The Geographical Podcast

This week, we travel to the high peaks of Ladakh in northern India to track one of the most elusive and charismatic animals in the world - the snow leopard. Plus, a bizarre proposal in Malaysia and the terrifying, underreported, impacts of climate change on brain health. 

In this episode, Andrew Brooks of King's College London explains why using historical comparisons when contemplating African hospitals is lazy and misleading; we hear some good news from the world of conservation; and Bryony Cottam charts the adventures of botanist Chris Thorogood and his hunt for rafflesia, the world's largest and smelliest flower. 

In this weekly edition of the Geographical podcast, we read out three articles from the magazine or website.

In this episode, we hear how climate change is impacting the world's northernmost rivers; we learn about traditional Indigenous fire practices; and we meet the founder of a new group helping travellers connect with ordinary people in Iraq.

In this bonus episode of The Geographical Podcast: Editor's Picks,  associate editor Katie Burton speaks to Tommy Trenchard about his article on treating clubfoot.

In this weekly edition of the Geographical podcast we read out three articles from the magazine or website.

In this month's podcast, we visit some of the driest parts of the world, where ecosystems and the communities that depend on them face a growing threat: desertification. Human activity and our warming climate are driving changes in these regions, but some scientists are working on solutions to help restore degraded landscapes. 

This month we return to a country that no longer dominates headlines, but where the reality of war, and its impacts, are still very much felt. 

Syrian infrastructure, and its economy, have been devastated by the conflict that began in 2011. Though ISIS has now been largely defeated, and the Assad regime has regained control of much of the country, the conflict still continues and life in Syria is still extremely tough. 

In the first half of the podcast, we listen to an article from the August issue of Geographical magazine in which Nick Redmayne returns to...

In this month's podcast we take a closer look at the complex and often controversial concept of rewilding, considering the many challenges of reintroducing lost species back to a land they once called home, especially when that land has changed beyond all recognition.

This month we take a trip to Cameroon, where a policy to help small-scale fishers is under severe strain. And we talk to Maarten Bavinck, a professor at the University of Amsterdam to find out why so many small-scale fishing communities are under threat worldwide. 

Cashmere is produced in cold regions of India, China and Mongolia, among other places. It is produced from the very fine fibres of hardy goats, looked after by herders. But as we discover in this month's podcast, increased demand for cashmere has led to herds of goats greatly increasing, with environmental problems fast to follow.