Charles Henry is the president of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), a nonprofit that works with libraries,…
Today we're diving into world building, the process of creating realized worlds for (mostly) fictional stories and how anthropolo…
Charles Foster set out to answer one of the most perplexing questions of all - what sort of creatures are we humans? - in one of …
Dr. Meena Kaushik takes us through her story from the revolutionary idea in the late 1970s of applying semiotics to brand and mar…
TAL Correspondent Sara Schmieder brings us an all new interview about the power of cemetery restoration, race in the American Sou…
In today’s episode Adam and Astrid Countee are joined by multispecies anthropologist John Hartigan jr. John is an anthropology pr…
Take a walk with anthropologist and consultant Grant McCracken and host Adam Gamwell, as they discuss Grant's new book The New Ho…
In January 2021 armed rioters stormed the US Capitol in a harrowing and politically fomented insurrection. It was an apex of year…
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 m…
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…
When most people think of forensics or forensic anthropology the first thing that comes to mind are TV shows like CSI or Bones, o…
A happy New Years! Enjoy this mini-episode with Adam and Dr. Ryan Collins exploring happiness and the good life according the Azt…
“I hope that more people will listen to more music outside of their own little comfort zone. I think that we enrich ourselves, we…
Will Emojis be the death of writing? Are emojis modern day hieroglyphs? Is the increased use of emojis in textual conversations a…