A Life In Ruins

Description: On this edition of Our Ruined Lives, we are graced with the presence of Mark Torrender. Mark is a hardworking YouTuber, podcaster and Instagram guru under the names of @evolution_soup and @talkbeliefs. He is very interested in evolution and understanding the relationships between evolution and modern religious beliefs. We talk about Mark’s journey to where he is, we talk about the lovely town of Watford, and also talk about how he deals with people who troll his comment sections on YouTube! Give this episode a listen and then follow Mark on the all channels and instagrams listed below!

Contact for Mark

• Instagram:
• @evolution_soup
• @talkbeliefs
• Youtube:
• https://www.youtube.com/talkbeliefs
• https://www.youtube.com/evolutionsoup

Contact

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

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A Life In Ruins Podcast supports the Black Lives Matter Movement. We wanted to come out and make clear our stance on the events that are occurring across the country.

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• https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/

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In this episode we interview Dr. Erick Robinson from Utah State University. The hosts met Dr. Robinson while he was a post-doc under Dr. Robert Kelly at the University of Wyoming. We chat about radiocarbon data, Bayesian analysis, and fun field stories which may or may not have involved Carlton getting more than a “base layer” tan.

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• [email protected]

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Our first two episodes released on May 13th, 2019. Since that time we've released 21 episodes and have become one of the most popular podcasts on the APN. In this episode, we talk about our utter amazement to not having been forced off-air, how the podcast came to be, and how each of the hosts was inspired to become archaeologists. We would like to thank our listeners and followers for all of their support and look forward to another year of A Life In Ruins Podcast.

Contact

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

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Dr. D. Shane Miller is not your average southern boy. Rather, he is one of the more accomplished archaeologists in the country for his age, and currently is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Middled Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University.

Shane started his career at the University of Tennessee where he got his undergraduate and his master’s degree conducting his thesis at the Topper Site.

He later completed his PhD at the University of Arizona, and unfortunately, helped direct a field school in Nashville, Tennessee in which David was a young student. There is always a Sith and his master.

We talk about Shane‘s career, some fun field stories, and have an interesting discussion about the field of anthropology in general. It was a blast.

Links

• Dr. Shane Miller
• Twitter: @TheDurtyTowel 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005146334910 

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 

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Description: Our guest on this episode of Our Ruined Lives is Stefan Milo, the creator and producer of the popular YouTube Channel of the same name. We have a conversation about the limits of experimental archaeology, producing YouTube content and why the heck he uses a spoon as a microphone holder.

Links

• Stefan Milo Email: [email protected]
• Stefan Milo Instagram: @historysmilo  
• Stefan Milo Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/stefanmilo 
• Stefan Milo Website: https://www.stefanmilo.com/  
• Stefan Milo Twitter: @Historysmilo 

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• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 

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In this episode, our cohosts chat with Devin Pettigrew about his research on prehistoric lithic technologies. Carlton nearly throws-up from having flashbacks of butchering a goat with Devin that had been sitting out for days in an unventilated trash bag.

Guest Contact

• Devin Pettigrew
• Email: [email protected]
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ARatlatl 
• Website: http://basketmakeratlatl.com/ 
• Instagram: @ar.atlatl 

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 

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Our hosts Carlton and David interview primitive survival expert Donny Dust about his prehistoric tool kit and his strategies for surviving in the bush. Donny was a contestant on the History Channel Show 'Alone' season 6 and 'Alone: The Beast' season 1. He is also the author of several books including Earthroamer and Scavenger: A Primal Approach to Lifestyle Change. He also runs his own primitive survival school called Paleo Tracks Survival.

Halfway through the interview, our hosts and guest are joined by Devin Pettigrew. Devin is a Ph.D. student at CU Boulder researching ancient weapons technology and ballistics. He joins in on the interview to provide a more dynamic and academic discussion regarding Donny's experiences and knowledge. AKA nerding out over cool stuff.

On this episode our three hosts recount their recent adventure in Colorado together last month. This is the first time the three intrepid cowboys of science have been in the same place since SAA’s ABQ in 2019. Contrary to their own expectations, Carlton, Connor, and David were extremely productive. They talk about museum visits, live streaming, Alpha, powwows, and more! This episode is part one of two. Part two will release later this week!

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod 

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• Wildnote
• TeePublic
• Timeular

Today’s podcast guest is Carson Black, a graduate student at Central Washington University. Carson studies Primate Behavior and Ecology and is basically the next Jane Goodall. Carson did her undergraduate degree in Biological Anthropology at Colorado State University in Fort Collins (GO BUFFS). She wrote her senior thesis on Mantled howler monkey and sexual dimorphism in their feeding posture! Carson did primatology fieldwork in Costa Rica, archaeological and paleontological fieldwork in Northwest and Central Wyoming. She is super passionate about anthropology and other social topics. So get your howler monkeys howling and prepare for a poop-slinging episode of A Life of Ruins Podcast.

Links

• Carson Black
• Instagram
• Twitter

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast 
• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast 

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• Wildnote
• TeePublic
• Timeular