A Story of Us

By Ohio State Anthropology graduate students

What's A Story of Us about?

An original podcast brought to you by the graduate students of the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. Join us once as we explore the human experience!

We are now a part of the Anthropology Public Outreach Program at The Ohio State University. Follow us @ohiostateAPOP

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A Story of Us episodes:

04.19.2024
Maddison Elliott A Story Of Us April 10 2024
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...
12.18.2023
Craig Shapiro A Story Of Us December 14 2023
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,...
11.28.2023
Steven Rhue Interview November 28 2023
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...
10.10.2023
Jeffrey Peterson Interview October 6 2023
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...
10.02.2023
Stephanie Cole Interview September 28 2023
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.com/program.html),...
09.11.2023
Elizabeth Holdsworth Interview September 11 2023
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/10.1002/ajhb.23876), her PhD...
01.26.2023
Anaís Roque Interview January 24 2023
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'...
09.28.2022
Scott McGraw Interview September 21 2022
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...
04.18.2022
Joy McCorriston Interview April 7 2022
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...
07.07.2021
S5E6 - Interview with Dr. Erin Moore (Cultural Medical Anthropology)
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...
04.16.2021
S5E5 - Interview with Dr. Mandy Agnew (Biological Anthropology)
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...
03.08.2021
S5E4 - Interview with Dr. Mark Anthony Arceño (Food Anthropology)
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...
02.17.2021
S5E3 - Interview with Dr. Anna Willow (Environmental Anthropology)
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...
12.19.2020
S5E2 - Interview with Taylor Tomu (Medical Anthropology)
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...
10.20.2020
S5E1 - Introducing Engagement and Shane Scaggs
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.
06.19.2020
Bonus Episode with Dr. Filiberto Penados: Engaging with Indigenous Voices
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...
05.15.2020
Bonus Episode: Where are you from? With students from Columbus Metro Early College Middle School
"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...
03.13.2020
Bonus Episode: A reflection on 50 years of anthropology, with Donna Firm
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...
12.19.2019
S4E5 – Interview with Dr. Gremillion (Paleoethnobotany)
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....
11.22.2019
S4E4 - Interview with Dr. Downey (Ecological Anthropology)
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...
10.17.2019
S4E4 - Interview with Dr. Steadman (Forensic Anthropology)
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...
08.01.2019
Bonus Episode with Dr. Bruce Floyd: Populating Polynesia
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...
06.06.2019
Bonus Episode with Dr. Amara Solari: Idolizing Mary in the Pre-Colombian Yucatan
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...
04.01.2019
S4E3 - Interview with Dr. Field (Archaeology)
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....
03.07.2019
S4E2 - Interview with Dr. Kawa (Cultural Anthropology)
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...
02.06.2019
S4E1 - Interview with Dr. Crews (Biological Anthropology)
How does stress affect your health? And what, exactly, can affect your stress? In this episode, we talk with biological anthropologist Dr. Crews, and hear about his research in exploring allostatic load in populations across the world. Listen to find...
12.17.2018
S4E0- Diversity Series Introduction
This episode kicks off a brand new series: Diversity! Host Emma Lagan and guest Dr. Mark Hubbe introduce the formatting of the new series(2019) and the podcast's newest collaborator, the Anthropology Public Outreach Program, or "APOP." Why is outreach important?...
01.05.2018
S3E3 - Interview with Dr. Sam Stout
Biological anthropologist Dr. Sam Stout discusses his research in bone biology and how his work relates to the fields of bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology.
11.17.2017
S3E2 - Frailty
In this short episode, Emma and Alex discuss frailty, health, and death and how we can attempt to understand them.
10.08.2017
S3E1 - Identity in Death
What happens when someone dies? How do people mourn and how does it differ based on who the deceased was? This episode discusses mourning, burial practices, grave goods, and the importance of the identity of the dead.
09.23.2017
S3E0 - Death Series Introduction
This episode kicks off Series 3: DEATH! Emma Lagan and Alex Tuggle introduce the series theme, give an overview of how anthropologists are trained to deal with human remains respecfully, and describe the new podcast structure.
08.30.2017
Bonus Interview with Dr. Larissa Swedell: "Social Behavior and Sexual Conflict in Hamadryas Baboons"
In February, Dr. Larissa Swedell came and gave a talk to the department entitled "Social Behavior and Sexual Conflict in Baboons." She took the time to chat with our podcast host about some of her research and what she does...
08.15.2017
Bonus Interview with Dr. Lucas Delezene - "Teeth of Homo naledi"
Recorded February 2017. In this episode, Dr. Lucas Delezene talks about his work broadly and, specifically, about the teeth of a new hominin species: Homo naledi. At the time of recording, the age of the specimens was unknown. In May,...
07.19.2017
Bonus Interview with Dr. Carolyn Dean - "Flesh and Stone: The Throne of the Inka"
Dr. Carolyn Dean, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, gave the 14th Annual Paul and Erika Bourguignon Lecture in Art and Anthropology at Ohio State University on March 23, 2017.
07.03.2017
S2E4b - Conversation with Dr. Barbara Piperata and Dr. Lexine Trask
Dr. Barbara Piperata and Dr. Lexine Trask discuss their field work with mothers from Latin America and the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area. This is a powerful episode about the decisions mothers face and how they manage.
06.02.2017
S2E4a - Motherhood
For our final content episode of the Childhood series, we shift the focus to mothers. Who are they? What do they do? Why are they so important?
05.14.2017
S2E3b - Conversation with Katy Marklein and Melissa Clark
In this episode, two graduate students (Katy Marklein and Melissa Clark) discuss the various ways children can be identified in the archaeological record. Katy is interested in Classical and Roman East Mediterranean and Black Sea bioarchaeology while Melissa focuses on...
04.28.2017
S2E3a - Childhood in the Archaeological Record
How children appear in the archaeological record is a fascinating topic! In this episode, our hosts describe some of the most common ways the presence of children can be detected.
04.10.2017
S2E2b - Conversation with Dr. Giuseppe Vercellotti and Jesse Goliath
Dr. Giuseppe Vercellotti and graduate student Jesse Goliath discuss some of the ways they study later childhood using skeletal materials. They discuss the Osteological Paradox, a hugely important topic in bioarchaeology. For more information about the Osteological Paradox, check out...
03.22.2017
S2E2a - Later Childhood
Continuing our discussion of the biological aspects of childhood, this episode describes some of the processes that occur after weaning.
03.02.2017
S2E1b - Conversation With Dr. Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg and Genevieve Ritchie-Ewing
This is the first conversation episode of Series 2: Childhood! Dr. Guatelli-Steinberg and Genevieve Ritchie-Ewing discuss their work. Dr. Guatelli-Steinberg also describes her new book: What Teeth Reveal About Human Evolution.
02.10.2017
S2E1a - Early Childhood
Welcome back to A Story of Us! This is the first episode of Series 2: Childhood! We have a new host (1st year PhD student Emma Lagan) and a fantastic series ahead! This episode defines childhood and goes through some...
01.20.2017
Bonus Episode: Interview With Dr. Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel
Evolutionary morphologist Dr. Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel discusses how the shape of our skeleton can inform our understanding of migration and evolutionary history.
01.06.2017
Bonus Episode: Interview With Dr. Jeffrey Cohen
Cultural anthropologist and OSU faculty member Dr. Jeffrey Cohen discusses his research on migration in Oaxaca, Mexico, as well as some of his recent publications.
01.03.2017
S1E4b - Conversation With Dr. Mark Hubbe and Selin Nugent
Evolutionary anthropologist Dr. Mark Hubbe and bioarchaeologist Selin Nugent discuss some of the benefits and difficulties of using skeletal evidence to reconstruct both long and short term human migrations.
12.09.2016
S1E4a - Here and Back Again: The Skeletal Evidence
This episode continues our discussion of archaeology and introduces the ways skeletal evidence can be used by anthropologists to understand migration in the past. This podcast was made in collaboration with the American Anthropological Association.
11.15.2016
S1E3b - Conversation With Dr. Robert Cook and Laura Crawford
Ohio State University Department of Anthropology faculty member Dr. Robert Cook and graduate student Laura Crawford discuss two North American migrations, archaeology, and material culture. This podcast was made in collaboration with the American Anthropological Asssociation.
10.30.2016
S1E3a - Here and Back Again: Foundings, Spreads, and Cycles
This episode introduces the field of archaeology and, specifically, discusses how material culture can help anthropologists understand migration in the past.
10.06.2016
S1E2b - Conversation With Dr. Mark Moritz and Erin Kane
Faculty member Dr. Mark Moritz and graduate student Erin Kane discuss their work with pastoralist and primate groups.
09.22.2016
S1E2a - Normal and Seasonal Mobility
This episode takes a step back from migration and focuses on normal and seasonal mobility through two case studies: one human and one non-human primate.

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A Story of Us episodes:

Maddison Elliott A Story Of Us April 10 2024

Craig Shapiro A Story Of Us December 14 2023

Steven Rhue Interview November 28 2023

Jeffrey Peterson Interview October 6 2023

Stephanie Cole Interview September 28 2023

Elizabeth Holdsworth Interview September 11 2023

Anaís Roque Interview January 24 2023

Scott McGraw Interview September 21 2022

Joy McCorriston Interview April 7 2022

S5E6 - Interview with Dr. Erin Moore (Cultural Medical Anthropology)

S5E5 - Interview with Dr. Mandy Agnew (Biological Anthropology)

S5E4 - Interview with Dr. Mark Anthony Arceño (Food Anthropology)

S5E3 - Interview with Dr. Anna Willow (Environmental Anthropology)

S5E2 - Interview with Taylor Tomu (Medical Anthropology)

S5E1 - Introducing Engagement and Shane Scaggs

Bonus Episode with Dr. Filiberto Penados: Engaging with Indigenous Voices

Bonus Episode: Where are you from? With students from Columbus Metro Early College Middle School

Bonus Episode: A reflection on 50 years of anthropology, with Donna Firm

S4E5 – Interview with Dr. Gremillion (Paleoethnobotany)

S4E4 - Interview with Dr. Downey (Ecological Anthropology)

S4E4 - Interview with Dr. Steadman (Forensic Anthropology)

Bonus Episode with Dr. Bruce Floyd: Populating Polynesia

Bonus Episode with Dr. Amara Solari: Idolizing Mary in the Pre-Colombian Yucatan

S4E3 - Interview with Dr. Field (Archaeology)

S4E2 - Interview with Dr. Kawa (Cultural Anthropology)

S4E1 - Interview with Dr. Crews (Biological Anthropology)

S4E0- Diversity Series Introduction

S3E3 - Interview with Dr. Sam Stout

S3E2 - Frailty

S3E1 - Identity in Death

S3E0 - Death Series Introduction

Bonus Interview with Dr. Larissa Swedell: "Social Behavior and Sexual Conflict in Hamadryas Baboons"

Bonus Interview with Dr. Lucas Delezene - "Teeth of Homo naledi"

Bonus Interview with Dr. Carolyn Dean - "Flesh and Stone: The Throne of the Inka"

S2E4b - Conversation with Dr. Barbara Piperata and Dr. Lexine Trask

S2E4a - Motherhood

S2E3b - Conversation with Katy Marklein and Melissa Clark

S2E3a - Childhood in the Archaeological Record

S2E2b - Conversation with Dr. Giuseppe Vercellotti and Jesse Goliath

S2E2a - Later Childhood

S2E1b - Conversation With Dr. Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg and Genevieve Ritchie-Ewing

S2E1a - Early Childhood

Bonus Episode: Interview With Dr. Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel

Bonus Episode: Interview With Dr. Jeffrey Cohen

S1E4b - Conversation With Dr. Mark Hubbe and Selin Nugent

S1E4a - Here and Back Again: The Skeletal Evidence

S1E3b - Conversation With Dr. Robert Cook and Laura Crawford

S1E3a - Here and Back Again: Foundings, Spreads, and Cycles

S1E2b - Conversation With Dr. Mark Moritz and Erin Kane

S1E2a - Normal and Seasonal Mobility