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Build Better Worlds: Anthropology for Game Design, Film and Writing
Season 9
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 Pant…
4 years, 4 months ago
Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness with Charles Foster
Season 9
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…
4 years, 5 months ago
Podcasting and the Other Side of Storytelling - Reflecting on TAL's 8th Birthday
Season 8
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…
4 years, 5 months ago
Learning Forensics, Applying Anthropology with Gabriella Campbell
Season 8
It's not everyday I get to talk with other anthropology podcasters, and even more infrequently that I get to talk with undergraduate anthropology pod…
4 years, 5 months ago
Learning Forensics, Applying Anthropology with Gabriella Campbell
Season 2021 Episode 156
It's not everyday I get to talk with other anthropology podcasters, and even more infrequently that I get to talk with undergraduate anthropology pod…
4 years, 6 months ago
Don't Sell Yourself Short: How to Create a Career Plan
Season 8
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 be…
4 years, 7 months ago
Transforming Market Research with Qualitative Consciousness in post-liberalization India w/ Dr. Meena Kaushik and Madhuri Karak
Season 8
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 foun…
4 years, 9 months ago
From Art School to Industry: Passion, Ethics, and Business Impact with Phil Surles
Season 8
Phil Surles is a cultural anthropologist and consultant who focuses on branding. He works with companies to change their culture for the better and f…
4 years, 10 months ago
So tell me about yourself: Storytelling and the Science of Love with Helen Fisher
Season 8
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…
4 years, 10 months ago
Dead People Tell Tales: Segregated Cemeteries in Richmond Virginia w Dr. Ryan Smith
Season 8
TAL Correspondent Sara Schmieder brings us an all new interview about the power of cemetery restoration, race in the American South, and bringing leg…
4 years, 11 months ago