The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 33: Scandinavian Genetics
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 33: Scandinavian GeneticsBirch ForestThis week on The Insight (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts) Razib talks to Dr. Torsten Gunther about the genetics of ancient Scandinavians.There are a…
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 26: The Epigenetics Revolution
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 26: The Epigenetics RevolutionThis week on The Insight (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts) Razib talks about the “Epigenetics Revolution” with John Greally of Albert Einstein School of Medi…
Reader Survey for The Insight
Reader Survey for The Insight podcastAfter 50+ episodes and 200,000+ downloads, Spencer and I have decided that we want to know a little bit more about the listeners to our podcasts, as well as taking some feedback for the future direction of The Insig…
The Insight hits 200,000 downloads!
After a year and a half, and 50+ podcasts over two seasons, The Insight has surpassed 200,000 downloads. We appreciate everyone’s support, especially those who have left positive reviews on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. The Insight is also on Spotify, G…
Why the Y chromosome is coming back
Last week Spencer and I talked about chromosomes and their sociological import on The Insight. It was a pretty popular episode, but then again, my post on the genetics of Genghis Khan is literally my most popular piece of writing of all time which wasn’t distributed in a non-blog channel (hundreds of thousands of people have […]
The Insight, Episode 17: Patrick Wyman, Barbarian Genetics
This week on The Insight we talk to Patrick Wyman of Tides of History. Patrick is now a professional podcaster for Wondery, but I got to know him originally through comments on this weblog. A historian of Late Antiquity, we originally encountered each other in 2010 after I had just finished a period where I […]
The Insight, Episode 19: Roberta Estes, the Golden State Killer, and forensic genetics
Last week Spencer & I took a break from The Insight. We’re at 71 iTunes ratings. I would appreciate it if readers of this weblog could help us make it to 100 (then I’ll stop pestering you). Also, we only have 5 reviews on Stitcher. This week we’re talking to Roberta Estes about the arrest of […]
The Insight, episode 18: Lee Berger, H. naledi, and open science
On this week’s episode of The Insight (Stitcher and Google Play) we talk to Lee Berger, author of Almost Human and a paleanthropological revolutionary. Or, less sensationally Lee tells us his view on the practice and results of science in his field (which is literally in the field). Like most scientists, Lee is passionate about […]
The Insight, episode 17: Stuart Ritchie, intelligence and genes
On this week’s episode of The Insight (Stitcher and Google Play) we talk to Stuart Ritchie, a postdoc in Ian Deary’s lab, about recent developments in cognition and genomics. There’s a reason that Deary gets some time in She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, his group is publishing some really interesting work. Before we get to […]
The Insight, episode 17: Stuart Ritchie, intelligence and genes
On this week’s episode of The Insight (Stitcher and Google Play) we talk to Stuart Ritchie, a postdoc in Ian Deary’s lab, about recent developments in cognition and genomics. There’s a reason that Deary gets some time in She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, his group is publishing some really interesting work. Before we get to […]
Reflecting on Journey of Man 15 years later
Journey of Man, Spencer Wells’ book and documentary, came out 15 years ago. To a great extent the impact of TV is such that one can argue it introduced genetic anthropology to a whole generation. A lot has happened since then. On this week’s The Insight we review what’s happened since then, and how Spencer, […]