This episode Andrew Mitchel sits down with Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Katie Zejdlik. They discuss the joys of reading fiction as a way to decompress, Dr. Zejdlik's work on mortuary contexts in Romania/Transylvania (https://www.archaeological.org/fieldwork/medieval-cemetery-funerary-excavation-living-and-dying-on-the-edge-of-europe-transylvani…

This episode Andrew Mitchel sits down with Ohio State PhD Candidate Ben Mertus. They discuss the article Beyond Wiindigo Infrastructure (https://grangehallpress.com/Enbridgeblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beyond_Wiindigo_Infrastructure.pdf); the concept of ecotourism in anthropology; Ben's fieldwork in Manawan, Quebec; the concept of resilience in …

This episode Andrew Mitchel sits down with Ohio State PhD Candidate Harold "Butch" Wright. They discuss readings on commensality (https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/commensality-from-everyday-food-to-feast-9780857857361/), social network analysis (https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Communities+and+Networks%3A+Using+Social+Network+Analysis+to+Rethink+Urban+and+…

This episode Andrew Mitchel sits down with Ohio State PhD Candidate Madelyn (Madee) Green (green.1365@osu.edu). They discuss research on isolation in islands, Madee's fieldwork in Japan with prehistoric Jomon populations, the Sannai Maruyama site (https://jomon-japan.jp/en/learn/jomon-sites/sannai-maruyama), and her teaching strategies.…

This episode Andrew Mitchel sits down with OSU Anthropology's newest hire in forensic anthropology, Dr. Nicholas Passalacqua. They discuss an article on the legal and social ramifications for wrongdoing (https://doi.org/10.2307/2564673), the definition of forensic anthropology, the process of completing a case analysis, a textbook project Dr. Passa…

Send us a message! On this episode, we rank the track 5's from all eleven Taylor Swift albums! AND IT WAS NOT EASY! We also discuss the recent TS concert cancellations in Austria that happened over the weekend as well. We hope you enjoy this and would love to see your rankings for the track 5's as well! You can contact us and send your lists to any…

Send us a message! In this episode, we go through the 13 tracks of midnights and their variants discussing our opinions and ranking them. This was a real challenge and we wonder if you agree or disagree with us? We'd love to hear from you at one of the places below! Email us at The TaylorSwiftPodcast@gmail.com Follow us on X (Twitter)- @TheTSwiftPo…

Send us a message! On this episode, we took a look at the new Taylor Swift album, The Tortured Poet's Department, and gave our initial takes on it. We also discussed different Easter Eggs involved in the lead up to the album release and the Conspiracy Theories! We also give some of our own!Por Billie & Sarah

In this interview, Andrew sits down with Maddison Elliott, who is graduating with her MA this semester in anthropology. They discuss The book Buzz (https://nyupress.org/9781479827381/buzz/), Maddison's MA thesis on pollinator protection, hierarchies of insects, roundtable method of teaching introductory anthropology courses, and the Wicked Science …

Send us a message! This week, Billie and Sarah welcome very special guest Anthony from San Antonio to rank the Top 5 Taylor Swift Videos! A lot of laughs and fun Taylor Swift video conversation for you! If you want to get a hold of us, you can do so here: Twitter & Instagram- @TheTSwiftPod Email- TheTaylorSwiftPodcast@gmail.com…

Send us a message! This week we review the Taylor Swift album, 1989 (Taylor's Version)! On top of that, we also rank the songs, ALL 22 OF THEM! It was a big task but Billie and Sarah were up for the challenge! See if you agree or disagree with their rankings!Por Billie & Sarah

Send us a message! Billie and Sarah do the seemingly impossible, they put Folklore and Evermore up against each other in a song by song album battle! To make things fair, they used the 17 song deluxe version of each album. Let us know your choices! You can email our show at TheTaylorSwiftPodcast@gmail.com or you can find us on Twitter too! @TheTSwi…

In this interview, Andrew Mitchel chats with PhD candidate Craig Shapiro to discuss the insights from the text Polynesia, 900-1600 Past Imperfect by Madi Williams (https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781641892148/polynesia-9001600/), the role and importance of epistemology and community archeology, Craig's ongoing fieldwork in Samoa, and conclude with …

In this interview, Andrew Mitchel chats with PhD candidate Steven Rhue to discuss the effects of household water insecurity on child health and well-being, a recently systematic review article on the topic by Steven and colleagues (https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1666), Steven's fieldwork on the subject with children ages 5-1…

In this interview, Andrew Mitchel sits down with our lecturer specializing in primatology, Dr. Jeffrey Peterson. They discuss multispecies ethnography, the foundations of primatology, Dr. Peterson's dissertation on Social Traditions and Social Networks among Long-Tailed Macaques in Indonesia (https://curate.nd.edu/show/bv73bz63b34), robbing and bar…

In this interview, Andrew Mitchel sits down with our new forensic anthropologist Dr. Stephanie Cole. They discuss forensic anthropology's methods and implications, Dr. Cole's PhD research on subadult sex estimation (https://scholarworks.unr.edu/handle/11714/8364), the Morphological Pelvis and Skull Sex Estimation Database (https://www.morphopasse.c…

In this interview, Andrew Mitchel sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Holdsworth to discuss her work on the Mother-Infant Microbiomes, Behavior, and Ecology Study (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37556398/), the relationship between maternal stress and infant health caregiving behaviors and infant methylation (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1…

Welcome back to the podcast! This is part one of the story about my ex wife and what happened to cause us to get a divorce. Hope you all stick around for this season long story! My LinkTree

In this interview, Andrew Mitchel sits down with Dr. Anaís Roque to discuss community health, her research on resource insecurity, the case of Puerto Rico, the strengths of interdisciplinary research and the collaborative lab she is developing on campus. Anaís' publications can be found at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5yt016MAAAAJ&hl=e…

Welcome to the premier episode of the second season of my podcast after a year long hiatus! This episode is basically just a reintroduction into the world that is me, your favorite idiot! Hope you enjoy! LinkTree

In this interview, Andrew Mitchel sits down with Dr. Scott McGraw to discuss primatology, how to teach about primates to undergraduate students, the role and importance of teeth in the study of primates, his role as chair of the Anthropology department and colobus monkey conservation. The referenced teeth article can be found at https://doi.org/10.…

In this interview, Andrew Mitchel sits down with Dr. Joy McCorriston to discuss archaeobotany, how to teach the Anthropocene to undergraduate students, the role and importance of collaborative research, a project connecting Ohio State to HBCUs and the origins of agriculture as a subject of study.Por Ohio State Anthropology graduate students

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! We have reached the end of our first season on this podcast! In the finale of this season we talk about the challenging times that happened between the previous episode and this one. As well as to the reason why there has been two months between episodes. We hope you enjoy this end of the season episode an…

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! Happy New Year!! In this episode I talk about how we spent our New Years Eve and what we hope for 2022! If you would like to send any comments, email me at vochekexp@gmail.com Check out my YouTube channel: The Vochek Experience with Joey and Sara Follow me on social media: Twitter: @jvochek77 Instagram: @t…

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! In this episode I talk about getting ready for Christmas and my procrastination in doing my Christmas shopping for my wife. Also I want to wish everyone listening a very Merry Christmas! See you all in the next episode! If you would like to send any comments, email me at vochekexp@gmail.com Check out my Yo…

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! In this episode I talk about some of the crazy things I've seen during Black Friday shopping back in the days when I used to work in retail at places like JCPenney and Wal-Mart! If you would like to send any comments, email me at vochekexp@gmail.com Check out my YouTube channel: The Vochek Experience with …

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! In this episode I just want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and a great start to the holiday season! Hope you all have a great time with family and friends and eat a lot of turkey! If you would like to send any comments, email me at vochekexp@gmail.com Check out my YouTube channel: The Vochek Experie…

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! In this episode I talk about getting the COVID booster shot and what my thought are about the vaccines and how I feel on the subject. If you would like to send any comments, email me at vochekexp@gmail.com Check out my YouTube channel: The Vochek Experience with Joey and Sara Follow me on social media: Twi…

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! In this episode I talk about the couple of times I got pulled over by the police for walking! If you would like to send any comments, email me at vochekexp@gmail.com Check out my YouTube channel: The Vochek Experience with Joey and Sara Follow me on social media: Twitter: @jvochek77 Instagram: @the_vochek_…

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! In this episode I talk about my wife and I moving to a new house and why I'm behind on recording new podcast episodes and filming new YouTube videos. If you would like to send any comments, email me at vochekexp@gmail.com Check out my YouTube channel: The Vochek Experience with Joey and Sara Follow me on s…

Welcome to "Idiots R Us: The Story of Me"! In this episode I talk about my voice, why it sound the way it does, and how I got diagnosed with low testosterone, also known as Male Hypogonadism. If you would like to send any comments, email me at vochekexp@gmail.com Check out my YouTube channel: The Vochek Experience with Joey and Sara Follow me on so…

This episode is basically a quick introduction on who I am and what I hope to accomplish with this podcast. If you would like to send me a message, feel free to email me at vochekexp@gmail.com YouTube: "The Vochek Experience with Joey and Sara" Merch: The Vochek Experience Shop

In the finale of our Engagement series, Shane interviews Dr. Erin Moore, the newest faculty member in the Ohio State University Anthropology Department. Dr. Moore speaks to us about her research with women and girls in Uganda and with multinational nongovernmental organizations. Shane and Dr. Moore discuss the concept of a "gender panic" and the im…

In the fifth episode of our Engagement series, Shane interviews Dr. Mandy Agnew, a biological anthropologist who directs the Skeletal Biology Research Laboratory at Ohio State. Dr. Agnew tells us about how her grandparents and mentors helped shape her journey to anthropology. She also discusses her ongoing research with industry partners and the im…

In episode 4 of our Engagement series, we interview Dr. Mark Anthony Arceño about his research on the taste, place, and identity of winegrowers from central Ohio and Alsace, eastern France. We discuss the role taste and place play in adaptation to climate, economic, and legislative change, as well as the importance of staying connected with local f…

In this episode, Dr. Anna Willow, an environmental anthropologist, describes her work with indigenous activists across Canada. Dr. Willow's research focuses on industrial extraction, it's detrimental effects on people and landscapes, and the activists who are resisting these forces and trying to transform society.…

In this episode, we interview PhD student Taylor Tomu who discusses her various research during her time at OSU. Taylor answers questions such as, "What does the experiences of Black women in the medical system tell us about how that system operates?" and considers how the medical system operates as a social system with a culture. Her current resea…

A new season is coming! In this episode, we introduce the new Voice of the Podcast, Shane Scaggs, and the theme of this season--engagement.Por Ohio State Anthropology graduate students

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Filiberto Penados, the academic director of CELA-Belize. After describing the reality and struggle of indigenous peoples in Belize (a small country in Central America) to affirm their rights to land and imagine and create a self-defined future, Dr. Penados describes how he has participated in this as an engaged…

"Where are you from?" In this special bonus episode, students from the Columbus Metro Early College Middle School (6-8th grade) answer this question as a part of their January-term project. With the idea that "Where are you from" means so much more than what is your family background, students take the time to tell us about what shaped them as who …

How can you use anthropology without realizing it? In this episode, we talk with Donna Firm, an OSU alumna (class of '73), who took her anthropology degree and applied it to a lifetime with the Ohio State Department. Donna, who celebrated OSU's centennial, reflects on how anthropology has changed over the last fifty years, and tells us how she stil…

What can we learn from paleofeces (a.k.a. dried ancient feces)? In this episode, we talk with archaeologist and paleoethnobotanist Dr. Kris Gremillion, and discuss her research with Native American plant remains in the caves and rock shelters of eastern Kentucky. She covers topics including: understanding the origins and development of agricultural…

Do you know the origins of the term "slash and burn agriculture"? In this episode we talk with Dr. Sean Downey, an ecological anthropologist who works in Belize. Dr. Downey describes the colonial view that led to the term "slash and burn" for the practice that many anthropologists and ecologists prefer to call, "Swidden" agriculture. Dr. Downey's r…

Do raccoons have a preference on what they scavenge? How does our environment and what we consume in our lifetime affect how we decompose? In this bonus episode, we talk with forensic anthropologist Dr. Dawnie Wolfe- Steadman, and hear about her research at the Forensic Anthropology Center at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (a.k.a The Body Farm)…

Have you ever stuck your hand in cold water and watched it prune? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Bruce Floyd of the University of Auckland. After describing his circuitous path to anthropology, Dr. Floyd describes his research studying "cold induced vasodilation response (CIVD)" as a hypotheses for understanding the Peopling of the Pacific. …

In this bonus episode, we interview Dr. Amara Solari of Penn State University and discovery the intersection between art and anthropology in the Pre-Colombian Yucatan. Dr. Solari discusses the transition of Mayan culture to Christianity, including the adoption and idolization of the Virgin Mary.To read her book: https://www.psupress.org/books/title…

How do islands preserve the past? How do humans transform their environments? In this episode, we talk with archaeologist Dr. Julie Field, and hear about her research in the Pacific Islands with population growth and the trajectory of environmental change. By speaking on diversity of biology, culture, and thought, we can study where we have been an…

What can human waste tell you about culture? How do different cultures manage waste and compost? In this episode, we talk with cultural anthropologist Dr. Nick Kawa, and hear about his research in environmental anthropology around the world. Ps. did you know that you can paint with compost?Por Ohio State Anthropology graduate students

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