Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAshley Thompson, "Engendering the Buddhist State: Territory, Sovereignty and Sexual Difference in the Inventions of Angkor" (Routledge, 2016)
Episode 53
Thanks to the international tourism industry most people are familiar with the spectacular ruins of Angkor, the great Cambodian empire that lasted fr…
7 years, 3 months ago
PJ Capelotti, "Adventures in Archaeology: The Wreck of the Orca II and Other Explorations" (U Florida Press, 2018)
Episode 520
Anthropologist PJ Capelotti discusses the role of exploration archaeology in understanding the Pacific voyage of Kon-Tiki, the Arctic airship expedit…
7 years, 4 months ago
Adrian Goldsworthy, "Hadrian's Wall" (Basic Books, 2018)
Episode 507
Stretching across the north of England, from coast to coast, are the 73-mile long remnants of a fortification built by the Roman Army during the reig…
7 years, 5 months ago
Gregory Smits, "Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650" (U Hawaii Press, 2018)
Episode 29
Conventional portrayals of early Ryukyu are based on official histories written between 1650 and 1750. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Gregory …
7 years, 5 months ago
Chip Colwell, "Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture" (U Chicago Press, 2017)
Episode 83
Five decades ago, Native American leaders launched a crusade to force museums to return their sacred objects and allow them to rebury their kin. Toda…
7 years, 6 months ago
Richard Hingley, "Londinium: A Biography" (Routledge, 2018)
Episode 492
From its humble beginnings as a crossing point over the river Thames Londinium grew into the largest city in Roman Britain. In Londinium: A Biography…
7 years, 6 months ago
Discussion of Massive Online Peer Review and Open Access Publishing
Episode 15
In the information age, knowledge is power. Hence, facilitating the access to knowledge to wider publics empowers citizens and makes societies more d…
7 years, 7 months ago
Fred S. Naiden, "Soldier, Priest, and God: A Life of Alexander the Great" (Oxford UP, 2018)
Episode 138
The Macedonian king Alexander III is best remembered today for his many martial accomplishments and the empire he built from them. Yet as Fred S. Nai…
7 years, 8 months ago
Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis. "Classical New York: Discovering Greece and Rome in Gotham" (Empire States Editions, 2018)
Episode 132
A new book explores how and why New York City became a showcase for the art and architectural styles of ancient Greece and Rome. Classical New York: …
7 years, 8 months ago
William Kelso, "Jamestown: The Truth Revealed" (U Virginia Press, 2017)
Episode 7
In Jamestown: The Truth Revealed (University of Virginia Press, 2017; paperback, 2018), William Kelso, Emeritus Head Archaeologist of the Jamestown R…
7 years, 9 months ago