TopPodcast.com
Menu
  • Home
  • Top Charts
  • Top Networks
  • Top Apps
  • Top Independents
  • Top Podfluencers
  • Top Picks
    • Top Business Podcasts
    • Top True Crime Podcasts
    • Top Finance Podcasts
    • Top Comedy Podcasts
    • Top Music Podcasts
    • Top Womens Podcasts
    • Top Kids Podcasts
    • Top Sports Podcasts
    • Top News Podcasts
    • Top Tech Podcasts
    • Top Crypto Podcasts
    • Top Entrepreneurial Podcasts
    • Top Fantasy Sports Podcasts
    • Top Political Podcasts
    • Top Science Podcasts
    • Top Self Help Podcasts
    • Top Sports Betting Podcasts
    • Top Stocks Podcasts
  • Podcast News
  • About Us
  • Podcast Advertising
  • Contact
Not in our directory?
Add Show Here
Podcast Equipment
Center

toppodcastlogoOur TOPPODCAST Picks

  • Comedy
  • Crypto
  • Sports
  • News
  • Politics
  • True Crime
  • Business
  • Finance

Follow Us

toppodcastlogoStay Connected

    View Top 200 Chart
    Back to Rankings Page
    Science

    A Life In Ruins

    Carlton Gover, Connor Johnen, and David Howe are three friends that went to graduate school together and decided to start an archaeology podcast. Join them every week for witty conversation, amazing guests, and a bit of profanity – all in the name of archaeological science. Join them as they investigate the careers of those living a life in ruins.

    Advertise

    Copyright: © 2019 Archaeology Podcast Network

    • Apple Podcasts
    • Google Play
    • Spotify
    Latest Episodes:
    Live Show: The War in Ukraine with Simon Radchenko - Ep 100 Mar 21, 2022
    Show notes

    For our first live show and in celebration of our 100th episode, we had originally planned for a dynamic and audience-interactive experience full of bits, challenges, and guest appearances. However, due to the recent invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russia, we wanted to use our platform to support the people of Ukraine. We were joined by Simon Radchenko, a Ph.D. candidate in Archaeology at the University of Turin, in Turin Italy. Simon is a Ukrainian archaeologist that first appeared in Episode 34, and joined us live from Italy. *Originally recorded live on March 12th, 2022*

    In this episode, we chat with Simon about cultural differences between Ukraine and Russia, the history between the two countries, and his personal story about leaving Kyiv and getting to Italy. During the show, we took live questions from the audience.

    Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    Links

    • Organizations that you can donate to in supporting Ukrainians
    • Google Sheet with Organizations and Information to aid Ukrainians

    Guest Contact

    • Simon's Email: Simon.Radchenko@gmail.com

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store

    Affiliates

    • Wildnote
    • TeePublic
    • Timeular


    Mississippian Missionaries: Bundling Cahokia with Amanda Butler - Ep 99 Mar 14, 2022
    Show notes

    In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Amanda Butler who is an Assistant Professor in the department of anthropology and earth science at Minnesota State University Moorhead. We start off the episode by exploring her educational experiences and background in archaeology. We then delve into Cahokian archaeology and Butler's research regarding the Cahokian religious diaspora. We close out the episode with a chat on the History Channel show: The Curse of Oak Island.

    Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    Transcripts

    For rough transcript head over to A Life in Ruins Episode 99. (https://archpodnet.squarespace.com/ruins/99)

    Links

    • PBS Native America - Recommend Episode 3

    Literature Recommendations

    • Land of Water, City of the Dead: Religion and Cahokia’s Emergence by Sarah E. Baires
    • Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi by Timothy R. Pauketat

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store

    Affiliates

    • Wildnote
    • TeePublic
    • Timeular
    An Analysis of the Hopewell Airburst Event Hypothesis with Dr. Shane Miller - Ep 98 Mar 07, 2022
    Show notes

    Dr. Shane Miller is back on the podcast to talk about a new paper that just came out. The Hopewell airbust event, published about in Nature Scientific Reports, is believed to be a series of near-Earth comets that are hypothesized to have had impacts on cultures living around 1600 years ago (252-383 CE). We dive into this paper and discuss its argument, the pitfalls/questions we have about the paper and where we want to see the research go in the future.

    Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    Transcripts

    For rough transcript head over to A Life in Ruins Episode 98.

    Links

    • The Hopewell airburst event,1699–1567 years ago (252–383 CE) by Kenneth Barnett Tankersley et al.

    Literature Recommendations

    • The American Southeast at the End of the Ice Age (Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives) edited by D. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood and Jesse W.Tune

    Guest Contact

    • Dr. Shane Miller on Twitter: @TheDurty_Trowel

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store

    Affiliates

    • Wildnote
    • TeePublic
    • Timeular
    Science Communicators of TikTok: Nicholas Carbone (@DigThePast) - Ep 97 Feb 28, 2022
    Show notes

    On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we chat with Tiktok personality and recent graduate Nicholas Carbone. We start off by talking about his earliest experiences with archaeology and his inspiration for pursuing the discipline. We then chat about Titanic and how some of us were not allowed to watch the second VHS (yes we are that old). Nicholas then discusses his field school and other archaeological opportunities afforded to him during his undergraduate degree. We finish off by discussing his TikTok channel and why he is inspired to teach people about the past.

    Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    Transcripts

    For rough transcript head over to A Life in Ruins Episode 97. (https://archpodnet.squarespace.com/ruins/97)

    Literature Recommendations

    • Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us about Their Communities and Cultures by Dr. Lucianne Lavin
    • Becoming an Archaeologist: A Guide to Professional Pathways by Joe Flatman
    • Anthropologist explains ADHD, Depression, and Imposter Syndrome (Short Film) by David Ian Howe
    • Guest Contact Info: Nicholas' TikTok: @DigThePast

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store

    Affiliates

    • Wildnote
    • TeePublic
    • Timeular
    Science Communicators of TikTok: Lindsay Nikole (@lindsaynikole) - Ep 96 Feb 21, 2022
    Show notes

    On this episode of a Life in Ruins Podcast, we continue our series of talking with TikTok Science Communicators and talk with Lindsay Nikole. Lindsay is a zoologist with a passion for all living things in the animal kingdom, and has over 1 million followers on TikTok.

    We dive straight into her experiences growing up and her experiences getting her undergraduate degree. This devolves into a discussion about upper division courses, dinosaurs, and evolution. Lindsay then recounts some of her professional experiences working with big cats in the Pacific Northwest, Namibia, and Minnesota.

    Our conversation finishes with talking about TikTok and her experience on the app.

    Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    For rough transcripts of this episode go to A Life in Ruins Episode 96.

    Literature Recommendations

    • The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
    • My Octupus Teacher on Netflix

    Guest Contact

    • Lindsay's TikTok - @lindsaynikole
    • Lindsay's Instagram - @lindsay_nikole
    • Lindsay's Coloring Book

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store

    Affiliates

    • Wildnote
    • TeePublic
    • Timeular
    Science Communicators of TikTok: Isaac Russell (@science_is_real) - Ep 95 Feb 14, 2022
    Show notes

    In this episode, we chat with Isaac Russel (@science_Is_real on TikTok), an 8th-grade science teacher and TikTok personality. We delve into his early experiences growing up in small-town Kansas. He details how community college was helpful for him and how he also lived in a very interesting situation. We then rapid-fire questions about teaching 8th-grade science, covering topics such as teaching over zoom, instructing his students on evolution, and also asking about Westboro Baptist Church. The episode finishes off with a discussion about TikTok and opinions on the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis.

    Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    Transcripts

    • Go to www.archpodnet.com/ruins/95

    Literature Recommendations

    • Trey the Explainer Youtube
    • Stefan Milo Youtube
    • PBS Eons

    Guest Contact

    • Isaac's TikTok - @science_is_real
    • Isaac's Twitter - @irussel121

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store

    Affiliates

    • Wildnote
    • TeePublic
    • Timeular
    A Podcast Donnybrook with Tristan Boyle - Ep 94 Feb 07, 2022
    Show notes

    On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we talk to our arch-nemesis, co-founder of the Archaeology Podcast Network, and host of the Modern Myth Podcast Tristan Boyle. We start out talking about our terrible impersonations of him and talk about where he is from and where he currently lives in the UK. We then delve into his formative years and how he got into archaeology. Tristan then nerds out about heavy metals in hair samples. We then ask him to recall the APN origin story. Tristan then talks about Unarchaeology as a response to inaccessibility within archaeology as a discipline. He then talks about his favorite "Modern Myth" Podcast and we finish talking about the CRM career field and how it needs to change.

    If you are listening to this episode on the "Archaeology Podcast Network All Shows Feed", please consider subscribing to the "A Life in Ruins Podcast" channel to support our show. Listening to and downloading our episodes on the A Life in Ruins channel helps our podcast grow. So please, subscribe to the A Life in Ruins Podcast, hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network, on whichever platform you are using to listen to us on the "All Shows Feed". Support our show by following our channel.

    Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    Links

    • Internet Archaeology
    • Modern Myth Podcast (APN)
    • Modern Myth (Apple)

    Literature Recommendations

    • Vox Archaeo: Podcasting the Past by Tristan Boyle in Public Archaeology: Arts of Engagement
    • Middens and Microphones: Podcasting as Digital Public Outreach in Archaeology by Tristan Boyle

    Guest Contact

    • Tristan's Instagram/Twitter: @anarchaeologist

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store
    On a Slippery Soap-stone: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Adams - Ep 93 Jan 31, 2022
    Show notes

    In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Richard Adams. Dr. Adams personally spoon-fed the archeology kool-aid to Connor at Colorado State University and he met Carlton and David through the University of Wyoming. Dr. Adam’s discusses his winding road into archaeology and how he was inspired to pursue archaeology. He details his experiences with Dr. George Frison and his research into soapstone use. We then finish off talking about his approaches to teaching, in which he suggests getting a golden doodle and coloring.

    If you are listening to this episode on the "Archaeology Podcast Network All Shows Feed", please consider subscribing to the "A Life in Ruins Podcast" channel to support our show. Listening to and downloading our episodes on the A Life in Ruins channel helps our podcast grow. So please, subscribe to the A Life in Ruins Podcast, hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network, on whichever platform you are using to listen to us on the "All Shows Feed". Support our show by following our channel.

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    FOR A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PODCAST GO TO: archpodnet.com/ruins/93

    Literature Recommendations

    • Survival by Hunting: Prehistoric Human Predators and Animal Prey by George Carr Frison
    • Footprints in the Snow: High-Altitude Cultural Ecology of the Colorado Front Range, U.S.A. by James B. Benedict
    • After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000 - 5000 BC by Steven Mithen
    • The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body by Steven Mithen

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store
    Egyptology and Archaeology in Video Games with Megan Kumorek - Ep 92 Jan 24, 2022
    Show notes

    In this episode, we are joined by Megan Kumorek who is a writer and creative partner for the Middle East, North Africa, and Mediterranean Archaeology Publication Group and Promotional and Academic Partner for the Save Cultural Heritage Group. We start off by talking with Megan about her educational background in Archaeology, beginning with her undergraduate in Anthropology at Northern Arizona University and then Megan's M.A. program in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool in the U.K. We then dive into Megan's experiences in working on graffiti in Egyptian archaeology and what the transition was like from researching North and South American archaeology to studying the Egyptian Archaeological Record. We tie up the episode with a very fun and entertaining conversation about depictions of archaeology in video games. Turns out, Megan is a huge gamer! We cover a gambit of video games and how they represent archaeology. The video games that we cover include Tomb Raider, the Assassin's Creed games, World of Warcraft, Sims 4, Zelda, Jedi Fallen Order, Dragon Age Origins, and more!

    If you are listening to this episode on the "Archaeology Podcast Network All Shows Feed", please consider subscribing to the "A Life in Ruins Podcast" channel to support our show. Listening to and downloading our episodes on the A Life in Ruins channel helps our podcast grow. So please, subscribe to the A Life in Ruins Podcast, hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network, on whichever platform you are using to listen to us on the "All Shows Feed". Support our show by following our channel.

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    Links

    • A Life in Ruins Discord Server
    • Assassin’s Creed Origins
    • Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project
    • Archaeogaming website (not mentioned in the episode but a great resource)

    Literature Recommendations

    • An Introduction to the Archaeology of Egypt by Kathryn Bard
    • Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization by Barry J. Kemp
    • Reading Egyptian Art by Richard H. Wilkinson
    • Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners by Bill Manley
    • How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Mark Collier and Bill Manley
    • Scribbling Through History: Graffiti, Places and People from Antiquity to
    • Modernity by Chloé Ragazzoli, Ömür Harmansah, Chiara Salvador, and Elizabeth Frood
    • When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney

    Guest Contact

    • Personal Instagram: @Egyptian_Rose
    • Save Cultural Heritage Group Instagram: @schgpk
    Bison Jumps, Public Archaeology, and the Great Plains with Chris Johnston - Ep 91 Jan 17, 2022
    Show notes

    In this episode, we are joined by Chris Johnston who is the Operations Director and Project Archaeologist for the Paleocultural Research Group. As always, we kick off the episode investigating Chris's introduction to archaeology and how he turned in his Buffalo horns for Ram horns. We delve into the Paleocultural Research Group (PCRG), what it does, how it operates, and what it is like to work for them. We tie up the episode talking about how archaeology can often focus on the "micro-scale" of that past on how we, as archaeologists, can better bring back the "people-ness" to older archaeological components in our research and in the literature.

    Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information.

    Literature Recommendations

    • Imagining Head-Smashed-In by Jack W. Brink
    • Origin Stories, Archaeological Evidence, and Postclovis Paleoindian Bison Hunting on the Great Plains by Douglas B. Bamforth
    • Crafting History in the Northern Plains by Mark D. Mitchell

    Guest Contact

    • Paleocultural Research Group Facebook Page
    • Paleocultural Research Group Instagram Page: @paleocultural
    • Chris Johnston's Twitter: @cmjohnston8

    Contact

    • Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com
    • Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast
    • Twitter: @alifeinruinspod
    • Website: www.alifeinruins.com
    • Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins
    • Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop

    ArchPodNet

    • APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
    • APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
    • APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
    • Tee Public Store

    Affiliates

    • Wildnote
    • TeePublic
    • Timeular
    • Zencastr
    Previous 1 6 7 8 9 10 18 Next

    Related Podcasts

    Invisibilia

    1

    Invisibilia Personal Journals
    Hidden Brain – Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

    2

    Hidden Brain – Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam Science
    How To Do Everything

    3

    How To Do Everything Science
    Hidden Brain

    4

    Hidden Brain Games & Hobbies
    Something You Should Know

    5

    Something You Should Know Education
    Sword and Scale – Sword and Scale

    6

    Sword and Scale – Sword and Scale Alternative Health
    footer-logo

    Contact Us

    Toll Free: 844-670-7747

    Links

    • Home
    • Top Charts
    • Networks
    • Apps
    • Independents Podcasts
    • Podcast Advertising
    • Podcast News
    • Contact Us
    • About Us
    • Analytics & Insights

    Stay Connected

      Privacy, Terms of Use & Our Code of Ethics Protecting Content Creators Copyrights