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Ritchie Cunningham
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My geography podcasts on Geography Expert will cover a range of geographical topics which might be of interest to teachers and students of geography. Topics may vary from Polar geography to marine geography, and from population geography to rural geography. You can also see similar topics on my Geography Expert Substack  Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Music intro and ending -We Are One by Vexento https://soundcloud.com/vexentohttps://www.youtube.com/user/VexentoFree Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2PaIKcRMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Ssvu2yncgWU

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    The Mindanao Megaquake — What Geography Can Tell Us

    Send us Fan Mail A magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck southern Mindanao in the Philippines. It’s a powerful example of how physical geography, human geography, and hazard science all connect — and why understanding earthquakes is way more than memorising plate boundaries. Let’s break down what happened, why it happened, and what it teaches us. Support the show Check out my website, Facebook groups and other social media. www.ritchiecunningham.com Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Geography Expert - Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3514097965371452 UK Geography teachers | Facebook Twitter - @RRitchieC YouTube    Geography Expert@geographyexpert BlueSky @geographyexpert.bsky.social Threads   cunninghamritchie LinkedIn   (7) Ritchie Cunningham | LinkedIn Thank you for listening

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    Earthquake in southern Philippines

    Send us Fan Mail The Philippines lies between several moving tectonic plates, which makes earthquakes very common. To the east, the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting, or sinking, beneath the islands. To the west, other plates and marginal seas are also pushing and sliding in complicated ways. On top of that, the country is cut by the Philippine Fault, a major strike-slip fault that helps absorb the stress. This means the region is under constant pressure. When rocks suddenly slip or break, energy is released as an earthquake. That is why the Philippines experiences so many strong quakes compared with many other parts of the world. Support the show Check out my website, Facebook groups and other social media. www.ritchiecunningham.com Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Geography Expert - Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3514097965371452 UK Geography teachers | Facebook Twitter - @RRitchieC YouTube    Geography Expert@geographyexpert BlueSky @geographyexpert.bsky.social Threads   cunninghamritchie LinkedIn   (7) Ritchie Cunningham | LinkedIn Thank you for listening

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    When One Disaster becomes Five

    Send us Fan Mail Cascading Disasters 1. Hazard Examples: conflict, drought, flooding, or disruption to shipping. Icon: lightning bolt or explosion symbol over a globe. Caption: A sudden or ongoing event that threatens people or systems. 2. Exposure Icon: map with people, roads, and buildings inside the affected zone. Caption: People, infrastructure, and businesses are located in the hazard area. 3. Vulnerability Icon: cracked bridge, weak house, and empty wallet. Caption: Poverty, damaged infrastructure, and weak services reduce coping ability. 4. Impact Icon: arrows showing displacement, hunger, and economic loss. Caption: Lives disrupted — hunger, loss of income, and broken trade links. 5. Response Icon: aid truck, handshake, and rebuilding crane. Caption: Humanitarian aid, diplomacy, military action, and reconstruction efforts. 6. Feedback Icon: circular arrow looping back to “Vulnerability.” Caption: If the response fails, vulnerability increases — restarting the cycle. Support the show Check out my website, Facebook groups and other social media. www.ritchiecunningham.com Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Geography Expert - Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3514097965371452 UK Geography teachers | Facebook Twitter - @RRitchieC YouTube    Geography Expert@geographyexpert BlueSky @geographyexpert.bsky.social Threads   cunninghamritchie LinkedIn   (7) Ritchie Cunningham | LinkedIn Thank you for listening

  4. 28 sept.

    Cities That Are Sinking

    Send us Fan Mail Bangkok is sinking. So are Jakarta, New Orleans, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, and dozens of other delta metropolises around the world. Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom likes to joke that her version of a climate-change photo isn’t a melting glacier — it’s a crocodile swimming down a flooded Bangkok street. The joke points to something deadly serious: a city of 15 million people, built on a soft river delta, is losing its fight against water. Voraakhom has spent the last decade turning that fight into her life’s work, and her career offers something rarer than a warning about climate change — a working demonstration of what a real solution looks like, built one park at a time. Drawing on her design philosophy and projects, along with current research and comparable efforts from around the world, this article explains why her approach — reintroducing absorbent, “amphibious” landscape into dense cities — is quickly becoming one of the most credible strategies available for surviving a wetter, hotter century. Support the show Check out my website, Facebook groups and other social media. www.ritchiecunningham.com Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Geography Expert - Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3514097965371452 UK Geography teachers | Facebook Twitter - @RRitchieC YouTube    Geography Expert@geographyexpert BlueSky @geographyexpert.bsky.social Threads   cunninghamritchie LinkedIn   (7) Ritchie Cunningham | LinkedIn Thank you for listening

  5. 24 sept.

    Ceuta, Spain and the EU

    Send us Fan Mail How can immigration policy in one small Spanish territory affect relations between Spain, Morocco and the wider European Union? At first glance, Ceuta seems too small to have much influence on European politics. It has a population of roughly 85,000 and covers only a small area of land. But Ceuta occupies an extraordinary geographical position. It is Spanish territory in North Africa, immediately beside Morocco and close to the Strait of Gibraltar. It is therefore part of the European Union while physically surrounded by Africa. This makes Ceuta an important borderland — a place where different political, economic and geographical systems meet. Support the show Check out my website, Facebook groups and other social media. www.ritchiecunningham.com Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Geography Expert - Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3514097965371452 UK Geography teachers | Facebook Twitter - @RRitchieC YouTube    Geography Expert@geographyexpert BlueSky @geographyexpert.bsky.social Threads   cunninghamritchie LinkedIn   (7) Ritchie Cunningham | LinkedIn Thank you for listening

  6. 22 sept.

    Europe’s Wildfire Wake-Up Call

    Send us Fan Mail 2026: Europe’s Record-Breaking Fire Season By 29 July 2026, France had already burned 91,000 hectares — smashing its previous full‑season record. Spain? Over 200,000 hectares, including the largest fire in its recorded history near Madrid. Firefighters in France even faced a “fire cloud” — a fire so intense it creates its own weather, with lightning and chaotic winds. It was the first ever recorded in France. Support the show Check out my website, Facebook groups and other social media. www.ritchiecunningham.com Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Geography Expert - Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3514097965371452 UK Geography teachers | Facebook Twitter - @RRitchieC YouTube    Geography Expert@geographyexpert BlueSky @geographyexpert.bsky.social Threads   cunninghamritchie LinkedIn   (7) Ritchie Cunningham | LinkedIn Thank you for listening

  7. 21 sept.

    Wildfires at Every Scale

    Send us Fan Mail 2026: A Record-Breaking Summer, and It’s Only Halfway Done Let’s start with the raw numbers, because they’re genuinely eye-popping. By 29 July 2026, satellite data showed that around 91,000 hectares had burned in France so far in 2026 — smashing the country’s previous full-season record of just over 66,000 hectares, and remember, the fire season doesn’t even wrap up until the end of October. Spain’s numbers are even more dramatic: over 200,000 hectares burned, and a single fire near Madrid became the largest in the country’s entire recorded history, at one point nearly destroying a NASA facility used to communicate with deep-space spacecraft. Things got intense enough in France that firefighters found themselves battling something called a “fire cloud” — a genuinely wild phenomenon where a fire burns so hot and so violently that it generates its own weather system, complete with lightning and erratic wind patterns. This was the first time one had ever been recorded in the country. If that sounds like something from a disaster movie, that’s because it basically is one, except it’s real and it’s happening right now. The scale of it all led government ministers from Spain and the UK to jointly declare that the summer’s wildfires showed climate change has become a genuine national security concern for the whole of Europe. Support the show Check out my website, Facebook groups and other social media. www.ritchiecunningham.com Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Geography Expert - Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3514097965371452 UK Geography teachers | Facebook Twitter - @RRitchieC YouTube    Geography Expert@geographyexpert BlueSky @geographyexpert.bsky.social Threads   cunninghamritchie LinkedIn   (7) Ritchie Cunningham | LinkedIn Thank you for listening

  8. 17 sept.

    Why Yemen’s Location Shapes Global Power

    Send us Fan Mail “Why Yemen’s Location Shapes Global Power”  Hey everyone — today we’re diving into a place that doesn’t often make the headlines in your world, but quietly shapes global politics, trade, and even the price of things you buy. We’re talking about Yemen — a country where geography and conflict collide in a way that affects the whole planet. Support the show Check out my website, Facebook groups and other social media. www.ritchiecunningham.com Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Geography Expert - Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3514097965371452 UK Geography teachers | Facebook Twitter - @RRitchieC YouTube    Geography Expert@geographyexpert BlueSky @geographyexpert.bsky.social Threads   cunninghamritchie LinkedIn   (7) Ritchie Cunningham | LinkedIn Thank you for listening

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My geography podcasts on Geography Expert will cover a range of geographical topics which might be of interest to teachers and students of geography. Topics may vary from Polar geography to marine geography, and from population geography to rural geography. You can also see similar topics on my Geography Expert Substack  Geography Expert Substack | Ritchie Cunningham | Substack Music intro and ending -We Are One by Vexento https://soundcloud.com/vexentohttps://www.youtube.com/user/VexentoFree Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2PaIKcRMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Ssvu2yncgWU

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    Ritchie Cunningham
  • Années d’activité
    2021 - 2026
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