Geographical podcasts

Geographical’s monthly podcast takes subjects from the magazine and delves further, including interviews with authors, experts, scientists and journalists


A protestor in the water, with lettuce and an SOS Mar Menor sign.

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: A victory for nature

This week: A once-extinct marsupial returns to the Australian outback, and more conservation news from around the world
Sep 19, 2024
The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Return of the mala

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Return of the mala

This week: A once-extinct marsupial returns to the Australian outback, and more conservation news from around the world
Sep 13, 2024
Dr Catherine Coulibaly with patients in Saint Camille Hospital.

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: ‘We suffer in silence’

This week: The devastating impact of sickle cell disease, and securing land rights for rural communities in Tanzania
Aug 23, 2024
Tren Maya’s 5 South was originally due to run above the coast road but was shifted inland to cut through the jungle above the cenotes at the request of hotel owners

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Stop the train

This week: A new study reveals how conservation is working to turn the tide on biodiversity loss, and we visit a unique 'Olympics'
Aug 16, 2024
African forest elephants cool off in the Lekoli River, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of the Congo

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Conservation is working

This week: A new study reveals how conservation is working to turn the tide on biodiversity loss, and we visit a unique 'Olympics'
Jul 25, 2024
The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: A new threat to the UK’s fishing industry

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: A new threat to the UK’s fishing industry

This week: Slow mountaineering, a conservation success story for one of the world's rarest cats, and life at the ends of the Earth
Jul 19, 2024
The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: The meaning of mountains

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: The meaning of mountains

This week: Slow mountaineering, a conservation success story for one of the world's rarest cats, and life at the ends of the Earth
Jul 12, 2024
Nenquimo’s feather crown and red band of achiote have come to symbolise the campaign to protect the Amazon

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: The fight for the Amazon

This week: An Indigenous activist's fight for the Amazon and why the space race isn't a good comparison for the environmental crisis
Jun 21, 2024
The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Saving Ecuador’s last condors

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Saving Ecuador’s last condors

This week: Saving condors, an Egyptian mystery, and reverse migration in China
May 29, 2024
Harvesting rooibos in South Africa’s Cederberg Mountains

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: A fairer deal for rooibos farmers

In this episode of Editor's Picks: the science of shipwrecks, Antarctic tourism and a new agreement that will benefit rooibos farmers
May 22, 2024
The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Tracking the elusive snow leopard

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Tracking the elusive snow leopard

In this episode of Editor's Picks: tracking leopards in Ladakh, a bizarre new policy in Malaysia and the terrifying story of climate change and brain health
May 15, 2024
The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Hunting the world’s biggest flower

The Geographical Podcast, Editor’s Picks: Hunting the world’s biggest flower

In this episode of Editor's Picks: a new perspective on African hospitals, good news in conservation, hunting the world's largest flower
May 1, 2024
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