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Season 1

What makes you … you? Is it your DNA, culture, environment? SAPIENS hosts Esteban Gómez, Jen Shannon, and Chip Colwell speak with anthropologists from around the globe to help us uncover what makes us human.

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Episode 1 • September 1, 3 min

A Trailer for Everything Human

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Produced by

House of Pod
SAPIENS

Hosted by

Esteban Gómez
Jen Shannon
Chip Colwell

All Episodes

Episode 2 • August 14, 39 min

Is Your DNA You?

In the first episode of SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human, anthropologists wrestle with the complexities of commercial DNA testing.

Episode 3 • August 28, 31 min

Is Robot Empathy a Trap?

Scientists explore what robot-human intimacy could mean for love, work, communication, and even war.

Episode 4 • September 12, 35 min

Prepping for TEOTWAWKI

The world has been ending since the beginning of time. What does it mean to be prepared?

Episode 5 • September 25, 30 min

The Mastodon in the Room

As new discoveries shake up the timeline of when people first came to the Americas, how do we decide what’s true?

Episode 6 • October 9, 29 min

Closer to Home

What can squatting—occupying otherwise unoccupied buildings without any title, right, or payment—teach us about how cities work?

Episode 7 • October 23, 27 min

Power Players: U.S. Football and French Rugby

Sports have been tied to power as long as they’ve been played. For modern-day athletes, how does their power extend beyond the field?

Episode 8 • November 6, 33 min

Is Space a Human Place?

For millennia, Homo sapiens have looked up at the stars—but only recently have we started to consider what it will be like to live among them.

Episode 9 • November 14, 78 min

BONUS: What Carl Zimmer Learned About DNA, Identity, and Heredity

The best-selling author and New York Times columnist shares stories, jokes, and lessons learned from writing his latest book about heredity.

Episode 10 • November 20, 30 min

How to Care for the Dead

How long have we been burying the dead? And why is it so haunting when we can’t set those who have passed to rest?

Episode 11 • December 4, 31 min

What’s the Cost of Quinoa?

Many had hoped that quinoa production would lift farmers out of poverty and rehabilitate a war-torn nation—but the state of this seed remains uncertain.

Episode 12 • December 18, 32 min

Being Afghan in America: In the Field With Morwari Zafar

The U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan has had surprising effects on Afghan-American communities, especially in enclaves like Fremont, California.

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