The GLaD Podcast

How to give (bad) talks

Today, 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 wit

Episode 35: My Friend Claude—a one-year checkup with Prof. Elizabeth Delmelle

On 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 th

Episode 34: A day in the life of...Sarah Williams

This 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 ac

Episode 33: Embeddings for the rest of us

Today, we’re talking about embeddings. Unless you’ve been living… well, I don’t know where, you might have heard of the term generative AI. At the core of this technology

Episode 32: Baby Talk

You 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 b

Episode 31: Academic Love Languages

For 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 r

Episode 30: Predictions for (the rest of) 2026

Happy 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 Le

Episode 29: The oldest profession in geography

Come 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, f

Episode 28: “Opening the academic source” with Serge Rey

Today, 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 sou

Episode 27: Are you GLaD about GeoAI? A conversation with Krzysztof Janowicz

On 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 Ge

Episode 26: A day in the life of… Wenfei Xu

Today 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 a

Episode 25: What we talk about when we talk about mobile phone data

Here'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 dat

Episode 24: AI & GLaD in Practice: a field report

AI 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. H

Episode 23: Navigating the Academic Job Market (Part 2)

Join 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 a

Episode 22: Navigating the Academic Job Market (Part 1)

Everything 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 app

Episode 21: Time (mis)management

Today, 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. 24

Episode 20: Street Smart — A Conversation with Geoff Boeing

In this episode we talk to Geoff Boeing, streets and urban form expert, mastermind behind OSMnx, and urban planner at USC. We talk (a lot) about disasters and cities, str

Episode 19: GLaD Rewind–Our year in Geography, Life, and Data

This 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/Li

Episode 18 - The one about "Digital Twins"

Today, 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 ey

Episode 17: Don't Be a Duck

In this episode your fearless co-hosts, Dani, Levi, and Rachel, talk about visibility and making a place for oneself in the worlds of research and academia. We chat about