Podcasts

Podcasts

by Maja Šešelj -
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The Leakey Foundation (one of the funding agencies for biological anthropology and archaeology) has been running a web series called "Lunch Break Science" for just over a year. Each episode features a different scientist talking about their research. You can check them out here:

 https://leakeyfoundation.org/tag/lunch-break-science/

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by Maja Šešelj -
The Arch & Anth podcast by Dr. Michael Rivera ran twice a week for over a year. On hiatus now, but it is an amazing resource as every episode features a different anthropologist, at different stages of their careers (mostly early career researchers and grad students, POC, women, LGBTQIA2S+ anthros), talking about their research. Four field representation but mostly archaeologists and bioanthropologists!

https://archandanth.com/
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Drs. Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn host the Human Biology Association-supported podcast called The Sausage of Science (cause it gives you insight into how the sausage is made?). It's been running for a few years and has a very wide coverage of topics in human biology (which is a study of human variation and adaptation). Currently on episode 168!

https://www.humbio.org/podcasts/ (and wherever you get your podcasts from)
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by Maja Šešelj -
Speaking of Race is a podcast has been running for a few years at this point, and involves the hosts (a bioanthropologist, historian of science, and interntional studies prof) talking with guests from various disciplines about race. Last year they had a whole episode dedicated to Antenor Firmin, whom we mentioned the first week of class! Really fascinating insight into his life and work. Available on the UA website and wherever you get your podcasts:

http://speakingofrace.ua.edu/podcast/
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The wonderful Dr. Tina Lasisi (a highly recommended social media follow) recently got her own web series for PBS! Together with Dr. Stephanie Castillo (@phuturedoctors), she writes and stars in "Why am I like this?" The first episode focused on the sense of smell, and the second one on skin color!

https://youtu.be/eWzBNfBnFys
https://youtu.be/_BEJvVFxKV4

Tina's work on hair was featured twice on the Sausage of Science. If you're interested to learn more about the morphology of human hair, have a listen:

https://m.soundcloud.com/humanbiologyassociation/sos-142-f-around-and-find-out-methodsandmeasuring-hair-morphology-with-dr-tina-lasisi

https://www.humbio.org/sos-51-a-hairy-history-with-tina-lasisi/

And her episode of Getting Curious with JVN was a delight:
https://www.earwolf.com/episode/hair-variation-whats-her-story-with-dr-tina-lasisi/
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by Maja Šešelj -
The latest episode of the Smithsonian's Sidedoor podcast, "Did meat make us human?", features Dr. Briana Pobiner (BMC '97) discussing her research in paleoecology in East Africa (particularly Kenya), in conversation with Becky Malinsky (the National Zoo) and Dr. Andrew Barr (GWU). 

You can check out the podcast episode here: https://www.si.edu/sidedoor/did-meat-make-us-human and you can follow Briana on Twitter @BrianaPobiner.

You can also notice in Briana's description of excavating an animal bone with traces of butchery echoes of what Prof. Barrier mentioned earlier today about inferring the dynamic past from a static present!
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by Maja Šešelj -
Briana is also featured on the latest episode of the PrimateCast podcast, talking about her research, the paleodiet, and science communication! Check it out here (many other interesting episodes across various areas of anthropology):
https://theprimatecast.com/episodes