In the March 2026 Thinking Spatially podcast, again focusing on a Place, Thought Leader, Tool, Event, and Geographic Oddity, we will focus on:  Two famous and beautiful trails (Cinque Terra Italy and Saxer Lucke Switzerland), scientific and geographic pioneer Gladys West, GPS, The Rights of Nature movement, and national and state borders along latitude and longitude lines.

Gladys West

Gladys West, science and geographic pioneer.

In the February 2026 Thinking Spatially podcast, we will again highlight a Place, Thought Leader, Tool, Event, Geographic Oddity:  This month we will focus on the distinction between Place vs Space in geography, Dr Yi-Fu Tuan and the concept of Topophilia, Remote Sensing, Mapping Cholera in 1854, and the concept of and importance of Null Island.

Landsat Imagery

A place, thought leader, tool, event, and geographic oddity: January 2026 podcast in the Thinking Spatially series.

This month I feature:  The shortness of the Alabama coastline, Eratosthenes' Earth Measurement, GIS as a tool, the Earthrise 1968 photo, and the northernmost, easternmost, southernmost, and westernmost points of land in the USA.  Enjoy!

Joseph Kerski at GIS lighted sign

This episode investigates Mt Vesuvius: Natural Hazards Analysis, past and present, and its impact on geographic studies.

Mt Vesuvius:  Public Domain

This episode discusses how geography is defined, exploring its traditions, themes, and standards.

Defining Geography

This episode investigates how photography impacted the study of the Earth and how geographers in turn impacted and used photography.  

Photography: Photograph by Joseph Kerski, Idaho-Washington USA border.

This episode discusses Bernhardus Varenius and the impact that the first modern geography textbook had on the past and present. 

Varenius: Geographia generalis, 1715

This episode discusses Sebastian Munster's contribution to geography:  Describing the Heavens and Earth in Cosmographia. 

Munster mapTabula Novarum Insularum, 1540: Public Domain.

This episode discusses how urbanization has impacted planet Earth and how geographers study urbanization. 

Urbanization: Phoenix AZ USA:   Photograph by Joseph Kerski.

This episode discusses Thomas Robert Malthus: Forecasting the future through Demography.  

Thomas Malthus