Below you’ll find a list of every book, article, show, etc. recommended on the AnthroBiology Podcast organized chronologically by episode.
Ep. 1 – Dr. Bernard Wood (08 Jan 2020)
- What to read to learn more: Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction by Bernard Wood
- What he’s reading for work: The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
- What he’s reading for fun: Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes
- BONUS – What I was reading: On Call in the Arctic by Thomas J. Sims
Ep. 2 – Dr. Cynthia Wilczak (22 Jan 2020)
- What to read to learn more: Smithsonian Magazine or the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
- What she’s reading for work:
- Milella, Marco & Alves Cardoso, Francisca & Assis, Sandra & Lopreno, Geneviève & Speith, Nivien. (2015). Exploring the Relationship Between Entheseal Changes and Physical Activity: A Multivariate Study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 156. 10.1002/ajpa.22640.
- Karakostis, Fotios & Wallace, Ian & Konow, Nicolai & Harvati, Katerina. (2019). Experimental evidence that physical activity affects the multivariate associations among muscle attachments (entheses). 10.5061/dryad.ksn02v70p.
- Karakostis, Fotios & Hotz, Gerhard & Tourloukis, Vangelis & Harvati, Katerina. (2018). Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities. Science Advances. 4. eaat2369. 10.1126/sciadv.aat2369.
- Zumwalt, Ann. (2006). The Effect of Endurance Exercise on the Morphology of Muscle Attachment Sites. The Journal of experimental biology. 209. 444-54. 10.1242/jeb.02028.
- What she’s reading for fun: Calypso by David Sedaris
Ep. 3 – Dr. Stephanie Levy (05 Feb 2020)
- What to read to learn more: Levy Human Biology Lab page or
- What she’s reading for work: Levy, Stephanie & Klimova, Tatiana & Zakharova, Raisa & Federov, Afanasiy & Fedorova, Valentina & Baltakhinova, Marina & Leonard, William. (2018). Brown adipose tissue, energy expenditure, and biomarkers of cardio-metabolic health among the Yakut (Sakha) of northeastern Siberia. American Journal of Human Biology. 30. 10.1002/ajhb.23175. (Longer outline coming)
- What she’s watching for fun: Schitt’s Creek (Available on Netflix and Hulu)
Ep. 4 – Dr. Rachel Watkins (19 Feb 2020)
- What to read to learn more: The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
- What she’s reading for work: Colleagues’ work
- What she’s reading for fun: There, There by Tommy Orange
- BONUS – Second fun book: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
- BONUS – What I was reading: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
- BONUS – Book mention: Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
Ep. 5 – Dr. Sara Juengst (04 Mar 2020)
- What to read to learn more and what she’s reading for work: The Body as Material Culture by Joanna Sofaer
- What she’s reading for fun: The Huntress by Kate Quinn
- BONUS – Second fun book: Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
- BONUS – What I was reading: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Ep. 6 – Dr. Scott Williams (18 Mar 2020)
- What to read to learn more: Close Encounters with Humankind by Sang-Hee Lee
- What he’s reading for work:
- Haile-Selassie, Y., Melillo, S.M., Vazzana, A. et al. A 3.8-million-year-old hominin cranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia. Nature 573, 214–219 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1513-8
- The Bone Readers: Science and Politics in Human Origins Research by Claudio Tuniz, Richard Gillespie, and Cheryl Jones
- What he’s listening to for fun:
- BONUS – That Panda Book: The Giant Panda: A Morphological Study of Evolutionary Mechanisms by D. Dwight Davis
- BONUS – Book he recommended to me later: Strange Case of the Mad Professor: A True Tale Of Endangered Species, Illegal Drugs, And Attempted Murder by Peter Kobel
Ep. 7 – Dr. Carlina de la Cova (01 Apr 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- Dead Men Do Tell Tales by William R. Maples
- George Armelagos
- Debra L. Martin
- What she’s reading for work:
- Students’ dissertations
- Anatomy Museum: Death and the Body Displayed by Elizabeth Hallam
- What she’s consuming for fun:
- Sherlock Holmes (All of them) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Homunculus by James P. Blaylock
- Doctor Who
Ep. 8 – Dr. Katharine Jack (16 Apr 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- Dr. Jack’s website
- Primate Ethnographies edited by Karen Strier
- What she’s reading for work right now:
- Articles on gas chromatography mass spectrometry
- What she’s consuming for fun:
- Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
Ep. 9 – Dr. Bill Billeck (29 Apr 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- Ousley, Stephen & Billeck, William & Hollinger, R. (2005). Federal Repatriation Legislation and the Role of Physical Anthropology in Repatriation. American journal of physical anthropology. Suppl 41. 2-32. 10.1002/ajpa.20354.
- What he’s reading for work right now: History of the Cree in Canada and the U.S.A.
- What he’s reading for fun: A book on training puppies
Ep. 10 – Dr. Sara Becker (13 May 2020)
- What to read to learn more: Stories from the Skeleton by Robert Jurmain
- What she’s reading for work right now:
- The Chumash World at European Contact by Lynn H. Gamble
- Disease and Discrimination: Poverty and Pestilence in Colonial Atlantic America by Dale Hutchinson
- What she’s reading for fun: Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
Ep. 11 – Dr. JOHN VERANO (27 May 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- Archaeology Magazine
- National Geographic
- Paleopathology Association
- Dr. Verano’s website
- Join local archaeology clubs or check with local museums, groups, or universities to see if they’re looking for volunteers
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Anzellini, Armando & Toyne, Jennifer. (2019). Estimating the stature of ancient high‐altitude Andean populations from skeletal remains of the Chachapoya of Peru. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 171. 10.1002/ajpa.23977.
- Proof pages of a book on an ancient Peruvian tomb
- When Montezuma Met Cortes: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History by Matthew Restall
- What he’s reading for fun right now:
- A book on efficiency
- A book on meditation
- All that Remains: A Life in Death by Sue Black
A PAUSE TO HELP AND CHANGE (10 June 2020)
- Bias training & anti-racism
- How to help
- Defund the police
- Scientists and academia
- Other
- Organizations
EP. 12 – DR. David Raichlen (25 JUNE 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- Raichlen, David & Alexcander, Gene A. (2020). Why your brain needs exercise: The evolutionary history of humans explains why physical activity is important for brain health. Scientific American. 322, 1.
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Reading outside of anthropology to get new ideas
- The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind by Jonah Berger
- What he’s consuming for fun right now:
- BONUS – What I was reading:
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
EP. 13 – DR. DANIEL LIEBERMAN (08 JULY 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- The Evolution of the Human Head by Daniel Lieberman
- The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman
- Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman
- Daniel Lieberman’s website
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Effects of physical activity on morbidity and mortality
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Locomotor biomechanics
- Effects of exercise and metabolism
- What he’s consuming for fun right now:
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA by Neil Shubin
- The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies
Ep. 14 – Dr. Tanya Smith (23 July 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- The Tales Teeth Tell: Development, Evolution, Behavior by Tanya Smith
- What teeth can tell about the lives and environments of ancient humans and Neanderthals by Tanya Smith at The Conversation
- Dr. Tanya M. Smith’s website
- What she’s reading for work right now:
- Ancient environments in east Africa
- Climate reconstruction via chemical changes in teeth
- What she’s consuming for fun:
- An Interrupted Life by Etty Hillesum
- Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss
- BONUS – What I was reading:
- The History of White People by Nell Ervin Painter
- Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo
Ep. 15 – Mr. Chris Webster (06 August 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- What he’s reading for work:
- What he’s consuming for fun:
- YouTube channels on RV life
Ep. 16 – Ms. Jill McCormick (22 August 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- Consultation and Cultural Heritage: Let Us Reason Together by Claudia Nissley and Thomas King
- Thomas King’s books on CRM
- Many Nations Under Many Gods: Public Land Management and American Indian Sacred Sites by Todd Allin Morman
- What she’s reading for work:
- CEQA and NEPA reports
- Ceramics
- The Federal Register
- What she’s consuming for fun:
- WNBA Phoenix Mercury games
Ep. 17 – Mr. Chris Aris (30 September 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- Aris, Christopher. (2020). The Histological Paradox: Methodology and Efficacy of Dental Sectioning. 29. 10.14324/111.2041-9015.011.
- What he’s reading for work:
- Module outlines for the courses he’s teaching in a few weeks
- What he’s consuming for fun:
Ep. 18 – Dr. Barbara J. King (16 October 2020)
- What to read to learn more:
- How Animals Grieve by Barbara J. King
- TED Talk: Grief and Love in the Animal Kingdom by Barbara J. King
- Dr. King’s website
- Dr. King’s twitter
- What she’s reading for work:
- The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past by Meave Leakey
- Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death, and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
- Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History by Paul Farmer
- What she’s consuming for fun:
- Star Trek (The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine)
- Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
- Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
- BONUS works mentioned:
- Personalities on the Plate: The Lives & Minds of Animals We Eat by Barbara J. King
- The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
- Forthcoming March 2021: Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and the Wild by Barbara J. King
- Sapiens articles by Barbara J. King
- The Reducetarian Solution by Brian Kateman
Ep. 19 – DR. SEAN TALLMAN (28 JANUARY 2021)
- What to read to learn more:
- Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist by Dr. William R. Maples and Michael Browning
- Sex Estimation of the Human Skeleton: History, Methods, and Emerging Techniques by Dr. Alexandra Klales
- Opinion: The Forensic Sciences Have a Diversity, Inclusion Problem by Dr. Sean Tallman
- Tallman, Sean & Bird, Cate. (2020). Diversity and Inclusion in Forensic Anthropology: Where We Stand and Prospects for the Future. 10.5744/fa.2020.3001.
- What he’s reading for work:
- A colleague’s case report
- What he’s consuming for fun:
- Fargo (TV series)
- My Favorite Murder (Podcast)
- I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
- Other:
- CDC: The Tuskegee Study
- Kilroy, Grace & Tallman, Sean & DiGangi, Elizabeth. (2020). Secular change in morphological cranial and mandibular trait frequencies in European Americans born 1824–1987. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 173. 10.1002/ajpa.24115.
- Atkinson, Megan & Tallman, Sean. (2020). Nonmetric Cranial Trait Variation and Ancestry Estimation in Asian and Asian‐Derived Groups. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 65. 692-706. 10.1111/1556-4029.14234.
- Tallman, Sean & Blanton, Amelia. (2020). Distal Humerus Morphological Variation and Sex Estimation in Modern Thai Individuals. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 65. 361-371. 10.1111/1556-4029.14218.
- Patterson, Meredith & Tallman, Sean. (2019). Cranial and Postcranial Metric Sex Estimation in Modern Thai and Ancient Native American Individuals. 2. 233-252. 10.5744/fa.2019.1009.
EP 20 – DR. ERIC BARTELINK (11 FEBRUARY 2021)
- What you can read to learn more:
- Bartelink EJ, Chesson LA. Recent applications of isotope analysis to forensic anthropology. Forensic Sci Res. 2019;4(1):29-44. Published 2019 Feb 17. doi:10.1080/20961790.2018.1549527
- Ed. Chesson LA, Carter JF. Food Forensics: Stable Isotopes as a Guide to Authenticity and Origin. Routledge: 2017.
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Kelley RL. The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future. University of California Press: 2019.
- Marra JF. Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science. Columbia University Press: 2019.
- What he’s consuming for fun: Dark, Netflix.
EP 21 – DR. NATHAN YOUNG (24 FEBRUARY 2021)
- What you can read to learn more:
- Carroll, SB. Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo-Devo. WWNorton: 2005.
- Shubin, N. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5.-Billion-Year-Journey History of the Human Body. Penguin-Random House: 2009.
- Lieberman, D. The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease. Penguin-Random House: 2014.
- What he’s reading for work:
- Technical papers for a grant
- Jablonkski paper. Here’s his site with a TON of PDFs. It’s worth spending some time there.
- Jablonski, David. (2019). Developmental bias, macroevolution, and the fossil record. Evolution & Development. 22. 10.1111/ede.12313.
- What he’s consuming for fun:
- Banks, IM. Player of Games. Hachette: 1988.
- References:
- Leakey Foundation. Science Speakeasy: Nathan Young | On the Shoulders of Apes. YouTube. 2018.
- Young, Nathan. (2017). Integrating “Evo” and “Devo”: The Limb as Model Structure. Integrative and comparative biology. 57. 10.1093/icb/icx115.
- Green, Rebecca & Fish, Jennifer & Young, Nathan & Smith, Francis & Roberts, Benjamin & Dolan, Katie & Choi, Irene & Leach, Courtney & Gordon, Paul & Cheverud, James & Roseman, Charles & Williams, Trevor & Marcucio, Ralph & Hallgrimsson, Benedikt. (2017). Developmental nonlinearity drives phenotypic robustness. Nature Communications. 8. 10.1038/s41467-017-02037-7.
- Young, Nathan & Linde-Medina, Marta & Fondon, John & Hallgrimsson, Benedikt & Marcucio, Ralph. (2017). Craniofacial diversification in the domestic pigeon and the evolution of the avian skull. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1. 0095. 10.1038/s41559-017-0095.
- Young, Nathan & Capellini, Terence & Roach, Neil & Alemseged, Zeresenay. (2015). Fossil hominin shoulders support an African ape-like last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112. 10.1073/pnas.1511220112.
- Young, Nathan & Winslow, Benjamin & Takkellapati, Sowmya & Kavanagh, Kathryn. (2015). Shared rules of development predict patterns of evolution in vertebrate segmentation. Nature Communications. 6. 10.1038/ncomms7690.
- Zaid, Musa & Young, Nathan & Pedoia, Valentina & Feeley, Brian & Ma, Chunbong & Lansdown, Drew. (2019). Anatomic shoulder parameters and their relationship to the presence of degenerative rotator cuff tears and glenohumeral osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 28. 10.1016/j.jse.2019.05.008.
- Hallgrimsson, Benedikt & Katz, David & Aponte, Jose & Larson, Jacinda & Devine, Jay & Gonzalez, Paula & Young, Nathan & Roseman, Charles & Marcucio, Ralph. (2019). Integration and the Developmental Genetics of Allometry. Integrative and comparative biology. 59. 10.1093/icb/icz105.
EP 22 – DR. JANNA ANDRONOWSKI (10 MARCH 2021)
- What to read to learn more:
- Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective by Christian Crowder and Sam Stout
- Dr. Andronowski’s Faculty Page at Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Andronowski Lab Website
- Dr. Andronowski on Twitter
- American Board of Forensic Anthropology
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- Andronowski Skeletal Collection for Histological Research
- University of Tennessee Knoxville Forensic Anthropology Center
- Biological Anthropology and Human Anatomy Student Organization on Twitter
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting 2021, Andronowski Lab Poster Presentations
- Canadian Light Source
- Ellis R Kerley Foundation
- What she’s reading for work right now:
- A selection of new papers on arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
- What she’s consuming for fun: Newfoundland’s east coast trail system
EP 23 – DR. CARA OCOBOCK (24 MARCH 2021)
- What you can read to learn more:
- Cara Ocobock’s website
- Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman
- Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman
- Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy by Herman Pontzer
- On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction by Peter Ellison
- What she’s reading for work right now:
- Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman
- Woman the Gatherer edited by Frances Dahlberg
- Anthropology of sports literature
- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
- What she’s consuming for fun:
EP 24 – DR. HERMAN PONTZER (09 APRIL 2021)
- What you can read to learn more:
- Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy by Herman Pontzer (Penguin Random House, 2021)
- Articles by Herman Pontzer (ctrl+F Publications, click on plus sign)
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Body by Darwin: How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine by Jeremy Taylor (University of Chicago Press, 2015)
- The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson (Penguin Random House, 2021)
- Energy expenditure scholarly literature
- What he’s consuming for fun right now: Trails around his house
EP 25 – DR. TARA CEPON-ROBINS (22 APRIL 2021)
- What you should read to learn more:
- Dr. Tara Cepon-Robins’ website
- Miłkowska K, Galbarczyk A, Mijas M, Jasienska G. Disgust Sensitivity Among Women During the COVID-19 Outbreak. Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 23;12:622634. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.622634. PMID: 33833715; PMCID: PMC8021948.
- Riddled With Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are by Marlene Zuk (Harper Collins, 2008)
- Parasites: Tales of Humanity’s Most Unwelcome Guests by Rosemary Drisdelle (University of California Press, 2010)
- Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature’s Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer (Atria Books, 2001)
- I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong (Harper Collins, 2018)
- This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society by Kathleen McAuliffe (Mariner Books, 2017)
- What she’s reading for work right now:
- Blue Marble Health: An Innovative Plan to Fight Diseases of the Poor amid Wealth by Peter Hotez (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)
- What she’s consuming for fun:
- Whatever free mystery-thriller from Kindle with decent reviews
- Dark (link goes to Netflix)
EP 26 – DR. DIGANGI & DR. BETHARD (11 MAY 2021)
- What you should read to learn more:
- DiGangi, EA, Bethard, JD. Uncloaking a Lost Cause: Decolonizing ancestry estimation in the United States. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2021; 175: 422– 436. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24212
- Bethard, J.D. and DiGangi, E.A. (2020), Letter to the Editor—Moving Beyond a Lost Cause: Forensic Anthropology and Ancestry Estimates in the United States. J Forensic Sci, 65: 1791-1792. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14513
- Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from an Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz (Penguin Random House, 1999)
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (Penguin Random House, 2014)
- What they’re reading for work right now:
- DiGangi:
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo (Beacon Press, 2018)
- How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (One World, 2019)
- Bethard:
- Blakey, Michael. (2020). Archaeology under the Blinding Light of Race. Current Anthropology. 61. S183-S197. 10.1086/710357.
- Dr. Rachel Watkins (creation of race in the US)
- Link to Dr. Rachel Watkins’ AnthroBiology episode
- Dr. Carlina de la Cova (history of collections)
- Link to Dr. Carlina de la Cova’s AnthroBiology episode
- DiGangi:
- What they’re consuming for fun right now:
- DiGangi:
- Beekeeping literature
- Gardening
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (full text) by Frederick Douglas
- Bethard:
- Here to Slay (Now the Roxane Gay Agenda) (link to Apple Podcasts)
- Schitt’s Creek (opens in Netflix)
- DiGangi:
EP 27 – DR. ROBERT MANN (11 AUGUST 2021)
- What to read to learn more:
- Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World’s Toughest Cases by Dr. Robert Mann and Miryam Williamson (Ballantine, 2007)
- Standards for Data Collection from Human Skeletal Remains by Dr. Douglas Ubelaker and Dr. Jane Buikstra (University of Arkansas, 1994)
- Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual by Dr. William H. Bass (Missouri Archaeological Society, 1971)
- Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist by Dr. William Maples and Michael Browning (Crown Publishing, 1995)
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Costoclavicular ligament literature (specifically embryology)
- Reading manuscripts
- What he’s consuming for fun:
- Seinfeld (Opens in Netflix)
- The Office (Opens Peacock TV)
- Playing the guitar and writing songs
EP 28 – MS. STINE CARLSSON (26 AUGUST 2021)
- What to read to learn more:
- Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton by Clark Spencer Larsen (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
- Dr. Daniel Temple’s work on the osteological paradox
- What she’s reading for work right now:
- Site reports
- Radiocarbon analysis literature
- Life and death in medieval Gaelic Ireland: the skeletons from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal by Dr. Catriona McKenzie and Dr. Eileen Murphy (Four Courts Press, 2020)
- What she’s consuming for fun:
- Listening to the AnthroBiology Podcast 🙂
- The Arch & Anth Podcast
- Serial
- Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman (Vintage, 2014)
EP 29 – DR. CHRISTOPHER D. LYNN (08 SEPTEMBER 2021)
- What to read to learn more:
- Inking of Immunity Podcast (opens in Apple Podcasts)
- Inking of Immunity Facebook
- Inking of Immunity Instagram
- Inking of Immunity Twitter
- Sausage of Science Podcast (opens in Apple Podcasts)
- What he’s reading for work:
- Master’s thesis: From Stigmatized to Empowered by Emmy Smith
- What he’s consuming for fun:
- Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis Series
- World Without End by Ken Follett (Penguin Random House, 2010)
- The Wire (HBO)
- Treme (HBO)
- The Deuce (HBO)
- Gardening
EP 30 – DR. SARAH KINDSCHUH (23 SEPTEMBER 2021)
- What to read to learn more:
- The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo by Clea Koff (Random House, 2005)
- Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist by Dr. William Maples and Michael Browning (Crown Publishing, 1995)
- What she’s reading for work right now:
- Mentorship information and podcasts
- Michelle Obama Podcast (opens in Apple Podcasts)
- Life Kit from NPR
- What she’s consuming for fun:
- James SA Corey’s The Expanse series
- The Expanse TV show (opens in Amazon Prime Video)
EP 31 – DR. ROBERT ANEMONE (28 OCTOBER 2021)
- What to read to learn more:
- Anemone, Robert & Emerson, Charles. (2014). Fossil GPS. Scientific American. 310. 46-51. 10.1038/scientificamerican0514-46.
- Dr. Anemone’s website
- New Geospatial Approaches to the Anthropological Sciences edited by Anemone and Conroy (SAR, 2018)
- Anemone, Robert & Emerson, Charles & Conroy, Glenn. (2011). Finding Fossils in New Ways: An Artificial Neural Network Approach to Predicting the Location of Productive Fossil Localities. Evolutionary anthropology. 20. 169-80. 10.1002/evan.20324.
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-Science by Peter Hotez (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021)
- Skull anatomy and developmental biology
- What he’s consuming for fun:
EP 32 – DR. BILL SCHUTT (11 NOVEMBER 2021)
- What to read to learn more:
- Pump: A Natural History of the Heart by Bill Schutt (Workmans, 2021)
- Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt (Algonquin Books, 2018)
- Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures by Bill Schutt (Crown, 2009)
- Bill Schutt’s website
- Bill Schutt’s facebook
- Bill Schutt’s twitter
- What he’s consuming for fun:
- Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed by Dave Thompson (Backbeat Books, 2009)
- A collection of HP Lovecraft short stories
- Murdoch Mysteries (opens in Hulu)
EP 33 – DR. JONATHAN MARKS (23 FEBRUARY 2022)
- What to read to learn more:
- Why Are There Still Creationists?: Human Evolution and the Ancestors by Jonathan Marks (Polity Books, 2021)
- The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology by Jonathan Marks (Oxford University Press, 2017)
- Dr. Marks’ website
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Blood Relations: Transfusion and the Making of Human Genetics by Jenny Bangham (University of Chicago Press, 2020)
- A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe by Johannes Kraus and Thomas Trappe (Random House, 2022)
- The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021)
- What he’s consuming for fun:
- Final Report: An Archaeologist Excavates His Life by Michael Coe (Thames & Hudson, 2006)
- A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible by Kristin Swenson (Oxford University Press, 2021)
- Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson by Barbara Ransby (Haymarket Books, 2022)
EP 34 – DR. DAVID BRAUN (25 MARCH 2022)
- What to read to learn more:
- What he’s reading for work right now:
- Will, M., Krapp, M., Stock, J.T. et al. Different environmental variables predict body and brain size evolution in Homo. Nat Commun 12, 4116 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24290-7
- What he’s consuming for fun: