A Taste of Anthropology with Professor Burlingame

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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