Chip Colwell, lecturer at the University of Colorado, Denver, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pact he made with his family that they buy no more than five items in a year and what it taught him about consumption.
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How to do archaeology without digging
Wired contributor Geoff Manaugh joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how radar and computer modeling are allowing researchers to create maps of what the ancient world looked like – all without the harm of an excavation.
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The Biology Of Trust
David Napier is professor of medical anthropology at University College London, director of the university’s Centre for Applied Global Citizenship, and director of its Science, Medicine, and Society Network. He joins us to discuss group dynamics and why public policy that values the collective good over individual interests is ultimately beneficial to everyone.
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Why Humans Evolved To Be Friendly
Brian Hare, a professor of evolutionary anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, joins us to talk about how sharing and caring led early humans to evolve past their rivals.
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There Are Lots Of Ways To Be A Man
Matthew Gutmann, professor of anthropology at Brown University, joins us to talk about the enduring ideas that men are aloof, unable to control primal impulses, and are wired to dominate — and how wrong and harmful they are.
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They Made One Of The Greatest Archaeological Discoveries Of All Time
Paleoanthropologist professor Lee Berger and Director of the Center for the Exploration of the Human Journey Becca Peixotto join us to discuss the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science exhibition.
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How We Evolved The Need To Believe
Agustín Fuentes, Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, joins us to talk about the evolution of religion.
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The Invention of Modern Anthropology
Charles King, Georgetown University Professor of International Affairs and Government, joins us to talk about how Frank Boas and his peers, including Margaret Mead, set about rethinking our humanity.
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The Invention of Cities
Monica L. Smith, professor of anthropology at UCLA, joins us to explain how the development of cities – from Mesopotamia to the present – is strongly linked to the prosperity of humankind as a whole.
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The Evolution Of Human Violence
Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham joins us to talk about the evolution of human violence, which he writes about in “The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution.”
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Home As Natural Habitat
This hour, we’ll talk with neuroanthropologist John S. Allen about how our evolutionary drive to put down roots may have also provided early humans a safe environment for growing their minds.
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Forensic Anthropology And Fictional Adventures
This hour, we’ll talk to Kathy Reichs about injecting her experience as a forensic anthropologist into her most popular fictional character, Temperance Brennan.
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