web01.fireside.fm Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:35:44 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Science Night - Episodes Tagged with “Archaeology” https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/tags/archaeology Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0400 Science! What is it? Who does it? Why does it matter? At the Science Night Podcast, we highlight the people doing the work, and give them a place to tell their stories. We also cover science news and discoveries to keep you up on all the amazing things that are happening. en-us episodic A place for scientists to tell their story. Riverpower Podcast Mill Science! What is it? Who does it? Why does it matter? At the Science Night Podcast, we highlight the people doing the work, and give them a place to tell their stories. We also cover science news and discoveries to keep you up on all the amazing things that are happening. no science, scicomm, science communication, Riverpower Podcast Mill jreed4432@gmail.com Sports in the Climate Era https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/57 ba5c03ec-0caa-4f80-87e7-67ab446bb71d Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0400 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 3 Riverpower Podcast Mill Coming up to bat, we have four scicomm stories from the news. First, we talk about psychedelic substance use in the Bronze Age. Next, we're re-examining the origin of horses in indigenous communities in North America. To round out the first half, we have our favorite new segment where Dr. Diem clears up the fusion confusion. In the second half, we're looking at sports in the climate era, where Jason laments the death of baseball, James relives a Red October to remember, and Steffi thinks about life in the white tent. 39:37 no Coming up to bat, we have four scicomm stories from the news. First, we talk about psychedelic substance use in the Bronze Age. Next, we're re-examining the origin of horses in indigenous communities in North America. To round out the first half, we have our favorite new segment where Dr. Diem clears up the fusion confusion. In the second half, we're looking at sports in the climate era, where Jason laments the death of baseball, James relives a Red October to remember, and Steffi thinks about life in the white tent. Your Hosts: Steffie Diem (https://twitter.com/SteffiDiem) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- James Reed Music: Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License Centerfield by John Fogerty | ℗ 2010, 2017 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family www.scinight.com science, scicomm, sports, baseball, football, soccer, FIFA, climate crisis, climate emergency, climate change, global warming, bronze age, archaeology, anthropology, native american, indigenous, horses, fusion energy, nuclear fusion, tokamak, pegasus III, psychedelics Coming up to bat, we have four scicomm stories from the news. First, we talk about psychedelic substance use in the Bronze Age. Next, we're re-examining the origin of horses in indigenous communities in North America. To round out the first half, we have our favorite new segment where Dr. Diem clears up the fusion confusion. In the second half, we're looking at sports in the climate era, where Jason laments the death of baseball, James relives a Red October to remember, and Steffi thinks about life in the white tent.

Your Hosts:
Steffie Diem
Jason Organ
James Reed

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- James Reed

Music:
Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Centerfield by John Fogerty | ℗ 2010, 2017 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

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]]> Coming up to bat, we have four scicomm stories from the news. First, we talk about psychedelic substance use in the Bronze Age. Next, we're re-examining the origin of horses in indigenous communities in North America. To round out the first half, we have our favorite new segment where Dr. Diem clears up the fusion confusion. In the second half, we're looking at sports in the climate era, where Jason laments the death of baseball, James relives a Red October to remember, and Steffi thinks about life in the white tent.

Your Hosts:
Steffie Diem
Jason Organ
James Reed

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- James Reed

Music:
Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Centerfield by John Fogerty | ℗ 2010, 2017 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

www.scinight.com

]]> Defending Truth with David Goldstein https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/41 9611f1fd-536b-4689-a69c-5002703c1e49 Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 3 Riverpower Podcast Mill This week we're talking about disinformation, misinformation, and effective communication with David Goldstein, chief strategist at We Defend Truth. In the news, we're revisiting our favorite protein-analyzing AI, learning about quarks in their many forms, and talking about the dos and don'ts of finding things in the brave wilderness. 1:11:31 no This week we're talking about disinformation, misinformation, and effective communication with David Goldstein, chief strategist at We Defend Truth. In the news, we're revisiting our favorite protein-analyzing AI, learning about quarks in their many forms, and talking about the dos and don'ts of finding things in the brave wilderness. Your Hosts] James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Steffi Diem (https://twitter.com/SteffiDiem) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) Our Guest David has worked on numerous local, state, and national campaigns as a pollster and strategist, for leaders ranging from President Obama and Senator Cory Booker in the US, to Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the UK and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Ukraine. Since 2016, he has collaborated with policymakers, academics and the media to establish how to protect democracy in the new digital era, and led efforts that drove record-breaking turnout for Greta Thunberg at the Global Climate Strike. Having delivered winning results/real results for Democratic candidates in deep-red states like Alabama and Tennessee, David is widely sought after by national media seeking to understand the impact of disinformation on elections. He worked closely with the New York Times in early 2020 to reveal how Democrats were still struggling with modernizing their digital/data efforts and has been featured on ABC News, Planet Money, and Bloomberg TV. Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- James Reed Music: - Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License - Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family scinight.com (www.scinight.com) science, scicomm, archaeology, physics, chemistry, AI, alpha fold 2, CERN, Large Hadron Collider, particle physics, quarks, communication, misinformation, disinformation, politics This week we're talking about disinformation, misinformation, and effective communication with David Goldstein, chief strategist at We Defend Truth. In the news, we're revisiting our favorite protein-analyzing AI, learning about quarks in their many forms, and talking about the dos and don'ts of finding things in the brave wilderness.

Your Hosts]
James Reed
Steffi Diem
Jason Organ

Our Guest
David has worked on numerous local, state, and national campaigns as a pollster and strategist, for leaders ranging from President Obama and Senator Cory Booker in the US, to Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the UK and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Ukraine. Since 2016, he has collaborated with policymakers, academics and the media to establish how to protect democracy in the new digital era, and led efforts that drove record-breaking turnout for Greta Thunberg at the Global Climate Strike. Having delivered winning results/real results for Democratic candidates in deep-red states like Alabama and Tennessee, David is widely sought after by national media seeking to understand the impact of disinformation on elections. He worked closely with the New York Times in early 2020 to reveal how Democrats were still struggling with modernizing their digital/data efforts and has been featured on ABC News, Planet Money, and Bloomberg TV.

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- James Reed

Music:

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

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]]> This week we're talking about disinformation, misinformation, and effective communication with David Goldstein, chief strategist at We Defend Truth. In the news, we're revisiting our favorite protein-analyzing AI, learning about quarks in their many forms, and talking about the dos and don'ts of finding things in the brave wilderness.

Your Hosts]
James Reed
Steffi Diem
Jason Organ

Our Guest
David has worked on numerous local, state, and national campaigns as a pollster and strategist, for leaders ranging from President Obama and Senator Cory Booker in the US, to Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the UK and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Ukraine. Since 2016, he has collaborated with policymakers, academics and the media to establish how to protect democracy in the new digital era, and led efforts that drove record-breaking turnout for Greta Thunberg at the Global Climate Strike. Having delivered winning results/real results for Democratic candidates in deep-red states like Alabama and Tennessee, David is widely sought after by national media seeking to understand the impact of disinformation on elections. He worked closely with the New York Times in early 2020 to reveal how Democrats were still struggling with modernizing their digital/data efforts and has been featured on ABC News, Planet Money, and Bloomberg TV.

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- James Reed

Music:

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

[scinight.com ](www.scinight.com)

]]> Constructed Languages with David J. Peterson https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/19 cb567e2e-5ea0-49f0-8950-6ddc125148f7 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 3 Riverpower Podcast Mill This week we're talking about all the ways humans express themselves including a stories about a recent find that may be the world's most ancient, and how the things we use to read affect our comprehension. The highlight is a conversation with David J. Peterson, and language creator that has helped build the languages that made the world your favorite shows and movies inhabit feel richer and more vibrant. The list of projects he's worked on is too long to list completely, but some of the highlights include the 2021 remake of Dune, Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones, Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem, SyFy's Defiance, and many many many more. 59:21 no This week we're talking about all the ways humans express themselves including a stories about a recent find that may be the world's most ancient, and how the things we use to read affect our comprehension. The highlight is a conversation with David J. Peterson, a language creator that has helped build the languages that made the world your favorite shows and movies inhabit feel richer and more vibrant. The list of projects he has worked on is too long to list completely, but some of the highlights include the 2021 remake of Dune, Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones, Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem, SyFy's Defiance, and many many many more. Special Thanks: A huge thank you to David J. Peterson for taking time out of his day to talk with us. be sure to follow him so you'll know which future projects will be enhanced by David. Website (https://artoflanguageinvention.com/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/dedalvs) LangTime Studio (https://www.youtube.com/c/LangTimeStudio) Your Hosts: Chris Goulet (https://twitter.com/gr8goulet?lang=en) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- Chris Goulet Music: Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell | https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family science, scicomm, geology, screens, language, anthropology, denisovan, hominid, evolution, art, archaeology, reading, neurology, linguistics, conlang, constructed language, game of thrones, dune, marvel, Disney, defiance This week we're talking about all the ways humans express themselves including a stories about a recent find that may be the world's most ancient, and how the things we use to read affect our comprehension. The highlight is a conversation with David J. Peterson, a language creator that has helped build the languages that made the world your favorite shows and movies inhabit feel richer and more vibrant. The list of projects he has worked on is too long to list completely, but some of the highlights include the 2021 remake of Dune, Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones, Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem, SyFy's Defiance, and many many many more.

Special Thanks:
A huge thank you to David J. Peterson for taking time out of his day to talk with us. be sure to follow him so you'll know which future projects will be enhanced by David.

Website
Twitter
LangTime Studio

Your Hosts:
Chris Goulet
Jason Organ
James Reed

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- Chris Goulet

Music:
Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell | https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

]]> This week we're talking about all the ways humans express themselves including a stories about a recent find that may be the world's most ancient, and how the things we use to read affect our comprehension. The highlight is a conversation with David J. Peterson, a language creator that has helped build the languages that made the world your favorite shows and movies inhabit feel richer and more vibrant. The list of projects he has worked on is too long to list completely, but some of the highlights include the 2021 remake of Dune, Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon, HBO's Game of Thrones, Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem, SyFy's Defiance, and many many many more.

Special Thanks:
A huge thank you to David J. Peterson for taking time out of his day to talk with us. be sure to follow him so you'll know which future projects will be enhanced by David.

Website
Twitter
LangTime Studio

Your Hosts:
Chris Goulet
Jason Organ
James Reed

Credits
Editing-James Reed
Mastering- Chris Goulet

Music:
Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License
Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell | https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License

The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill family

]]> The Rosetta Stone https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/16 f80cd07c-48a4-4418-90b7-24e5c0b0cf05 Fri, 21 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 2 Riverpower Podcast Mill This week I'm on my own and talking about the Rosetta Stone. Not the overpriced software but the large slab of granite from which the software gets its name. I'll talk about why the stone was made in the first place and it's role in our understanding of ancient Egyptian culture. I'll also talk about why should be returned to Egypt by the British Museum. 26:04 no This week I'm on my own and talking about the Rosetta Stone. Not the overpriced software but the large slab of granite from which the software gets its name. I'll talk about why the stone was made in the first place and it's role in our understanding of ancient Egyptian culture. I'll also talk about why should be returned to Egypt by the British Museum. Credits Edited and Mastered by James Reed Music AngloZulu by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dhvLKwbjg Standard YouTube License Arid Foothills by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeH-toc9pJg Standard YouTube License Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVAggfwI4hnkA2WO6-xC06Q Standard YouTube License Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbRZuQ5ampehni5RYpJlYOw Standard YouTube License Happy Mistake by RKVC | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCowgKeMGXKY038qwuf3yYlw Standard YouTube License The Throne Room by Sir Cubworth | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3edSSIDJPTZmBM-m9_G3Nw Standard YouTube License www.scinight.com science, archaeology, anthropology, Egypt, cultural resource management, scicomm, egyptology, linguistics This week I'm on my own and talking about the Rosetta Stone. Not the overpriced software but the large slab of granite from which the software gets its name. I'll talk about why the stone was made in the first place and it's role in our understanding of ancient Egyptian culture. I'll also talk about why should be returned to Egypt by the British Museum.

Credits

Edited and Mastered by James Reed

Music

AngloZulu by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dhvLKwbjg
Standard YouTube License

Arid Foothills by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeH-toc9pJg
Standard YouTube License

Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVAggfwI4hnkA2WO6-xC06Q
Standard YouTube License

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbRZuQ5ampehni5RYpJlYOw
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Happy Mistake by RKVC | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCowgKeMGXKY038qwuf3yYlw
Standard YouTube License

The Throne Room by Sir Cubworth | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3edSSIDJPTZmBM-m9_G3Nw
Standard YouTube License

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]]> This week I'm on my own and talking about the Rosetta Stone. Not the overpriced software but the large slab of granite from which the software gets its name. I'll talk about why the stone was made in the first place and it's role in our understanding of ancient Egyptian culture. I'll also talk about why should be returned to Egypt by the British Museum.

Credits

Edited and Mastered by James Reed

Music

AngloZulu by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dhvLKwbjg
Standard YouTube License

Arid Foothills by Kevin MacLeod | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeH-toc9pJg
Standard YouTube License

Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVAggfwI4hnkA2WO6-xC06Q
Standard YouTube License

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbRZuQ5ampehni5RYpJlYOw
Standard YouTube License

Happy Mistake by RKVC | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCowgKeMGXKY038qwuf3yYlw
Standard YouTube License

The Throne Room by Sir Cubworth | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3edSSIDJPTZmBM-m9_G3Nw
Standard YouTube License

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]]> Who Owns the Past? Featuring: Gypsy Price https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/13 c309e9eb-774f-480f-ab06-8128daece237 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 2 Riverpower Podcast Mill Who owns the past? Why should we care about this question? How annoyed can James make a guest by comparing them to Indiana Jones or Lara Croft? In this episode, I talked with Gypsy Price, a bioarchaeologist, about a lot of things. Topics range from her work in Greece, cultural resource management, what to do with a degree in archaeology, and why Britain should return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. 1:07:42 no Who owns the past? Why should we care about this question? How annoyed can James make a guest by comparing them to Indiana Jones or Lara Croft? In this episode I talked with Gypsy Price, a bioarchaeologist, about a lot of things. Topics range from her work in Greece, cultural resource management, what to do with a degree in archaeology, and why Britain should return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Learn more about the people that support Gypsy’s work in Greece at https://nemeacenter.berkeley.edu/ Credits Edited and Mastered by James Reed Music Checkmate by Nathan Moore |https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0rSKiGRyxcuMOyQZUUuIA Standard YouTube License Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI Standard YouTube License www.scinight.com science, archaeology, anthropology, Greece, parthenon, Elgin marbles, parthenon marbles, cultural resource management, scicomm Who owns the past? Why should we care about this question? How annoyed can James make a guest by comparing them to Indiana Jones or Lara Croft? In this episode I talked with Gypsy Price, a bioarchaeologist, about a lot of things. Topics range from her work in Greece, cultural resource management, what to do with a degree in archaeology, and why Britain should return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

Learn more about the people that support Gypsy’s work in Greece at https://nemeacenter.berkeley.edu/

Credits

Edited and Mastered by James Reed

Music

Checkmate by Nathan Moore |https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0rSKiGRyxcuMOyQZUUuIA
Standard YouTube License

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI
Standard YouTube License

www.scinight.com

]]> Who owns the past? Why should we care about this question? How annoyed can James make a guest by comparing them to Indiana Jones or Lara Croft? In this episode I talked with Gypsy Price, a bioarchaeologist, about a lot of things. Topics range from her work in Greece, cultural resource management, what to do with a degree in archaeology, and why Britain should return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

Learn more about the people that support Gypsy’s work in Greece at https://nemeacenter.berkeley.edu/

Credits

Edited and Mastered by James Reed

Music

Checkmate by Nathan Moore |https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0rSKiGRyxcuMOyQZUUuIA
Standard YouTube License

Germ Theory by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI
Standard YouTube License

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]]> A Conversation with Ben Valentine https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/10 ac63ab14-bb9e-4820-a04d-ebebedaed944 Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:00:00 -0500 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 1 Riverpower Podcast Mill In the final episode of season 1, I sat down with Ben Valentine to talk about his path from archaeology to fundraising, and some of the limitations of academia. 53:03 no In the final episode of season 1, I sat down with Ben Valentine to talk about fundraising and some of the limitations of academia. Edited and Mastered: James Reed Music: Germ Warfare by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI Standard YouTube licencse science, scicomm, archaeology, STEM, academics, In the final episode of season 1, I sat down with Ben Valentine to talk about fundraising and some of the limitations of academia.

Edited and Mastered: James Reed

Music:

Germ Warfare by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI
Standard YouTube licencse

]]> In the final episode of season 1, I sat down with Ben Valentine to talk about fundraising and some of the limitations of academia.

Edited and Mastered: James Reed

Music:

Germ Warfare by Jeremy Korpas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hviZFT06YI
Standard YouTube licencse

]]> The Life and Work of Mary Leakey https://sciencenight.fireside.fm/2 da8d9ad9-6ba6-45b4-af9e-7b1152afd0b0 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 Riverpower Podcast Mill full 1 Riverpower Podcast Mill Mary Leakey was an incredible paleoarchaeologist and made so many contributions to her field, but the average person knows so little about her. Join us as we take a deeper dive into her life and career in this followup episode. 31:52 no more info and show notes can be found at scinight.com Leakey, anthropology, archaeology, laetoli, evolution, proconsul, austrolopith, scicomm, science, paleontology more info and show notes can be found at scinight.com

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