SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human

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What makes you … you? And who tells what stories and why? In the SAPIENS podcast, listeners will hear a range of human stories: from the origins of the chili pepper to how prosecutors decide someone is a criminal to stolen skulls from Iceland. Join SAPIENS on our latest journey to explore what it means to be human.

Protest and the Public University
Jun 3, 2025 – 30:16
The Purification of Gold—and the Racialization of Miners
May 27, 2025 – 34:57
Milpa for the Future
May 20, 2025 – 25:17
Zambia’s Chinese Connection
May 13, 2025 – 29:54
South Africa’s Road Out of Colonialism
May 6, 2025 – 29:00
Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky
Apr 29, 2025 – 33:36
A Venezuelan Election … in Chile
Apr 22, 2025 – 32:00
Hunting, Gathering, and the Fluidity of Gender Roles
Apr 15, 2025 – 38:12
A Linguist’s Night at the Ball
Apr 8, 2025 – 38:31
Cementing the Past
Apr 1, 2025 – 34:25
Where Cultures Collide: Season 8 Trailer
Mar 25, 2025 – 01:23
Introducing: Homegoings
Oct 3, 2024 – 35:41
The Ancient Child Who's Changing Archaeology
Jul 24, 2024 – 37:08
Comics As a Medium for Women’s Rights
Jul 17, 2024 – 29:49
Smartphones Are Bicycles For Our Minds
Jul 10, 2024 – 26:16
When Scientists Take to the Streets
Jul 3, 2024 – 29:12
A Dam’s Downstream Consequences
Jun 26, 2024 – 26:25
Why Do We Eat at Funerals?
Jun 19, 2024 – 24:05
Chatter That Matters
Jun 12, 2024 – 30:19
The Problems of Digital Evidence in Terrorism Trials
Jun 5, 2024 – 34:45
Learning from Handy Primates
May 29, 2024 – 29:32
Moving Through Deaf Worlds
May 22, 2024 – 34:18
Untangling the World’s First-Known String
May 15, 2024 – 35:10
In Search for the First Cyborg
May 8, 2024 – 32:12
Black Influencers Beyond the Screens
May 1, 2024 – 34:34
Cultures of Technology: Season 7 Trailer
Apr 24, 2024 – 01:09
Can We Understand One Another?
Dec 14, 2023 – 30:00
Weaving Stories: Two Women Speak
Dec 5, 2023 – 30:32
Sex, Lies, and Science Wars
Nov 28, 2023 – 28:30
Bonus: Flemmie Kittrell and the Preschool Experiment
Nov 21, 2023 – 38:23
Into the Light
Nov 14, 2023 – 23:52
Trashing an American Icon
Nov 7, 2023 – 28:27
We Need to Tell Our Own Stories
Oct 31, 2023 – 28:29
Flapper of the South Seas
Oct 24, 2023 – 25:05
Coming of Age … Today
Oct 17, 2023 – 23:34
The Problems With Coming of Age: Season 6 Trailer
Oct 10, 2023 – 03:19
Introducing: Going Wild
Sep 5, 2023 – 01:40
Introducing: The Disappearing Spoon
Aug 15, 2023 – 16:16
Introducing: The Bioneers – Revolution from the Heart of Nature
May 30, 2023 – 02:00
Introducing: Outside/In
May 23, 2023 – 02:12
Introducing: Blind Plea
May 17, 2023 – 0:59
Finding Mrs. Jackson
May 9, 2023 – 27:29
Aneho’s Disappearing Coast
May 2, 2023 – 29:35
The Conversion of Julio Tiwiram
Apr 25, 2023 – 24:01
People of the Peppers
Apr 18, 2023 – 33:56
The Power of Criminal Prosecutors
Apr 11, 2023 – 26:12
I Do This for You, Mom
Apr 4, 2023 – 32:53
A Story of Icelandic Skulls
Mar 28, 2023 – 36:16
SAPIENS Podcast Season 5 Trailer
Mar 21, 2023 – 04:42
Introducing: Whetstone Radio Collective
May 10, 2022 – 01:05