SPF has been on the air for one year! On this show we celebrated our first anniversary by looking back at some highlights from the past year. Five members of the team gave their reflections on why we do the show, what we’ve covered and what we’ve learned.
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Cruelty to animals has been in the news recently with attention focused on the upsetting practices being followed at a meat packing plant in California. On this show John Wall brings us a follow-up to his recent features on animal geographies and human-animal relationships in the form of an interview about Canada’s outdated animal . . . → Read More: February 21, 2008: Animal Welfare Join us as we look into ethical issues surrounding two popular Valentine’s gifts: chocolate and flowers. Matt Street takes the task of finding the best fair trade chocolate for his Valentine very seriously, and brings us conversations he had with Ottawa chocolate vendors and chocolatiers. Turning to flowers, Carol Hunsberger gets into the economics . . . → Read More: February 14, 2008: Valentine’s Day Gifts On this show Carol Hunsberger spoke with Carleton geography prof Scott Mitchell about the current role and future possibilities of open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Then, Matt Street gave us another installment in his series of features on the Geography of Music. This time he reviewed Zunior.com, an online gathering place and (legal!) . . . → Read More: February 7, 2008: Intellectual Property In The Digital Age Going up! This show featured the debut of a new recurring segment called “In the Elevator.” The format is simple: get a grad student or professor to explain their pet research project in two minutes or less – about the amount of time you’d have for a chat while riding in (or waiting for) . . . → Read More: January 31, 2008: Accommodation |
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