington State and Richard from Melbourne and we speak to OS Product Manager Paul McGonigal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-11 Gender and Geography and Valerie Hudson at The Stats Women Project
February 28, 2020 02:46 - 1 hour - 65 MBThe WomanStats Project is a team of approximately twelve undergraduate research assistants, seven graduate research assistants, thirteen principal investigators, and over 120 former student assistants. We are dedicated to the continual expansion of the WomanStats Database, as well as the pursuit of our research agenda assessing the relationship between the situation and security of women, and the dynamics between security, stability, and the behavior of the state. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
MC-10 2 Degrees West - Michael Pearmain - Ken McDonald at Prospect Park.
January 24, 2020 00:30 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBThis time we have calls from Jan, Guy, Richard Asher. Gis with Ben Jacobs and an audio postcard from Ken McDonald at Prospect Park. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC 9 - How to Hide an Empire and Christmas travel
December 24, 2019 10:16 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBHow to Hide an Empire tells the story of the United States outside the United States – from nineteenth-century conquests like Alaska, Hawai‘i, the Philippines and Puerto Rico, to the catalogue of islands, archipelagos and military bases dotted around the globe over which the Stars and Stripes flies. Many are thousands of miles from the mainland; all are central to its history. Roifield talks to author Daniel Immerwahr We also hear from listeners about their stories of Christmas travel and h...
MC 8 - Mick Ashworth Why is North Up and recollections about locations
November 24, 2019 15:51 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBThis month Roifield talks to Mick Ashworth about the world of maps and map-making – its history, evolution and latest innovations and his new book Why North Is Up? This episode features calls from Kieren, Ben, Bob and Mia about being wide-eyed about new places. The audio postcard is from our Claire in the rain forest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC - 7 - Dave Amos from City Beautiful and a trip to Sarajevo
October 16, 2019 23:35 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBDave Amos from City Beautiful, Sarajevo and listeners most favourite places Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC-6 Jonn Elledge on transit maps and Helsinki
August 02, 2019 23:17 - 1 hour - 99 MBJonn Elledge of the New Statesman and City Metric site and podcast talks about transit maps, Helsinki and his love of Spanish cities. The Helsinki map is the work of Jug Cerovic, here is Jug's Twitter and his website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC 5 - Erin La Rosa, mapping and having red hair
June 14, 2019 20:06 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBDownload the new Map Corner app to your smart phone with this link https://flickchat.page.link/wiBcVkQcEkRYU8uo8 US Pershing Map and info on freeways Why did Dwight D. Eisenhower invent the interstates system if we already had U.S. highways? - Quora Italian Autostrade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostrade_of_Italy#/media/File:Italia_-_mappa_autostrade.svg Autostrade of Italy Italy became the first country to inaugurate motorways reserved for motor vehicles with A1[4]. The Milano-...
MC-4 Matt Brown from the Londonist on tweetable maps
May 23, 2019 23:30 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBOn this week's show we have calls from Thomas who has a question about the most liveable cities. Megan asks which map projections we should trust. Ken comes back with a dose of history about GPS. Nicole who asks about which city is a gourmet’s delight and Interview with Matt Brown from The londonist.com the creator of some of the most tweetable maps of the moment. Mark Everden sends in an audio postcard from Avebury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC - 3 - Patrick McGranaghan And Durham North Carolina
March 26, 2019 04:36 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBMap Corner Episode 3 In this episode we have calls from Cynthia 35 – who has a question of technicality in relation to counting the countries we have visited Mary Not Contrary – who is interested in Topography Keri Davis – who has an answer to Barb’s question about 6 figure OS references Also in Answers to Questions, we had an early question from Alison about paper maps and teaching geography with paper maps On the Facebook Page – membership continues to grow We have had a proliferati...
Ep: 2 The world of make believe maps and Keri Davies from BBC The Archers
March 11, 2019 01:23 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBToday we talk to Keri Davies one the scriptwriters of the Archers, the long running BBC soap about how there about imagery village is mapped and the role that plays in writing the drama. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MC - 1 Simon Kurstenmacher and whats happened to A to Z maps
February 19, 2019 15:43 - 41 minutes - 38.6 MBCatherine Rowan Jones' empbroidered globe https://twitter.com/88ivyfox/status/1095269875856146432 The anglo saxon map https://twitter.com/ClaireJAstbury/status/1097599995921006595 Oslo Tube Map from Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/ben1976johnson/status/1094167703076638720 Information about the Ghost Map, Dr Snow's mapping of cholera GIS analysis of Snow's London cholera map Link to Charles Booth's poverty map Charles Booth's London Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Simon Kuestenmacher - trailer
January 20, 2019 11:32 - 1 minute - 1.8 MBIf you are a Twitter user and you’re a lover of maps, you’ve definitely retweeted Simon Kuestenmacher’s great posts, Simon welcome to show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.