On October 6th, 2017 archaeologist Anne Porter from the University of Toronto met with a panel of CIAMS students and faculty (Prof. Adam T. Smith, Amy Cromartie, Lizzy Bews, Salpi Bocchieriyan, and Annapaola Passerini) to discuss pastoral nomadism and kinship in the ancient Near East. This episode was a long time in the making,because our regular team wasn’t available to record it. Apologies are due to the participants for the delay, and our thanks go to Gabrielle Borenstein for filling in as recording engineer last year!