GeoStory: Recent Episodes
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GeoStory is podcast featuring a blend of geography and history. Great locations have great stories and we want to tell them!
Who were the people behind the push to connect the coasts? What did it take to bring the railroads together? Plus, corruption, some San Francisco tidbits, and Jared has to defend one states' aesthetics.
What did it take to get the United States to take the conservation of it's lands seriously? Well, people like John Muir who were truly inspired to make it better. That, plus a Presidential bromance, and a German-American who takes bird protection seriously.
Learn all about the beautiful river that cuts through the Grand Canyon, it's history, and it's tremendous impact on the entire Southwest. Plus, Jared does another historical impersonation!
The United States administers areas that are not states, they're territories. How many, where are they, and how they acquired them in this episode of GeoStory.
If you're going to talk about physical geography, you've gotta talk volcanoes. What causes them? Is Yellowstone going to erupt soon? That and more on this episode of GeoStory!
It's sitting on your stove or your counter top, but long ago, people had to go to great lengths to acquire pepper. How else did it change the world?
How did Washington D.C. come to be? We'll answer that. Also, someone tries to steal a capital, everything is on fire, Benedict Arnold shows up, and Oregon has a town become the United States capital, all on this episode of GeoStory.
Did you ever wonder how Alaska got it's panhandle? Or why Croatia has it's funny shape? We explain both in our Tale of Two Tails, plus all the stories we dug up along the way!
Have you ever heard of an Enclave or Exclave? In this episode, we explain what they are, and how they got there featuring locations from all over the world.
We're kicking off our podcast with an episode about continental divides. Did you know North America has SIX continental divides? On this episode we'll explain more about what they are, and where they are!
Hello! Thanks for listening. We're excited to share with you a project we've been working on, a podcast called GeoStory or Geography + History. In this episode we introduce who we are, and what we'd like to share with you!