Ranked #1
Humans as a Playful Species w/ Michael D’Angelo, Host of Old School Game Show
Humans as a Playful Species w/ Michael D’Angelo, Host of Old School Game Show
Join us for our funnest episode yet! Amy, Aneil, Ryan and Adam Exploring humans as a playful species through the world o... Read more
24 Sep 2014
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47mins
Ranked #2
Mate: The Drink Beyond a Drink w/ Guilherme Heiden
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 p... Read more
7 Mar 2016
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36mins
Ranked #3
Ebola and Virology
Ebola and Virology
Episode 38, Season 3Amy and Adam are joined in studio again by season 1-2 host Ryan Collins, recently returned from fiel... Read more
18 Aug 2014
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48mins
Ranked #4
Are Emojis and Hieroglyphs Universal Language?
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 conver... Read more
26 Oct 2017
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34mins
Ranked #5
How to Think like an Ethnographer with Jay Hasbrouck
How to Think like an Ethnographer with Jay Hasbrouck
Adam sits down (in a cafe, so this is live, people) with Jay Hasbrouck, Founder and Principal of Filament Insight and In... Read more
14 May 2019
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33mins
Ranked #6
Garbology, Space Junk and Digital Dumping
Garbology, Space Junk and Digital Dumping
3/18/14 We will be discussing the world of disposable objects and material culture: garbage culture and digital dumping,... Read more
18 Mar 2014
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51mins
Ranked #7
Environmental Anthropology, pt 1. Nature, Culture, Power
Environmental Anthropology, pt 1. Nature, Culture, Power
Are nature and culture separate things? How do our definitions of land, space, and place affect how we view the environm... Read more
8 May 2014
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43mins
Ranked #8
Happiness and the Good Life According to the Aztecs w/ Dr. Ryan Collins
Happiness and the Good Life According to the Aztecs w/ Dr. Ryan Collins
A happy New Years! Enjoy this mini-episode with Adam and Dr. Ryan Collins exploring happiness and the good life accordin... Read more
1 Jan 2020
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17mins
Ranked #9
Design Research is Anthropology Applied with Amy Santee
Design Research is Anthropology Applied with Amy Santee
At long last we are back! In this episode host Adam Gamwell talks with Design Researcher and Strategist Amy Santee. This... Read more
27 Sep 2019
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #10
History, Power, and a Mapuche Bible: A Shaman’s Story with Ana Mariella Bacigalupo
History, Power, and a Mapuche Bible: A Shaman’s Story with Ana Mariella Bacigalupo
Join TAL’s Aneil Tripathy and Ryan Collins as they interview Ana Mariella Bacigalupo of SUNY Buffalo. Ana’s discussion o... Read more
11 Jan 2016
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45mins
Ranked #11
Coffee Cultures
Coffee Cultures
From the farms of Central and South America and Africa to your favorite neighborhood coffee house, join us as we turn ou... Read more
9 Apr 2014
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42mins
Ranked #12
The Power of Vulnerability
The Power of Vulnerability
Episode 29, Season 3 Vulnerability evokes multiple feelings simultaneously-intense discomfort, respect and awe, intimacy... Read more
11 Jun 2014
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56mins
Ranked #13
Why Don't You Eat Bugs?
Why Don't You Eat Bugs?
Edible Insects part 1. Will crickets ever catch on as an alternative source of protein in the United States? How about c... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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30mins
Ranked #14
Ecologies of Happiness
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 happ... Read more
18 Nov 2014
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19mins
Ranked #15
Reproducing Rights and Wrongs: Personhood, Religious and Reproductive Freedoms, Gender, and SCOTUS
Reproducing Rights and Wrongs: Personhood, Religious and Reproductive Freedoms, Gender, and SCOTUS
Episode 32, Season 3Special Episode on the Supreme Court’s rulings over religious freedom and freedom of speech.On this ... Read more
2 Jul 2014
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59mins
Ranked #16
Return of the Ethnographers: Life After Fieldwork
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 a... Read more
6 Oct 2015
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1hr
Ranked #17
Non-Human Rights
Non-Human Rights
Episode 23 Non-Human Rights Available now!Join us as we dive into the world of non-human rights centeredaround recent c... Read more
28 Apr 2014
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57mins
Ranked #18
Where Qualitative Meets Quantitative Data w/ Delve co-founders LaiYee Ho and Alex Limpaecher
Where Qualitative Meets Quantitative Data w/ Delve co-founders LaiYee Ho and Alex Limpaecher
In this episode Adam Gamwell talks with Alex Limpaecher and LaiYee Ho, co-Founders of Delve. While Delve is a qualitativ... Read more
14 Aug 2019
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33mins
Ranked #19
Is Corporate Anthropology Selling Out? A Conversation on Consulting with Vyjayanthi Vadrevu
Is Corporate Anthropology Selling Out? A Conversation on Consulting with Vyjayanthi Vadrevu
We’re stoked to bring you TAL’s first ever three-city episode! Join Adam (in Peru!) and Ryan (in Boston!) and special gu... Read more
19 Jul 2016
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54mins
Ranked #20
How Humans Cope
How Humans Cope
How do humans cope in the face of uncertainty, challenges, and trauma. Join your friendly neighborhood co-hosts Adam and... Read more
24 Jan 2015
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41mins