
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 Tuesday.
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Aug 13, 2024 • 1h 6min
Geography Is A.I.: Does It Know Geography?
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff📷 Socials: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff📖 Check out Hunter's atlas' here: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=hunter+shobeArtificial intelligence, particularly generative A.I., is everywhere these days. And because of that, there's an inherent geography underlying this technology. In today's episode, we cover the geographic biases of A.I., the extractive resources required to run A.I. and then we ask A.I. a bunch of questions about geography to see if it understands what geography is.

Aug 6, 2024 • 1h 3min
Geography Is Nestle: The Global Food Company You Love To Hate
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff📷 Socials: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff📖 Check out Hunter's atlas' here: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=hunter+shobeNestle is a truly dominant food company in the world. But its origins are actually fairly humble. In today's podcast episode, we'll track how Nestle expanded and grew through the decades to become one of the largest and most dominant food companies in the world and what they're up to today... controversies and all!--Videos and images purchased from videvo.net and storyblocks.com unless otherwise noted. See something amiss? Please contact me!Geography is Everything is a production of Sound Bight Media (soundbight.com)#podcast

Jul 30, 2024 • 53min
Geography is Tornadoes: Is Tornado Alley Moving?
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📝 Support us on 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+shobeTornadoes are not unique to the United States. But they do occur within the United States with greater frequency and strength than anywhere else on the planet due to a unique combination of geographic features. In today's episode, we discuss why the U.S. gets so many tornadoes, where they also occur elsewhere in the world, and why Alabama is actually one of the deadliest areas in the world for tornadoes.

Jul 23, 2024 • 1h 23min
Geography Is The Summer Olympics: Yes... They're Political
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📝 Support us on 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+shobeThe summer Olympics are upon us! Which is time for fun and revelry and politics? Well as far as the IOC is concerned, no the Olympics are not political. But that's actually not the case. And in today's episode we'll break down the history, geography and geopolitics of the world's largest sporting competition.

Jul 18, 2024 • 59min
The Moon With Trevor Kjorlien of Plateau Astro
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📝 Support us on 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+shobeEnjoy this special guest episode where we talk in even MORE detail about how the Moon impacts the geography of our planet! Special thanks to Trevor Kjorlien of @PlateauAstro for joining us! Find his socials right here ⬇️http://instagram.com/plateau_astro/http://facebook.com/plateauastro/http://threads.net/plateau_astrohttp://facebook.com/plateauastro/

Jul 16, 2024 • 59min
Geography Is The Moon: It's Not Just The Tides
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📝 Support us on 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+shobeThe Moon is not just some celestial object in the sky that peers down on us nightly. It's an integral part of the way our planet functions. Not only does it have a physical impact, as we can see with something like the tidal movements of the ocean, but it's also been a huge source of religion, inspiration, science fiction, and eventually, actual science! As such, the Moon has a geography all unto itself...

Jul 9, 2024 • 1h 5min
Geography Is Skyscrapers: Why So Tall? (Remix)
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📝 Support us on 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+shobeSorry for the remixed episode, but time got away from Hunter and myself. So enjoy this episode all about the geography of skyscrapers from waaaay back when we had like no listeners. 🤓

Jul 2, 2024 • 59min
Geography Is Belize: The English Speaking Central American Country
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📝 Support us on 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+shobeBelize is one pof the more fascinating places in Central America. While it's bordered by Mexico and Guatemala, and shares a geopolitical sphere with Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, it's not a dominant-Spanish speaking country. In fact, unlike all the other countries, Belize was actually Britain's lone Central American colony for a long time. In this episode, we explore the history and geography of this unique, and gorgeous, Central American country.

Jun 25, 2024 • 59min
Geography Is Summer Vacation: So Where Ya Going?
🎙️ Listen on other apps: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything📝 Support us on 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+shobeSummer is here! And with summer comes all the travel plans and vacationing that you've been dreaming of all year long. This is a time of year when most of the world's population will factor some form of travel into their plans. Because of this, we decided to make a whole podcast episode all about the summer vacation! How did it become a thing in the first place? Where are people coming and going from mostly? And why is Iceland such a relatively huge destination every year for trans-Atlantic travelers? All answered on today's podcast episode!

Jun 20, 2024 • 1h 1min
World War 1 With Jesse Alexander Of The Great War
Watch Jesse's channels:https://www.youtube.com/@thegreatwarhttps://www.youtube.com/@realtimehistory📝 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+shobeWe're back and this time... we've brought an expert! Join us as we interview and discuss World War 1 with Jesse Alexander of The Great War and Real Time History YouTube channels! He brings the much needed expertise that we simply don't have!
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