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Synopsis
A podcast about maps and loving maps
Episodes
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MC-19 An Atlas of Extinct Countries - Gideon Defoe
16/12/2020 Duration: 01h02minThis month we are talking to author Gideon Defoe, about his book An Atlas of Extinct CountriesWe have an audio postcard from Andy Gladwin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-18 Fun with flags with Ted Kaye
20/11/2020 Duration: 01h09minGood flags and bad flags are discussed by Ted Kaye who has studied vexillography for 20 years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-16 Deidre Mask - The Address Book
04/10/2020 Duration: 01h05minWe take regular postal addresses for granted in parts of the world, so it was thought provoking for us to consider how it is just another form of invisible privilege. We speak to the author of the brilliant tome the Address book about what your address can reveal your race and class. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-16 Anton Thomas - Artist Cartographer
26/09/2020 Duration: 57minPresently based in Melbourne, Australia. Born and raised in New Zealand, Anton draws detailed maps with colour pencil and pen. He spent almost 4,000 hours or 5 years creating an incredibly detailed view of the North America. https://www.antonthomasart.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-15 Map Board games - Ready Steady Roll - Darrell Cannon
03/08/2020 Duration: 52minSorry about the Roifield's audio! This month we look at map related board games with Darrell Cannon, via Zoom. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-14 Matt Breen from the Explorers podcast
05/07/2020 Duration: 01h07sMatt Breen is the host from the Explorers podcast, he talks to us about the men from the age of discovery. We also have an audio postcard from Ken McDonald and the Map Corner Quiz See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-13 Map Corner "live" talks to Simon Kuestenmacher and the listeners
05/05/2020 Duration: 01h10minClaire and Roifield have a Zoom chat with Twitter's Mr Maps Simon Kuestenmacher plus 10 listeners give us their audio postcards and answer some questions on geography live! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-12 How big is a city and paper maps with Paul McGonigal of OS
23/04/2020 Duration: 01h41minThis month we answer listener calls from Kevin from Washington State and Richard from Melbourne and we speak to OS Product Manager Paul McGonigal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-11 Gender and Geography and Valerie Hudson at The Stats Women Project
28/02/2020 Duration: 01h10minThe WomanStats Project is a team of approximately twelve undergraduate research assistants, seven graduate research assistants, thirteen principal investigators, and over 120 former student assistants. We are dedicated to the continual expansion of the WomanStats Database, as well as the pursuit of our research agenda assessing the relationship between the situation and security of women, and the dynamics between security, stability, and the behavior of the state. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-10 2 Degrees West - Michael Pearmain - Ken McDonald at Prospect Park.
24/01/2020 Duration: 01h09minThis time we have calls from Jan, Guy, Richard Asher. Gis with Ben Jacobs and an audio postcard from Ken McDonald at Prospect Park. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC 9 - How to Hide an Empire and Christmas travel
24/12/2019 Duration: 01h22minHow to Hide an Empire tells the story of the United States outside the United States – from nineteenth-century conquests like Alaska, Hawai‘i, the Philippines and Puerto Rico, to the catalogue of islands, archipelagos and military bases dotted around the globe over which the Stars and Stripes flies. Many are thousands of miles from the mainland; all are central to its history. Roifield talks to author Daniel ImmerwahrWe also hear from listeners about their stories of Christmas travel and here the story of Santa, from Turkish saint to commercial juggernaut. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC 8 - Mick Ashworth Why is North Up and recollections about locations
24/11/2019 Duration: 01h17minThis month Roifield talks to Mick Ashworth about the world of maps and map-making – its history, evolution and latest innovations and his new book Why North Is Up? This episode features calls from Kieren, Ben, Bob and Mia about being wide-eyed about new places.The audio postcard is from our Claire in the rain forest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC - 7 - Dave Amos from City Beautiful and a trip to Sarajevo
16/10/2019 Duration: 01h19minDave Amos from City Beautiful, Sarajevo and listeners most favourite places See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC-6 Jonn Elledge on transit maps and Helsinki
02/08/2019 Duration: 01h47minJonn Elledge of the New Statesman and City Metric site and podcast talks about transit maps, Helsinki and his love of Spanish cities.The Helsinki map is the work of Jug Cerovic, here is Jug's Twitter and his website See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC 5 - Erin La Rosa, mapping and having red hair
14/06/2019 Duration: 01h19minDownload the new Map Corner app to your smart phone with this link https://flickchat.page.link/wiBcVkQcEkRYU8uo8US Pershing Map and info on freewaysWhy did Dwight D. Eisenhower invent the interstates system if we already had U.S. highways? - Quora Italian Autostradehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostrade_of_Italy#/media/File:Italia_-_mappa_autostrade.svgAutostrade of ItalyItaly became the first country to inaugurate motorways reserved for motor vehicles with A1[4]. The Milano-Laghi ... Autobahns of the Third ReichStock Photo - Nazism / National Socialism, architecture, autobahn construction, net of the autobahns of the Third Reich with supplemental routes, map, December 1940Stock Photo - Nazism / National Socialism, architecture, autobahn constr...
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MC-4 Matt Brown from the Londonist on tweetable maps
23/05/2019 Duration: 01h47minOn this week's show we have calls from Thomas who has a question about the most liveable cities. Megan asks which map projections we should trust. Ken comes back with a dose of history about GPS. Nicole who asks about which city is a gourmet’s delight and Interview with Matt Brown from The londonist.com the creator of some of the most tweetable maps of the moment. Mark Everden sends in an audio postcard from Avebury. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC - 3 - Patrick McGranaghan And Durham North Carolina
26/03/2019 Duration: 01h20minMap Corner Episode 3In this episode we have calls fromCynthia 35 – who has a question of technicality in relation to counting the countries we have visitedMary Not Contrary – who is interested in TopographyKeri Davis – who has an answer to Barb’s question about 6 figure OS referencesAlso in Answers to Questions, we had an early question from Alison about paper maps and teaching geography with paper mapsOn the Facebook Page – membership continues to growWe have had a proliferation of British maps there including stalwarts likeHow to describe a bread roll,Where people with your surname live http://named.publicprofiler.org/?fbclid=IwAR3VkmWNJXkNWFGXobKIZJvtF8N2CVhcLbSYLmWKa3sQFgxRvl5LVPeyhG4Google autocompletes, might be worth testing this! https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/5j0xyr/english_counties_according_to_google/Who is the best selling recording artist from each county https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/95jmaq/popularbest_selling_artists_by_english_county_of/ (Rutland has NO-
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Ep: 2 The world of make believe maps and Keri Davies from BBC The Archers
11/03/2019 Duration: 01h02minToday we talk to Keri Davies one the scriptwriters of the Archers, the long running BBC soap about how there about imagery village is mapped and the role that plays in writing the drama. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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MC - 1 Simon Kurstenmacher and whats happened to A to Z maps
19/02/2019 Duration: 41minCatherine Rowan Jones' empbroidered globe https://twitter.com/88ivyfox/status/1095269875856146432 The anglo saxon map https://twitter.com/ClaireJAstbury/status/1097599995921006595 Oslo Tube Map from Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/ben1976johnson/status/1094167703076638720 Information about the Ghost Map, Dr Snow's mapping of cholera GIS analysis of Snow's London cholera map Link to Charles Booth's poverty map Charles Booth's London See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Simon Kuestenmacher - trailer
20/01/2019 Duration: 01minIf you are a Twitter user and you’re a lover of maps, you’ve definitely retweeted Simon Kuestenmacher’s great posts, Simon welcome to show. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.