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Humans have lived as foragers since the beginning of the genus Homo which began more than two million years ago. Our human species Homo Sapiens Sapiens is biologically suited to a life in a foraging or hunting and gathering economy and this way of life is still the choice of contemporary people in a few places on Earth. With the world divided into nation-states and the vast majority of people alive today living in agricultural societies it is important to consider human behavior in the context of a foraging culture when discussing human nature. Together with guests in the fields of anthropology, ecology, biology, arts, law, and others and as much as possible with hunter gatherer people themselves we will explore what hunting and gathering looks like on a macro and micro scale, examining the prehistoric and recent past as well as learning from contemporary foraging peoples. If this interests you, please consider following us.

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Gan & David - Rewilding ฟื้นฟู 012

2022/04/11

Gan & David live in a forest in progress. The young couple have left consumer society to make their living on a small mountain plot that was once part of a commercial orchard. The two are helping to restore the land into a biodiverse and vibrant food jungle and draw upon hunter-gatherer research and knowledge to guide their way of life. Visit their website www.feunfoo.org

Adam Haritan - Learn Your Land 011

2022/01/14

Adam Haritan is the creator of Learn Your Land, a resource that helps people understand and connect with the place that they live. He teaches both online and in-person courses on subjects such as mushroom foraging, and plant identification. His educational videos are an excellent source of information for anyone wanting to learn more about the plants and fungi that inhabit the Eastern Woodlands of North America. In our conversation we touched on stinging nettle, hunting, nature connection and answered the important question "why did you cut your hair?" LearnYouLand.com

Gordon Clarke - Nomad Architecture 010

2021/06/13

Gordon Clarke, architect and creator of the popular youtube channel Nomad Architecture, joins us to talk about his experiences documenting the shelters and dwellings of nomadic peoples. Gordon has been to Siberia, the Congo rainforest, the Kalahari desert and other hard to reach places in search of exceedingly rare dwellings and the few people who still build and live in them. We highly recommend you watch some of his videos before or while listening to this podcast. Visit Gordon's website NOMADS.org to see the videos and learn more about his work.

Vivek Venkataraman - Human Evolution 009

2021/03/16

Vivek Venkataraman is an evolutionary biologist investigating the evolution of our human species. He is also co-founder and co-PI of the Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project (OAHeLP). You can also see him host the Orang Asli Health and Well-being Webinar, which is archived on youtube. We speak about human adaptation to jungles, energetics, tree climbing and also how experiences with hunter gatherer people have influenced our lives. Vivekvenkataraman.com

Sophie Grig - Conservation, Progress and Indigenous Peoples 008

2021/03/01

Sophie Grig is a campaigner at Survival International, an organization that advocates for the rights of indigenous peoples. Her work has taken her to numerous indigenous communities in forests, tundras and also destroyed landscapes. She shares her insights about the disastrous effects of wildlife conservation, as carried out by large organizations such as the WWF, and forced state education programs of indigenous children. Sophie also shares some beautiful experiences of being in the forest with her Penan and Orang Rimba friends. To learn more about the campaigns to support indigenous peoples' rights and how you can contribute visit Survival International

Edith Mirante - Asia's Black Indigenous Peoples 007

2021/02/11

Edith Mirante, author of THE WIND IN THE BAMBOO: Journeys in Search of Asia's 'Negrito' Indigenous Peoples, joined us to talk about her experiences visiting the various peoples who would become the subject of her book. She talks about problems of land theft and destruction and discrimination faced by theses peoples today. We also discuss the popular resistance to the recent coup in Myanmar. Edith regularly writes about Myanmar related issues and has written two more books BURMESE LOOKING GLASS and DOWN THE RAT HOLE. You can follow her on twitter @EdithMirante

Aya Kawai - Batek Navigation in the Forest 006

2021/02/05

Aya Kawai, assistant professor at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, joins us to talk about the navigational system of the Batek of the Malaysian interior, who travel though jungles, mountains and river systems reliably without maps. We discuss the river centric nature of their wayfinding and also veer off on tangents of blowpipes, shelter making, durian, and Okinawan-Austronesian connections.

Ivan Tacey -Interconnectivity of the forest 005

2021/01/22

Ivan Tacey, anthropologist and lecturer at the University of Plymouth, joins us again to talk about the interconnected relationships between animals, plants and humans that exist in forests and beyond. Ivan draws upon his experiences with the Batek people and with some PG13 language shares a fun creation story of theirs involving humans, a mouse deer, a frog and a lot of water. https://itacey.wixsite.com/website

Ivan Tacey - Conflict resolution and religion 004

2021/01/16

Ivan Tacey, lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Plymouth, joins us to discuss conflict avoidance/resolution and religion. His research among the forest peoples of Peninsular Malaysia explores how political marginalization, rapid environmental change and historical conditions of subordination and violence have shaped changes and continuities in Batek and Manya’ animistic practices and cosmologies. https://itacey.wixsite.com/website

Teckwyn Lim - Human Elephant Relations 003

2021/01/05

Elephants and humans have had interesting and mysterious relationships since prehistoric times. Once inhabiting every continent on Earth, except for Antarctica and Australia, today only two species remain and where ever they are to be found there exists conflict with humans. Teckwyn Lim discusses this topic looking at prehistoric times, recent history, and the present.

What are hunter gatherers? 001

2021/01/04

How does one define hunter gatherers? What are some commonalities between different hunter gatherer groups and how do they differ from settled peoples? Phil and Teckwyn discuss these questions and talk about their familiarity with a specific group of foragers.

Why Hunter Gatherers? 002

2020/12/22

We discuss how we became interested in hunter gatherers and why we chose to do a podcast about them.

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The_Loremaster 2022/05/01

Great show, Informative and Entertaining

I’ve been recently going down an anthropology podcast rabbit hole, and this show scratched the exact itch I had. Highly Recommended. I would be fascin...

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