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Episode #97: Philip Parker – wonders of the Wear River Trust
In this episode of GeogPod our host, John Lyon, talks with Philip Parker, Senior Environment Education Officer at the Wear Rivers Trust. They discuss Philip’s career, who the Wear Rivers Trust are and what they do as well as chatting about rivers, nature, pollution, farming, field trips, the importance of engaging children with nature and rivers and how they support teachers and schools.
Links from the podcast:
Wear Rivers Trust website
Wear Rivers Trust education hub and resources
https://www.riverflies.org/case-studies/south-burn - published project work on South Burn
Roker, Sunderland beach video - river mouth and rockpooling trip at Sunderland beach
Series 16 of GeogPod is proudly sponsored by Collins.
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12 Dec 2025
Episode #96: Celebrating 50 years of Teaching Geography
In another special episode to round off 2025, John talks with three members of the editorial board for the GA's journal Teaching Geography to celebrate 50 years of the publication.
Listen to conversation with Eleanor Rawling, Dr Emma Rawlings Smith and Katie Richardson and find out what makes Teaching Geography such an important publication for teachers and the GA community, with personal stories about getting involved with the GA, their favourite articles, and what's next for the journal.
Inspired? Want to write for the GA? Get involved here:
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17 Oct 2025
Episode #95: Dr Charlene Rose - Exploring superdiversity and identity through Caribbean food
In this special episode, Dr Charlene Rose talks to John about her work on the geographies of Caribbean cuisine, which formed the heart of her thesis, and explore themes of superdiversity, creolisation, authenticity and identity.
They discuss the interdisciplinary route she took to her research, through work, study and personal experience, and consider why the political, economic and cultural aspects of food make it a rich source of geographical enquiry.
Links from the podcast:
Charlene's research profile with School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, CENTRE-UB:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/rose-charlene
Geographical Association A-Level Teacher Toolkit and launch announcement:
https://geography.org.uk/resources/caribbean-cuisine-and-superdiversity-in-ladywoodconstituency-birmingham
https://www.centre-ub.org/news/launch-of-a-level-geography-teacher-toolkit-with-thegeographical-association-and-the-royal-geographical-society
CPD Course (and CPD pack coming soon):
https://www.centre-ub.org/news/gcse-and-a-level-geography-teacher-cpd-course-and-thecomplex-geographies-of-caribbean-food/
Blog piece for University of Birmingham Library and Resources team:
“Well done, but you need to complete the corrections” – UoB PGR Development
One Advanced STEM Day Panel Member:
JCC & OneAdvanced Female STEM Day at the Thinktank – Joseph Chamberlain
Royal Geographical Society Conference, Creative Methods in Food Geographies Panel and Reception:
Royal Geographical Society Panel - Centre-UB
And accompanying Eat Out Guide for the event:
https://www.rgs.org/media/qugiqjtb/rgs-ibg-conference-eat-out-guide-final.pdf
Kidney Care UK African and Caribbean Recipe Magazine - working group member
https://kidneycareuk.org/get-support/healthy-diet-support/kidney-kitchen-magazines/kidney-kitchen-african-caribbean-recipes/
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