In this episode of A Life In Ruins podcast, Connor and David chat with Vincent Battista, a Postdoctoral Researcher specializing in genetics.
Vincent got his PhD at the University of Michigan where he studied under Milford Wolpoff, who is also the teacher of Dr. Jim Ahern, Connor and David‘s biological anthropology teacher.
Connor and David chat with Vincent about his Italian ancestry, and how that formulated his interest in culture and anthropology, and they later get into his early educational career in anthropology
Like most episodes with PhD‘s, the conversation gets heavy discussing the quagmire that is academia and whether it is right for some people or not.
We end with a discussion about Neanderthals, as Vincent is a wealth of knowledge the subject.
Transcripts
Literature Recommendations
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and The Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture by Bruce Pascoe
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Dr. Battista's Instagram: @spaghettiwesternz
Dr. Battista's Twitter: @DrBaggadonuts
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