A Taste of Anthropology with Professor Burlingame

What do the Roman invasion of Britain, women politicians in the American 2020 presidential race, vegetables and meat have in common with one another?  You may well ask!  In this podcast, Professor Burlingame uses them all to discuss binary categories and binary thinking to help you more productively recognize the pitfalls of both and open up the possibility for you to broaden, (not replace), your worldview...

Birth and death are the most universal of the human universals.  In this companion piece to the podcast “Birth Rites”, Professor Burlingame explores the ways that death is an important rite of passage that affects the identities of both the living and the dead.  More than being sad or morbid, viewing death in this biocultural way can be very life-affirming...

Raise your hand if you were born!  Since it’s such a human universal, it’s no wonder that it’s recently been all over the news and the campaign trail.  In this podcast, Professor Burlingame delves into how birth is a rite of passage where important identity changes take place.  When viewed more clearly as a biocultural event, birth holds hints to how we can improve it in America...

What do tolerance, poetry and clothing have to do with anthropology?  Listen and find out!  Professor Burlingame leads you through how personal and professional development can happen with an anthropology twist.  (Originally aired on 3/16/2019)

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Professor Burlingame answers fun educational questions for kids -- as well as curious adults! -- using the knowledge and wisdom of anthropology.  In this podcast, Professor Burlingame talks about why humans have two feet.  

This podcast is appropriate for any human aged 8 and up.

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In this podcast, Professor Burlingame recommends a classic work of physical anthropology -- Stephen Molnar's Human Variation: Races, Types and Ethnic Groups.  This book highlights how biology does, (and does not), influence our species.  It's a must for those who are interested in unique ways to gain more personal growth and self-discovery.  Listen to the tips that Professor Burlingame gives you in this podcast before you start reading...

Using anthropological insight and wisdom, Professor Burlingame challenges intolerance in this podcast and encourages you to see how tolerance can be used to better your life and promote personal growth.

In this podcast, Professor Burlingame takes a look at some women in Rock’n’Roll music and breaks down how gender roles and gender expectations have helped define perceptions of rock music and rock artists as largely masculine.

In this podcast, Professor Burlingame breaks down two main areas she says makes anthropologists and their work trustworthy and useful for any human living on planet Earth.

In this podcast Professor Burlingame recommends two classic ethnographies -- Richard B. Lee's The Dobe Ju/'hoansi and Ida Susser's Norman Street - to provide you with cultural insights on your path to personal self-discovery and growth.