Geography Is Everything

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The Titanic is an incredible story that has been mythologized and aggrandized across many different forms of media and entertainment. But it also has a very unique geography to it. Not only because it was literally a vessel travelling half-way across the world, but also in where it came from, who built it, who its passengers were, and even in how the aftermath was handled.

📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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Most things do not have a global reach. In the world of sport, the vast majority of teams are hyperlocal affairs within maybe a regional league. Even if they're national, they don't often go much farther than that. Which is why the story behind Wrexham AFC is so fascinating. After being purchased by superstars Ryan Reynold and Rob McElhenney, what would ordinarily be a small soccer team in a small city, has become a global phenomenon. Join Geoff and Hunter as they go through the wild geography that is Wrexham AFC, a formerly 5th, now 4th tier Welsh team that is attracting a lot of attention.

📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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📖 Check out Hunter's atlas' here: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=hunter+shobe

An extra special bonus mini-episode! Fresh off our episode on tea at large comes a unique story around a specific man who almost single handedly put Portland and Oregon on the map in terms of tea. Join Geoff and Hunter as they briefly tell the geographic story behind Stephen Smith, the founder of Stash Tea, Tazo, and Stephen Smith Tea Maker.

📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
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Tea has left an incredibly impact on the world. Originating in China and steeped in mythology and legend, the brewed beverage has evolved and taken hundreds of different forms. But while tea is an incredibly popular beverage today, it didn't really start out that way. In this episode, Hunter and Geoff explore how tea originated in China, became commercialized during the colonialization period, and eventually was industrialized and globalized with modern technologies.

📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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Coffee powers the world... or so some people say. But while the saying does have a bit of truth to it, the caffienated morning beverage has has a diverse and interesting path to become one of the world's most dominant beverages. In this episode, Hunter and Geoff look at the history and geography of coffee, how it came to be so dominant, and some of the geographic issues that continue to plague the drink to this day.

📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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Enjoy an extra special episode from our mainline episode on Lego. In this cut-for-time content, Hunter and Geoff cover Bricklink, Lego's very own Ebay-type website where people compete for designs and can possibly have theirs selected by Lego for production. It also ties in nicely with Korean pop sensation BTS. If you can't imagine how Lego and Kpop boy band BTS could ever link up then this is episode should be pretty interesting!

📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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Lego is a massive toy company. Its relatively simple bricks have become an incredibly popular toy amongst children and adults alike. But despite its massive reach, the company had relatively humble origins before it took over the world. Join Geoff and Hunter as they talk about the origins of Lego and how it slowly spread to dominate the toy industry and the creative minds of billions of people.

📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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Wind energy has been used for millenia all around the world to perform specific tasks and functions, such as milling grain. But today, the wind has been put to task on a much bigger, some say global, problem: powering all the things we love within our lives. In this episode, Geoff and Hunter tackle the geography of wind energy! How does it work? Where does it get generated? And who uses it the most?

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📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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Sorry for the poor audio quality in today's episode. My primary audio file got corrupted. Whomp!

The gold cart is perhaps one of the most under-utilized pieces of transportation technology. But across the country, a wave of seniors are making the reality of a golf carts as an actual form of transportation, a reality! Join Geoff and Hunter as they discuss the where, how, and why golf carts make sense as a way to get around a city, as opposed to just a, well, golf cart.

📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/
📽️ YouTube: @GeographyByGeoff
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📖 Check out Hunter's atlas' here: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=hunter+shobe

The English language has become very dominant around the world. And while there are multiple reasons for that, in this episode, Hunter and Geoff explore a little bit about the history of how the language has evolved, how it absorbs other languages words and adapts, and how, if you're American, you might speak differently from other Americans.