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In a region known for its export of oil, Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System (Cambridge UP, 2026) explores how the Gulf states are simultaneously defined by the importation of food. Charting the economics and politics ... more

Salt lakes are some of the most beautiful and unusual landscapes that you can find on this planet, even as they can be quite alien to people used to fresh bodies of water. They're also uniquely threatened, both by everyday human activity such as farm... more

An expansive treatise on the power relations that govern our movement The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility (U Minnesota Press, 2026) develops a theoretical approach to the study of mobility and its relationship to the production, main... more

What is that rock you’ve just picked up? Which minerals is it made of, what’s unique about it and what can it reveal about Earth’s deeper story?

Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell (Frances Lincoln, 2026) gives you the to... more

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Recent Guests

Christian Henderson
Author of Monarchies of Extraction; scholar focusing on Gulf States, food systems, and political economy
Episode: Christian Henderson, "Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Tim Cresswell
Author of The Citizen and the Vagabond, A Politics of Mobility
University of Minnesota Press
Episode: Tim Cresswell, "The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)
Caroline Tracey
Author of Salt Lakes, An Unnatural History
University or institution not explicitly stated in transcript
Episode: Caroline Tracey, "Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History" (W. W. Norton, 2026)
Vojta Hybl
Author of Rocks, A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell
Episode: Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)
Courtney Humphries
Author of Climate Change and the Future of Boston
Anthem Press
Episode: Courtney Humphries, "Climate Change and the Future of Boston" (Anthem Press, 2026)
Ozan Zeybek
Author of Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence, Shared Struggles in Turkey
Palgrave Macmillan (publisher)
Episode: Sezai Ozan Zeybek, "Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence: Shared Struggles in Turkey" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)
Christiane Tristl
Economic geographer researching big tech, water privatization, and development
Independent researcher; previously affiliated with German universities
Episode: Christiane Tristl, "Turning Water into Commodity: Digital Innovation and the Private Sector as Development Agent" (Bristol UP, 2025)
Catherine Boland Erkkila
Author of Spaces of Immigration, American Ports, Railways and Settlements
University of Pittsburgh Press
Episode: Catherine Boland Erkkila, "Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)
Miles Kenney-Lazar
Author of Socializing Land, Plantations, Dispossession, and Resistance in Laos
University of Hawai'i Press (and author)
Episode: Miles Kenney-Lazar, "Socializing Land: Plantations, Dispossession, and Resistance in Laos" (U Hawai’i Press, 2025)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host of the New Books Network platform; frequent interviewer across geography channels.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 38 ratings
  • Thank you

    As a geography student these are so helpful in reading around the subject and engaging with discourse in relevant topics!

    Thank you for these interesting episodes

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    Robyn wren
    United Kingdoma month ago
  • Thank you

    It is sad to see how some geographic thought has evolved. While there are good books here that enhance human knowledge (Monmonier’s Connections and Content, Alexander’s Copyright and Cartography, etc.) the dribble born from passing political trendiness is excessive. The title words justice (all kinds), hate, decolonization, etc. are flags to move on. I do judge books by their cover. Anyway, I enjoy the podcast and thanks for making me aware of some books worth adding to my library.

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    4
    relhublg
    United States2 years ago
  • Skews towards their bias

    There are a few episodes that are interesting, and as a geographer I’m interested in the subject - but the guests they invite have too much of a focus on left wing subjects.

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    ghidora77
    United States3 years ago

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Christian Henderson, "Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: So, to start, how did you come to study regional food systems? And how did you arrive at the idea of the Gulf countries as inverted farms? And what does that concept reveal to you about the ecological foundations of capitalist development within the Gulf Cooperation Council?
Henderson explains that the project began as a PhD focusing on how Gulf investment shaped Egyptian agriculture and then expanded to consider broader Gulf food systems, highlighting the idea that Gulf consumption relies on imported food and that this dependence reveals how capital, ecology, and political economy intersect in the region.
Christiane Tristl, "Turning Water into Commodity: Digital Innovation and the Private Sector as Development Agent" (Bristol UP, 2025)
Q: What were the major challenges you faced in gaining access to key actors, and how did you overcome them?
Access was resource-intensive and often blocked by organizational gatekeepers. Persistence, building personal relationships with a lead engineer, and gradually combining field observations with field-based anthropology helped me gain entry and maintain critical perspective.
Christiane Tristl, "Turning Water into Commodity: Digital Innovation and the Private Sector as Development Agent" (Bristol UP, 2025)
Q: Why did you choose to tell the development story through the life of a single object, the Pago water dispenser, and why Kenya in particular?
The object-centered approach allowed me to bypass predetermined frameworks and reveal how everyday infrastructures interact with digital technologies, exposing how global designs meet local realities. Kenya provided a vivid setting due to active privatization efforts and a visible mix of formal and informal water provision systems.
Catherine Boland Erkkila, "Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)
Q: How did you structure the narrative to connect diverse spaces across the continental journey?
She describes using Stevenson's travel across the US as a narrative spine to guide readers through different sites, showing how architecture and infrastructure shape immigrant movement and experience.
Catherine Boland Erkkila, "Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)
Q: Could you tell us a little bit about you and how you came to write this book?
Catherine explains her background as an architectural historian and how a project on American architecture led her to study immigrant spaces, starting from a specific terminal and expanding into a broader examination of spatial networks, railroads, and government policy.

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The show features scholarly conversations centered on geography, environment, and society, often pairing a researcher with a guest expert to discuss recently published work. Episodes span topics such as urbanism, water governance, climate change, colonial and post-colonial infrastructures, disaster recovery, and the political economy of space, highlighting how spatial theories apply to real-world problems. A notable strength is the breadth of geographic perspectives—from Latin America to Southeast Asia to the Middle East—paired with strong methodological and theoretical framing that helps listeners see how scholars translate fieldwork into broader public understanding. This mix makes it useful for academics, policymakers, and professionals ... more

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