Coffee & Geography

Kit Marie is joined by Sam and Simon Fox to chat about science communication, school trips, Essex origins, the amazing Youth STEMM Award, and more!

Dr Samantha Fox is a scientist and social entrepreneur. She spent many years hanging out with plants at The John Innes Centre, an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology. These days she spends most of her time running the Youth STEMM Award CIC, a skills award she co-founded (with Simon), to support and inspire the next generation into Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM). She’s on a mission to make sure everyone, no matter their background, gets a chance to explore STEMM and consider if a career in STEMM could be for them.

Dr Simon Fox is currently Deputy Principal at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, and co-founder of the Youth STEMM Award CIC, a skills award to support and inspire young people into science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine. After undertaking his PhD at the John Innes Centre he trained as a teacher at UEA, has worked in 5 schools and colleges across Norfolk and been in educational leadership for over 15 years, including five as Principal of a Norfolk secondary school. He has been heavily involved in STEMM outreach throughout his career, and is a champion of increasing diversity and representation in the workforce.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Youth STEMM Award (https://ysawards.co.uk/)

- Plant-based vaccine research at the JIC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40925343, https://www.jic.ac.uk/research-impact/)

- Duxford Imperial War Museum (https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford)

- London Cinema Muesum (http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/)

- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/)

Expand your geography network and connect with Sam and the Youth STEMM Award via Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/sambrownfox/ and https://www.twitter.com/YouthSTEMM/

==About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.*

*Octopus Energy are not sponsors of the podcast and have not endorsed these links. The referral links have been posted in a personal capacity to help raise funds to keep Geogramblings educational work sustainable.

‘Espresso’ & Geography is a podcast short where Kit Marie and special guests talk current geographical affairs for a maximum of 15 minutes.

This shot of geography-laden caffeine welcomes Nona, Louise and Hope in reflecting on the first 'Gathering' of the Decolonising Geography collective that took place in March 2024 at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham, London.

Links:

- Decolonising Geography website (https://decolonisegeography.com/)

- Decolonising Geography Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/DecoloniseGeog)

- DG Gathering 'Welcome & Departure' Spotify Playlist (https://tinyurl.com/DGG24-Playlist1)

- DG Gathering 'Break & Lunch' Spotify Playlist (https://tinyurl.com/DGG24-Playlist2)

- DG Gathering 'Reflections' Spotify Playlist (https://tinyurl.com/DGG24-Playlist3)

- Bernie Grant Arts Centre (https://www.berniegrantcentre.co.uk/)

- Chuku's London (https://www.chukuslondon.co.uk/)

Connect with our special guests over on Twitter! Louise (https://twitter.com/ARGeogCurric & https://twitter.com/louiseholyoak), Nona (https://twitter.com/nonalemkin), and Hope (https://twitter.com/HopeNTeach)

==About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.*

*Octopus Energy are not sponsors of the podcast and have not endorsed these links. The referral links have been posted in a personal capacity to help raise funds to keep Geogramblings educational work sustainable.

Kit Marie and Catherine Walker time their Ozzie coffee with a chat about flight shame, UK high-school subject options, a gap-year in Chile, researching climate change from the perspective young people from migrant families, and more!

Known as Catherine by some, Cate to others but to everyone, a deep thinker with a passion for exploring, analysing, reading and writing about how young people relate to climate and environmental issues, and how that looks and feels different in different parts of the world. This interest is semi-autobiographical but also informed by a Masters, PhD and postdoctoral research in the UK, India, Australia and Brazil. Catherine is currently a Human Geography researcher at Newcastle University.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Flygskam/Flight Shame (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_shame)

- The parents' guide to secondary school: GCSE options (https://www.theschoolrun.com/parents-guide-secondary-school-gcse-options)

- Young People at a Crossroads Project (https://www.sci.manchester.ac.uk/research/projects/young-people-at-a-crossroads/)

- Voices Project chat with Chantal & Akhera (https://on.soundcloud.com/dM17c)

- Maisy Summer Illustration & Animation (https://www.maisysummer.com/)

Expand your geography network and connect with Catherine via Twitter (https://twitter.com/c_l_walker).

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and Andrew Caine enjoy a chat over enthusing young people and non-scientists about marine biology, being a self-published author, being a northerner from the south, rummaging through Victorian rubbish dumps, and more!

Andrew is a teacher, a self-professed idiot and likes a laugh! He is an author of three books to help people without a scientific background understand the amazing life beneath the waves. Andrew runs a marine biology club for high-school students to try and inspire young people to go further in any area of the ocean sciences.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences (https://www.bangor.ac.uk/sos)

- Andrew's books on Marine Biology for the non-scientist on Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B019E8V4N0)

- Reteach podcast episode with Andrew (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reteach/episodes/RETEACH-GEOGRAPHY---Andrew-Caine-on-Marine-Biology-e23c0nr)

- WWF: Top 10 Facts of Antarctic Krill (https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/antarctic-krill)

- The Antarctic Treaty explained by the BAS (https://www.bas.ac.uk/about/antarctica/the-antarctic-treaty/the-antarctic-treaty-explained/)

- Old maps of the Warrington area (https://www.francisfrith.com/warrington/maps, https://www.archiuk.com/cgi-bin/build_archi_old_map_index.pl?mapclass=os6inch2ndseries&county=Cheshire&placename=Warrington)

Expand your geography network and connect with Andrew via his Amazon author page at https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B019E8V4N0/about.

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and Shabnam Anam sip a coffee and chat about lived experiences between rural and urbam communities, anti-racist education, Sunderland, the hesitation of getting tattoos, and more!

Shabnam is an Antiracist Educator; passionate about authenticity, equality and empowerment. She has been in Primary Education for over 20 years, serving diverse communities as a class teacher, SENDCo, head teacher and trustee. A Neurodistinct Northeasterner who has been subverting from within for way too long. Here for decolonial japes and is probably too much for most.

- Sunderland Nissan Plant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motor_Manufacturing_UK)

- Anti-Racist Cumbria (https://antiracistcumbria.org/)

- Wheel of privilege (https://just1voice.com/advocacy/wheel-of-privilege/)

Expand your geography network and connect with Shabnam via Twitter (https://twitter.com/ShabsAnam) and website https://dewdropeducation.com/.

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

‘Espresso’ & Geography is a podcast short where Kit Marie and special guests talk current geographical affairs for a maximum of 15 minutes.

This shot of geography-laden caffeine is a break-time chat at the Geography Teachers Educators Conference, that took place at the end of January 2024 in York. Discussed are the importance of such conferences; what they actually do for students in the geography classroom; and why those involved in training geography teachers need to collaborate and share ideas.

Links:

- Twitter/X '#GTEConf24' contributions during the conference (https://twitter.com/hashtag/gteconf24)

==About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.*

*Octopus Energy are not sponsors of the podcast and have not endorsed these links. The referral links have been posted in a personal capacity to help raise funds to keep Geogramblings educational work sustainable.

Kit Marie records their chat while undergoing electrolysis treatment from Abigail Best! All the while they chat about electrolysis treatment, the geography in voice and language, access to treatment on the NHS, and more!

Abigail is a fully licenced electrolysist with over 30 years’ experience and offers permanent hair removal to everyone including transgender clients, pre-GRS electrolysis, polycystic ovaries and other hormonal based hair related concerns. She is based in Huntingdonshire in the East of England, near to the city of Cambridge.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- What is electrolysis? (https://www.webmd.com/beauty/cosmetic-procedures-electrolysis)

- Gender dysphoria (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/treatment/)

- Gender clinic locations and wait-times (https://genderkit.org.uk/resources/wait-times/)

- “How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes” (NPR - https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes)

- Gender Identity in the Census 2021 (https://geogramblings.com/2021/02/14/gender-identity-in-the-2021-census/)

- Alexander the Great ‘Bunk about Beards’ (https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-gb/blogs/ancient-history-blog/bunk-about-beards)

- National Geographic ‘Beards & Mustaches’ Weird History’ (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/beards-mustaches-weird-history)

Support services:

- Terrence Higgins Trust (https://www.tht.org.uk/hiv-and-sexual-health/sexual-health/trans-people/resources)

- Trans Unite (https://www.transunite.co.uk/)

- Women’s Resource Centre: Help & Support Services (https://www.wrc.org.uk/help-support-services)

Expand your geography network and connect with Abigail via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/abbybestgreatpaxton) and website (https://abigailbestelectrolysisandbeautytherapy.com/)

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and Ilan Kelman take a deep dive into the human element of progress (or not) in tackling and contributing towards disasters, the challenges of catering for diverse values and voice, photography, and more!

Ilan is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London, and a Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, integrating climate change into both. Three main areas are (i) disaster diplomacy and health diplomacy; (ii) island sustainability involving safe and healthy communities in isolated locations; and (iii) risk education for health and disasters.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Reteach Podcast with Ilan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVSvDv9CyQc)

- Ilan’s chat with Curious Geographer Ellie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjG4j7M3f9s)

- COP28 key outcomes (https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop28-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-dubai/)

- Ilan’s photography https://www.ilankelman.org/photography.html

- Australian Indigenous Voice referendum 2023 - Official Website (https://aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/2023.htm)

- Charlottetown Accord and Referendum (https://doi.org/10.2307/419503 and https://www.constitutionalstudies.ca/2019/07/charlottetown-accord) NB: Ilan highlighted that he 'garbled' some of the details in the chat, and so would like to point listeners to these websites.

- Disaster by Choice (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357)

- COVID-19 enquiry (https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/)

- Disasters Avoided (https://disastersavoided.com/)

Expand your geography network and connect with Ilan via his website (https://www.ilankelman.org/), X/Twitter (https://twitter.com/IlanKelman), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilankelman/) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ilankelman/).

=About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on X/Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and James Riding sip a Pink Lane Coffee Americano and chat about exploring perceptions through art in a post-conflict context; examples of 'counter-maps'; imaginary towns;, amongst other things!

James is Newcastle University Academic Track Fellow - a cultural geographer who uses creative methods. He works mainly in Bosnia & Herzegovina, and has been making a new atlas of the country with a local peace-building organisation.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Subjective mapping of Bosnia & Herzegovina project (https://www.subjectiveeditions.org/mapping/subjective-mapping-of-bosnia)

- Annelys de Vet (https://www.bureaudevet.be/about)

- The Bosnian War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War)

- Truth & Reconciliation Commission (https://www.justice.gov.za/trc/)

- Post-Conflict Research Center (https://p-crc.org/)

- OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/)

- Missing Maps (https://www.missingmaps.org/)

- Queering The Map (https://www.queeringthemap.com/)

- “Counter mapping” (https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2018/mar/06/counter-mapping-cartography-that-lets-the-powerless-speak)

- The real-but-not-real town of Agloe (https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/03/18/290236647/an-imaginary-town-becomes-real-then-not-true-story)

- The true story of John Snow’s cholera map (https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/something-in-the-water-the-mythology-of-snows-map-of-cholera/)

Expand your geography network and connect with James via X/Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/_james_riding)

==About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.

Kit Marie and a mystery guest kick off Season 4 of Coffee & Geography, talking about Artificial Intelligence, how it is impacting education, and its potential for teaching and learning in Geography.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Pi AI (https://pi.ai/talk)

- ChatGPT (https://chat.openai.com/)

- Grammarly (https://app.grammarly.com/)

- Kate Stocking's blog on ChatGPT in Geography Education (including link to Alistair Hammil's video on ChatGPT (https://www.katestockings.com/geographycurriculum/chatgpt-geography-education)

==About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation==

• Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod.

• Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform.

• Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley

• Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details.

• Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.