Tim Marshall on the importance of geography

About this episode

Tim Marshall discusses the significance of geography in understanding current affairs and geopolitics.

We're continuing my conversation with journalist & best-selling author of Prisoners of Geography , Tim Marshall. On this episode, Tim tells me how the journalism landscape has changed, and the importance of geographical context in understanding current affairs and geopolitics. I’ll be back again next week with a special Encore episode with two of my earliest guests—Jalal Abu Ghazaleh and Dalia Sultan, co-founders of Gourmet Egypt—and the amazing story that led to their incredible IPO earlier this year. Chapters: 0:00 Coming up... 10:40 The importance of geography in current affairs 15:24 The new world order This episode is brought to you by EFG Hermes One , your one app for investing in more than 35 stock markets. Start investing today !

People in this episode

Hosts: A, T

Guest: Tim Marshall

Topics covered

• geography
• current affairs
• geopolitics
• journalism
• IPO

Keywords

• geography
• current affairs
• geopolitics
• journalism
• IPO
• Tim Marshall
• Prisoners of Geography

Sponsors

EFG Hermes One

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gourmet Egypt

Books & works: Prisoners of Geography

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