The GLaD Podcast

It sure feels like we're living through an academic "quitting" moment, with social media abounding with tales of folks departing universities for greener professional pastures. What's going on?! In this episode Dani, Levi, and Rachel try to find out. Joined by three academic "upgraders", Frances Darlington-Pollock, Carson Farmer, Seth Spielman, who share a bit of their professional journeys and th...

Today, we're reaching back "into the vault" to our Spatial Analytics and Data (SAD) interview series to bring you one of our past guests: Danny Dorling, the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. In this conversation, we'll talk about his life, times, and career, and also learn a little bit about who he would invite to a SAD dinner party! And: if you're curious about...

(15minute) cities are hot again! The idea that you should be able to walk (or bike) to most amenities and services you rely on daily has taken a new life of its own in the last few years. In this episode, we introduce the initial notion of a 15minute city and trace its origins in urban planning and other urban disciplines, at least several decades back. We then open the "hot take" door for Rachel,...

To an academic, doing something for “work”  can mean so many different things. Sometimes, it’s our academic hobbies—the passion projects we take on alongside our usual work—that can really shape how we view our selves and how others view us. In this episode, we discuss the projects, perspectives, and ideas we’re passionate about as academics: not just our work hobbies but our hobby horses. Join us...

When we did our #SAD cocktail party , we were so excited about every bit of our lists that we never made it to one of the final questions we always ask: #SAD books. We more than make up for it in this episode, where we (Rachel, Levi and Dani) discuss our favorite picks for books that discuss Geography (Life) and Data. Along the way, we talk about the role books have, why we think they're (still!)...

In our third episode, Rachel, Dani, and Levi talk conferences: what they're for, tips for managing the seemingly inevitable stress that accompanies a conference, and what we like about them.  To make sure we're getting a range of perspectives, we've got three guests in this episode (a GLaD podcast innovation!). Levi talks to Trisalyn Nelson , geography professor at the University of California, Sa...

The flowers are blooming. The days are getting longer. Equally as exciting: there are so many things in the Geography, Life and Data world that we are looking forward to. Join your co-hosts, Levi, Dani, and Rachel for a whirlwind discussion of some of the stuff we're most excited about for the Spring of 2023.

A callback for our original Spatial Analytics + Data (SAD) listeners who loved the part of the Interviews where we got to the SAD Dinner Party segment. In this, our second GLaD episode, Dani, Levi, and Rachel answer the Dinner Party questions they used to ask SAD interviewees: whom would you invite? What would you talk about? This one's a long one, so pull up a chair, go for a long walk, or maybe...

"So hey... it's been a while".