The GLaD Podcast
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Episode 37: What even is a city?
Episode 37: What even is a city?
About this podcast
From the creators of the Spatial Analytics + Data interview and seminar series, we bring you the GLaD Podcast—Geography, Life + Data. A little geography, a little (academic) life, a little ”geography life”, and LOTS about data, mostly spatial. Join your hosts, Dani Arribas-Bel, Rachel Franklin, and Levi Wolf for conversations, interviews, and even a few hot takes.
Episodes
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- Episode 37: What even is a city? · 1 h 5 min · Episode 37In this episode we talk cities and urbanization. Specifically how do we measure what is urban (and rural!!)? It may be a topic you've never given much thought to but—guess…
- Episode 36: How to give (bad) talks · 1 h 0 min · Episode 36Today, we’re talking about talks. Specifically, about *bad* talks. Speaking in public is such a core part of the academic life. We get jobs through it, we share ideas with our…
- Episode 35: My Friend Claude—a one-year checkup with Prof. Elizabeth Delmelle · 1 h 6 min · Episode 35On this episode, Dani, Rachel, and Levi join Elizabeth Delmelle, Associate Professor in the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the…
- Episode 34: A day in the life of...Sarah Williams · 59 min · Episode 34This episode is part of our ongoing and occasional series on, “A Day in the Life of…” where we talk to folks about what exactly it is that they do (sadly, the evidence across…
- Episode 33: Embeddings for the rest of us · 59 min · Episode 33Today, we’re talking about embeddings. Word embeddings, (satellite) embeddings, geospatial embeddings, all the embeddings! For the techies, and for everyone else.
- Episode 32: Baby Talk · 1 h 9 min · Episode 32You think balancing babies and a career is tough; try recording a podcast episode about the topic! Kidding. Sort of. In this episode, Dani, Levi, and Rachel are joined by special…
- Episode 31: Academic Love Languages · 48 min · Episode 31For this episode, join Dani, Rachel, and Levi for a discussion about Academic Love Languages. Does getting public recognition make you feel warm and fuzzy? Or would you rather…
- Episode 30: Predictions for (the rest of) 2026 · 58 min · Episode 30Happy new year!!! We know, we know, we’ve been in 2026 for a while already (already too long?). But this is the first episode we recorded this year, the first one with Levi as a…
- Episode 29: The oldest profession in geography · 1 h 5 min · Episode 29Come for the catchy episode title, stay for the wide-reaching discussion about spatial data, visualization, and cartography. We're joined this time by Anthony Robinson, from…
- Episode 28: “Opening the academic source” with Serge Rey · 57 min · Episode 28Today, we’re joined by a close friend of the podcast (someone some of us personally credit with changing our lives forever!), Serge Rey, to talk all things open, open source, and…
- Episode 27: Are you GLaD about GeoAI? A conversation with Krzysztof Janowicz · 1 h 2 min · Episode 27On this episode, we talk with Prof. Krzysztof Janowicz, Professor of Cartography and Geoinformation Science at the University of Vienna. Prof. Janowicz is an expert in GeoAI, and…
- Episode 26: A day in the life of… Wenfei Xu · 48 min · Episode 26Today we’re “repeating” special guest. We enjoyed so much talking to Wenfei Xu anbout mobile phone data in our last episode (Episode 25: What we talk about when we talk about…
- Episode 25: What we talk about when we talk about mobile phone data · 45 min · Episode 25Here's an episode all about data—mobile phone data, to be exact. What are we talking about when we talk about using “mobile phone data” in our research? How are these data…
- Episode 24: AI & GLaD in Practice: a field report · 1 h 4 min · Episode 24AI is now definitely changing how we live our (geography) lives. Join Rachel, Dani, and Levi for a chat about how Artificial Intelligence is emerging in our GLAD lives. How is it…
- Episode 23: Navigating the Academic Job Market (Part 2) · 1 h 2 min · Episode 23Join us for the second part of our conversation about the academic job market! This half, we'll talk a bit about the nuts and bolts of putting together your application and the…
- Episode 22: Navigating the Academic Job Market (Part 1) · 48 min · Episode 22Everything you (n)ever wanted to know about getting an academic job in geography or geography-adjacent fields. In this episode your friendly—and pretty experienced at applying…
- Episode 21: Time (mis)management · 47 min · Episode 21Today, we’re talking about time management. Or, rather, the lack thereof (both time, and management). It feels like we’re always over-committed. Always running behind. 24h a day…
- Episode 20: Street Smart — A Conversation with Geoff Boeing · 60 min · Season 3 Episode 20In this episode we talk to Geoff Boeing, streets and urban form expert, mastermind behind OSMnx, and urban planner. We talk (a lot) about disasters and cities, street networks…
- Episode 19: GLaD Rewind–Our year in Geography, Life, and Data · 52 min · Episode 19This week, join us for our own retrospective on the year, and a look forward to next. We'll talk a bit about all the data in a year of GLaD, the highs and lows of Work/Life…
- Episode 18 - The one about "Digital Twins" · 51 min · Episode 18Today, we’re talking about what some would characterize the “topic” of the XXIst Century (others might perhaps not!): Digital Twins. Are we excited about them? Are our eyes so…
