What's Your Map?
From historians, scientists and writers to creatives and cultural custodians, people have used maps as a source of knowledge, guidance, and inspiration for centuries.
Join award-winning expert Professor Jerry Brotton, as in each episode he invites a guest to share a map close to their heart - and unfurl the ideas, inspirations, and stories behind it.
So if you’re fascinated by history, art, adventure and culture, why not become part of a global community of fellow explorers as we ask - What’s your map?
What’s Your Map? is brought to you by Oculi Mundi (‘eyes of the world’), the online home of The Sunderland Collection of antique maps and atlases. For a fully immersive experience, visit Oculi-Mundi.com/podcast to explore each of the maps as you listen.
Join award-winning expert Professor Jerry Brotton, as in each episode he invites a guest to share a map close to their heart - and unfurl the ideas, inspirations, and stories behind it.
So if you’re fascinated by history, art, adventure and culture, why not become part of a global community of fellow explorers as we ask - What’s your map?
What’s Your Map? is brought to you by Oculi Mundi (‘eyes of the world’), the online home of The Sunderland Collection of antique maps and atlases. For a fully immersive experience, visit Oculi-Mundi.com/podcast to explore each of the maps as you listen.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
S3 Ep6: Polar Bears and the Unknown with Djoeke van Netten
Jerry journeys to the Arctic polar region with Dr Djoeke van Netten from the University of Amsterdam, following the attempts by Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz and his crew to reach China via the nor…
00:26:21 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
S3 Ep5: Wild, Native, Extant - Exploring Emotional Geography with Anton Thomas
Jerry interviews Melbourne based artist-cartographer Anton Thomas, who discusses his latest project: a meticulously hand-drawn world map titled "Wild World." Wild World centres the animal kingdom, sh…
00:28:47 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
S3 Ep4: WWII and the Dangers of Cartographic Lethargy with Susan Schulten
Jerry and University of Denver Professor Susan Schulten delve into the groundbreaking work of Richard Edes Harrison, an artist cartographer whose innovative mapping style emerged in the tumultuous ea…
00:29:55 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
S3 Ep3: The Society of Cells: Brainbow Mapping with Jeff Lichtman
Neuroscientist and Harvard Professor Jeff Lichtman walks Jerry through his astonishing work mapping the human brain. In 2024, with the help of Google Research, Jeff’s team developed the most detailed…
00:31:01 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
S3 Ep2: Introducing Geographical Storyteller Louise E Jefferson with Iris Taylor
In this episode, Jerry visits the Library of Congress in Washington DC to meet senior librarian Iris Taylor, who has nearly five decades of experience in the map department.
Iris shows Jerry a serie…
Iris shows Jerry a serie…
00:31:21 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
S3 Ep1: One World, One Ocean…One Climate with Elizabeth Hogan
Welcome to What’s Your Map? In this episode, Jerry speaks to Elizabeth Hogan, a marine biologist, Programme Director at the National Geographic Society, and a passionate advocate for marine conservat…
00:32:51 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
S3: Season 3 launching June 11th!
From historians, scientists and writers to creatives and cultural custodians, people have used maps as a source of knowledge, guidance, and inspiration for centuries.
Join award-winning expert Profe…
Join award-winning expert Profe…
00:02:48 |
Tue 27 May 2025
S2 Ep6: Mapping Songlines with Margo Neale
Every society has myths and legends that are passed down through the generations, some of which can be read in features of the landscape. In this episode, Professor Margo Neale guides Jerry around th…
00:30:51 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
S2 Ep5: Venice to Japanggu: Fra Mauro's World Map with Mike Yamashita
Mike Yamashita is a distinguished photographer with over 40 years of experience working for National Geographic. Among his stunning collections of works that capture landscapes, peoples, and animals,…
00:32:55 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
S2 Ep4: The Wonder of the Stars with Heidi B. Hammel
Have you ever seen a shooting star? Did you know that there are different stars in the sky during winter and summer? In this episode, Dr Heidi Hammel takes Jerry on a jaunt around the constellations,…
00:32:41 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
S2 Ep3: Riches and Rivalries: the Evolution of European Cartography with Matthew Edney
Matthew Edney, Osher Professor at the University of Maine and Director of the History of Cartography project, takes Jerry to 16th century Amsterdam, where silver from the New World is flowing copious…
00:30:47 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
S2 Ep2: Lines that Divide: the Melancholy of Colonial Mapping with Sathnam Sanghera
Jerry meets journalist and best-selling author Sathnam Sanghera, to discuss the impact of a single line on a map.
Splitting families, communities, and religions, and leading to horrific loss of lif…
Splitting families, communities, and religions, and leading to horrific loss of lif…
00:31:49 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
S2 Ep1: Wherefore the Map? with Ed Parsons
In this episode, Ed Parsons, digital geographer and geospatial wizard at Google, traces the history of digital mapping. He leads Jerry from its roots in Gerard Mercator’s iconic map projection, to th…
00:31:58 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Season 2 launching January 29th!
From historians, scientists and writers to creatives and cultural custodians, people have used maps as a source of knowledge, guidance, and inspiration for centuries.
Join award-winning expert Profe…
Join award-winning expert Profe…
00:02:55 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
S1 Ep6: Vintage Cartography: Mapping the World of Wine with Jane Anson
Jerry is joined by self-confessed map geek and wine expert Jane Anson, to talk about the remarkable maps that she created for her book ‘Inside Bordeaux’.
Jane travelled the world as a journalist bef…
Jane travelled the world as a journalist bef…
00:32:14 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
S1 Ep5: Lost Treasures: Reconstructing Al-Idrisi with Adam Lowe
In this episode, Jerry is joined by Adame Lowe, founder of Factum Arte and the Factum Foundation. Factum is a pioneering digital media studio, working to record, preserve, and restore cultural herita…
00:27:27 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
S1 Ep4: Tolkien's Pipe: Maps and Fantasy with Roz Kaveney
Content warning: this episode contains references to sexual assault
In this episode, our host Jerry Brotton is joined by writer and pioneering LBGTQ+ rights activist Roz Kaveney. Roz is best k…
00:26:41 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
S1 Ep3: The Heart of Maps: Plotting Power with Peter Barber
In this episode we are joined by Peter Barber, the former head of the British Library's map rooms, which hold more than 4.5 million maps! Peter is one of the world's foremost experts on European c…
00:27:40 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
S1 Ep2: A Journey to the Top of the World with Dwayne Fields
In this second episode of What’s Your Map? host and map historian Jerry Brotton is joined by Dwayne Fields, the first Black Briton to reach the magnetic North Pole.
Through a map printed in the Tim…
Through a map printed in the Tim…
00:33:42 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
S1 Ep1: Do No Harm: Mapping the Jain Cosmos with William Dalrymple
Welcome to the first episode of What’s Your Map? where host Jerry Brotton is joined by historian William Dalrymple, who unfurls a beautiful Jain cosmological map to explore the meaning and history of…
00:33:24 |
Tue 24 Sep 2024
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