
What's Your Map? returns on March 25 with Season 5!
From What's Your Map? by Oculi Mundi
March 11, 2026 · 2 min
About this episode
The award-winning podcast returns for its fifth season, exploring the significance of maps through conversations with various guests.
The British Podcast Awards GOLD winning podcast returns on March 25th! 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? Join us for the new season starting Wednesday March 25th, released every fortnight. Upcoming guests include: Jonathan Wright, master globemaker and conservator, Ross Perlin, a preserver of endangered languages from New York City, Marcello Canuto, an archaeologist using cutting edge laser mapping to uncover ancient Mayan ruins, and Singaporean artist Debbie Ding who maps her dreams, Bill Rankin is a cartographer and historian at Yale University, Climber Cecilie Skog, and sociologist Rohini Rai who traces the history of her ancestors. What’s Your Map? is brought to you by Oculi Mundi (‘eyes of the world’), the…
People in this episode
Host: Professor Jerry Brotton
Guests: Jonathan Wright, Ross Perlin, Marcello Canuto, Debbie Ding, Bill Rankin, Cecilie Skog, Rohini Rai
Topics covered
- maps
- history
- culture
- art
- adventure
- exploration
Keywords
- podcast
- maps
- history
- culture
- exploration
- art
- adventure
More episodes of What's Your Map?
- S5 Ep6: The Craft of Globemaking with Jonathan Wright · June 2, 2026 · 28 min
- S5 Ep5: Fight for your right to Map! Radical Cartography with Bill Rankin · May 19, 2026 · 32 min
- S5 Ep4: Un-Bordering the Map with Rohini Rai · May 5, 2026 · 30 min
- S5 Ep3: To Hear the World in a New York Street with Ross Perlin · April 21, 2026 · 38 min
- S5 Ep2: The Beauty of Blue with Richard Pegg · April 7, 2026 · 33 min
- S5 Ep1: The Explorer from the Home of the Giants with Cecilie Skog · March 25, 2026 · 36 min
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