Culture Episodes
The Fight to Save Cultural Memory with Charles Henry
Charles Henry is the president of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), a nonprofit that works with libraries,…
Build Better Worlds: Anthropology for Game Design, Film and Writing
Today we're diving into world building, the process of creating realized worlds for (mostly) fictional stories and how anthropolo…
Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness with Charl…
Charles Foster set out to answer one of the most perplexing questions of all - what sort of creatures are we humans? - in one of …
Transforming Market Research with Qualitative Consciousness in post-l…
Dr. Meena Kaushik takes us through her story from the revolutionary idea in the late 1970s of applying semiotics to brand and mar…
Dead People Tell Tales: Segregated Cemeteries in Richmond Virginia w …
TAL Correspondent Sara Schmieder brings us an all new interview about the power of cemetery restoration, race in the American Sou…
The surprising truths wild horses teach us about the power of ritual,…
In today’s episode Adam and Astrid Countee are joined by multispecies anthropologist John Hartigan jr. John is an anthropology pr…
They're not Binging TV, they're Feasting: Rethinking Media, Honor and…
Take a walk with anthropologist and consultant Grant McCracken and host Adam Gamwell, as they discuss Grant's new book The New Ho…
How to Manage Social Conflict, Communicate Effectively and Find Commo…
In January 2021 armed rioters stormed the US Capitol in a harrowing and politically fomented insurrection. It was an apex of year…
The Hidden World of Sh*t (a farewell to 2020)
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…
Life in the Age of Social Media and Smartphones with Daniel Miller an…
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…
Death Work: The Life and Culture of Forensics with Lilly White
When most people think of forensics or forensic anthropology the first thing that comes to mind are TV shows like CSI or Bones, o…
Happiness and the Good Life According to the Aztecs w/ Dr. Ryan Colli…
A happy New Years! Enjoy this mini-episode with Adam and Dr. Ryan Collins exploring happiness and the good life according the Azt…
Sharing Sonic Space: Music as Home, Soul and Connector
“I hope that more people will listen to more music outside of their own little comfort zone. I think that we enrich ourselves, we…
Are Emojis and Hieroglyphs Universal Language?
Will Emojis be the death of writing? Are emojis modern day hieroglyphs? Is the increased use of emojis in textual conversations a…