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SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human — 92 episodes
Protest and the Public University
The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners
Milpa for the Future
Zambia’s Chinese Connection
South Africa’s Road Out of Colonialism
Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky
A Venezuelan Election … in Chile
Hunting, Gathering, and the Fluidity of Gender Roles
A Linguist’s Night at the Ball
Cementing the Past
Where Cultures Collide: Season 8 Trailer
Introducing: Homegoings
The Ancient Child Who's Changing Archaeology
Comics As a Medium for Women’s Rights
Smartphones Are Bicycles For Our Minds
When Scientists Take to the Streets
A Dam’s Downstream Consequences
Why Do We Eat at Funerals?
Chatter That Matters
The Problems of Digital Evidence in Terrorism Trials
Learning from Handy Primates
Moving Through Deaf Worlds
Untangling the World’s First-Known String
In Search for the First Cyborg
Black Influencers Beyond the Screens
Cultures of Technology: Season 7 Trailer
Can We Understand One Another?
Weaving Stories: Two Women Speak
Sex, Lies, and Science Wars
Bonus: Flemmie Kittrell and the Preschool Experiment
Into the Light
Trashing an American Icon
We Need to Tell Our Own Stories
Flapper of the South Seas
Coming of Age … Today
The Problems With Coming of Age: Season 6 Trailer
Introducing: Going Wild
Introducing: The Disappearing Spoon
Introducing: The Bioneers – Revolution from the Heart of Nature
Introducing: Outside/In
Introducing: Blind Plea
Finding Mrs. Jackson
Aneho’s Disappearing Coast
The Conversion of Julio Tiwiram
People of the Peppers
The Power of Criminal Prosecutors
I Do This for You, Mom
A Story of Icelandic Skulls
SAPIENS Podcast Season 5 Trailer
Introducing: Whetstone Radio Collective
Repatriation Is Our Future
Slavery, Sustenance, and Resistance
More than a Mountain
Curating as Caretaking
At the Heart of It All
Redrawing Boundaries
Guided by the Past
Our Past is the Future
A Startling Link Between Neanderthals and COVID-19
Moments of Resilience Amid a Pandemic
Is the Pandemic Slowing Down Love?
When at Home, Bake as the Romans Baked
A Vaccine Will Not Be Enough
We're (Still) Going Viral
The Problem With Abstract Threats
What Pandemics Leave Behind
Police Violence and the Pandemic
Could the Coronavirus Pandemic Be Good for the Environment?
Preppers and the Pandemic
What Does it Mean to be Human? Your Questions, Answered
Does Generosity Come Naturally?
How Belonging Shapes the Vaccination Crisis
The Deep Roots of Navajo Country Music
Are Colors Universal?
Stringing Together an Ancient Empire’s Stories
Do You Dream What I Dream?
What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting Down Syndrome
Where Have All the Denisovans Gone?
Eating Insects and the Yuck Factor
Season 2 is Coming Soon and We Want to Hear From You
Being Afghan in America: In the Field with Morwari Zafar
What’s the Cost of Quinoa?
How to Care for the Dead
BONUS: A Conversation with Carl Zimmer about DNA, Identity, and Heredity
Is Space a Human Place?
Power Players: US Football and French Rugby
Close to Home: In the Field With Amy Starecheski
The Mastodon in the Room
Prepping for TEOTWAWKI
Is Robot Empathy a Trap?
Is Your DNA You?
A Trailer for Everything Human