SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human
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SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human
SAPIENS.org
Thursday 02 July 2020 : Everyone seems to have a story about the moment when the novel coronavirus pandemic stopped being an abstract problem “somewhere out...
Thursday 18 June 2020 : At some time in the future, the novel coronavirus pandemic will fade. What will this globally traumatic contagion leave in its wake? In this...
Friday 12 June 2020 : SAPIENS host Jen Shannon interviews Laurence Ralph, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University. Ralph is also a co-director of...
Friday 29 May 2020 : SAPIENS host Chip Colwell interviews Elic Weitzel, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Connecticut, about his recent...
Tuesday 19 May 2020 : With the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, the SAPIENS podcast is going viral. In this first episode of season 3, SAPIENS hosts Chip...
Tuesday 03 December 2019 : In this season 2 finale of the SAPIENS podcast, hosts Jen Shannon, Chip Colwell, and Esteban Gómez field questions from listeners on...
Tuesday 19 November 2019 : Until very recently, Colin Turnbull was the only anthropologist who had lived and studied with both the Mbuti people of the Congo region and...
Tuesday 05 November 2019 : Anthropologist Elisa Sobo never wanted to study the issue of vaccination. The topic was too fraught, she says, and she didn't want to touch...
Tuesday 22 October 2019 : What is it about certain musical traditions that cause them to take root in communities far away from where they originated? Anthropologist...
Tuesday 08 October 2019 : How do language, biology, and culture shape an individual’s experience of color? A journalist investigates the anthropological debate...
Tuesday 24 September 2019 : Anthropologist Sabine Hyland attempts to uncover the secrets held in twisted and colored Andean cords called khipus. Thanks to the...
Tuesday 10 September 2019 : Anthropologist Roger Lohmann sees a ghost in a dream while working in Papua New Guinea. Even though he knows it's just a dream, he's scared...
Tuesday 27 August 2019 : When Thomas Pearson’s newborn daughter was diagnosed with Down syndrome, it changed the course of his life forever. Pearson joins SAPIENS...
Tuesday 13 August 2019 : The Denisovans have long been one of the most elusive ancient human cousins, until now. In May 2019, scientists revealed the first fossil...
Tuesday 30 July 2019 : How come some people think eating insects is disgusting? Join SAPIENS hosts Jen Shannon and Chip Colwell as they dine on many-legged...
Tuesday 16 July 2019 : Hello fellow sapiens! We’re coming back with new episodes starting on July 30. This season is just a little different, though. SAPIENS...
Tuesday 18 December 2018 : How does an immigrant become an American? How does anyone join any group? SAPIENS host Esteban Gomez shares the story of Dr. Morwari Zafar,...
Tuesday 04 December 2018 : SAPIENS host Jen Shannon goes on a mission to find out how quinoa travels from farmers’ fields in Huanoquite, Peru, to markets in Lima and...
Tuesday 20 November 2018 : Scientists have thought about burial—the act of interring a dead body—as a distinctly human behavior. So what happened when a group of...
Tuesday 13 November 2018 : Surprise! As a special holiday treat, the SAPIENS team is presenting this unedited conversation between SAPIENS host Chip Colwell and...
Tuesday 06 November 2018 : From space junk and the International Space Station to Elon Musk and SpaceX, space is becoming a more human place. What will it mean for us...
Tuesday 23 October 2018 : Some athletes seem larger than life. They are revered and imitated—and they seemingly hold a lot of power. But whether they feel empowered...
Tuesday 09 October 2018 : What is home? Is it a physical space, a set of relationships, or a state of mind? SAPIENS host Esteban Gómez follows Amy Starecheski, a...
Tuesday 25 September 2018 : Humans may have been in North America much earlier than previously thought. Here’s the evidence: chipped rocks, crushed mastodon bones,...
Wednesday 12 September 2018 : It’s the end of the world as we know it. How do you feel? SAPIENS co-host Jen Shannon follows the trail of some contemporary preppers with...
SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human
SAPIENS.org
The Problem With Abstract Threats
Everyone seems to have a story about the moment when the novel coronavirus pandemic stopped being an abstract problem “somewhere out...
What Pandemics Leave Behind
At some time in the future, the novel coronavirus pandemic will fade. What will this globally traumatic contagion leave in its wake? In this...
Police Violence and the Pandemic
SAPIENS host Jen Shannon interviews Laurence Ralph, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University. Ralph is also a co-director of...
Could the Coronavirus Pandemic Be Good for the Environment?
SAPIENS host Chip Colwell interviews Elic Weitzel, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Connecticut, about his recent...
Preppers and the Pandemic
With the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, the SAPIENS podcast is going viral. In this first episode of season 3, SAPIENS hosts Chip...
What Does it Mean to be Human? Your Questions, Answered
In this season 2 finale of the SAPIENS podcast, hosts Jen Shannon, Chip Colwell, and Esteban Gómez field questions from listeners on...
Does Generosity Come Naturally?
Until very recently, Colin Turnbull was the only anthropologist who had lived and studied with both the Mbuti people of the Congo region and...
How Belonging Shapes the Vaccination Crisis
Anthropologist Elisa Sobo never wanted to study the issue of vaccination. The topic was too fraught, she says, and she didn't want to touch...
The Deep Roots of Navajo Country Music
What is it about certain musical traditions that cause them to take root in communities far away from where they originated? Anthropologist...
Are Colors Universal?
How do language, biology, and culture shape an individual’s experience of color? A journalist investigates the anthropological debate...
Stringing Together an Ancient Empire’s Stories
Anthropologist Sabine Hyland attempts to uncover the secrets held in twisted and colored Andean cords called khipus. Thanks to the...
Do You Dream What I Dream?
Anthropologist Roger Lohmann sees a ghost in a dream while working in Papua New Guinea. Even though he knows it's just a dream, he's scared...
What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting Down Syndrome
When Thomas Pearson’s newborn daughter was diagnosed with Down syndrome, it changed the course of his life forever. Pearson joins SAPIENS...
Where Have All the Denisovans Gone?
The Denisovans have long been one of the most elusive ancient human cousins, until now. In May 2019, scientists revealed the first fossil...
Eating Insects and the Yuck Factor
How come some people think eating insects is disgusting? Join SAPIENS hosts Jen Shannon and Chip Colwell as they dine on many-legged...
Season 2 is Coming Soon and We Want to Hear From You
Hello fellow sapiens! We’re coming back with new episodes starting on July 30. This season is just a little different, though. SAPIENS...
Being Afghan in America: In the Field with Morwari Zafar
How does an immigrant become an American? How does anyone join any group? SAPIENS host Esteban Gomez shares the story of Dr. Morwari Zafar,...
What’s the Cost of Quinoa?
SAPIENS host Jen Shannon goes on a mission to find out how quinoa travels from farmers’ fields in Huanoquite, Peru, to markets in Lima and...
How to Care for the Dead
Scientists have thought about burial—the act of interring a dead body—as a distinctly human behavior. So what happened when a group of...
BONUS: A Conversation with Carl Zimmer about DNA, Identity, and Heredity
Surprise! As a special holiday treat, the SAPIENS team is presenting this unedited conversation between SAPIENS host Chip Colwell and...
Is Space a Human Place?
From space junk and the International Space Station to Elon Musk and SpaceX, space is becoming a more human place. What will it mean for us...
Power Players: US Football and French Rugby
Some athletes seem larger than life. They are revered and imitated—and they seemingly hold a lot of power. But whether they feel empowered...
Close to Home: In the Field With Amy Starecheski
What is home? Is it a physical space, a set of relationships, or a state of mind? SAPIENS host Esteban Gómez follows Amy Starecheski, a...
The Mastodon in the Room
Humans may have been in North America much earlier than previously thought. Here’s the evidence: chipped rocks, crushed mastodon bones,...
Prepping for TEOTWAWKI
It’s the end of the world as we know it. How do you feel? SAPIENS co-host Jen Shannon follows the trail of some contemporary preppers with...
