Minds Behind Maps

About Minds Behind Maps

Maps Are Everywhere. These are conversations with those building them.

Publisher

Maxime Lenormand

Category

business · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Apr 2021

Latest episode

7 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 82 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Jan 2025

   My Favourite Books of 2024 - MBM79

   On every Minds Behind Maps episode I ask guests for books they've read they think are worth sharing. This time I'm sharing with you the books I read & recommend from my 2024 reading.

2. 

   16 Dec 2024

   How Bloomberg's Data Scientists use Satellite Images for Reporting: Krishna Karra - MBM78

   Krishna Karra is a data scientist & report for Bloomberg, having used machine learning & satellite images for reporting. Recent stories from him & his team include mapping refugee camps in Rafah & exposing illegal ship oil transfers in the middle of the Ocean.

3. 

   23 Nov 2024

   How Ex-Vox Video Producer Phil Edwards thinks about Maps to tell stories - MBM77

   Vox video producer Phil Edwards shares insights on using maps to tell stories, balancing journalism with YouTube's business demands, and the value of high-quality storytelling.

Inside a recent episode

Ep 17 - Jacopo Margutti - Red Cross, Humanitarian Data Science & Moving from Physical to Digital Aid

Published 15 Mar 2022 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Just the logistics of it, the shipping and the distribution is quite expensive. So it's more effective, cost effective to distribute cash. And finally, last but not least, you sustain local economies. So instead of flooding the market with, say, mosquito nets, right? I'm thinking about places, say, in sub-Saharan Africa where vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue, are a big problem. Instead of just flooding the market with mosquito nets, which means that the local producers go out of business because every other year an organization comes with 10,000 mosquito nets that gives away for free and then whoever tries to make them and sell them locally goes out of business. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,061,316

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

33 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

77

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

85

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