The Indian Ocean World Podcast

About the podcast

The Indian Ocean World Podcast explores the relationship between human societies and their environments across a vast interconnected region. It comes from the Indian Ocean World Centre at McGill University. Host Philip Gooding talks with scholars about books and research spanning Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Subjects include climate, disease, migration, colonialism, and the movement of commodities. The conversations connect particular places and historical experiences with the wider world shaped by the monsoon system.