Geography Is Everything

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

March 26, 2024 β€’ 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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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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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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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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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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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 β€’ 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Great Recession was a hard time for a lot of people in the United States. Homes were foreclosed, people lost their jobs, and overall the economy just stank! But while it may have started in th...
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December 1, 2023 β€’ 14 mins
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Enjoy this extra special bonus episode from our Invasive Species episode. Think of it as a "lightning round" where we blaze through a few other invasive species and what their impacts are around t...
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Invasive species are EVERYWHERE these days! Which gives them a "natural" geography unto their own! This week, we're going to explore that geography including the history of how humans (predominant...
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Air conditioning is a wonderful invention! Too hot out? Simply crank up the A/C until it's comfortable and go about your day. But without this technology, the world would look very different! In f...
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