Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDr. Stacey Tecot – What can lemur hormones tell us about infant caregiving?
Episode 75
Dr. Stacey Tecot of the University of Arizona joins the show to talk about her research on lemurs, their endocrinology and what their hormones can t…
10 hours ago
Dr. Briana Pobiner – What can cut marks tell us about human evolution, migration, and behavior?
Episode 74
Dr. Briana Pobiner of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Human Origins Program joins the show to talk about cut marks. She discusse…
1 month ago
Dr. Christiane Baigent – How do bodies decompose at high altitude? Colorado Mesa University's FIRS body farm
Episode 73
Dr. Christiane Baigent of Colorado Mesa University runs the Forensic Investigation Resource Station (FIRS), which is the highest body farm in the wo…
2 months ago
Dr. Raquel Fleskes – Using Ancient DNA to interpret historical sites
Episode 72
Dr. Raquel Fleskes of Dartmouth joins the show to talk about her work using ancient DNA to uncover the past in the Tidewater and South Carolina. Mos…
3 months ago
Dr. Andrew Best – Why do humans sweat?
Episode 71
Dr. Andrew Best of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts joined the show to talk about sweat -- what it is, when we do it, how we vary, and why …
4 months ago
Ron Romano - Decoding cemeteries: A historian's guide to death symbolism, power structures, and tech in early American burial grounds
Episode 70
Ron Romano of Spirits Alive (a non-profit dedicated to preserving Eastern Cemetery and its history) joins the show to talk about gravestone symbolis…
5 months, 1 week ago
Dr. Wakefield & Dr. Neidich – Death in early New York mental health institutions
Episode 69
Dr. Wakefield (Northeast College) and Dr. Neidich (University of Missouri) joined the show to discuss their research on death in early New York men…
6 months ago
Dr. Brian Villmoare – Using teeth to help fill in the blanks of human evolution
Episode 68
Dr. Brian Villmoare of the University of Nevada - Las Vegas shares how his team found teeth in Ethiopia and what those teeth might mean in terms of …
8 months ago
Keri Porter – What can head trauma tell us about violence in an emerging Bronze Age city? Plus: How to apply for grad school
Episode 67
Keri Porter, a PhD candidate at Notre Dame University, joins the show to discuss their research on patterns of violence in a Bronze Age urban center…
9 months ago
Dr. Maria Nieves-Colón and Jaime Zolik, MA – Working with Ancient DNA and descendent communities in Peru
Episode 66
Dr. Maria Nieves-Cólon and Jamie Zolik join the show to discuss their ancient DNA research in San Luis de Cañete and what it can reveal about the hi…
9 months, 3 weeks ago