Podcast

The Indian Ocean World Podcast seeks to educate and inform its listeners on topics concerning the relationship between humans and the environment throughout the history of the Indian Ocean World.

To view all podcasts, visit the Appraising Risk website. The Indian Ocean World Podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, PodBean, Spotify, and more.


Eric Jennings – "Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean" The Indian Ocean World Podcast

Eric Jennings (University of Toronto) joins Philip Gooding to discuss his newly published book "Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean"   Scholar profile: https://www.history.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/eric-jennings    Book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300264531/vanilla/    The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”   Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con.
  1. Eric Jennings – "Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean"
  2. Kundai Manamere – "Malaria on the Move"
  3. The aftermath of Cyclone Idai (2019): Youth narratives beyond official and online discourses in Zimbabwe.
  4. Devika Shankar – “An Encroaching Sea”
  5. Fiona Williamson – Imperial Weather: Meteorology, Science, and the Environment in Colonial Malaya
  6. Alastair McClure – "Trials of Sovereignty"
  7. Adam Bobbette – The Pulse of the Earth
  8. Lukas Ley & Tarini Monga – S.AND
  9. James Warren – "Typhoons: Climate, Society, and History in the Philippines"
  10. Marit Kleinert – "Women Cooperatives on Zanzibar: Transformative Spaces of Resistance through Care"