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Exploring Boundaries: From Access to Female Sexworkers to the Questio…
When designing a research project, a researcher’s initial plans are often interrupted by what data we actually can access. Whethe…
Mate: The Drink Beyond a Drink w/ Guilherme Heiden
Mate (pronounced mah-tay), or more commonly known as yerba mate for English speakers, is an herbal tea drink native to parts of S…
Anthropology without Borders? Bringing the Study of People to the Peo…
Join TAL as they explore the meaning and movements behind the buzz words that shape anthropology when it reaches beyond the class…
History, Power, and a Mapuche Bible: A Shaman’s Story with Ana Mariel…
Join TAL’s Aneil Tripathy and Ryan Collins as they interview Ana Mariella Bacigalupo of SUNY Buffalo. Ana’s discussion of her res…
The Thrill of Discovery
Whether exploring a ruined tomb by torchlight, submerging to great depths in search of lost ships, or sending lone robot emissari…
Return of the Ethnographers: Life After Fieldwork
Start your week off by tuning in to the TAL crew, the entire TAL crew, back from fieldwork (albeit briefly) as we talk about our …
Back from the Field: Syncing into Holly Walter’s Research Part 2
Holly Walter’s joins TAL in the studio to share her experiences and insights into Shaligram stones! Her fieldwork took her from …
Applying, Designing, and Bringing Anthropology to the Public
Welcome back listeners new and old to the new and exciting season of This Anthropological Life! This season we at TAL have a lot …
Syncretism in the Land of Sacred Stones w/ Holly Walters
Sometimes ethnographic investigations are pretty straight forward. Sometimes, its like getting submerged in a ball pit with the t…
Unearthing the Past: Interview w/ Ryan Collins
Ever wanted to know what its like to be an archaeologist? Can you really dig a whole and interpret the past with the materials yo…
Human Endurance w/ Ben Gebo
Join us for our 50th episode! Return guest host Ben Gebo joins Adam, Aneil, and Ryan as we uncover the human quest to endure, and…
Buried in Snow! Thinking about landscapes as they change
It’s winter time here in the northern hemisphere, and in New England that means snow… a lot it. What can we learn from it? Join A…
The World According to Quinoa w/ Adam Gamwell
Today we dive into the world of food! Come hungry as we introduce the world of food studies and explore the changing roles and me…
How Humans Cope
How do humans cope in the face of uncertainty, challenges, and trauma. Join your friendly neighborhood co-hosts Adam and Ryan as …
Genderless Gingerbread Figures and the Custom of Costumes
Ryan and Adam explore genderless gingerbread cookies in Australia – do these cookies reveal something about shifting gender parad…
Ebola: The Passion and the Politics (Virology pt 2)
Join us for part two in our series on Ebola. This episode we discuss recent moves and displays by journalists and media outlets t…
Ecologies of Happiness
Smile! What is the relationship of happiness to place? What is the where of happiness? In part one of our series on happiness, we…
iPhone, Therefore I am.
With the yearly release of new mobile phones, companies like Apple and Samsung have to sell the idea that we need a new device. W…