The Geography of Everything

Ronni Ravid & Zenne Hellinga

Welcome to the geography of everything, the podcast where we try to figure out the geography of, well, everything.

Stephen Hawking spent his life trying to come up with one equation that could describe everything in the universe. But geography, well, doesn’t really work like that. Because, in its simplest form, geography advocates for the connectivity of everything. It believes that there are a million different versions, realities, and perspectives on any phenomenon, depending on how you look at it, and from where. And more than anything, geography believes that nothing exists in a vacuum, but instead, that our world is comprised of countless chain reactions, interactions, and connections that weave together the fabric of our world. From sea turtle migration to technological innovation, pandemics to veganism, geography is everywhere, and the connections are limitless.

Each episode of this podcast will cover a different phenomenon from big to small, silly to scary, humanities to biology, with the hope of discovering the geographies of it all.

Follow us on Twitter @geoofeverything and LinkedIn and feel free to contact us for any suggestions or questions via [email protected].

This podcast is recorded at and made possible by Utrecht University.

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Little Bit of Talent Migration with Philipp Koch

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11/24/22 • 17 min

Why is Paris a hub for fine arts and Vienna for classical music? The simple answer: migration. In this episode we chat with Phillip Koch, whose research uses Wikipedia data of famous people from the last 1000 years to demonstrate how these cities came to be.

Do you want to know more about Philipp's research? The paper can be found here.

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Little Bit of Nudging

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08/31/22 • 17 min

In the first episode of this new miniseries, Zenne and Ronni talk about a powerful strategy designers use to influence your behavior in every space you occupy.

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9. The Geography of Migration with Ilse van Liempt

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06/20/23 • 44 min

Humans have been migrating for just about as long as we’ve been humans. While migration is nothing new, it remains one of the most politically charged topics in the world. To help guide us through the tricky world of migration and its seemingly infinite categories, we’ve invited Dr. Ilse van Liempt.

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11. The Geography of AI Pt. 2 with Pierre-Alexandre Balland

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11/27/23 • 44 min

From ChatGPT to AI generated art, a lot has changed since we recorded our first geography of AI episode in 2022. It seems like in just 18 months the entire AI space has transformed. We made this follow-up episode with Dr. Pierre-Alexandre Balland to better understand these changes and what they could mean going forward.

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7. The Geography of Inequality with Eric Sheppard

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01/14/23 • 64 min

To say that inequality is a hot button topic these days is an understatement. But while the concept may seem straightforward, the ways in which we think about and approach inequality are much more variable than meets the eye. In this episode we talked about the fractality of inequality and how its distribution is not as simple as we may think.

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Little Bit of Creative Data Use

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11/14/22 • 17 min

It's no secret that we have more data than ever before, or that we have more ways to analyze it today than at any point in history. But how are we using seemingly unrelated data to measure intangible concepts in our world? In this episode, we chat about how companies and academics use everything from flight data, Twitter word analysis, satellite imagery and much more in creative and unexpected ways to answer questions we once believed were unanswerable.

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6. The Geography of Innovation with Carolina Castaldi

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08/23/22 • 33 min

Why do most modern innovations come from places like Silicon Valley? And why does it seem like every major city is trying to replicate that success? In this podcast, we talk with Professor Carolina Castaldi, an expert on the geography of innovation to discover the good, the bad, and the unsustainable of innovation.

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8. The Geography of Crypto with Matthew Zook

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04/15/23 • 38 min

Ever been in a conversation about crypto and realized you have no idea what anyone’s talking about? Well, us too. In this episode we discuss the history and development of crypto, policies surrounding it and if it’s truly possible for anything to be “decentralized”.

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10. The Geography of Toilets with Chelsea Wald

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08/03/23 • 58 min

Everybody poops, but what happens next? In this episode, we sit down with Chelsea Wald, author of Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet to learn about the past, present, and future of the toilet, and of course, how embedded it is in our everyday geographies.

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3. The Geography of AI with Pierre-Alexandre Balland

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05/18/22 • 34 min

It seems that over the last 10 years the concept of “artificial intelligence” has invaded every part of our lives. From social media algorithms to life saving medical technologies the potential of AI to revolutionize and disrupt our society is immense. During this episode we learned about the pros, the cons, the winners and losers of this technological revolution, and considered the role geography plays within it all.

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How many episodes does The Geography of Everything have?

The Geography of Everything currently has 18 episodes available.

What topics does The Geography of Everything cover?

The podcast is about Earth Sciences, Podcasts, Social Sciences, Science and Geography.

What is the most popular episode on The Geography of Everything?

The episode title '7. The Geography of Inequality with Eric Sheppard' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Geography of Everything?

The average episode length on The Geography of Everything is 32 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Geography of Everything released?

Episodes of The Geography of Everything are typically released every 38 days, 12 hours.

When was the first episode of The Geography of Everything?

The first episode of The Geography of Everything was released on Mar 27, 2022.

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The Geography of Everything

Ronni Ravid & Zenne Hellinga

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