What Does It Mean to be Human? Your Questions, Answered
The podcast's season 2 finale takes on some difficult, and sometimes funny, listener questions.
What Does It Mean to be Human? Your Questions, Answered
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Does Generosity Come Naturally?
Everyone has experienced generosity—and its opposite. An anthropologist investigates the roots of human cooperation.
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How Belonging Shapes the Vaccination Crisis
Why do some people vaccinate their kids? Why do others reject vaccinations? An anthropologist offers important insights into the social forces that underpin these vital decisions that affect public health.
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The Deep Roots of Navajo Country Music
An anthropologist explores how one Native American community embraces country music and makes it their own.
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Are Colors Universal?
How do language, biology, and culture shape an individual’s experience of color? A journalist investigates the anthropological debate about whether color is a human universal.
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Stringing Together an Ancient Empire’s Stories
Anthropologist Sabine Hyland attempts to uncover the messages held in twisted and colored Andean cords called khipus.