Archive - Personal Landscapes

Christmas Markets in Berlin

Christmas markets helps those of us who live in Berlin endure the first half of winter.

22 hrs ago • Ryan Murdock

End of Year Update 2025

I put together a short update video for Personal Landscape followers on the state of the podcast as 2025 comes to a close, and what you can expect from…

Dec 17 • Ryan Murdock

10:40

The Best Books I Read in 2025

It’s the time of year when I tempt you to blow what remains of your savings on the printed page.

Dec 15 • Ryan Murdock

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…

Dec 9 • Ryan Murdock

1:27:05

Books of the Year 2025

Top picks from Personal Landscapes guests

Dec 5 • Ryan Murdock

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 • Ryan Murdock

31:27

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

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 • Ryan Murdock

1:13:13

October 2025

October 2025: What Am I Reading?

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

Oct 31 • Ryan Murdock

20:11

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 • Ryan Murdock

1:06:03

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 • Ryan Murdock

1:23:08

Foster Hirsch's Top Five Films

Start your Film Noir and Fifties journey here

Oct 7 • Ryan Murdock

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