The Real World Podcast

Episode 10 - EU Geopolitics

Welcome back to the Real World Podcast! This is the final episode of Season 1 with your hosts Anouska, Esmee and Sophie, the next episode will be hosted by the new Geography Reps, Jasmine and Ash. In this week's episode we discussed EU geopolitics, starting with the introducing segment on Vladimir Putin. In 'Something You Have Always Wanted to Know' Sophie explains the underwater park in Austria. The new funding for Britishvolt to make electric car batteries is the topic for our climate change segment this week. In the main segment, we discuss the EU, why it was formed and its achievements, followed by Russian gas and the recent tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Episode 9 - Superpowers

Hi everyone! Welcome to the ninth episode of The Real World Podcast. To begin, Sophie will be telling you about the Cat Islands in Japan in 'something you always wanted to know'. Following this, Anouska will be speaking about rising deforestation levels in Brazil in the Climate Change story segment. For our main segment we will be focusing on Superpowers, discussing what makes a Superpower, different types of power, the history of Superpowers and the role of physical geography in determining Superpowers. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 8 - COP26

Hi everyone! This week's episode is an indepth look at the current COP26 conference in Glasgow. To begin, Esmée explains the Paris Agreement to provide context for this years conference, given that many of the Paris goals are prevalent in COP26. Following this, Anouska will take you through a summary of what has been agreed in the conference so far. Finally, Sophie will talk about some specific speakers at the conference and what they contributed. To close, your hosts have provided you with some additional COP26 related recommendations. However, the conference is not over yet, so we encourage you to stay up-to-date with agreements and outcomes of COP26!

Episode 7 - Volcanology and Tectonics

The Real World Podcast is back after the summer holidays! In this episode the theme will be Volcanology and Tectonics which is Sophie's key area of interest. Our introducing segment will be on Jess Phoenix who is a volcano scientist, in the climate change segment we will be discussing Insulate Britain's recent protests and finally, our main segment will be Sophie taking you through some particularly interesting things in the field of volcanology and tectonics.

Episode 6 - Hot Desert Lifestyles and Desertification

Welcome back to The Real World Podcast! In this weeks episode Esmée will introduce you to Waris Dirie a model, author and human rights activists followed by Sophie enlightening you on the furthest point from land on Earth. Anouska will then take you through a summary of the environmental discussions that took place in this years G7 Summit for your climate change story. Finally, for the main segment of this weeks episode your hosts will be discussing tribes and lifestyles in the worlds hot deserts as well as desertification and the future of deserts. We hope you have a great summer and we will back with weekly episodes in September!