Geographical podcasts

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


Podcast: The challenges faced by small-scale fishers

Podcast: The challenges faced by small-scale fishers

The small-scale fishers that feed coastal communities worldwide face mounting threats, from disputed waters to climate change
Jun 28, 2022
Podcast: The cashmere crisis

Podcast: The cashmere crisis

Super-soft cashmere may be beloved for use in fine clothes but, despite being a natural fibre, it's undergoing a sustainability crisis
May 26, 2022
Podcast: The problem with CITES

Podcast: The problem with CITES

The bitter disputes between countries putting pressure on CITES, the international convention monitoring the wildlife trade
Apr 28, 2022
Podcast: Creating habitat for jaguars in Belize

Podcast: Creating habitat for jaguars in Belize

Belize's elusive jaguars need help to move through the region's fragmented forests. Plus conservationist David MacDonald interviewed
Mar 25, 2022
Podcast: Should we mine the deep sea?

Podcast: Should we mine the deep sea?

The February edition of The Geographical Podcast is here, and month, we’re venturing to the deepest, darkest places of the ocean
Feb 24, 2022
Podcast: Medicinal plants in Ireland’s bogs

Podcast: Medicinal plants in Ireland’s bogs

Ireland’s peatlands face an uncertain future but a project to unearth its medicinal plants could prove a remedy for these degraded ecosystems
Jan 20, 2022
Podcast: Beavers return to Britain

Podcast: Beavers return to Britain

Beavers are back and their return promises to bring better health and resilience to degraded British ecosystems
Dec 21, 2021
Podcast: The fight against the climate crisis

Podcast: The fight against the climate crisis

Katharine Hayhoe talks COP26, climate denial in the USA, and how to engage everyone in the fight against the climate crisis
Oct 25, 2021
Podcast: Save forests, store carbon

Podcast: Save forests, store carbon

Efforts to halt climate change will fall flat without concerted action to protect the world's tropical forests
Oct 21, 2021
Podcast: Searching for the Persian leopard

Podcast: Searching for the Persian leopard

On the lookout for the elusive Persian leopard – a cat caught in conflict – and the aftermath of war in its territory of Nagorno Karabakh
Sep 21, 2021
Podcast: The power of oysters to save the seas

Podcast: The power of oysters to save the seas

The story of how restoring living oyster reefs could help save our marine environments, and the impact of industrial fishing
Aug 16, 2021
Podcast: All change in the Arctic

Podcast: All change in the Arctic

The allure of Arctic resources, and we catch up with marine biologist Joe Marlow who spent last winter in Antarctica
Jul 27, 2021
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