This episode investigates Universalis Cosmographia: Waldseemuller’s map showing America and the World, and the impact it had on its time in 1507 and on to today’s modern web maps.

This podcast delves into regional studies, their geographic foundations, and their impact. 

This podcast episode focuses on Posidonius, who untied geography with science and philosophy, and the impact it had on thought in his time (135-51 BC) and thereafter.   

This podcast episode focuses on Roads, Ports, and Railroads, how they connect the Planet, and their geographic implications.  

This podcast focuses on the life and work of Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), who mapped the world in a new way, and the geographic implications of his life and work.   

This podcast defines and explains the concept of topophilia–that we as humans are fundamentally attached to place, and why it matters. 

This podcast discusses the cartographic and geographic advances of Pei Xiu in China from 224 to 271 AD or CE.

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast discusses the geographic implications of observatories from ancient times to our modern times. 

This podcast focuses on Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) and the impact his 1519-1521 voyage had on geography, cartography, exploration, and much more, during its time and down to our present age.

This episode of the Thinking Spatially Podcast focuses on the concepts of Proximity and Adjacency: Why they matter, and how to teach them through mathematics, maps, and geography.

The podcast Political Boundaries along lines of latitude and longitude explores the geographic implications of the history and development of political boundaries, why they matter, and which political boundaries are […]

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast examines how the Northwest Ordinance Act in the USA impacted surveying and settling of the land, geographic thought, and geotechnologies. 

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast explores how the investigation and discovery of the Earth’s magnetic field influenced geography and our everyday lives.

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast focuses on the controversial figure of Columbus and how his exploration and voyages permanently Altered Global Relationships to the present day.

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast examines the French Geodesic Mission of 1730 and its impact on our understanding of the Earth, including elements of geotechnologies, political geography, and […]

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast focuses on the impact that Lewis and Clark had on geographic tools, geographic thinking, settlement patterns, the relationship to Native Americans, and more, […]

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast focuses on how space exploration helped us understand our own Earth and how it influenced geographic thinking.

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast focuses on Brunel and how his work led to the modification of the Landscape in the Industrial Revolution and to the present day.

This episode in the Thinking Spatially podcast series focuses on Indian mathematicians Aryabhata and Brahmagupta:  How their advancements in Mathematics greatly aided the discipline of Geography and geographic technology.

This episode of the Thinking Spatially podcast series describes why ethics is central to work in geography and mapping, and discusses strategies on how and why to teach geo-ethics.

Antarctica: To the End of Earth:  This podcast describes the exploration of Antarctica and its impact on science and on geographic thinking.

This episode describes the life and discoveries of Al-Biruni, who laid the geodetic foundations for what we understand about the Earth.

Join me as we discuss the amazing feat of Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedia, his life, his spectacular death, and the impact his work had. 

Join me as we discuss the 10 key strategies for teaching GIS–Geographic Information Systems.  Many choices exist, and this chat will help you navigate those choices and make informed ones. 

My story of becoming a GISP – a GIS professional as certified by the GIS Certification Institute, and why you should consider becoming one as well.

Join me as we chat about George Perkins Marsh, who pioneered the concept of humans as change agents:  His life and legacy, and why it all matters.  

Let’s chat about the 10 most important GIS (Geographic Information Systems) skills to focus on and foster in education. I contend that if you and your students gain confidence in […]

Lets chat about Leif Eriksson’s life, voyages to North America and elsewhere, and the impact it all had on exploration, history, and geography.