Podcasts & Radio – The Map Room

New Podcast: Very Expensive Maps

Jonathan Crowe — Thu, 18 May 2023 17:56:44 +0000

Very Expensive Maps “is a podcast by cartographer Evan Applegate in which he interviews better cartographers.” His interviewees include names that should be quite familiar to my regular readers. In just over three weeks there have already been 14 episodes uploaded, which is kind of incredible.

Harvard on the Map

Jonathan Crowe — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:38:33 +0000

Harvard on the Map, a new radio program looking at geospatial topics, is hosted by Harvard Graduate School of Design student Jennifer Horowitz. Three episodes so far, each of which an interview with someone working in the field.

Van der Maarel on What It’s Like to Be a Cartographer

Jonathan Crowe — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:00:44 +0000

Cartographer Hans van der Maarel, of Red Geographics, is interviewed about what it’s like to be a cartographer for a podcast called Discover Your Talent—Do What You Want. I’ve never heard of this podcast, but seems to focus on careers and career planning, which explains some of the questions. The episode is thirty minutes long. [via]

A List of Geospatial Podcasts

Jonathan Crowe — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:30:23 +0000

I haven’t been keeping up on what mapping and geospatial podcasts are out there. (My last post on the subject was nearly a decade ago.) Fortunately, GIS Lounge has a roundup of geospatial podcasts, most of which I was not aware of (see above); interesting to see that Very Spatial is still an ongoing concern.