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

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


In this weekly edition of the Geographical podcast, we read out three articles from our print magazine or website.

In this episode, Andrew Brooks of King’s College London explains why using historical comparisons when contemplating African hospitals is lazy and misleading; we hear some good news from the world of conservation; and Bryony Cottam charts the adventures of botanist Chris Thorogood and his hunt for rafflesia, the world’s largest and smelliest flower.

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Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

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