Best Chip Colwell Podcasts (2025)

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Protest and the Public University 30:16

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Members of an encampment at a public university in New York City are on trial for felony charges. In 2024, students across the world launched encampments to challenge university financial ties to Israel in response to the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban public university system in the…

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The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners 34:57

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The gold industry, alongside nation-states, has marginalized the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector for decades, but now things seem to be changing. The industry has realized that engaging with the ASM sector could be more beneficial for their reputation than excluding it. While once ASM was viewed as a risk, now it is seen as an opportu…

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Milpa for the Future 25:17

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Milpa is an ancestral way of farming in Mexico and other regions of Mesoamerica that involves growing an assortment of different crops in a single area without synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. This provides people in the region with a wide variety of foods and a balance of nutrients. In recent years, with the introduction of farming based on s…

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Zambia’s Chinese Connection 29:54

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In the last two decades, an unprecedented wave of Chinese investment and migration to Africa has transformed many economies on the continent. But this has also provoked a storm of controversy, as some criticize the situation as exploitative neocolonialism. Others defend this migration as development assistance and an act of solidarity between regio…

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South Africa’s Road Out of Colonialism 29:00

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While researching the history of parole in South Africa, a lawyer and anthropologist discovers the origins of the N2 road, which she drives everyday. Now interested in this highway’s history, she explores how this and other roads were used to expand territory and exploit people during South Africa’s colonial periods under Dutch and British rule, an…

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Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky 33:36

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In existence for more than 70 years, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is the site of the longest ceasefire in the world. What can this region teach us about the long, intended—and unintended—consequences of this form of a truce? In this episode, sociocultural anthropologist T. Yejoo Kim uncovers how residents have been surviving through decades …

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A Venezuelan Election … in Chile 32:00

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In this episode, social anthropologist Luis Alfredo Briceño González talks about his experiences as a foreign researcher in Chile. During his fieldwork, he met Marta, a Venezuelan woman residing in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Santiago. Marta and her family held a mock election to protest not being able to vote in their home country d…

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Hunting, Gathering, and the Fluidity of Gender Roles 38:12

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When it comes to the division of labor in hunter-gather societies, the stereotype is generally that men hunt and women gather. But when a recent study claimed that women in hunter-gather societies hunt just as much as their male counterparts, the finding made news around the world. But why does gender equality in the past matter so much today? This…

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A Linguist’s Night at the Ball 38:31

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Since its emergence in 1960s Harlem, the LGBTQ+ “ballroom scene” has expanded into a transnational subculture. For outsiders, understanding how a ball functions can take time. Join linguistic anthropologist Dozandri Mendoza as they “walk” us through a night at a kiki ball in Puerto Rico. They introduce us to DJs, commentators, performers, and the B…

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Cementing the Past 34:25

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The United Fruit Company was a U.S. multinational corporation and at one time, the largest landholder in Central America. To maintain authority in this part of the world, the company stamped out labor reform, collaborated with U.S.-backed coups, and, oddly enough, invested in archaeology. Why? In this episode, anthropologist Charlotte Williams expl…

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Where Cultures Collide: Season 8 Trailer 1:23

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Culture is a force that makes us who we are. It drives social interactions and relationships, shapes beliefs and politics, ignites imaginations, and molds identities. Cultural conflicts are at the heart of many crises facing the world—increasing inequality, persistent bigotry, ecological collapse. In this season of the podcast, we’re investigating …

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Introducing: Homegoings 35:41

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Host Myra Flynn unpacks one soul food recipe: collard greens, with local and world-renowned chefs, and even her own mother. Together they explore how the history of a once undesirable food mimics the resilience, innovation, and perseverance of a once considered undesirable people. * Homegoings is a: Podcast, TV show, and event-series where no topic…

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The Ancient Child Who's Changing Archaeology 37:08

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Can museums and archaeology harm the dead? An Indigenous archaeologist from Brazil challenges traditional approaches to studying human bones. Her work reveals how standard practices—such as assigning catalog numbers to ancient bodies—are violent and biased. As she encounters the remains of a 700-year-old child in a university museum, their stories …

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Comics As a Medium for Women’s Rights 29:49

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As a form of popular culture, comics have provided humor, action, and entertainment to readers of all ages and across generations. But comics also intertwine art and humor to creatively make political statements, challenge media censorship, and address controversial issues of the times. This podcast episode focuses on how comics can be tools for so…

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Smartphones Are Bicycles For Our Minds 26:16

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Where is your smartphone right now? If you’re like most smartphone users in the United States, it’s probably within a few feet of your reach, if not sitting in your hand. In the last 15 years, smartphones have quickly, seamlessly, and profoundly been embedded in the daily lives of most Americans. There are now few, if any, domains of modern life th…

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When Scientists Take to the Streets 29:12

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María Pía Tavella is an Argentine biological anthropologist and science writer. In conversation with host Eshe Lewis, María shares a snapshot of the multiple hurdles the scientific community is facing in Argentina and reflects on the role of science communication. How is scientific research related to our daily lives? In what ways are science contr…

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A Dam’s Downstream Consequences 26:25

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Discussions about the impacts of dams around the world are often focused on the displacement of communities due to the creation of reservoirs and the submergence of towns and cities. What happens when a dam affects more people downstream than it displaces upstream? How does a dam impact humans living downstream? In this episode, Parag Jyoti Saikia …

Chip Colwell Podcasts

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SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human

SAPIENS

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The Civilisations Podcast

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Protest and the Public University 30:16

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The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners 34:57

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Milpa for the Future 25:17

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Zambia’s Chinese Connection 29:54

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South Africa’s Road Out of Colonialism 29:00

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Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky 33:36

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A Venezuelan Election … in Chile 32:00

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Hunting, Gathering, and the Fluidity of Gender Roles 38:12

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A Linguist’s Night at the Ball 38:31

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Cementing the Past 34:25

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Where Cultures Collide: Season 8 Trailer 1:23

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Introducing: Homegoings 35:41

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The Ancient Child Who's Changing Archaeology 37:08

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Comics As a Medium for Women’s Rights 29:49

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Smartphones Are Bicycles For Our Minds 26:16

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When Scientists Take to the Streets 29:12

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A Dam’s Downstream Consequences 26:25