Podcasts by This Anthro Life
This Anthro Life is the premiere go-to Anthropology Podcast that fuses human society insights with cultural storytelling. We equip you with a deep understanding of the human experience to revolutionize your decision-making strategies and social impact. Head over to https://www.thisanthrolife.org to learn more. Spearheaded by acclaimed Anthropologist Dr. Adam Gamwell, This Anthro Life equips leaders, individuals, and organizations to shape a more compassionate future. We aim to broaden perspectives and fortify decision-making skills by fostering a profound understanding of culture coupled with the transformative power of storytelling. With curated conversations and thought-provoking discussions featuring humanity's top makers and minds, prepare to have your perspective transformed. This Anthro Life delves into various facets of human society—from examining the complexities of cultural identity to understanding the influence of technology on our everyday lives.
🌍 Change Your Perspective
Explore the complexities of life in a simple and engaging way. From AI and robotics revolutionizing the nature of work to emojis changing how we communicate, we delve into the forces shaping our world. No topic is off-limits—fossil fuels and their impact on our planet, the race to find alternative energy solutions, and so much more.
🎙️ Captivating Conversations
Go beyond surface-level discussions with deep dives into fascinating topics. Dr. Adam Gamwell's interviews are thought-provoking, enlightening, and always entertaining. Carefully crafted questions ensure engaging conversations that are free from jargon, making them accessible to listeners of all backgrounds.
✨ Key Takeaways
Gain valuable insights from each episode that you can apply to your own life. Discussing wisdom gained from the edges of society, we extract impactful quotes and actionable ideas from our guests. Expand your horizons and develop a fresh perspective on the challenges we face as individuals and as a global community.
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Beyond offering an engaging outlook on human experiences, This Anthro Life lends its anthropological expertise to businesses, organizations, and individuals. We help them navigate challenges with effective communication techniques and innovative problem-solving strategies rooted in a nuanced understanding of human behavior and social structures. Get in touch.
Join us on this captivating voyage of storytelling at the crossroads of culture, design, technology and business. We're excited to collaborate with you in shaping a more compassionate world through an enriched narrative of the human experience. Experience breakthrough perspectives on human experiences and come away equipped to make enriched decisions that contribute positively to your sphere. Join us as we shape a more connected, hopeful narrative - one human story at a time.
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How to Ensure Human Autonomy in the Age of Algorithms and AI with Brian Evergreen from 2023-12-06T16:04:21
What does the concept of autonomy bring to mind for you?How has AI already begun reshaping how we work and make decisions? And do you think AI and algorithms should play a role in organizational de...
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Everyday War: How Small Intimate Moments Shape Wartime Realities in Ukraine with Greta Uehling from 2023-11-29T16:00:03
How do civilians strategically engage with conflict while seeking everyday peace? How do power dynamics and asymmetries impact the ability of civilians to strategically engage with conflict while s...
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The Future is Speaking: Unveiling the Power of Voice Technology with Tobias Dengel from 2023-11-22T21:00:03
What new possibilities do you see emerging with voice technology? How might it influence our interactions with businesses and services in the future and what if your voice could transform the way w...
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The Power of Collective Identity: Brad Deutser on Building Human-Centered Organizations from 2023-11-15T19:30:02
What is the importance of belonging in the workplace according to research? And what are some key actions that business leaders can take to create a fantastic work culture? In this episode of This ...
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Interstellar Dreams vs. Earthly Realities: Rethinking Space Exploration With Savannah Mandel from 2023-11-08T19:27:22
Have you ever wondered if reaching for the stars is humanity's most urgent priority? Is it the thrill of exploration, the endless possibilities, or our desire to ensure that our species has a plan ...
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Wisdom from the Edge: Writing Ethnography in Turbulent Times With Paul Stoller from 2023-11-01T15:00:02
Are you curious about the untapped wisdom that exists outside of traditional academic knowledge? Do you want to learn how stories, dialogue, and sensory experiences can enhance our understanding of...
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From Automation to Revolution: Exploring the Future of Conversational AI from 2023-10-25T15:00:03
Did you know that conversation, one of the oldest human technologies, is reshaping the future of how we interact with machines? We’re not talking Siri or Alexa here, but conversational AI, interfac...
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Navigating Uncertainty: Lessons from the Frontlines of COVID-19 Testing from 2023-10-18T15:00:03
What can we learn from our handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to better prepare for future crises? Why is it crucial to build a diagnostic infrastructure for future crises? And what lessons can we l...
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Navigating the Labyrinth of Perception: Wisdom, Language, and Post-Trauma Growth from 2023-10-10T15:00:03
How does language shape our understanding of experiences? How do we navigate trauma and find growth amidst adversity? Join us in this thought-provoking episode of This Anthro Life as we delve into ...
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Understanding Tribal Signals: A Conversation with an Evolutionary Anthropologist from 2023-09-27T14:00:03
The episode emphasizes how understanding our innate human drives and dispositions is critical, as awareness allows us to work with them constructively. In particular, humans have a "tribe drive" - ...
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Bridging the Gap: Bringing Science to the Public Imagination from 2023-09-21T15:00:02
This episode is about the importance of supporting public access to science and helping experts and scientists in their work. Dr. Nicholas B. Dirks, joins host Adam Gamwell to discuss the work of t...
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Building Regenerative Experiences: How Cognitive Data can Revolutionize Design from 2023-09-07T15:35:55
Are you ready to discover the untapped potential of cognitive understanding in design and technology? Join us in this episode of This Anthro Life as we explore the transformative impact of incorpor...
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Exploring Pedagogy and Teaching for a Post-Racist Imagination from 2023-08-11T17:00:02
Janine de Novais joins host Adam Gamwell to explore the importance of fostering discussions about race and racism. Janine, an educator and author, shares her expertise on creating safe spaces for d...
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Anthropology Meets Journalism: How Two Fields Can Save Each Other from 2023-08-01T15:00:02
In this episode, Emily Kennedy shares her unique journey of discovering the concept of ethnographic journalism. Journalists now face unprecedented issues like harassment, lack of public trust, and ...
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Entrepreneurship and Ethics in the Age of AI with Ahmed Reza from 2023-06-23T04:00:02
In a world where technology is advancing at an exponential pace, we can already see that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a profound impact on our lives.
But AI is far from perfect...
Developing Responsible AI with David Gray Widder and Dawn Nafus from 2023-06-02T04:00:02
Contemporary AI systems are typically created by many different people, each working on separate parts or “modules.” This can make it difficult to determine who is responsible for considering the e...
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This Anthro Life 2023 trailer from 2023-05-26T20:46:20
Just a little trailer for 2023 new listeners to This Anthro Life!
Learn more about the podcast here: thisan...
How Disability Teaches Us to Change the World with Brooke Ellison from 2023-05-16T04:00:02
People with disabilities often face accessibility issues in physical environments, such as a lack of ramps, narrow doorways, and inaccessible transportation. Every barrier is a reminder that design...
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The Complex Roots of Patriarchy with Angela Saini from 2023-05-02T09:00:02
In this episode, Angela Saini, award-winning science journalist and author of “The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule,” traces the material and social roots of patriarchy with host Adam Gamwell. The ...
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Embodied Robotics and the Future of Humanity with Lora Koycheva from 2023-04-19T09:00:02
When we think of robots, we tend to think of things like R2-D2, the Terminator skeleton, or a piece of machinery that automates the construction of goods in an assembly line. But that’s not all the...
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On Finding Awe and Being a Human in the Cosmos with Sasha Sagan from 2023-04-05T09:00:02
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many of us individually and as a global cohort to reassess how and why we live the ways that we do and what really matters to us. Through the pandemic, we may have also...
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Designing Resilience - Behavioral Science Meets Humanitarian Action with Britt Titus from 2023-03-21T16:03:56
How to Build a More Resilient World
The COVID-19 pandemic leveled the playing field between those who have the privilege to avoid or mitigate disasters and those who don’t. But the pand...
Creating Anthropologists on the Public Stage with Elizabeth Briody&Phil Surles from 2023-03-07T10:00:02
In today’s episode of This Anthro Life, anthropologists Elizabeth Briody and Phil Surles join host Adam Gamwell to discuss their latest project: Anthropologists on the Public Stage, a self-paced...
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How to Keep Brands Human in the 21st Century - with Matt Johnson from 2023-02-04T16:02:02
Consumers today find brands through many online sources, including search engines and social media. And with the rise of hyper-personalized ads, consumers are constantly being bombarded with brands...
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Why the World Needs Tricksters with Shepherd Siegel from 2023-01-13T10:00:02
Indigenous cultures around the world have a trickster god or figure in their mythos. For example, the Pacific Northwest Native Americans have the Raven, a selfish, hungry, and mischievous figure wh...
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Designing the Future of Global, Remote Work with Fredrik Thomassen from 2022-12-08T16:54:09
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Building a New Labor Market for Global Design Talent with Fredrik Thomassen
More and more businesses are switching to remote work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But on...
How Tech can Democratize Scientific Knowledge with Eric Olson from 2022-11-03T10:30:02
The vast majority of published scientific literature and new research is hidden behind paywalls. Worse, what few accessible papers available online are oftentimes written in jargon, i.e., specialis...
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How Humans Learned to See the Future with Byron Reese from 2022-10-26T09:00:02
What makes the human mind unique? How do we know there’s a future, and how do we recall the past? In this episode of This Anthro Life, Byron Reese, serial entrepreneur, technologist, and author of ...
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Growing Roots as a National Cultural Anthropologist with Ashley Meredith from 2022-07-26T09:00:02
Ashley Meredith serves as the National Cultural Anthropologist and Deputy National Historic Preservation Officer for the Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesia is a sovereign island country in ...
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The Fight to Save Cultural Memory with Charles Henry from 2022-05-11T09:00:03
Interdependence is the idea that the wellbeing of our world and for our physical and emotional selves depends on those around us, yet when we find ourselves up against a challenge bigger than ourse...
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On Being Heard and Learning to Listen with Nethra Samarawickrema from 2022-03-23T09:00:03
When we think about social science and social scientists working out in the world, we tend to jump to the science part, you know jobs that focus on research - consumer research, user experience res...
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Bitcoin and the Cryptocurrency Revolution with Mick Morucci from 2022-03-10T14:59:05
If you’re alive in 2022 you’ve probably heard of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Whether you’re an active trader, just dabble, or think you’d never touch the stuff, cryptocurrency raises a fascinating ...
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Deep Storytelling: Bicultural History and Fiction with Andrew Rowen from 2022-01-18T10:00:02
It's a common truism that history is often written by the victors, but it is equally true that the actual story is more complicated. One of the most poignant examples of this is the "discovery" of ...
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Build Better Worlds: Anthropology for Game Design, Film and Writing from 2021-12-15T10:00:02
Have you wondered why fantasy stories mostly are just copies of Medieval Europe? Why pop culture has been so obsessed with zombies? Or why Black Panther and the Falcon and the Winter Soldier seemed...
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Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness with Charles Foster from 2021-12-02T10:00:02
Charles Foster set out to answer one of the most perplexing questions of all - what sort of creatures are we humans? - in one of the most unique ways possible: immersing himself in experiences that...
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Podcasting and the Other Side of Storytelling - Reflecting on TAL's 8th Birthday from 2021-11-15T10:00:19
This Anthro Life turned 8 years old in October 2021. That's a long time for a podcast. When recently invited to share what I've been working on for a newsletter, TAL's 8th birthday got me thinking ...
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Learning Forensics, Applying Anthropology with Gabriella Campbell from 2021-11-09T17:45:47
It's not everyday I get to talk with other anthropology podcasters, and even more infrequently that I get to talk with undergraduate anthropology podcasters. I'm joined on the show today by Gabriel...
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Don't Sell Yourself Short: How to Create a Career Plan from 2021-09-17T12:29:58
A job search strategy is essential, but what if you don’t even know what to look for or what you want to do? A career plan is something you can do before job searching to define the kind of work yo...
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Transforming Market Research with Qualitative Consciousness in post-liberalization India w/ Dr. Meena Kaushik and Madhuri Karak from 2021-07-16T16:15:47
Dr. Meena Kaushik takes us through her story from the revolutionary idea in the late 1970s of applying semiotics to brand and market research to founding Quantum, which today is a global enterprise...
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From Art School to Industry: Passion, Ethics, and Business Impact with Phil Surles from 2021-06-16T14:59:22
Phil Surles is a cultural anthropologist and consultant who focuses on branding. He works with companies to change their culture for the better and focuses on integrating anthropology into industry...
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So tell me about yourself: Storytelling and the Science of Love with Helen Fisher from 2021-06-04T09:00
If Dr. Hellen Fisher isn’t a household name in your house (yet), her work certainly is. Helen is a biological anthropologist and basically the reason you can date online. She’s an expert on romanti...
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Dead People Tell Tales: Segregated Cemeteries in Richmond Virginia w Dr. Ryan Smith from 2021-05-14T12:24:59
TAL Correspondent Sara Schmieder brings us an all new interview about the power of cemetery restoration, race in the American South, and bringing legacy to light.
Dr. Ryan Smith is a professor...
The surprising truths wild horses teach us about the power of ritual, social durability, and surviving the Anthropocene with John Hartigan Jr. from 2021-05-05T09:00
In today’s episode Adam Gamwell and Astrid Countee are joined by multispecies anthropologist John Hartigan jr. John is an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at Austin. In his late...
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The surprising truths wild horses teach us about the power of ritual, social durability, and surviving the Anthropocene with John Hartigan J from 2021-05-05T09:00
In today’s episode Adam Gamwell and Astrid Countee are joined by multispecies anthropologist John Hartigan jr. John is an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at Austin. In his latest ...
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The Ghost in the Machine is Not Who You Think: Human Labor and the Paradox of Automation with Mary L Gray from 2021-04-08T09:00
BOOK GIVEAWAY!! Leave a Review of This Anthro Life for a chance to win a copy of Ghost Work! Leave us a written review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser by May 8, 2021, and email us a screenshot (so w...
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Becoming a Business Anthropologist and Mastering the Tools of the Trade w/ Oscar Barrera from 2021-03-05T15:45:52
Oscar Barrera is a Business Anthropologist based out of Veracruz, Mexico who brings a global mindset to helping businesses turn hurdles into opportunities for positive change. He is an expert in in...
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They're not Binging TV, they're Feasting: Rethinking Media, Honor and American Culture with Grant McCracken from 2021-02-04T10:00
Take a walk with anthropologist and consultant Grant McCracken and host Adam Gamwell, as they discuss Grant's new book The New Honor Code: A Simple Plan for Raising Our Standards and Restoring Our ...
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How to Manage Social Conflict, Communicate Effectively and Find Common Ground with Jeremy Pollack from 2021-01-19T16:16:55
In January 2021 armed rioters stormed the US Capitol in a harrowing and politically fomented insurrection. It was an apex of years of divisive and condemnable rhetoric and fear-mongering used to st...
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The Hidden World of Sh*t (a farewell to 2020) from 2021-01-01T01:16:34
Language warning. We use the word sh*t a lot in this episode, since it is, in fact all about poop.
To wrap up this crappy, some may even say shitty year, host Adam Gamwell and intern Elizabet...
More than a Game: Sports, Race, and Masculinity in Diaspora w/ Vyjayanthi Vadrevu and Stanley Thangaraj from 2020-11-26T13:29:37
In this episode we meet Dr. Stan Thangaraj, an anthropology professor at the City College of New York whose research includes immigration in the U.S, being interviewed by Vyjayanthi Vadrevu, a busi...
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Life in the Age of Social Media and Smartphones with Daniel Miller and Georgiana Murariu from 2020-11-11T10:00
Do you have a sense of how much time you spend each day on social media and smartphone? Whether you can live with them or you can't live with them, we know for most of us, these are ingrained parts...
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Getting Down to Business and Making a Career with Anthropology: Guest Podcast w Adam Gamwell on Anthro Perspectives from 2020-10-23T10:51:16
This Anthro Life is based on lifting up the voices and value of anthropologists and human scientists in all fields through sharing their stories, thought leadership, struggles, and winding paths. T...
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Death Work: The Life and Culture of Forensics with Lilly White from 2020-09-30T12:36:18
When most people think of forensics or forensic anthropology the first thing that comes to mind are TV shows like CSI or Bones, or maybe in Six Feet Under.
This may sound overly obvious, but p...
How to Study Meaning at Scale: AI and Big Data Ethnography, Microcultures and the Future of Innovation w/ Ujwal Arkalgud from 2020-08-18T13:10:10
Artificial Intelligence. Natural Language Processing. Machine Learning. Big Data. If you've studied Anthropology at all, you'll likely notice these terms don't often get use, unless you happen to b...
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Cyberpsychology: How Life Online Shapes our Minds and What We Can Do About It w Julie Ancis from 2020-07-17T12:10:29
It's no surprise that many of us find ourselves increasingly on mobile devices or the internet. We shop online with ease, connect with friends and family on social media, check the news, and play g...
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A Neuroscientist and Marketer walk into a bar: Neuromarketing and the hidden ways marketing reshapes our brains with Matt Johnson and Prince Ghuman from 2020-06-28T15:43:58
Ever wonder why certain new ideas stick while others don’t? We often hear a lot about innovation when it comes to new ideas, but really that’s only part of the equation. Psychology, marketing, n...
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A Neuroscientist and Marketer walk into a bar: Neuromarketing and the hidden ways marketing reshapes our brains with Matt Johnson and Prince from 2020-06-28T15:43:58
Ever wonder why certain new ideas stick while others don’t? We often hear a lot about innovation when it comes to new ideas, but really that’s only part of the equation. Psychology, marketing, neur...
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The Connected Cup: Coffee, Tea, Happiness and Visual Storytelling Around the Globe with Documentarian Brooke Bierhaus from 2020-06-05T21:53:35
What is it about coffee and tea - two simple drinks - that both transcends culture and is intimately bound up by it? In this episode, Adam talks with Independent documentary filmmaker and coffee an...
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Beyond the Prototype: Navigating that Fuzzy Area between Ideas and Outcomes with Douglas Ferguson from 2020-05-06T17:33:07
Today we talk with Voltage Control president Douglas Ferguson and we're taking you beyond the prototype. If you ever run a design sprint, or even if you simply sat down at your desk to think throug...
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How Do You Make a 2.4 Billion Dollar Observatory Disappear? from 2020-03-29T20:36:22
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a next-generation observatory currently under development that has created a watershed moment for the scientific community and Hawaiian society. This is because ...
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A Virus Without Borders: The Design of Public Health, Inequality, and Hope from 2020-03-21T21:56:38
Produced in collaboration with Experience by Design. We are witnessing a moment in our lifetimes that we will hopefully never see again. The world is gripped in a pandemic of a scale unseen for a ...
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The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity w/ Byron Reese from 2020-03-13T21:53:20
Gigaom CEO, publisher and author of "The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity" stops by virtually to chat with Adam and guest host Astrid Countee to help us mak...
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Will We Find God with this Machine? Introducing Starstruck from 2020-02-13T13:54:04
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a next-generation observatory currently under development that has created a watershed moment for the scientific community and Hawaiian society. This is because ...
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Brands and the Business of Relationships with Bill Fleming from 2020-01-13T10:00
Bill Fleming stops by to chat with Adam about branding, marketing and design. Bill is a Boston-based Independent Brand & Marketing Strategist, and Business Consultant for Designers.
On this ep...
Happiness and the Good Life According to the Aztecs w/ Dr. Ryan Collins from 2020-01-01T01:09:01
A happy New Years! Enjoy this mini-episode with Adam and Dr. Ryan Collins exploring happiness and the good life according the Aztecs. New Years is a great time to reflect on where we've been, where...
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Robots, Science Fiction, and the Anthropological Imagination: a Guest Podcast TAL's Adam Gamwell on Trending in Education from 2019-12-16T23:06:27
Special guest podcast! - Adam Gamwell guests on Trending in Education with Mike Palmer.
For this week’s extra, Mike is joined by Design Anthropologist and Podcaster, Dr Adam Gamwell, to exp...
Why More Security Never Feels Like Enough, by Astrid Countee: Storyslamming Anthropology Series #3 from 2019-11-18T18:48:43
Why More Security Never Feels like Enough
Storyslamming Anthropology Series, Story 3. Written and Performed by Astrid Countee
In recent years, the terms Public and Anthropology have been ...
100 Years of Beauty and the Beast of YouTube with Chris Chan from 2019-10-23T09:00
in this episode, Adam and guest host Leslie Walker talk with visual anthropologist and film producer Chris Chan, producer of the 100 Years of Beauty series on YouTube. If you haven't seen this seri...
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Design Research is Anthropology Applied with Amy Santee from 2019-09-27T10:00
At long last we are back! In this episode host Adam Gamwell talks with Design Researcher and Strategist Amy Santee.
This is one of these conversations that's a few years in the making. Adam h...
Backpacks and Toe tags: Life and Death on the US-Mexico Border w/ Jason de León from 2019-08-28T09:00
In this special interview, TAL's Ryan Collins talks with scholar, activist and artist Jason de Leon about the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border. In addition to these roles, de Leo...
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Where Qualitative Meets Quantitative Data w/ Delve co-founders LaiYee Ho and Alex Limpaecher from 2019-08-14T10:00
In this episode Adam Gamwell talks with Alex Limpaecher and LaiYee Ho, co-Founders of Delve. While Delve is a qualitative research suite, to help code transcripts, find insight, and pull actionable...
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GUEST PODCAST: AnthroDish 49: Exploring Quinoa Production through Design Anthropology with Dr. Adam Gamwell from 2019-07-22T09:00
For this episode, we're doing something a little different. I'll be your guest. I got interviewed by the wonderful Sarah Dunigan on her podcast Anthro Dish, a weekly podcast about food identity and...
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The Surprising Connections between Climate Finance, Sacrifice and the Spirit of Capitalism from 2019-07-09T13:10:06
In this episode, Adam and Aneil reflect on Aneil’s fieldwork in climate finance. Climate finance is an area of finance focused on mobilizing investment for climate change solutions, namely infrastr...
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Fear and Loathing in Truth or Consequences, performed by Taylor Genovese: Storyslamming Anthropology Series #2 from 2019-06-24T22:21:07
Storyslamming Anthropology Series, Story 2. Written and Performed by Taylor Genovese
In recent years, the terms Public and Anthropology have been paired with more frequency. Yet, what this see...
EPIC 2019: Agency in the Digital Age with Julia Haines and Lisa diCarlo from 2019-05-21T10:00
Welcome to This Anthro Life x EPIC 2019. This is the first episode in our 2019 collaboration with the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Community or EPIC. EPIC is a professional organization that bri...
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How to Think like an Ethnographer with Jay Hasbrouck from 2019-05-14T17:00
Adam sits down (in a cafe, so this is live, people) with Jay Hasbrouck, Founder and Principal of Filament Insight and Innovation and author of Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset, a how-t...
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Don't Yuck My Yum w/ Julie Lesnik (Edible Insects, pt 3) from 2019-05-06T14:43:37
Adam and Andrea continue the conversation with Julie Lesnik, author of Edible Insects and Human Evolution, but this time they’re going prehistoric. Oh, and they’re talking about gorillas and chimpa...
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A Bugless Life w/ Julie Lesnik (Edible Insects, pt 2) from 2019-04-28T17:47:25
Think you could eat a cricket? What about a spider? In this episode of TAL Adam Gamwell and guest host Andrea Eller are chatting with Julie Lesnik about her new book, Edible Insects and Human Evolu...
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Why Don't You Eat Bugs? from 2019-03-28T14:59:03
Edible Insects part 1. Will crickets ever catch on as an alternative source of protein in the United States? How about cockroach “milk”? Why do people in so many parts of the world NOT eat insects?...
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The Social Life of Robots, pt 2: Sex and Temperament in Three Cyborg Societies from 2019-02-28T13:16:15
Part 2 of The Social Life of Robots, with Emma Backe. In this episode hosts Adam Gamwell, Ryan Collins and Emma Backe tackle sex and gender norms underlying digital voice assistants like Siri, Cort...
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Heritage Survival Across Borders: Identity, Language and Migration from 2019-02-21T14:18:04
Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move, an audio collaboration between the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association, and This Anthro Life ...
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The Social Life of Robots, pt 1: Spoiler Alert from 2019-02-06T16:52:23
In the pop culture imagination, perceptions of robots and AI occupy a space of mystery and intrigue that gravitates between harbingers of impending societal collapse and bringers of mythical salvat...
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The Craft of Curation from 2019-01-09T00:17:25
Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move, an audio collaboration from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association, and This Anthro Life Pod...
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Switched on Pop from 2018-12-20T00:16:19
On this episode of This Anthro Life, hosts Adam Gamwell and Matt Artz are joined by assistant professor and musicologist Nate Sloan and music journalist and songwriter Charlie Harding, the hosts of...
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Weaving Social Fabric: The Craft of African Fashion from 2018-12-10T19:12:52
Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move , an audio collaboration from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association and This Anthro Life Pod...
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Sharing Sonic Space: Music as Home, Soul and Connector from 2018-11-09T15:06:31
“I hope that more people will listen to more music outside of their own little comfort zone. I think that we enrich ourselves, we are better human beings when you open up your heart to other cultur...
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Art is a Movement from 2018-10-09T22:16:24
Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move, an audio collaboration series from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association and This Anthro Li...
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EPIC Evidence with Dawn Nafus and Tye Rattenbury from 2018-09-19T17:49:37
This Anthro Life is opening the conversation with EPIC (the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Community) on the theme of Evidence. Taking center stage at this year's Annual EPIC Conference. “Evidence...
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The Awe is Shared: Evolution and Public Science with Andrea Eller - This Anthro Life from 2018-08-17T20:12:33
Andrea Eller is a biological anthropologist driven by a question of how do our bodies continue to react to things today? In other words, how does evolution continue to impact us and why is this imp...
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Its Only an Evil Cactus if Donkeys Chase You: Ethics and Psychedelics with Hamilton Morris - This Anthro Life from 2018-07-23T20:36:18
When TAL first interviewed Hamilton Morris, it was shortly after he and his production team had finished season 1 of Hamilton’s Pharmacopoeia. Now, Morris has completed two seasons of his criticall...
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Tech Ethnography, Data and Social Justice w/ Dr. Tricia Wang from 2018-07-10T18:46:45
Dr. Tricia Wang sees her work consulting as sitting at the crossroads of data and social justice. As a global tech ethnographer, Dr. Wang is obsessed with how technology and humans shape each other...
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EPIC Innovation w/ Dr. Alexandra Mack - This Anthro Life from 2018-06-01T11:56:43
Welcome back listeners! Adam and Ryan have taken some time away as of late to finish and defend their dissertations. Now that Ryan is done, and Adam defends in just one week (so close!), TAL is get...
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Consulting Podcasters: Prototyping a Democratic Tool for Multiple Voices, Storytelling and Solution Finding from 2018-04-30T12:13:40
Thanks to the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) for having Adam Gamwell and Matt Artz of This Anthro Life present at the annual meeting in Philadelphia. We presented as part of the New Method...
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Marching for Science w/Valorie Aquino from 2018-04-11T14:52:07
On this episode of This Anthro Life, hosts Ryan Collins and Adam Gamwell are joined by TAL correspondent and guest host Astrid Countee and by a very special guest, Valorie Aquino. They joined us to...
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Brave Community: Teaching Race in the American Classroom w/ Janine de Novais from 2018-02-14T11:00:22
Welcome listeners to the second installment of our Diversity and Inclusion crossover series, bringing together This Anthro Life with Brandeis University. For those of you who are new to the show, T...
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#MeToo: Stories in the Age of Survivorship by Emma Backe: Story Slamming Anthropology #1 from 2018-02-09T09:00:13
Welcome to Story Slamming Anthropology. This series features both innovative narrative and audio performance drawing on the deep toolkit and methods of anthropology. The goal with Story Slamming A...
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Carving a Niche between Software and Social Science: Anthropology in Industry w/ Natalie Hanson from 2018-01-31T19:15:43
Design and anthropology have been seen together with increasing frequency over the last few years, but how do design and anthropology fit together in relation to industry? And, how does this pai...
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Diversity + Inclusion in Higher Education, part 1 from 2018-01-15T09:00:10
Welcome listeners to the first installment of our Diversity and Inclusion crossover series, bringing together This Anthro Life with Brandeis University. For those of you who are new to the show, Th...
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Encounters Unforeseen: A Bicultural Retelling of 1492 with Andrew Rowen from 2017-12-13T08:00:25
In this Conversations episode, This Anthro Life hosts Adam Gamwell and Ryan Collins are joined by author Andrew Rowen to discuss his new novel, Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold. Coming in the m...
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Coming to Our Senses from 2017-11-27T11:00:51
In this Conversations episode of This Anthro Life, Adam Gamwell and Ryan Collins explore the subject of sensory ethnography – a focus in anthropology that tends to deemphasize the written word ...
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Are Emojis and Hieroglyphs Universal Language? from 2017-10-26T10:00:41
Will Emojis be the death of writing? Are emojis modern day hieroglyphs? Is the increased use of emojis in textual conversations a sign of the end of language as we know it? Join us for one of our m...
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The Yin and Yang of Design Anthropology with Dr. Elizabeth Dori Tunstall from 2017-10-11T13:07:23
In this Conversations episode of This Anthro Life, Adam Gamwell and guest host/TAL correspondent Matt Artz explore the world of Design Anthropology with the help of Dr. Elizabeth “Dori” Tunstall....
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Fall for This Anthro Life: Back in Action, New Content, and our Patreon Campaign from 2017-09-27T10:00:56
Hey Listeners! Adam and Ryan are back from their brief summer hiatus (a time filled with fieldwork, dissertation writing, and travels abound) with new content, a fresh Patreon campaign, lined up in...
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The Happiness Fetish Revisited from 2017-07-24T10:00:45
In response to several surveys that attempt to quantify happiness, Ryan, Adam, and Aneil spend this episode of This Anthro Life exploring happiness through the lens of fetishism. They discuss Danie...
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Conversations and Podcasting as Social Technology from 2017-07-14T10:00:29
This episode is a little different from our normal content. In it we feature a presentation Adam gave for Pivotal Labs in which he explores This Anthro Life’s (and his own) developing philosophy ab...
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The Stories Bones Tell w/ Kristina Killgrove from 2017-06-28T10:00:11
This Anthro Life has teamed up with Savage Minds to bring you a special 5-part podcast and blog crossover series. While thinking together as two anthropological productions that exist for multiple ...
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Anthropology + Science Journalism = A New Genre? w/ Daniel Salas of SAPIENS from 2017-06-21T10:00:29
This Anthro Life has teamed up with Savage Minds to bring you a special 5-part podcast and blog crossover series. While thinking together as two anthropological productions that exist for multiple ...
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Anthropology has Always been Out There w/ Ed Liebow and Leslie Walker of the AAA from 2017-06-14T10:00:54
In the second conversation of the TAL + SM crossover series, Ryan and Adam were joined by AAA Executive Director Ed Liebow and Program Manager for Educational Outreach Leslie Walker. They explored ...
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Writing “in my Culture” w/ Zoe Wool and Alex Golub of Savage Minds from 2017-06-07T10:00:17
This Anthro Life has teamed up with Savage Minds to bring you a special 5-part podcast and blog crossover series. While thinking together as two anthropological productions that exist for multiple ...
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Visual Anthropology Revisited, pt 2 from 2017-06-02T09:00:57
We like to bring you some of our favorite conversations from our catalogue as we think about new ways to explore the topic. This week we’re bringing you our Visual Anthropology conversation split i...
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Visual Anthropology Revisited, pt 1 from 2017-05-31T15:24:14
We like to bring you some of our favorite conversations from our catalogue as we think about new ways to explore the topic. This week we’re bringing you our Visual Anthropology conversation split i...
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On the Craft of Writing w/ Dr. Anita Hannig from 2017-05-17T09:00:42
How do academics write for a variety of audiences? Is routine a necessary part of creating? How many times will Ryan mention Stephen King? In this episode of This Anthro Life, Adam and Ryan talk wi...
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Free Think 6 – Who Are the 13,000? from 2017-05-12T23:45:03
FreeThink 6 – Who Are the 13,000?
In this week’s Free Think, Adam and Ryan introduce a new member of our team, Matt Artz, who will be leading a new project to study and research you! We ...
Dating your Ancestors is Complicated: The Strange Case of Homo Naledi from 2017-04-26T10:00:30
On this episode, Adam and Ryan dive into the complexities of our ever evolving human family. How we understand our ancient ancestors, cousins, and ape family has the potential to impact our under...
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Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy from 2017-04-19T10:00:34
This episode of This Anthropological Life presents a little differently from our normal episodes. The Society for Applied Anthropology generously allowed us to release the audio from Adam’s present...
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FreeThink 5: Finding Balance in the Midst of Burnout from 2017-04-12T10:00:33
Freethink #5: Finding Balance in the midst of Burnout
In this week’s free think Ryan and Adam talk burning out and finding balance. They reflect on their travels to conferences for the Society...
The Power of Vulnerability Revisited from 2017-03-22T10:00:04
This episode focuses on a conversation between Adam and Amy about a TEDtalk titled The Power of Vulnerability presented by Brené Brown. In this video, Brown breaks down the “wholehearted individual...
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FreeThink #4: On Art, Creativity, and Bringing Awe back to Anthropology from 2017-03-15T10:00:53
As you may have noticed, TAL has been on a bit of a break from releasing new episodes. But, the good news is that we have not been idle. The other night when Ryan and Adam were out and about they g...
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Investigating the Untethered Journey between Psychedelic Science, Medicine, and Drug Scheduling with Hamilton Morris from 2017-02-15T11:00:58
Psychedelia is the culture and experiences of psychedelic substances. Where did all the research on psychedelic drugs go? Could psychedelics be used in psychotherapy? How are hallucinogenic drugs u...
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Waiting w/ Serra Hakyemez from 2017-02-08T11:00:58
with Aneil and Ryan
Special Guest: Serra Hakyemez
Is waiting political? Can you cut in line at Starbucks during your hectic morning commute? In this episode of TAL we team up with...
D+A #2: What Makes a Protest Successful and How do I get involved? from 2017-02-06T13:00:14
Today’s D+A minisode follows last week’s powerful conversation with Jara Connell on protests and people-powered forms of resistance. In this minisode Jara offers us a nugget of wisdom to be cautiou...
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Protesting the Powers that Be and Being the Power that Protests w/ Jara Connell from 2017-02-01T11:00:50
What does mass-protesting accomplish? Does no arrests equate success? Why is protesting disruptive? And more! In this action packed episode of This Anthropological Life, Aneil, Adam, and Rya...
D+A Minisode 1: How to Deal with Change w/ Dr. Andi Simon from 2017-01-30T10:00:53
Minisodes are finally here! If this is your first TAL Podcast experience, welcome! We recommend you start off with our regular Conversation series – 25ish minute dialogues about everything and anyt...
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When your Business Stalls, it’s time to Evolve: Unpacking Corporate Anthropology with Dr. Andi Simon from 2017-01-25T05:17:12
How can we make change easier? Do women lead differently from men? What is corporate anthropology? Ryan, Adam, and Aneil are back to answer these questions and more with Dr. Andi Simon. Change is h...
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FreeThink 3: PRX Podcast Garage Meetups, Building Bridges, and Expanding the Podcast from 2016-12-05T17:59:48
Do you need Podcast advice? How is social media transforming the nature of protesting? Can we hatch a good episode out of chickens? Join us in our latest Free Think where we talk upcoming episodes,...
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Don’t Panic! The Neuroscience behind falling into Balance w/ Vivek Pandey Vimal from 2016-11-23T18:23:14
Are balance and movement something that can be culturally shaped? Why aren’t female rats being used in drug studies? In this episode of This Anthropological Life we team up with Vivekanand Pandey V...
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On Kindness and What the World Needs Now w/ Hannah Brencher from 2016-11-17T11:00:51
Have you ever felt disconnected from your relationships and your life because of your reliance on your phone and social media? Do you ever feel nostalgia for the art of handwriting letters? Hannah ...
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Multi-species and non-Human Centered Anthropology: Conversations Revisited from 2016-11-02T16:06:34
Join us for another listen of TAL Conversations favorites on Multi-species and Non-Human Centered Anthropology. Originally aired December 2013, with a follow-up conversation coming soon!
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Myths of American Democracy: Contradictions, Troubling Numbers, and Searching for Sense in the System from 2016-10-20T00:35:50
Do you find yourself increasingly frustrated at the lack of real conversations between candidates and politicians? Are you confused about why someone who doesn’t walk to the beat of your life claim...
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FreeThink #2 – Moving Beyond the Mic: On Collaborations and Working Across Disciplines from 2016-10-19T11:00:15
Join Aneil, Adam and Ryan for the second FreeThink episode, where they talk unscripted about upcoming projects and potential interdisciplinary collaborations beyond the mic.
FreeThink is a new...
Beer Revisited from 2016-10-13T01:44:48
Glad you’re here! Check out some of our favorite episodes in any order and get to know the anthropological life. And, if you’re long-time listeners we hope you’ll enjoy revisiting these gems with u...
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FreeThink #1: TaL Back in the Studio! What’s Next?? from 2016-10-10T17:58:15
Adam, Aneil, and Ryan are all back in the TaL studio for the first time in 18 months! And it feels good. Today we talk shop about where we’ve been and where we’re going with TaL. Check out the conv...
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Is Corporate Anthropology Selling Out? A Conversation on Consulting with Vyjayanthi Vadrevu from 2016-07-19T12:00:16
We’re stoked to bring you TAL’s first ever three-city episode! Join Adam (in Peru!) and Ryan (in Boston!) and special guest Vyjayanthi Vadrevu (somewhere between NYC and Austin!) for an in-depth lo...
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Making Sense of Finance: Boundaries, Institutions, and Power with Caitlin Zaloom from 2016-06-12T13:19:59
Join TaL’s Aneil Tripathy and Caitlin Zaloom, NYU Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, as they discuss Zaloom’s research on futures markets and most recently student debt. Hear abou...
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Guest Podcast: Food Futures: Playing our Way to Conservation? Experimental Economics in the Andean Countryside from 2016-05-25T17:18:36
Special guest podcast from our friends at the Food Futures Podcast
Corinna Howland interviews Adam Gamwell about experimental games, or field experiments, which NGOs and economists use to meas...
Stewardship and Heritage: Bringing Archaeology to the Public with Emily Jane Murry from 2016-05-24T19:48:46
Join TAL’s Ryan Collins and Aneil Tripathy as they interview Emily Jane Murry about her work as a publicly engaged archaeologist in Northern Florida with the Florida Public Archaeology Network. Mos...
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Faded Paint and Yellowed Photos: On, Image, Inspiration, and Memory with Javier Urcid from 2016-03-28T23:19:33
How does a camera and a deep sense of curiosity lead to a lifetime of archaeological research on ancient peoples, their symbols, art, and writing? Ryan and Aneil are joined by Brandeis University P...
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A Business for the Future? Redefining Value, Quinoa and the Quest of Pachakuti Foods w/ Alexander Wankel from 2016-03-23T18:59:56
We’re back in Peru! Join Adam and special guest Alexander Wankel of Pachakuti Foods for a conversation about the future of food production, agrobiodiversity, sustainability, and keeping traditional...
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Exploring Boundaries: From Access to Female Sexworkers to the Question of Research from 2016-03-18T16:02:52
When designing a research project, a researcher’s initial plans are often interrupted by what data we actually can access. Whether negotiating political structures, cultural taboos, necessary permi...
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Mate: The Drink Beyond a Drink w/ Guilherme Heiden from 2016-03-07T18:43:15
Mate (pronounced mah-tay), or more commonly known as yerba mate for English speakers, is an herbal tea drink native to parts of South America – Southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay – w...
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Anthropology without Borders? Bringing the Study of People to the People 5 from 2016-02-08T10:30:47
Join TAL as they explore the meaning and movements behind the buzz words that shape anthropology when it reaches beyond the classroom. Applied, Public, Design, and Open Anthropology. What are they,...
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History, Power, and a Mapuche Bible: A Shaman’s Story with Ana Mariella Bacigalupo from 2016-01-11T19:56:46
Join TAL’s Aneil Tripathy and Ryan Collins as they interview Ana Mariella Bacigalupo of SUNY Buffalo. Ana’s discussion of her research on Mapuche shamans takes us on an exciting journey, full of em...
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The Thrill of Discovery from 2015-11-12T20:00:59
Whether exploring a ruined tomb by torchlight, submerging to great depths in search of lost ships, or sending lone robot emissaries to search the stars, human experience is shaped by discovery. Mor...
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Return of the Ethnographers: Life After Fieldwork from 2015-10-06T15:38:42
Start your week off by tuning in to the TAL crew, the entire TAL crew, back from fieldwork (albeit briefly) as we talk about our experiences in ethnography, archaeology, and excessive note taking! ...
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Back from the Field: Syncing into Holly Walter’s Research Part 2 from 2015-09-29T18:16:51
Holly Walter’s joins TAL in the studio to share her experiences and insights into Shaligram stones! Her fieldwork took her from Kathmandu to Mustang on a pilgrimage, following in the footsteps of ...
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Applying, Designing, and Bringing Anthropology to the Public from 2015-09-18T16:49:58
Welcome back listeners new and old to the new and exciting season of This Anthropological Life! This season we at TAL have a lot of new content and exciting interviews ahead. To bring everyone up t...
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Syncretism in the Land of Sacred Stones w/ Holly Walters from 2015-04-25T01:02:29
Sometimes ethnographic investigations are pretty straight forward. Sometimes, its like getting submerged in a ball pit with the task of sorting all of the colors, figuring out which ones are older ...
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Unearthing the Past: Interview w/ Ryan Collins from 2015-04-09T21:22:07
Ever wanted to know what its like to be an archaeologist? Can you really dig a whole and interpret the past with the materials you find? Is anything about Indiana Jones accurate? Tune and listen to...
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Human Endurance w/ Ben Gebo from 2015-03-27T21:22:52
Join us for our 50th episode! Return guest host Ben Gebo joins Adam, Aneil, and Ryan as we uncover the human quest to endure, and to push ourselves to the limit. From marathons to surviving evoluti...
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Buried in Snow! Thinking about landscapes as they change from 2015-03-03T22:45:28
It’s winter time here in the northern hemisphere, and in New England that means snow… a lot it. What can we learn from it? Join Aneil and Ryan as they dive (or attempt to unbury) the human connecti...
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The World According to Quinoa w/ Adam Gamwell from 2015-01-24T17:26:56
Today we dive into the world of food! Come hungry as we introduce the world of food studies and explore the changing roles and meaning food has had over the millennia, and how we can explore ways t...
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How Humans Cope from 2015-01-24T17:26:31
How do humans cope in the face of uncertainty, challenges, and trauma. Join your friendly neighborhood co-hosts Adam and Ryan as we explore coping across time, scales and space! From the individual...
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Genderless Gingerbread Figures and the Custom of Costumes from 2015-01-24T17:24:04
Ryan and Adam explore genderless gingerbread cookies in Australia – do these cookies reveal something about shifting gender paradigms? Also, we explore a bit about how and why we wear costumes. It ...
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Ebola: The Passion and the Politics (Virology pt 2) from 2014-12-01T16:48
Join us for part two in our series on Ebola. This episode we discuss recent moves and displays by journalists and media outlets to cover various parts of the Ebola epidemic, the use of Ebola as a t...
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Ecologies of Happiness from 2014-11-18T19:24:02
Smile! What is the relationship of happiness to place? What is the where of happiness? In part one of our series on happiness, we explore happiness as a place-based phenomenon.
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iPhone, Therefore I am. from 2014-10-06T15:32:21
With the yearly release of new mobile phones, companies like Apple and Samsung have to sell the idea that we need a new device. With the release of wearable peripherals like Google Glass and Apple ...
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Police Militarization, Race, Trust, Violence and Ferguson, MO from 2014-09-29T14:06:48
Join Amy, Ryan, Aneil and Adam and special guest Delande Justinvil for an important episode of This Anthropological Life as we take head-on the complex issues of race in the United States, security...
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Humans as a Playful Species w/ Michael D’Angelo, Host of Old School Game Show from 2014-09-24T14:06:44
Join us for our funnest episode yet! Amy, Aneil, Ryan and Adam Exploring humans as a playful species through the world of gameshows, trivia, and popular culture – from TV to Movies and Music. Micha...
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The Burning Man Experience w/ Ben Gebo Part 2! from 2014-09-18T18:41:47
Join us for our first ever extended conversation, part of our new “This Anthropological Life After Hours” extended episode series. On occasion we will keep the conversation going well after our reg...
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The Burning Man Experience w/ Ben Gebo from 2014-09-07T17:07:51
Episode 41, Season 4
Join Adam, Aneil, and Ryan with returning guest expert and commentator Ben Gebo as we dive into the rabbit hole of Burning Man. Ben recently returned from the Burn, and we...
Ebola and Virology from 2014-08-18T17:40:11
Episode 38, Season 3
Amy and Adam are joined in studio again by season 1-2 host Ryan Collins, recently returned from fieldwork in Mexico. We turn our anthropological eye to the world of viruse...
Long Haul: The Lives of China’s Truckers w/ Rachel Katz from 2014-08-05T14:27:23
Episode 37, Season 3
Join us for a special episode with guest researcher, consultant, and author Rachel Katz for an intimate look at the lives of Chinese truckers. Rachel’s work explores and b...
Urban Cycling from 2014-07-30T02:43:23
Episode 36, Season 3, Aired 7/29/14
Urban cycling is both a global and local phenomenon. From Boston to Bombay to Beijing, bike cultures differ across the globe but bring many people together ...
Access Denied: Protests, Urban Green Spaces, and Changing Transportation from 2014-07-23T02:20:43
Episode 35, Season 3. Aired 7/22/14
From Access Denied to Transforming Access, numerous cases of the re-appropriation of space from occupy protesters to Shock Top beer fests, cars to bikes, ci...
Lost in Space: From the Universe to the Space Between Atoms from 2014-07-18T15:30:13
Episode 34, Season 3
This week Aneil and Adam tackle Space in all of its complexity and multi forms, from the universe to the space between atoms we will dive into the numerous connotations of...
Stress Test w/ Luke Hanlin from 2014-07-10T15:04:09
Episode 33, Season 3
Feeling Stressed? Join Aneil and special Guest Luke Hanlin, Psychology PhD student, as they discuss the psychology of stress and the human capacity to deal with stress in ...
Reproducing Rights and Wrongs: Personhood, Religious and Reproductive Freedoms, Gender, and SCOTUS from 2014-07-02T20:17:47
Episode 32, Season 3
Special Episode on the Supreme Court’s rulings over religious freedom and freedom of speech.
On this week’s episode we take on 5 recent and ongoing court cases that d...
The Beautiful Game: World Cup 2014 from 2014-06-24T20:05:56
Episode 31, Season 3, Aired 6/24/14
Gooooooooooolllllll!!!!! Today we turn our anthropological lens towards the most popular sport in the world and perhaps the most global sporting comp...
The Power of Vulnerability from 2014-06-11T19:12:04
Episode 29, Season 3
Vulnerability evokes multiple feelings simultaneously-intense discomfort, respect and awe, intimacy, and fear. Why does it resonate so broadly and deeply across contexts?...
Up in the Cloud: Computing in the 21st Century (so far) from 2014-06-04T19:56:17
Episode 28 Season 3
“Up in the Cloud: Computing in the 21st Century (so far)” online now!
The idea of a cloud evokes an immaterial floating world of information. Adam and Aneil turn the a...
A House to Make a Home? w/ Mengqi Wang from 2014-05-29T16:35:03
“A House to Make a Home?” Season 3, Episode 27 Aired 5/27/14
We are joined by guest expert Mengqi Wang to delve into the fascinating world of housing, property, ownership, and exchange! ...
Let There Be Light! from 2014-05-21T16:24:01
Season 3, Episode 26 – Aired 5/20/14
Light is all around us, but we don’t often think about it. Light comes to us as energy, as necessary for vision, as a metaphor for good and seen as c...
Special Conversation: Reflections on Anthropology: Why do we do what we do? from 2014-05-20T14:58
For our 25th episode we bring you a special, raw moment in the show in which we turn the conversation more directly to ourselves as anthropologists. The show began as a second part to our Anthropol...
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Environmental Anthropology, pt 1. Nature, Culture, Power from 2014-05-08T21:13:34
Are nature and culture separate things? How do our definitions of land, space, and place affect how we view the environment? Trees, bees, garbage, college, and power! Join host Aneil Tripathy for a...
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The Politics of Difference and Relatedness from 2014-04-28T14:17:14
Episode 39, Season 3
Join us this week for a trip to the ancient…present? This week Ryan, Aneil, and Adam cover the politics of difference through an unlikely lens and cutting edge research. W...
Non-Human Rights from 2014-04-28T13:32
Episode 23 Non-Human Rights Available now!
Join us as we dive into the world of non-human rights centered
around recent court cases dealing with the rights of chimpanzees, our closest no...
Visual Anthropology Revisited from 2014-04-16T18:35:23
Join us for an ‘enlightening’ trip as we ‘shed some light’ on the world of sight, seeing, and visual anthropology. In this episode we explore the deep impact of visual culture across the globe and ...
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Coffee Cultures from 2014-04-09T03:02:03
From the farms of Central and South America and Africa to your favorite neighborhood coffee house, join us as we turn our anthropological eye towards the world of coffee! Connecting the ‘dark bever...
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Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Visual Storytelling from 2014-04-01T23:28
Turning 75 isn’t only a big deal for Batman, it also marks a generational tradition of using graphic media to illustrate, comment on, and showcase different aspects of our own society. Even so, com...
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The Crisis in Crimea with guest Dr. Emily Canning from 2014-03-25T14:59
Join us today for a very special episode with Central Asian expert Emily Canning. Today we turn our anthropological lens to the ongoing international conflict over Crimea: international relations a...
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Garbology, Space Junk and Digital Dumping from 2014-03-18T14:40:02
3/18/14 We will be discussing the world of disposable objects and material culture: garbage culture and digital dumping, polluting the (final) frontier – yes, garbage in space, and more!
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Altered States, part 2 with Ben Gebo from 2014-03-07T04:48:24
Head on over to our Podcasts page and stream the episode or download it for a mind bending journey through the worlds of psychedelics and hallucinogenics, the effects of music on the brain, the hum...
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Altered States of Consciousness from 2014-02-25T20:36:54
Hey y’all – we had a great show today and would love for you to check it out and hear what you think! Continuing some of the themes we’ve been building over the course of season two, we’ve traveled...
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