Personal Landscapes

Easter Island with archaeologist Mike Pitts

Listen now | We spoke about the small group of settlers who discovered Easter Island, the genesis of the famous ecocide myth, and what those massive…

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Books of the Year 2025

Top picks from Personal Landscapes guests

Dec 5 • 

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November 2025

November 2025: What Am I Reading?

Watch now | Welcome to another instalment of What Am I Reading? Your month podcast update and book list.

Nov 28 • 

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Moonlighting: reliving the 80’s with Scott Ryan

Listen now | We spoke about Moonlighting’s most creative episodes, the chaos and fighting on-set, and the myth the so-called Moonlighting Curse.

Nov 25 • 

Ryan Murdock

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1:13:05

Constantine Cavafy with biographer Gregory Jusdanis

Listen now | We spoke about Cavafy’s childhood of faded aristocratic grandeur, the Mediterranean Greek world he grew up in, and his lifelong poetic…

Nov 11 • 

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October 2025

October 2025: What Am I Reading?

Watch now | This month's reading recommendations and podcast updates for Club Members.

Oct 31 • 

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Peter Matthiessen with biographer Lance Richardson

Listen now | We spoke about Peter Matthiessen’s privileged background, his life-changing journey to Nepal, his serial womanizing, and his greatest…

Oct 28 • 

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My Earliest Personal Landscape

I hope you’re enjoying my latest podcast conversations and book reviews.

Oct 23 • 

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Alex Hutchinson on what drives us to explore

Listen now | We spoke about the explore-exploit dilemma, memorizing a route versus mapping a landscape, and how to find the sweet spot between…

Oct 14 • 

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Foster Hirsch's Top Five Films

Start your Film Noir and Fifties journey here

Oct 7 • 

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September 2025: What Am I Reading?

Welcome to another instalment of What Am I Reading?

Oct 2 • 

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September 2025

Foster Hirsch on film noir and 1950s Hollywood

Film noir is is my favourite silver screen genre.

Sep 30 • 

Ryan Murdock

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