Archaeology Podcasts

Science Talk

558 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 590 ratings
Science Talk is a podcast of longer-form audio experiments from Scientific American--from immersive sonic journeys into nature to deep dives into research with leading experts.

Origin Stories

86 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 412 ratings
Explore human evolution one story at a time. This award-winning show blends storytelling with science that will change your understanding of who we are.

ArchaeoEd Podcast

48 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 163 ratings
Get ready to embark on a time-traveling adventure with the legendary archaeologist, Dr. Ed Barnhart! Let's unearth the stories of the awe-inspiring civilizations of the Americas. These are the tal...

Tales From Aztlantis

117 episodes - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 65 ratings
This podcast explores Mesoamerican and Southwest pseudohistory, new-age nonsense, archaeological misconceptions, and other tales of adventure! In each episode, we investigate how these very topics...

Light from the Past

131 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Light from the Past: Archaeology, Ancient History, and Biblical Faith with Dewayne Bryant. We will examine archaeological discoveries and get a feel for daily living in the ancient world, all with ...

Peopling the Past

37 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
Join host Dr. Chelsea Gardner and co-hosts Dr. Carolyn Laferièrre and Dr. Melissa Funke for a journey through under-explored aspects of archaeology, history, and everyday life in the ancient Medite...

AnthroDish

141 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
AnthroDish explores the intersections between our foods, cultures, and identities. Host Dr. Sarah Duignan sits down one-on-one with people in academia, hospitality, farming and agriculture, and mor...

Evolution Soup

56 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Evolution Soup YouTube Channel & Audio Podcast - in association with Talk Beliefs YouTube channel - brings you interviews and information for everyday audiences on the fascinating facts of evolutio...

Mesoamerican Studies On-Air

52 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Mesoamerican art historian Catherine Nuckols Wilde interviews archaeologists, art historians, linguists, museum curators and more to provide listeners with up-to-date information on the Maya, Aztec...

Thin End of the Wedge

77 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Thin End of the Wedge explores life in the ancient Middle East. There are many wonderful stories we can tell about those people, their communities, the gritty reality of their lives, their hopes, f...

The Unusual History of Every Thing

146 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
The Unusual History of Every Thing is a podcast for lovers of the weird history of common things in our world. Join cultural object preservationists Melanie Dellas and Karen Lacy as they uncover th...

The Levantini Podcast

61 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
The Levantini Podcast is a show about Near Eastern history, language, religion and culture. We speak with academics and experts on a variety of topics, both ancient and modern.

Ancient Israel with Dr. Kenneth Hanson

31 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratings
Who are the Jewish people? Where did they come from, and why do we care? We’re talking about a scant 13.9 million, one out of every 457 people in the world being Jewish. That's a sliver of a sliver...

That JORVIK Viking Thing Podcast

182 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In Viking times, a ‘Thing’ was a gathering; a place where leaders and warriors could meet and talk. In the 21st century, our ‘Thing’ is a virtual place where Viking academics and enthusiasts from ...

Chippin' Away

103 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago
Unscripted dialogues on archaeology and anthropology of South Asia. Join us on journeys into the pasts of the sub-continent as we discuss the rich material culture, artefacts, and archaeological si...

Two Friends Talk History

78 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago
Two Friends Talk History is a podcast where public historian, Zofia, chats with scholars, archaeologists, researchers and more to explore fascinating histories, look behind the scenes and ask the b...

Two Friends Talk History

68 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago
Two Friends Talk History is a podcast where public historian, Zofia, chats with scholars, archaeologists, researchers and more to explore fascinating histories, look behind the scenes and ask the b...

The Thinking Traveller

58 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago
A series that draws on the passions, expertise and interests of Academy Travel's academic tour leaders, to bring a wealth of additional knowledge to your travels, one topic at a time. Our tour lead...

AnthroBiology Podcast

54 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago
The AnthroBiology Podcast sits down with biological anthropologists once or twice a month to learn about what they do and why it's rad. Want to know more about our evolutionary past? Or what your b...