Minds Behind Maps

Jan 07 2025 82 ep. 90 mins 165
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Maps Are Everywhere. These are conversations with those building them.

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My Favourite Books of 2024 - MBM79

Jan 07 2025 40 mins  
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.

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

Dec 16 2024 57 mins  
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.

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

Nov 23 2024 96 mins  
Phil Edwards is a video producer who worked at Vox for nearly 10 years, and now runs his own Youtube channel exploring the history of businesses, and lately has been using more and more maps. We go over one of his latest videos, “The Secret Economics of Google Street View” as a case study of how Phil thinks about maps to tell stories. We also talk about journalism on Youtube, a

What Hyperspectral constellations have to offer: Pixxel’s example - Awais Ahmed #MBM76

Nov 01 2024 80 mins  
Awais Ahmed is the co-founder & CEO of Pixxel, a company building a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. Unlike “traditional” cameras, these satellites can see across hundreds of bands, opening up a lot more applications. We talk about the engineering -and funding- required to pull this off and how Awais manages a company between India (where Awais is from) and th

The Ex-Uber Data Scientist Who wants to simplify Data Science with Serverless Computing: Sina Kashuk

Oct 15 2024 68 mins  
Sina Kashuk is the co-founder & CEO of Fused, who wants to make iterating & deploying in Python faster with serverless computing. We break down what that actually means, why it matters and what data science workflows could look like over the next few years. This also isn’t Sina’s first company, a few years ago he started Unfolded.ai, focused on making visualisations for data sc

Meet the man trying to build a 20cm 3D map of the world: Andrew Peterson - #MBM74

Sep 15 2024 115 mins  
Andrew Peterson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Array Labs, with a simple mission: Mapping the whole world in 3D, at 20cm in near real time. We peel the layers as to what it takes to get there: the engineering that’s required, how to build a constellation to do that, how you fund such a project.

Jamie McMichael-Phillips: How We're Planning to Map All our Oceans by 2030 - #MBM73

Sep 02 2024 56 mins  
Jamie McMichael-Phillips is the Director of the Seabed 2030 Project, which aims to map all of the world's oceans, by 2030. For context, in 2024, we’re at 26.1%. This is conversation is about why, how we get to 100% and why it’s important in the first place.

[Bonus] Books, Tech & Life: A Long conversation with Jed Sundwall

Aug 31 2024 124 mins  
This is a bous episode: For once, I’m the guest! This is a cross-post of Jed Sundwall’s Techs on Texts podcast. We talk about some of the books that have influenced me, “Night Flight” and “The Little Prince” by Antoine de St Exupery’s If you’re a regular MBM listener, you might enjoy this one

Jean-Martin Bauer: How the World Food Program tackles Hunger - #MBM72

Aug 22 2024 92 mins  
Jean-Martin Bauer has been working at the World Food Program for over 20years, and the author of the “The New Breadline”. Most recently he was the Country Director for Haiti, in charge of helping make sure the country doesn’t run out of food.

Ashlee Vance: The Man telling us the Stories of the New Space Industry - #MBM71

Aug 07 2024 81 mins  
Ashlee Vance is a Tech Journalist, the author of Elon Musk's 1st biography in 2015, the host of "Hello World" on Youtube and the author of "When the Heavens Went on Sale" as well as the accompanying documentary "Wild Wild Space" following 4 New Space companies. We nerd out on rocket companies, 1 rogue NASA administrator, and the time I got to meet Vladimir Putin years ago.