Episodes
The Connected Cup: Coffee, Tea, Happiness and Visual Storytelling Aro…
What is it about coffee and tea - two simple drinks - that both transcends culture and is intimately bound up by it? In this episode, Adam talks with Independent documentary filmmaker and coffee anthropologist Brooke Bierhaus...
Beyond the Prototype: Navigating that Fuzzy Area between Ideas and Ou…
Today we talk with Voltage Control president Douglas Ferguson and we're taking you beyond the prototype. If you ever run a design sprint, or even if you simply sat down at your desk to think through a really cool idea …
How Do You Make a 2.4 Billion Dollar Observatory Disappear?
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a next-generation observatory currently under development that has created a watershed moment for the scientific community and Hawaiian society. This is because of its planned location on M...
A Virus Without Borders: The Design of Public Health, Inequality, and…
Produced in collaboration with Experience by Design . We are witnessing a moment in our lifetimes that we will hopefully never see again. The world is gripped in a pandemic of a scale unseen for a century. Beyond the human …
The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of …
Gigaom CEO, publisher and author of "The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity" stops by virtually to chat with Adam and guest host Astrid Countee to help us make sense of just what Artific...
Will We Find God with this Machine? Introducing Starstruck
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a next-generation observatory currently under development that has created a watershed moment for the scientific community and Hawaiian society. This is because of its planned location on M...
Brands and the Business of Relationships with Bill Fleming
Bill Fleming stops by to chat with Adam about branding, marketing and design. Bill is a Boston-based Independent Brand & Marketing Strategist, and Business Consultant for Designers. On this episode we talk about what brands a...
Happiness and the Good Life According to the Aztecs w/ Dr. Ryan Colli…
A happy New Years! Enjoy this mini-episode with Adam and Dr. Ryan Collins exploring happiness and the good life according the Aztecs. New Years is a great time to reflect on where we've been, where we're going, and what's it …
Robots, Science Fiction, and the Anthropological Imagination: a Guest…
Special guest podcast! - Adam Gamwell guests on Trending in Education with Mike Palmer. For this week’s extra, Mike is joined by Design Anthropologist and Podcaster, Dr Adam Gamwell, to explore how robots, science fiction, ...
Why More Security Never Feels Like Enough, by Astrid Countee: Storysl…
Why More Security Never Feels like Enough Storyslamming Anthropology Series, Story 3. Written and Performed by Astrid Countee In recent years, the terms Public and Anthropology have been paired with more frequency. Yet, what ...
100 Years of Beauty and the Beast of YouTube with Chris Chan
in this episode, Adam and guest host Leslie Walker talk with visual anthropologist and film producer Chris Chan , producer of the 100 Years of Beauty series on YouTube. If you haven't seen this series (or some of the spinoffs...
Design Research is Anthropology Applied with Amy Santee
At long last we are back! In this episode host Adam Gamwell talks with Design Researcher and Strategist Amy Santee . This is one of these conversations that's a few years in the making. Adam has been following Amy's work …
Backpacks and Toe tags: Life and Death on the US-Mexico Border w/ Jas…
In this special interview, TAL's Ryan Collins talks with scholar, activist and artist Jason de Leon about the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border. In addition to these roles, de Leon is a MacArthur Fellow and ...
Where Qualitative Meets Quantitative Data w/ Delve co-founders LaiYee…
In this episode Adam Gamwell talks with Alex Limpaecher and LaiYee Ho, co-Founders of Delve. While Delve is a qualitative research suite, to help code transcripts, find insight, and pull actionable insights from data, the con...
GUEST PODCAST: AnthroDish 49: Exploring Quinoa Production through Des…
For this episode, we're doing something a little different. I'll be your guest. I got interviewed by the wonderful Sarah Dunigan on her podcast Anthro Dish, a weekly podcast about food identity and culture about design anthro...
The Surprising Connections between Climate Finance, Sacrifice and the…
In this episode, Adam and Aneil reflect on Aneil’s fieldwork in climate finance. Climate finance is an area of finance focused on mobilizing investment for climate change solutions, namely infrastructure that is sustainable. ...
Fear and Loathing in Truth or Consequences, performed by Taylor Genov…
Storyslamming Anthropology Series, Story 2. Written and Performed by Taylor Genovese In recent years, the terms Public and Anthropology have been paired with more frequency. Yet, what this seemingly suspect partnership is, ho...
EPIC 2019: Agency in the Digital Age with Julia Haines and Lisa diCar…
Welcome to This Anthro Life x EPIC 2019. This is the first episode in our 2019 collaboration with the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Community or EPIC. EPIC is a professional organization that brings together ethnographers a...
How to Think like an Ethnographer with Jay Hasbrouck
Adam sits down (in a cafe, so this is live, people) with Jay Hasbrouck, Founder and Principal of Filament Insight and Innovation and author of Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset , a how-to guide for anyone looking ...
Don't Yuck My Yum w/ Julie Lesnik (Edible Insects, pt 3)
Adam and Andrea continue the conversation with Julie Lesnik, author of Edible Insects and Human Evolution , but this time they’re going prehistoric. Oh, and they’re talking about gorillas and chimpanzees too. Learn how to fis...
A Bugless Life w/ Julie Lesnik (Edible Insects, pt 2)
Think you could eat a cricket? What about a spider? In this episode of TAL Adam Gamwell and guest host Andrea Eller are chatting with Julie Lesnik about her new book, Edible Insects and Human Evolution . Listen in as …
Why Don't You Eat Bugs?
Edible Insects part 1. Will crickets ever catch on as an alternative source of protein in the United States? How about cockroach “milk”? Why do people in so many parts of the world NOT eat insects? Where does that disgust …
The Social Life of Robots, pt 2: Sex and Temperament in Three Cyborg …
Part 2 of The Social Life of Robots, with Emma Backe. In this episode hosts Adam Gamwell, Ryan Collins and Emma Backe tackle sex and gender norms underlying digital voice assistants like Siri, Cortana and Alexa, the history a...
Heritage Survival Across Borders: Identity, Language and Migration
Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move, an audio collaboration between the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association, and This Anthro Life Podcast. In this fifth and f...