A Life In Ruins

For this edition of Our Ruined Lives we chat with Ash Boydston-Schmidt. Ash is a descendant of the Crow Nation and shares with us her families history, growing up in Oklahoma, her experiences with the Tiger King, and her academic journey at the University of Oklahoma double-majoring in Anthropology and Indigenous Studies. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Museums Studies at the University of New Mexico, where she started this past fall during the COVID-19 Pandemic. We finish up the episode with a conversation about Ash's work with the Diversity and Inclusion Council for the Boy Scouts of America.

*Disclaimer: Ash's views regarding the topics discussed in the third segment of this episode are solely her own and not representative of the Diversity and Inclusion Council.

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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In this episode, we are pleased to have both Lana Ruck and Ella Beaudoin back on our show. Ella was on Episode 2 and Lana was on Episode 16. Since Episode 37 Settlers of Cerutti with Dr. Shane Miller and Dr. Jesse Tune was such a hit, we wanted to have Ella and Lana return to the show to talk about some controversial topics within paleoanthropology. Lana and Ella discuss the site Lomekwi, which is an archaeological site in Kenya where ancient stone tools have been discovered dating to 3.3 million years ago, which make them the oldest ever found. They deconstruct the tools, the context of the site, and the dating of the artifacts.

Guest Contact

• Lana's Twitter: @LanaRuck
• Lana's Instagram: @LanaLately
• ScIU's Instagram: @sciublog
• Ella's Twitter: @ella_beaudoin
• Ella's Instagram: @simple_homo_slaypien
• Human Origins Twitter: @HumanOrigins

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• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we interview Dr. Maddy McAllister, a maritime archaeologist with the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Dr. McAllister is known for her educational Instagram account, @shipwreckmermaid. As Dr. McAllister is an Aussie, we naturally first have a conversation about the differences between our endemic wildlife and the hazards of working in the wild. This is followed by a discussion of how Dr. McAllister, and other underwater archaeologists, plan out their projects, record data, and conduct their research. We also have some salty discussions of sailing stories, shipwrecks, and other things that blow Connors and Carlton's minds. David was literally born on an island -he gets it.

Dr. McAllister's Book Recommendations:

• 2005 ‘Beneath the Seven Seas’ (edited by George Bass)

• 1980 Archaeology underwater – Keith Muckleroy

• 2004 Maritime Archaeology: a technical handbook, Jeremy Green

• 1986 Maritime Archaeology in Australia – Graeme Henderson

• 2008 Unfinished Voyages – Graeme Henderson

• 2007 Shipwreck Archaeology in Australia – Mike Nash

Dr. McAllister's Instagram: @shipwreckmermaid

Dr. McAllister's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maddy.mcallister.10 and https://www.facebook.com/shipwreckmermaid/

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• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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In this episode, Emily Van Alst, Ph.D. candidate at the Indiana University Bloomington, has returned to deliver some exciting news and to fill us in on the current state of Indigenous Archaeologies in the field. Emily was one of our first guests on the podcast, appearing in Episode 3: Rock Artin’ and Rollin’ with Emily Van Alst. Carlton originally wanted to title that episode: Painting with all the colors of the Rock Art. Emily fills us in on what she has been up to since she was last on the show, how pandemic life has been for her, her feedback on the podcast, and some helpful tips and advice for anyone wishing to collaborate with Indigenous folks in academia as well as on social media. Finally, Carlton and Emily talk about their upcoming edited volume on Indigenous Archaeology Methodologies that is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2022. So please join us in welcoming Emily back to our show.

Contact For Guest:

• Emily Twitter: @emilyvanawesome 
• Emily Instagram: @emilyvanawesome 

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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For this episode, we have the utmost pleasure in interviewing Kevin Gover. Kevin is currently the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, a position he has held since 2007. He is also the Acting Under Secretary for Museums and Culture. Mr. Gover is a Tribal Citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and Descendant of the Comanche Nation. If you are guessing that Kevin and Carlton are related due to the similarity in our last names, you are correct! Mr. Kevin Gover is Carlton's elder first cousin.

Guest

• Smithsonian Website with information about Mr. Gover
• National Museum of the American Indian Website

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
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• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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UPDATE!

ALiRP is now releasing 4 episodes a month!

To kick off the new year, the boys invite Dr. Shane Miller (Mississippi State University; Ep. #21) and his friend Dr. Jesse Tune (Fort Lewis College) to investigate the controversy surrounding the Cerutti Mastodon Site.

The conversation is a holistic discussion from different perspectives about evidence, ethics, Indigenous Sovereignty, and good science.

Guest Contacts

• Dr. Shane Miller, Twitter: @TheDurtyTowel 

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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Happy almost New Year listeners! We kick off the ending 2020 and beginning of 2021 with an interview of our overlord’s, Chris Webster and Rachel Roden. Chris is the co-founder of the Archaeology Podcast Network which started back in December of 2014, and Rachel is the lead editor of our Podcast. So please join us in welcoming the Cat Herders to the clowder we know as A Life in Ruins Podcast: Chris Webster and Rachel Roden!

Contact For Guests:

• Chris Webster's Twitter: @archeowebby 
• Chris Webster's Instagram: @chris_archaeo_webster 
• Chris Webster Facebook: facebook.com/captainwebby 
• Archaeology Podcast Network Twitter: @archpodnet 
• Archaeology Podcast Network Instagram: @archpodnet 
• Archaeology Podcast Network Facebook: www.facebook.com/archpodnet 
• Archaeology Podcast Network Website: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ 

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• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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• Archaeology Southwest

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On this episode of ALiRP, we interview a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Meagan Dennison. We talk about Meagan's academic journey and her research in Zooarchaeology. We then talk about Meagan's experience in moving to Greece with her family to pursue an academic research opportunity and then being stuck in Europe due to COVID.

Email: [email protected]

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• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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• Archaeology Southwest

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For this episode of Our Ruined Lives, we are interviewing Mr. Simon Radchenko. Simon is a Ukrainian archaeologist pursuing his Ph.D in Archaeology at the University of Turin in Italy. Most importantly, Simon is the reason that Carlton had such a wonderful experience in Ukraine, during the pre-covid summer of 2019. We chat with him about his first interaction with Carlton and then delve into post-communism archaeology in Ukraine. We finish up talking about the New Archaeological School.

Link

• Instagram for New Archaeological School: @new_archaeological_school 
• Website for New Archaeological School

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

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• Archaeology Southwest

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On this episode of A Life in Ruins podcast, we interview Dr. Marissa Molinar. She studies the practices, and products of prehistoric art, through an evolutionary, social, and aesthetic lens. She gave an excellent talk at the APN Educational Expo (APN AEX 2020) about her work and she also had a pretty sweet zoom background. We get deep into her research on rock art and her methods of comparing different rock art panels. She details the complicated process of getting permission to survey on military lands and also how she got into anthropology and archaeology. We also have a discussion about representation in archaeology and the effects of colonialism in public education.

Contact

• Marissa's Instagram: @MaybeLikeWater
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 
• Website: www.alifeinruins.com 

Support

• Archaeology Southwest

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