Best Hugo Powell Podcasts (2026)

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Episode 20 - Saïd Abou Kharroub: The One-Stop-Shop Map 18:50

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What if all the data needed to respond to a humanitarian crisis already existed — but was scattered, siloed, and hard to use? In this episode of 15-Minute Maps, I’m joined by Saïd Abou Kharroub, a GIS specialist turned information management expert, former CEO of Civ API, and current board member of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Saïd’s…

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Episode 19 - Yann Rebois: Mapping the Invisible in Cities 20:56

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Urban crises are some of the hardest environments to map — and yet that’s where millions of the world’s most vulnerable people live. In this episode of 15-Minute Maps, Hugo Powell is joined by Yann Rebois, Earth Observation Strategist at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and former Head of Geodata & Analytics at the ICRC. Drawing on decades of field e…

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Episode 18: Cornelia Scholz - The Dragon's Map 19:40

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What if our most trusted maps are quietly lying to us? This week on 15 Minute Maps, GIS technical advisor Cornelia Schultz (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre) joins Hugo to reveal a hidden truth about the world’s most vulnerable places: the places we think are empty may simply be unmapped. Working at the intersection of climate change, conflict…

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Episode 17 - David de Ridder: Rerouting… to Better Health 19:47

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In this episode of 15 Minute Maps, I speak with David de Ridder, Senior Research Fellow at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG), who specializes in spatial epidemiology and digital public health. David shares his dream map: a next-generation routing system that doesn’t optimize for speed, but for health. Think: a navigation app that automaticall…

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Episode 16 – John Huth: The Map Hidden in the Waves 21:42

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Ever Wondered How You’d Navigate the Ocean With No Compass, No GPS, and No Land in Sight? Well this episode once again proves the importance of maintaining indigenous knowledge. That question led Bonner Professor John Huth, Harvard physicist and renowned member of the team that discovered the Higgs boson, into an entirely different field of researc…

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Episode 15 - Guilherme Iablonovski: The Map of Matter 20:02

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We often talk about rebuilding after a disaster, but we leave so little thought for rthe materials needed. Have you ever thought about where all the rubble goes after a war or a flood? That’s the question that led Guilherme Iablonovski, a geospatial data scientist at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, to dedicate his career to mappin…

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Episode 14 - Brianna Pagan Corremonte: The Story of a Forest Fire 21:06

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She Lost Her Home to Wildfires… and Turned It Into a Powerful Mapping Idea That Could Not Only Save Lives but Local History as Well! Professor Brianna Pagan Corremonte - remote sensing expert, technical leader, environmentalist, and ultra marathon runner. How can you marry all these elements together into one map? Well Brianna describes her life po…

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Episode 13- Esperanza Ortega-Tapia: Climate Change Driven Loss of Cultural Farming Heritage 18:44

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In this very moving episode, Esperanza Ortega-Tapia describes her dream of being able to map the loss of farming land within BIPOC communities in the United States. A topic incredibly close to her heart, Esperanza not only takes us on a journey of loss of land but also, a loss of cultural heritage. Having grown up in New Mexico, picking chilies wit…

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Episode 12 - Guido Pizzini: Communities at the Heart of Humanitarian GIS Preparedness 22:59

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In this episode, Guido Pizzini - Director, Business Development, Impact and Partnerships at Immap Inc. - takes us through his dream of mapping community response to climate change. This idea is driven by his reading of Landscapes of Retreat: '...a reading of how the climate emergency lands in real places across time by paying close attention to ada…

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Episode 11 - Sven Schmitz-Leuffen: The Gap Map 23:17

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Sven Schmitz-Leuffen, GIS and Technical Solutions Lead at the International Committee of the Red Cross has a problem, how to know where and to whom should the ICRC be delivering support to? Well here is where the Gap Map comes in, a comprehensive collection of needs assessments that allow the ICRC to identify the literal 'gaps' in support. We discu…

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Episode 10 - Song Huang: Dark Skies 23:17

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Episode 9 - Maaz Sheikh: GIS for All 19:32

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In this episode I am joined by Maaz Sheikh, young GIS entrepeneur and start up king. Ageospatial, the platform he created, uses AI agents and large language models (LLMs) to assist the less GIS savvy in creating their maps. While a contentious issue, he says his platformed is designed to improve accessibility to geospatial data. He tells us about h…

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Episode 8 - Rhiannan Price: STEAM not just STEM 20:30

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Rhiannan Price, program lead at Nasa Lifelines, blends art and science to create her dream map. An advocate of community mapping, Rhiannan believes that modern mapping does not go far enough to evoke the community implications of places so often reduced to points in GIS. We delve into the implications of a map for decision making, whose primary des…

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Episode 7 - Varsha Sivaram: Empowering Research with a Geospatial Platform 19:29

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Varsha Sivaram, senior economic geographer at FRAYM, takes us into her world where she blends academic research with practical data solutions. In a world where data is king, how do you harness that data correctly and ethically? How do you ensure that work is doubled up and organisations share information responsibly? These are some of the questions…

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Episode 6 - Andrew Schroeder: Users as Creators 20:03

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GIS IS DEAD! This weeks guest is Andrew Schroeder, Co-founder of WeRobotics, Co-director of CrisisReady, and Vice President of research and analysis at Direct Relief. It may come as a surprise to some given Andrew's background but he posits that the concept of GIS as a tool for humanitarian response is outdated. With the rise of automated mapping a…

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Episode 5 - Richard Brittan: A Poverty Map that Works 20:28

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Today I am joined by Richard Brittan, founder of the innovative GIS company ALCIS. Richard identifies the lack of mapping of poverty in most parts of the world. He focusses on Afghanistan and the problems that surveyors and GIS experts have in mapping poverty across the board. In this instance, most poverty data is derived from a census from 2004, …

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Episode 4 - Joel Myhre: A Holistic View of the World 20:28

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Mahalo to the global GIS Ohana from this weeks guest Joel Myhre, humanitarian technology innovator. With a CV as long as the Magna Carta, Joel has worked in every facet of humanitarian technology and has travelled the globe supporting a myriad of projects. From the ebola outbreak in the DRC with World Health Organisation, to disaster preparedness w…

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Episode 3 - Nathaniel Raymond: The BLIMP 22:29

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This week I am joined by Nathaniel 'Natty' Raymond - Executive Director of Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University. Co-founder of Sentinel Satelites (with one George Clooney, yes that George Clooney), Nathaniel has worked a huge variety of roles including war crimes investigator and media consultant, but now refers to himself as an accidental …

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Episode 2 - Olivier Cottray: A Map in the Eye of the User 20:07

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Today I am joined by Olivier Cottray, Director of Humanitarian Solutions at ESRI, and with nearly 5000 followers on LinkedIn, he is the closest the humanitarian Geospatial community has to a celebrity. Starting his career working for the Antarctic survey, Ollivier has had a storied carreer in multiple NGOs. Olivier tells us about his dream GIS, a s…

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Episode 1 - Jessie Pechmann: A different Kind of World Map 18:13

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For the first ever episode of 15 Minute Maps I am Joined by Jessie Pechmann, storied humanitarian and Geospatial expert. She is currently the Humanitarian GIS and Data protection lead with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOTOSM), and has previously worked at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), IMPACT initiatives, and for the state of …

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Sandy Powell in Conversation with Kinvara Balfour 35:27

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Legendary Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning British costume designer Sandy Powell discusses her career in a rare and exclusive interview with creative director and producer, Kinvara Balfour at the Apple Store Regent Street in London.

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Episode 20 - Saïd Abou Kharroub: The One-Stop-Shop Map 18:50

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Episode 19 - Yann Rebois: Mapping the Invisible in Cities 20:56

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Episode 18: Cornelia Scholz - The Dragon's Map 19:40

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Episode 17 - David de Ridder: Rerouting… to Better Health 19:47

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Episode 16 – John Huth: The Map Hidden in the Waves 21:42

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Episode 15 - Guilherme Iablonovski: The Map of Matter 20:02

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Episode 14 - Brianna Pagan Corremonte: The Story of a Forest Fire 21:06

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Episode 13- Esperanza Ortega-Tapia: Climate Change Driven Loss of Cultural Farming Heritage 18:44

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Episode 12 - Guido Pizzini: Communities at the Heart of Humanitarian GIS Preparedness 22:59

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Episode 11 - Sven Schmitz-Leuffen: The Gap Map 23:17

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Episode 10 - Song Huang: Dark Skies 23:17

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Episode 9 - Maaz Sheikh: GIS for All 19:32

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Episode 8 - Rhiannan Price: STEAM not just STEM 20:30

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Episode 7 - Varsha Sivaram: Empowering Research with a Geospatial Platform 19:29

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Episode 6 - Andrew Schroeder: Users as Creators 20:03

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Episode 5 - Richard Brittan: A Poverty Map that Works 20:28

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Episode 4 - Joel Myhre: A Holistic View of the World 20:28

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Episode 3 - Nathaniel Raymond: The BLIMP 22:29

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Episode 2 - Olivier Cottray: A Map in the Eye of the User 20:07

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Episode 1 - Jessie Pechmann: A different Kind of World Map 18:13

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Sandy Powell in Conversation with Kinvara Balfour 35:27