From the rope stretchers of ancient Egypt to ubiquitous satellite precision, geospatial technology has ever been the bedrock of the constructed world and of civilization itself. Your host, land surveyor and infrastructure writer Angus Stocking, engages in regular conversation with today's location experts to determine exactly where, in space and time, we find ourselves today. Location, location, location; it's not just real estate, it's everything and, Everything is Somewhere.
White South Africans are quietly reshaping labor in the Mississippi Delta, and the story is far more complicated than the headlines suggest. In this episode, Boyce Upholt returns to untangle the history, economics, and racial fault lines behind his New Yorker reporting, revealing why these workers are arriving, why Mississippi farms are hiring them, and what it all says about power, immigration, and the modern South. Boyce brings deep research and a place-based perspective to this conversation, connecting his acclaimed book Great River to his new print magazine Southlands and his ongoing work on the Mississippi Delta. Angus pushes the discussion into the uncomfortable but necessary questions at the center of the story: apartheid's legacy, the movement of white labor across borders, and the uneasy overlap between infrastructure, race, and who gets access to opportunity.
7 Oct 2026
EiS Short: Borders
On occasion I travel outside the country of my birth, and the prospect always fills me with dread. I am a timorous, paranoid traveler and border crossings especially make me faint with anxiety. I understand that my fears are imaginary, but then, so are borders—after all, a border is just an invisible line defined by fearful men. Borders are intangible constructs of civilization; they don't exist but they can be located… and thus, they are real and the consequences for crossing them are certainly real—men are routinely killed when caught on the wrong side of a border. Borders are settled arguments; a border is the line drawn between schools of thought. To cross a border is to become a different person; for humans too are constructs of civilization. On one side of a border I may be law abiding, on the other, a criminal. By one country's standards I may be moral, while next door I am a disgusting pervert. In pre-Civil War America, a man who crossed the Mason-Dixon line might be transformed from slave to freeman or vice-versa.
28 Sept 2026
#35 - Dustin Gardner
In this episode, Dustin Gardner, land surveyor and folklorist, returns with the latest on his Creatures of the Compass game and Victorian-era book trilogy, offering deep insights into the folk magic and belief systems behind it all. If you love folklore, hidden histories, and speculative worlds, this episode is for you. During the conversation, Dustin explains how surveyors can become mediators "between worlds," why boundary stones matter, and how folklore, numerology, and folk magic shape his universe. Along the way, Dustin shares what recently changed in his day job, why he stepped away from the paperwork burden of running Caritas—a nonprofit benefiting children in foster care—and how he hopes to channel that energy into helping at-risk youth train for careers in surveying.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.3 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100
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