Map Corner

In his teens, Russell Heath hitchhiked to Alaska and lived in a cabin on the banks of the Tanana River; in his twenties, he lived in Italy and then travelled overland across the Sahara, through the jungles and over the savannas of Africa and into southern Asia.In his thirties, he sailed alone around the world in a 25-foot wooden boat; in his forties, he wrote novels; and in his fifties, he bicycled the spine of the Rockies from Alaska to Mexico.He’s worked on the Alaska Pipeline, as an environmental lobbyist in the Alaska Legislature, and run a storied environmental organization fighting to protect Alaska’s coastal rain forests.He now lives in a cabin on the coast of Maine coaching business and non-profit leaders intent on making big things happen in the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rosemary J Brown Freelance is a writer, world traveller, and adventurer, who has lived in Canada, US, England and France. Now residing in London she has written a bio of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century the intrepid journalist Nellie Bly who raced through a ‘man’s world’ — alone and literally with just the clothes on her back — to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joni Seager has created a comprehensive and accessible analysis of up-to-the-minute global data on the key issues facing women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, the culture of beauty, women at work, in her 5th edition of her woman's atlas. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

RedMapper believe in the democratization of space exploration. Using modern mapping technology they build tools that bring the planetary surface within reach of students, educators, and space enthusiasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Educator Podcast is presented by Matt Douglas, a longtime educator, former history teacher and life coach for teens and young adults. Each episode pulls back the curtain on a unique topic, from the most famous Civil War battles to the hidden world of professional comedians. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Map Men is a series of educational YouTube videos co-presented with Mark Cooper-Jones. The series premiered in 2016. It consists of around 5 minutes long videos about specific maps and abnormalities considering them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phoebe Smith is an adventurer, presenter, broadcaster, author, photographer, speaker and podcast host.By day she is award-winning travel writer, broadcaster and presenter, host of theWander Woman Podcastand Sleep Storyteller-in-Residence atCalm.com. By night she’s an extreme sleeping outdoors adventurer who thrives on heading to the wildest locations she can find to sleep in the strangest places she can seek out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We speak to Portuguese Chef Davide Guimarães Martins living in Washington D.C, he is the creator of the Podcast Turning Chickens and Breaking Dishes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We speak to Rudyard Lynch of the popular YouTube channel WhatifAltHist. WhatifAltHist is a channel about how history could have been different. It explores how the past and present could have been different using examples from our present timeline, geography, culture and reasoning. The channel is dedicated to alternate histories (Example:What if the C.S.A. won the U.S. civil war) , what if scenarios (Example:What if there was a zombie apocalypse). https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we talk to VanDeGraph about his map related YouTube channel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.