Geography Is Everything
Geography is everything and in this podcast you'll gain a better understanding of topics such as regional dialects, beer, cities, food, and everything else, just with a geographic lens! Join Geoff Gibson (host of the YouTube channel: Geography by Geoff) and Professor Hunter Shobe of Portland State University as they tackle different topics and discuss them to ridiculous lengths! New episodes published weekly every Monday.
Episodes
April 23, 2024 • 63 mins
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📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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📖 Check out Hunter's atlas' here: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=hunter+shobe
The beauty of the National Parks in the United States are one of the few things most Americans can agree on today. However, did you know that there was a chance we would never have a national park system at all...
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The beauty of the National Parks in the United States are one of the few things most Americans can agree on today. However, did you know that there was a chance we would never have a national park system at all...
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April 16, 2024 • 69 mins
📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
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Taylor Swift is a global star and, in 2023, she lit the world on fire with her Eras Tour. This gives her a unique geography that few other people, evenm other globally prominent stars, have. In this episode, we...
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Taylor Swift is a global star and, in 2023, she lit the world on fire with her Eras Tour. This gives her a unique geography that few other people, evenm other globally prominent stars, have. In this episode, we...
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April 9, 2024 • 61 mins
📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
📷 Socials: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff
📖 Check out Hunter's atlas' here: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=hunter+shobe
This year marks the last total solar eclipse to grace the North American continent for 20 years. And its because of the uniqueness of this astronomic phenomenon that gives solar eclipses a wild geographic impac...
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This year marks the last total solar eclipse to grace the North American continent for 20 years. And its because of the uniqueness of this astronomic phenomenon that gives solar eclipses a wild geographic impac...
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April 2, 2024 • 69 mins
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The Titanic is an incredible story that has been mythologized and aggrandized across many different forms of media and entertainment. But it also has a very unique geography to it. Not only because it was liter...
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The Titanic is an incredible story that has been mythologized and aggrandized across many different forms of media and entertainment. But it also has a very unique geography to it. Not only because it was liter...
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March 26, 2024 • 65 mins
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Hawaii is a global destination for travelers who want to experience everything the tropical islands can give. And today, the island chain is controlled by the United States and has been made into ...
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Hawaii is a global destination for travelers who want to experience everything the tropical islands can give. And today, the island chain is controlled by the United States and has been made into ...
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March 19, 2024 • 57 mins
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Alaska is a HUGE state! But did you know that a unique combination of geographic position, climate change, and natural resources also makes it one of the most important states in the United States...
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Alaska is a HUGE state! But did you know that a unique combination of geographic position, climate change, and natural resources also makes it one of the most important states in the United States...
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March 12, 2024 • 56 mins
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Few holidays are as associated with a single country as Saint Patrick's Day is to Ireland. And there's a good reason for that! Not only does the holiday borrow from legends and tales that arise fr...
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Few holidays are as associated with a single country as Saint Patrick's Day is to Ireland. And there's a good reason for that! Not only does the holiday borrow from legends and tales that arise fr...
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March 5, 2024 • 53 mins
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Time zones are an incredible piece of geography! Every region of the world has a time attached to it that's globally accepted. But this wasn't always the case! In fact, about a hundred years ago e...
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Time zones are an incredible piece of geography! Every region of the world has a time attached to it that's globally accepted. But this wasn't always the case! In fact, about a hundred years ago e...
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February 27, 2024 • 53 mins
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Traveling by plane has completely changed our world! Where once it took weeks or months to make voyages even a few hundred miles in length, today it takes mere hours. And this has enabled a vast i...
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Traveling by plane has completely changed our world! Where once it took weeks or months to make voyages even a few hundred miles in length, today it takes mere hours. And this has enabled a vast i...
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February 20, 2024 • 55 mins
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Pangea (also known as Pangaea) was the world's last super continent. And because of this, we can still see the impact that Pangea has had on our current planet. In today's episode, we go farther b...
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Pangea (also known as Pangaea) was the world's last super continent. And because of this, we can still see the impact that Pangea has had on our current planet. In today's episode, we go farther b...
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February 13, 2024 • 56 mins
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World's Fairs were extravagent events that were used to showcase technology, arts, and culture. However, in recent decades the alure of the World's Fair has seemingly lost its shine. At least as f...
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World's Fairs were extravagent events that were used to showcase technology, arts, and culture. However, in recent decades the alure of the World's Fair has seemingly lost its shine. At least as f...
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February 6, 2024 • 55 mins
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We live on a spherical planet and because of that, in theory, you could drill a hole straight through and end up on the opposite side of wherever you are. However, because of the unique way how pl...
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We live on a spherical planet and because of that, in theory, you could drill a hole straight through and end up on the opposite side of wherever you are. However, because of the unique way how pl...
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January 30, 2024 • 48 mins
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Maps distort our world. They elongate some areas and squish others. They emphasize one place at the expense of another. Even the very nature that north is up and south is down, is a myth perpetuat...
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Maps distort our world. They elongate some areas and squish others. They emphasize one place at the expense of another. Even the very nature that north is up and south is down, is a myth perpetuat...
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January 23, 2024 • 95 mins
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Catalonia is an autonomous region of Spain with its own distinct culture, history, and even language! And because of this, people within this region, mostly known as the region Barcelona lies with...
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Catalonia is an autonomous region of Spain with its own distinct culture, history, and even language! And because of this, people within this region, mostly known as the region Barcelona lies with...
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January 16, 2024 • 74 mins
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The bicycle is truly a marvelous piece of technology. Through an ingenious method of combining pedals and gears, humans managed to create the most efficient mode of transportation that requires no...
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The bicycle is truly a marvelous piece of technology. Through an ingenious method of combining pedals and gears, humans managed to create the most efficient mode of transportation that requires no...
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January 9, 2024 • 63 mins
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Solar energy truly feels like magic. Sunlight hits panels on top of buildings and, in turn, powers the things inside. This is because the sun, despite its distance from Earth, is so powerful that ...
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Solar energy truly feels like magic. Sunlight hits panels on top of buildings and, in turn, powers the things inside. This is because the sun, despite its distance from Earth, is so powerful that ...
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January 1, 2024 • 60 mins
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The "big earthquake" was always thought to be the San Andreas faultline earthquake in California that's supposed to hit sometime in the future. However, in recent years, the Cascadia Subduction Zo...
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The "big earthquake" was always thought to be the San Andreas faultline earthquake in California that's supposed to hit sometime in the future. However, in recent years, the Cascadia Subduction Zo...
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December 25, 2023 • 67 mins
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Greenland is the world's largest non-continental island, but it's probably still not as large as maps have lead you to believe. And in addition to its misleading size, is its misleading name! Gree...
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Greenland is the world's largest non-continental island, but it's probably still not as large as maps have lead you to believe. And in addition to its misleading size, is its misleading name! Gree...
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December 18, 2023 • 80 mins
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Christmas is a dominant global holiday! But it didn't start out the way it is today. In fact, Christmas, as a holiday, has a long tradition that spans different festivals, religions, and customs. ...
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Christmas is a dominant global holiday! But it didn't start out the way it is today. In fact, Christmas, as a holiday, has a long tradition that spans different festivals, religions, and customs. ...
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December 11, 2023 • 88 mins
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Target and Walmart are almost completely synonymous with the shopping experience in the United States and even in some other places around the world. But the way in which they both spread geograph...
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Target and Walmart are almost completely synonymous with the shopping experience in the United States and even in some other places around the world. But the way in which they both spread geograph...
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