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

The small-scale fishers that feed coastal communities worldwide face mounting threats, from disputed waters to climate change This month we take a closer look at the issues faced by small-scale and artisanal fishers. Millions of people in coastal communities around the world are dependent on fishing for their livelihoods, but they face increasing threats – […]

Jun 28, 2022

Podcast: The cashmere crisis

Super-soft cashmere may be beloved for use in fine clothes but it’s undergoing a sustainability crisis

May 26, 2022

Podcast: The problem with CITES

We take an in-depth look at CITES, the international convention designed to protect wildlife by monitoring and regulating wildlife trade Journalist Roman Goergen speaks to experts and campaigners from both within and outside CITES to find out why the agreement is cracking under the pressure. He discovers a world of bitter disputes between countries and […]

Apr 28, 2022

Podcast: Creating habitat for jaguars in Belize

Belize’s elusive jaguars need help to move through the region’s fragmented forests Around the world, outright deforestation grabs headlines, and was a key theme of COP26. But ecologists understand that, in addition to outright forest loss, there is another pernicious issue at work – that of forest fragmentation. In today’s world, what were once large, […]

Mar 25, 2022

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 There are those that would like to mine these remote and unexplored places. But many scientists are concerned by this issue; they believe that we simply do not know enough about the deep sea […]

Feb 24, 2022

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