An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

A shrieking outside your window. A fluttering at the corner of your eye. In this year’s Halloween episode, The Two Humans investigate the frightening history of FAIRIES. Episode 82: For Fear of Little Men: Fairies, Pixies, and Other Assorted Wee Folk An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources: Allingham, William 2025   The Fairies. Scottish Poetry Library (website), www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem / fairies/, accessed October 19, 2025.   Briggs, K. M. 1957   The English Fairies. Folklore, Mar., 1957, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Mar., 1957), pp. 270-287.   Christiansen, Reidar Th. 1973   Some Notes on the Fairies and the Fairy Faith. Bealoideas, 1971-1973, Im. 39/41 (1971 – 1973), pp. 95-111.   Chua, Eu Jin 2025   Disenchantment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/topic/ disenchantment-sociology (accessed October 26, 2025).   Daimler, Morgan 2024   The Victorians, the Theosophists and the Cottingley Fairies: The Reshaping of Modern Fairy Belief. The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: New Approaches to Fairies, Fakes and Folklore (ed. Simon Young). Pwca Books and Pamphlets, Coppell, TX., pp. 182-195.   Dearnley, Elizabeth 2021   Introduction. Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae (ed. Elizabeth Dearnley). The British Library, London, UK, pp. 7-17.   Dickson, Meri 2024   Fairy Fraud: The Socio-Cultural Impact of the Cottingley Fairy Photographs. The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: New Approaches to Fairies, Fakes and Folklore (ed. Simon Young). Pwca Books and Pamphlets, Coppell, TX., pp. 251-266.     Doyle, Arthur Conan 1922   The Coming of the Fairies: The Cottingley Incident. Hodder & Stoughton, London, UK.   Eberly, Susan Schoon 1988   Fairies and the Folklore of Disability: Changelings, Hybrids and the Solitary Fairy. Folklore, 1988, Vol. 99, No. 1 (1988), pp. 58-77.   Elfschool 2025   The Elfschool. The Elfschool (website), theelfschool.com (accessed October 26, 2025).   Fae Magazine 2025   Fairy Festivals 2025. Fae Magazine (website), www.faemagazine.com/summer-fairy-festivals-2025/ (accessed October 26, 2025).   Frimmer, Steven 1976   Neverland: Fabled Places and Fabulous Voyages of History and Legend. The Viking Press, New York, NY.   Inuma, Kaori 2024   Edward Gardner’s Theosophical Storyworld. The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: New Approaches to Fairies, Fakes and Folklore (ed. Simon Young). Pwca Books and Pamphlets, Coppell, TX., pp. 159-181.   Jenkins, Richard 2000   Disenchantment, Enchantment and Re-Enchantment: Max Weber at the Millennium. Max Weber Studies, November 2000, Vol. 1, No. 1 (November 2000), pp. 11-32.     Kay, Karen 2024   Fairy Whispering: 111 Magical Practices for Connecting with the Fairies. Hay House, London, UK.   Kelly, Dan 2022   Kansas City’s Fairyland Park Conjures Fond Memories—and the Shadow of Racism. The Kansas City Star, July 22, 2022.   Knight, Sirona 2005   The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Elves and Fairies. Alpha Books, New York, NY.   Maher, F. R. 2021   Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Secret of the Cottingley Fairies. F. R. Maher, Coppell, TX.   Purkiss, Diane 2000   Fairies and Fairy Stories: A History. Tempus, Stroud, UK.   Rose, Carol 1996   Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia of the Little People. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA.   Salinas, Andres Felipe Barrero 2023   Max Weber on Disenchantment: Is Religion Obsolete? The Collector, May 31, 2023, www.thecollector.com/max-weber-disenchantment-world-religion/.   Silver, Carole 1986   On the Origin of Fairies: Victorians, Romantics, and Folk Belief.  Browning Institute Studies, 1986, Vol. 14, The Victorian Threshold (1986), pp. 141-156.   Slimane 2023   Land of Fairies: Queer New York at the Beginning of the 20th Century. Medium, June 4, 2023, medium.com/@TVRPGhistory/land-of-fairies-f5ff18184934 .   Young, Simon 2013   A History of the Fairy Investigation Society, 1927-1960. Folklore, August 2013, Vol. 124, No. 2 (August 2013), pp. 139-156. 2024   The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: An Introduction. The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: New Approaches to Fairies, Fakes and Folklore (ed. Simon Young). Pwca Books and Pamphlets, Coppell, TX, pp. 7-12.   Zipes, Jack 2000   Introduction. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (ed. Jack Zipes). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. xv-xxxii.

In this episode, The Two Humans get even with an in-depth discussion of REVENGE! Episode 81:  REVENGE! Make Mine Cold and Sweet, Please. An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources: AZ Quotes 2025   John Milton Quotes about Revenge. AZ Quotes (website), accessed September 24, 2025, www.azquotes.com/author/10164-John_Milton/tag/revenge.   Barash, David P. and Judith Eve Lipton 2011   Payback: Why We Retaliate, Redirect Aggression, and Take Revenge. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, NY.   BookBrowse 2025   Revenge is a dish best served cold. BookBrowse (website), accessed September 24, 2025, www.bookbrowse.com/expressions/detail/index.cfm/expression_ number/703/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served-cold.   De Quervain, Dominique J-F., Urs Fischbacher, Valerie Treyer, Melanie Schellhammer, Ulrich Schnyder, Alfred Buck, and Ernst Fehr 2004   The Neural Basis of Altruistic Punishment. Science, Vol. 305, August 27, 2004.   Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica 2025   Talion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed September 22, 2025, www.britannica.com/topic/talion.   Elster, Jon 1992   Norms of Revenge. Ethics and Personality: Essays in Moral Psychology (ed. John Deigh), University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.   Jacoby, Susan 1983   Wild Justice: The Evolution of Revenge.  Harper Colophon Books, New York, NY.     Jaffe, Eric 2011   The Complicated Psychology of Revenge. Association for Psychological Research (website), October 4, 2011, www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/ the-complicated-psychology-of-revenge.   Kimmel, Jr., James 2025   The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World’s Deadliest Addition—and How to Overcome It. Harmony Books, New York, NY.   McCullough, Michael E. 2008   Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.   Murphy, Jeffrie G. 2003   Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.   Rohland, Lindsay 2022   Eye-for-an-Eye (Talion). EBSCO Knowledge Advantage, accessed September 22, 2025, www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/eye-eye-talion#full-article.   Rosenbaum, Thane 2013   Payback: The Case for Revenge. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.

To celebrate their 80th episode, The Two Humans get a belly full of corn (and we’re not talkin’ about moonshine)! Episode 80: Gettin’ Corny! The Amazing History of Maize. An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources: Bailey, Flora L. 1940   Navaho Foods and Cooking Methods. American Anthropologist, Vol. 42(2), pp. 270-290.   Biography 2019   Orville Redenbacher. Biography, April 16, 2019, www.biography.com/business-leaders/orville-redenbacher.   Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell 1942   Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.    Christensen, Clyde M. and Henry H. Kaufman 1969   Grain Storage: The Role of Fungi in Quality Loss. 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In this episode, The Two Humans discuss COLORS and what happens when “our brains and the universe meet.” Oh, wow, man; like, far out!! Episode 79: Well, Sex Me Up and Color Me Bad!! A Kaleidoscopic Look at Colors An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:   Brusatin, Manlio 1991   A History of Colors. Shambhala, Boston, MA.    Cleveland Clinic 2025   Synesthesia. Cleveland Clinic (website), accessed June 9, 2025, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/24995-synesthesia.   D’Andrade, R. and M. Egan 1974   The Colors of Emotion. American Ethnologist,  Feb., 1974, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb., 1974), pp. 49-63.   Deak, Megan 2024   Why Were Roman Citizens Punished for Wearing Purple? 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ThoughtCo, September 25, 2019, www.thoughtco.com/visual-color-symbolism-chart-by-culture-4062177.   Gloye, Eugene E. 1957   Why Are There Primary Colors? The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Critism, Sep., 1957, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Sep., 1957), pp. 128-131.   Gregonis, Linda M. and Victoria R. Evans 2025   The Hohokam and Their World: An Exploration of Art and Iconography. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.   Haviland, William A., Dana Walrath, Harold E. L. Prins, and Bunny McBride 2011   Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge, Ninth Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.   Jones, Nicola 2022   Over the Rainbow: How Culture Shapes Color. Atmos (website), November 1, 2022, atmos.earth/over-the-rainbow-color-perception-science/.   Jones, Tim 2010   Unweaving the Rainbow. 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Pronouns are little words that cause big problems. In this episode, The Two Humans discuss the quest for a non-gendered, third-person, personal pronoun. Episode 78: BYOP (Bring Your Own Pronoun): The Profound Power of Personal Pronouns. An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:   Anderson, James 1792 Grammatical Disquisitions. The Bee or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Volume Eleventh, James Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 120-130.    Baron, Dennis 2020 What’s Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She. Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York, NY.     Behrens, Susan J.  2014 English Pronouns Revealed. 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The Two Humans go searching for the Iron Age and discover the ancestor of reality television instead.   Episode 77: Iron Age House: “Living in the Past” and the Evolution of Reality TV An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources: Anderson, Jay 1982 Living History: Simulating Everyday Life in Living Museums. American Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 3 (1982), pp. 290-306.   BFI Screenonline 2025 Living in the Past (1978). BFI Screenonline (website), accessed May 31, 2025, screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/583427/.   Current Archaeology 2025 Building the Past: Reconstructing a Late Neolithic House from Wyke Down. Current Archaeology, April 28, 2025, Issue 423, the-past.com/feature/building-the-past-reconstructing-a-late-neolithic-house-from-wyke-down/#.   Dolan, Brian 2016 Making Iron in the Irish Midlands: The Social and Symbolic Role of Iron Age Ironworkers. The Journal of Irish Archaeology, Vol. 25 (2016), pp. 31-48.   Dowling, Tim 2015 10,000 BC Review: ‘It might make you wish you lived in a time before television.’ The Guardian, February 3, 2015, www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/03/10000-bc-review-channel-5-reality-series#:~:text=It.   Firstbrook, Peter 2001 Surviving the Iron Age. BBC Worldwide Ltd, London, UK.   Greene, Kevin and Tom Moore 2010 Archaeology: An Introduction (Fifth Edition). Routledge, London, UK.   Hodder, Ian 2001 Introduction: A Revival of Contemporary Theoretical Debates in Archaeology. Archaeological Theory Today (ed. Ian Hodder), pp. 1-13.Jodelka, Filipa 2015 10,000 BC: ‘They’d face disaster in their modern lives, never mind the prehistoric ones. The Guardian, February 7, 2015, www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/02/10000-bc-reality-show-preview.   Llawerch, Will 2022 The Little Book of Iron Age Skills. Endeavour Productions Canada, Coppell, TX.   McCarthy, Patrick 2014 “Living History” As the “Real Thing”: A Comparative Analysis of the Modern Mountain Man Rendezvous, Renaissance Fairs, and Civil War Reenactments. ETC: A Review of General Semantics, April 2014, Vol. 71, No. 2 (April 2014), pp. 106-123.   Nussbaum, Emily 2024 Cue the Sun: The Invention of Reality TV. Random House, New York, NY.   Percival, John 1980 Living in the Past: A Journey Back to the Iron Age. British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK.     Peterson, David 1988 IN MY OPINION: There Is No Living History, There Are No Time Machines. History News, September/October 1988, Vol. 43, No. 5 (September/October 1988), pp. 28-30.   Poole, Michael (Executive Producer) 2007 What Happened Next? Living in the Past. [Television Program]. BBC Bristol. Powell, Eric A. 2015 Hillforts of the Iron Age. Archaeology, November/December 2015, Vol. 68, No. 6 (November/December 2015), pp. 54-56, 58, 60, 62-63.    Renfrew, Colin 2001 Symbol before Concept: Material Engagement and the Early Development of Society. Archaeological Theory Today (ed. Ian Hodder), pp. 122-140.   Renfrew, Colin and Paul Bahn 2008 Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice (Fifth Edition). Thames and Hudson, New York, NY.   Rose, Randall L. and Stacy L. Wood 2005 Paradox and the Consumption of Authenticity through Reality Television. Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 32, No. 2 (September 2005), pp. 284-296.    Williams, Joe 2025 Beltain Celtic Fire Festival at Butser Ancient Farm – Crowds Dazzled by Burning of 40 ft. Wickerman. The News, May 4, 2025, www.portsmouth.co.uk/news /people/beltain-celtic-fire-festival-at-butser-ancient-farm-crowds-dazzled-by-burning-of-40ft-wickerman-5112680.      

Calling all high rollers! The Two Humans roll the dice and discuss why humans love to gamble. Trust me, this episode is a sure bet! Episode 76: Come on! Daddy Needs a New Pair of Shoes An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011   Resources: American Gaming Association 2025 Commercial Gaming Tracker. American Gaming Association (website), April 17, 2025, www.americangaming.org/resources/commercial-gaming-revenue-tracker/.   Anonymous, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, and Sanju George 2012 Gambling Addiction. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 7 January 2012, Vol. 344, No. 7838 (7 January 2012), pp. 47-49.    Asbury, Herbert 1938 Sucker’s Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America. 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Think YOU can do it better? In this episode, The Two Humans take a swing at creating a better world. The suggestion box is outside the entrance to the communal showers. Episode 75: I’ll Topia if U-topia: Why It’s So Hard to Create a Perfect World. An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources: Backhouse, Fid and others 2025 Cambodian Genocide. The Encyclopedia Britannica, March 21, 2025, www.britannica.com/event/Cambodian-Genocide.   Budds, Diana 2019 Inside Paraguay’s Failed Aryan ‘Utopia.’ Curbed, June 28, 2019, archive.curbed.com/2019/6/28/18744439/nueva-germania-failed-utopia.   Claeys, Gregory 2011 Searching for Utopia: The History of an Idea. Thames & Hudson, New York, NY.  2017 Dystopia: A Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.   Delano, Sterling F.  2004 Brook Farm: The Dark Side of Utopia. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.     Dobson, Jim 2023 How to Rule Your Own Country: Inside the Outrageous World of Micronations. Forbes, September 21, 2023, www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2023/09/21/how-to-rule-your-own-country-inside-the-outrageous-world-of-micronations/.   Douglas, Jennifer 2022 Failed Dreams of Building ‘New Australia’ Utopia in Australia in Paraguay Jungle in 19th Century. Australian Broadcasting Corporation News, November 26, 2022 www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-27/history-of-failed-attempt-to-build-new-australia-in-paraguay/101590946.   Greekgodsandgoddesses.net 2022 Elysium. Greekgodsandgoddesses.net, January 24, 2022, greekgodsandgoddesses.net/myths/elysium/.   Greene, Vivien 2011 Utopia/Dystopia. American Art, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Summer 2011), pp. 2-7.    Griffin, Sean 2018 Antislavery Utopias. Journal of the Civil War Era, Vol. 8, No. 2, The Future of Abolition Studies: A Special Issue (June 2018), pp. 243-268.   Hesiod 2025 Hesiod, Works and Days (trans. Gregory Nagy). Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies (website), accessed April 27, 2025, chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/hesiod-works-and-days-sb/.   Kagan, Paul 1975 New World Utopias: A Photographic History of the Search for Community. Penguin Books, New York, NY.    Kumar, Krishan 2010 The Ends of Utopia. New Literary History, Summer 2010, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Summer 2010), pp. 549-569.    Lewis, Danny 2016 This Art Show Looks at 500 Years of Failed Utopias. Smithsonian Magazine, December 29, 2016, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-show-looks-500-years-failed-utopias-180961587/.   More, Thomas 2003 Utopia (trans. Paul Turner). Penguin Books, New York, NY.   National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killings Field Memorial 2025 National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killings Field Memorial (website), www.cambodianmuseum.org/remembering-the-killing-fields.   National Park Service  2023 Secular Utopias in America. National Park Service (website), October 23, 2023, www.nps.gov/articles/000/secular-utopias-in-america.htm. 2023 Utopias in America. National Park Service (website), October 24, 2023, www.nps.gov/articles/utopias-in-america.htm.   Orwell, George 1949 1984. Berkley/Mariner, New York, NY.    Reed, Lawrence 2021 The Dark Side of Paradise: A Brief History of America’s Utopian Experiments in Communal Living. Foundation for Economic Education (website), June 13, 2021, fee.org/articles/the-dark-side-of-paradise-a-brief-history-of-americas-utopian-experiments-in-communal-living/.   Rickett, Oscar 2018 Failed ‘Utopias’ Throughout History. VICE, April 9, 2018, www.vice.com/ en/article/failed-utopias-throughout-history-v25n1/.   Sargent, Lyman Tower and Lucy Sargisson 2014 Sex in Utopia: Eutopian and Dystopian Sexual Relations. Utopian Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2014), pp. 299-320.    Savage, Rachel 2012 The World’s Top 5 Failed Utopias. The Isis, May 15, 2012, isismagazine. org.uk/about-us/

You better take a knee because in this episode, The Two Humans discuss everything from squatting to bean bag chairs. Episode 74: Taking a Sit: 5,000 Years of Taking a Load Off An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:   Bennett, Henry Eastman 1925 A Study of School Posture and Seating. The Elementary School Journal, Sep., 1925, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Sep., 1925), pp. 50-57.    British Medical Journal 1904 School Desks and Posture. The British Medical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2288 (Nov. 5, 1904), pp. 1263-1264.    Chockalingam, Nachiappan 2020 Sitting on the Floor: Is It Better Than Sitting in a Chair? The Conversation, July 29, 2020, www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/health/floor-sitting-benefits-wellness-partner/index.html.   Danto, Arthur C. 1987 The Seat of the Soul: Three Chairs. Grand Street, Summer, 1987, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Summer, 1987), pp. 157-176.    Dhawan, Nikhil 2020 A Brief History of Sitting. Students of Living (website), July 19, 2020, www.studentsofliving.com/post/a-brief-history-of-sitting#.   Fuller, Robert C. and Derek E. Montgomery 2015 Body Posture and Religious Attitudes. Archiv fur Religionspsychologie/Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 2015, Vol. 37, No. 3 (2015), pp. 227-239.   Harris, Trudier 1996 Porch-Sitting as a Creative Southern Tradition. Southern Cultures, 1996, Vol. 2, No. 3/4 (1996), pp. 441-460.  Hewes, Gordon W. 1955 World Distribution of Postural Habits. American Anthropologist, Apr., 1955, New Series, Vol. 57, No. 2, Part 1 (Apr., 1955), pp. 231-244.    Icalla, Del 2024 Japanese Sitting Traditions. Nipino.com (website), January 19, 2024, www.nipino.com/japanese-sitting-traditions.     Jameson, Marni 2014 Sitting through History: Chair Designs through the Ages Reflect Changes in Materials, Technology, and Society. The Times Picayune, October 13, 2014, www.nola.com/entertainment_life/home_garden/sitting-through-history-chair-designs-through-the-ages-reflect-changes-in-materials-technology-and-society/article_5d27d534-7d87-5f75-b4cd-d9977fa74c04.html.   Katella, Kathy 2019 Why Is Sitting So Bad for Us? Yale Medicine, August 28, 2019, www.yalemedicine.org/news/sitting-health-risks.    Kikuchi, Hiroyuki, Shigeru Inoue, Yuko Odagiri, Manami Inoue, et al. 2015 Occupational Sitting Time and Risk of All-Cause Mortality among Japanese Workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, November 2015, Vol. 41, No. 6 (November 2015), pp. 519-528.    Rybczynski, Witold 2016 Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair (A Natural History). Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY.    Straker, Leon M., Peter B. O’Sullivan, Anne Smith, and Mark Perry 2007 Computer Use and Habitual Spinal Posture in Australian Adolescents. Public Health Reports (1974-), Sep. – Oct., 2007, Vol. 122, No. 5 (Sep. – Oct., 2007), pp. 634-643.    Tenner, Edward 1997 How the Chair Conquered the World. The Wilson Quarterly (1976-), Spring, 1997, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1997), pp. 64-70.    Yosifon, David and Peter N. Stearns 1998 The Rise and Fall of American Posture. The American Historical Review, Oct., 1998, Vol. 103, No. 4 (Oct., 1998), pp.1057-1095.  

Are you a hepcat, a skibidi rizzler, an NPC, or a square? In this episode, The Two Humans wrap their tongues around the latest lingo. You dig, Daddy-o? Episode 73: Slinging the Slang An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011   Resources:   Behrens, Cole 2024   Did You Just Get Mogged by a Skibidi Rizzler? Gen Alpha Slang Explained. The Columbus Dispatch, August 17, 2024, www.dispatch.com/story/ news/local/2024/08/17/skibidi-toilet-ohio-rizz-gen-alpha-slang-terms-meaning/74702923007/   Cassidy, Daniel 2007   How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads. CounterPunch, Petrolia, CA.   Coleman, Julie 2012   The Life of Slang. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.   Cook, Tim 2013   Fighting Words: Canadian Soldiers’ Slang and Swearing in the Great War. War in History, July 2013, Vol. 20, No. 3 (July 2013), pp. 323-344.   Gates, Shivonne M. and Christian Idbury 2019   Standard Language Ideology and the Non-Standard Adolescent Speaker. Voices and Practices in Applied Linguistics: Diversifying a Discipline (ed. C. Wright, L. Harvey, and J. Simpson), White Rose University Press, York, UK, pp. 109-125.   Green, Jonathon 2015   The Vulgar Tongue: Green’s History of Slang. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.   Holmes, Janet and Nick Wilson 2017   An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Fifth Edition). Routledge, Abingdon, UK.   Kipfer, Barbara Ann (ed.) 2008   American Slang (Fourth Edition). HarperCollins, New York, NY.   Mathews, Sr., Michael R. 2025   Slang Through the Ages. Michael R. Mathews, Sr. (self-published), January 9, 2025.   McPhee, M. C. 1927   College Slang. American Speech, Dec., 1927, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Dec., 1927), pp. 131-133.   McRae, Rick 2001   ‘What Is Hip?’ and Other Inquiries in Jazz Slang Lexicography. Notes, Mar., 2001, Second Series, Vol. 57, No. 3 (Mar., 2001), pp. 574-584.   Morin, Amy 2025   Parents, Here’s the 2025 Teen Slang You Need to Know. Parents, January 9, 2025, www.parents.com/teen-slang-dictionary-for-parents-8547711.   Puchner, Martin 2020   The Language of Thieves. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY.   Rizzler, Ohio 2024   Brainrot: The Gen-A Slang Lexicon. Elevated Publishing, Coppell, TX.   Rodrigues, Isabelle and Ted Neather 2007   Streetwise French: Speak and Understand Everyday French. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.   Sullivan, Joseph M 1921   Criminal Slang. The Virginia Law Review, May, 1921, New Series, Vol. 7, No. 1 (May, 1921), pp. 9-17.   Tanner, Jeremy 2024   The 10 Most Searched for Slang Words of 2024. MSN.com, November 3, 2024, www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/see-the-10-most-searched-for-slang-words-of-2024/ar-AA1tqIvC.   Thrush, Catherine 2015   A New Look at Old Words: Street Slang from the 1600s to 1800s. Urban Realms, urbanrealms.com.   Whitman, Walt 1885   Slang in America. The North American Review, Nov., 1885, Vol. 141, No. 348 (Nov., 1885), pp. 431-435.      

Forget Bladerunner, I Robot, and The Jetsons! In this episode, The Two Humanoids discuss the truth about the coming AI-human merger. You’re going to need a full battery pack for this one! Episode 72: One Singularity Sensation Every Exponential Step It Takes An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011   Resources:   Attenborough, Richard (Director) 1985   A Chorus Line [Film]. Embassy Films, PolyGram Pictures, and A Feuer and Martin Production.   Capek, Karel 1920   R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots. Directed by Brandi Douglas, October 23, 2021, The Majestic Theatre, Corvallis, OR, Facebook Livestream.   Etzioni, Amitai and Oren Etzioni 2017   Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated? Issues in Science and Technology, Summer 2017, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Summer 2017), pp. 32-36.   Heilpern, John 2006   A Masterpiece Revived: One Singular Sensation? Observer, October 16, 2006, observer.com/2006/10/a-masterpiece-revived-one-singular-sensation-2/.   Kurzweil, Ray 2005   The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. Penguin Books, New York, NY. 2024   The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI. Viking, New York, NY.   Levy, David 2007   Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships. HarperCollins e-books, New York, NY.   Moran, Michael 2007   Rossum’s Universal Robots: Not the Machines. Journal of Endourology, December 2007, Volume 21, Number 12, pp. 1399-1402, www.endourology.org /images/endourology-history-articles/Rossums-Universal-Robots-Not-the-Machines.pdf.   Rouhiainen, Lasse 2024   ChatGPT: 101 Things You Must Know Today about ChatGPT and Generative AI. Lasse Rouhiainen (Self-Published).   Shanahan, Murray 2015   The Technological Singularity. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.   Steinberg, Avi 2023   The Science of Cartooning. Steinberg Draws Cartoons (website), April 28, 2023, steinbergdrawscartoons.substack.com/p/the-science-of-cartooning.   Thompson, Tok 2019   Ghost Stories from the Uncanny Valley. Western Folklore, Winter 2019, Vol. 78, No. 1 (Winter 2019), pp. 39-66.   Tuck, Jay 2019   Mankind’s Greatest Challenge: Artificial Intelligence. The Antioch Review, Vol. 77, No. 3 (Summer 2019), pp. 447-456.   Wheeler, J. Craig 2024   The Path to Singularity: How Technology Will Challenge the Future of Humanity. Prometheus Books, Essex, CT.    

Calling all sherd nerds and pot-heads! The Two Humans get their hands dirty as they look at the history and significance of prehistoric pottery! Episode 71 – Totally Potted: A Crash Course in Prehistoric Pottery An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011   Resources:   Associated Press 2012 Ancient Chinese Pottery Confirmed as the Oldest Yet Found. The Guardian, June 28, 2012, www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jun/28/ancient-chinese-pottery-oldest-yet.   Booker, Margaret Moore 2013 Southwest Art Defined: An Illustrated Guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ.    Childs, Craig 2010 Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession. Little, Brown and Company, New York, NY.   Cordell, Linda 2009 Archaeology of the Southwest (Second Edition). Left Coast Press, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA.    Crown, Patricia 2007 Life Histories of Pots and Potters: Situating the Individual in Archaeology. American Antiquity, Oct., 2007, Vol. 72, No. 4 (Oct., 2007), pp. 677-690.    Davis, Liam 2023 Greek Pottery—The History of Ancient Greek Vase Designs. Artfilemagazine.com, July 31, 2023, artfilemagazine.com/greek-pottery/.   Encyclopedia Britannica 2024 Greek Pottery. Encyclopedia Britannica (website), accessed January 6, 2025, www.britannica.com/art/Greek-pottery. Glueck, Grace 2006 Museum of American Indian’s ‘Born of Clay’ Explores Culture through Ceramics. The New York Times, July 1, 2006, www.nytimes.com/2006/07/01/arts/design/ 01clay.html   Greene, Kevin and Tom Moore 2010 Archaeology: An Introduction (Fifth Edition). Routledge, Abingdon, UK.   Harmon, Karris 2024 Man Ordered to Rebury History after Unearthing Spanish Artifact at Fort Pickens. WEAR News 3, April 16, 2024, weartv.com/news/local/man-ordered-to-rebury-history-after-unearthing-spanish-artifact-at-fort-pickens.   Harrington, Spencer P. M. 1991 The Looting of Arkansas. Archaeology, May/June 1991, Vol. 44, No. 3 (May/June 1991), pp. 22-30.    Haviland, William A., Dana Walrath, Harold E. L. Prins, and Bunny McBride 2011 Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge, Ninth Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.   Mattison, Steve 2003 The Complete Potter. Barron’s Educational Series, Hauppauge, NY.   Orton, Clive, Paul Tyers, and Alan Vince 1993 Pottery in Archaeology. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY.   Patel, Samir S. 2009 Drugs, Guns, and Dirt. Archaeology, March/April 2009, Vol. 62, No. 2 (March/April 2009), pp. 45-47.    Renfrew, Colin and Paul Bahn 2008 Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice (Fifth Edition). Thames & Hudson, New York, NY.   Rice, Prudence M. 1987 Pottery Analysis: A Sourcebook. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.   Sinopoli, Carla M. 1991 Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics. Plenum Press, New York, NY.   Stokstad, Marilyn 1995 Art History (Volume One). Prentice Hall, Inc. and Harry, N. Abrams, Inc. New York, NY.   Yin, Tongyun and Zheng Wei 2023 Early to Medieval Chinese Pottery. Weldon Owen, San Rafael, CA.

Oh, waiter! The Two Humans reserve a table for two as they discuss the history of dining out and restaurants. Check, please! Episode 70 – Dining Out: A Hungry Human’s History of Restaurants An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:   Broomfield, Andrea 2022   Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City. American Palate, Charleston, SC.   Chicago Waffles 2024   Why Dining Out Makes People Happier. Chicago Waffles (website) (accessed December 21, 2024), www.chicagowaffles.com/dining-out-west-loop-chicago-2/.   Cooke, Michael 2024   How Real Are the Depictions of Popular Restaurant Movies and TV Shows. Eat Out (website), March 20, 2024, www.eatout.co.za/article/real-depictions-popular-restaurant-movies-tv-shows/.   Dusselier, Jane 2009   Understandings of Food as Culture. Environmental History, April 2009, Vol. 14, No. 2 (April 2009), pp. 331-338.   Fields, Roger 2014   Restaurant Success by the Numbers: A Money-Man’s Guide to Opening the Next New Hot Spot (Second Edition), Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA.   Freedman, Paul 2012   Women in Restaurants in the Nineteenth-Century United States. Journal of Social History, Fall 2014, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Fall 2014), pp. 1-19.   Fremont, Maggie 2024   Restaurant Shows Ranked by Stressfulness. Vulture (website), June 27, 2024, www.vulture.com/article/stressful-restaurant-shows-ranked.html.   Fried, Stephen 2010   Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire that Civilized the Wild West. Bantam Books, New York, NY.   Lobel, Cindy 2010   “Out to Eat”: The Emergence and Evolution of the Restaurant in Nineteenth-Century New York City. Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 44, No. 2/3 (Summer/Autumn 2010), pp. 193-220.   Masin, Kim 2024   Restaurant Insider Stories: Squashing the Myth of Myths of Owning a Restaurant – Life in the Hospitality Industry. Self-Published (Kindle Edition).   Matyszak, Philip 2007   Rome on 5 Denarii a Day. Thames & Hudson, New York, NY.   Nybakken, Oscar E. 1946   The Moral Basis of Hospitium Privatum. The Classical Journal, Mar., 1946, No. 6, (Mar., 1946), pp. 248-253.   Poling-Kempes, Lesley 1991   The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West. Marlowe & Company, New York, NY.   Sasson, Remez 2024   Why People Love to Eat Out in Restaurants. Success Consciousness (website) (accessed December 21, 2024), www.successconsciousness. com/blog/happiness-fun/why-people-love-to-eat-out-in-restaurants/.   Sitwell, William 2020   The Restaurant: A 2,000-Year History of Dining Out. Diversion Books, New York, NY.   Young, Courtney 2023   10 Restaurant Shows That Will Have You Shouting ‘Yes, Chef!’ from the Rafters. Cosmopolitan, June 5, 2023, www.cosmopolitan.com/ entertainment/ tv/a44079555/restaurant-shows/.

The Two Humans try to remember exactly what it was they were going to say about memory. Episode 69: Oh, Yes, I Remember It Well (I Think) An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:   Cicero 90BC  Rhetorica ad Herennium. Kindle Edition.   Cleveland Clinic 2024   Alzheimer’s Disease. Cleveland Clinic (website), accessed December 1, 2024, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9164-alzheimers-disease. 2024   Amygdala. Cleveland Clinic (website), accessed December 15, 2024, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24894-amygdala. 2024   Hippocampus. Cleveland Clinic (website), accessed December 15, 2024, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/hippocampus. 2024   Temporal Lobe. Cleveland Clinic (website), accessed December 15, 2024, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/16799-temporal-lobe.   Dattner, Alicia 2017   6 Tricks to Saving Face When You Forget Your Lines on Stage. Creative Heart Coaching (website), November 12, 2017, www.creativeheartcoaching. com/2017/11/6-tricks-to-save-face-when-you-forget-your-lines/   Ducharme, Jamie 2018   Why You Forget Names Immediately—And How to Remember Them. Time, July 26, 2018, time.com/5348486/why-do-you-forget-names/.   Foer, Joshua 2011   Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. Penguin Books, New York, NY.   Hampton, Rachelle 2018   New Study Shows How Even Innocently Forgetting Names and Personal Details Can Harm Relationships. Slate, October 16, 2018, slate.com/human-interest/2018/10/forgetting-names-friendship-harm-study.html.   Johns Hopkins Medicine 2024   Memory Lapse or Dementia? 5 Clues to Help Tell the Difference. Johns Hopkins Medicine (website), accessed November 30, 2024, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ health/wellness-and-prevention/memory-lapse-or-dementia-5-clues-to-help-tell-the-difference.   Harvard Health Publishing/Harvard Medical School 2021   Forgetfulness—7 Types of Normal Memory Problems. Harvard Health Publishing/Harvard Medical School (website), February 12, 2021, www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/forgetfulness-7-types-of-normal-memory-problems.   Kristiansen, Nina 2022   This Is Why We Forget Names (trans. Alette Bjordal Gjellesvik). ScienceNorway.no, November 5, 2022, www.sciencenorway.no/memory-psychology/this-is-why-we-forget-names/2102651.   Kumfor, Fiona and Stephanie Wong 2016   Why Do We Forget Our Family Members’ and Close Friends’ Names? ABC News, May 27, 2016, www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-28/why-we-forget-family-members-names/7455844.   Linden, David J. 2007   The Accidental Mind. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.   Martinez, Michael E 2010   Human Memory: The Basics. The Phi Delta Kappan, May 2010, Vol. 91, No. 8 (May 2010), pp. 62-65.   Murray, Elisabeth A., Stephen P. Wise, Mary K. L. Baldwin, and Kim S. Graham 2020   The Evolutionary Road to Memory. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.   Phillips, Carmichael 2024   What Happens If An Actor Can’t Remember Their Lines? Acting Magazine (website), accessed November 20, 2024, actingmagazine.com/2023/10/what-happens-if-an-actor-cant-remember-their-lines/.   Squire, Larry R. and John T. Wixted 2015   Remembering. Daedalus, Vol. 44, No. 1, What is the Brain Good For? (Winter 2015), pp. 53-66.   Sutton, John, Celia B. Harris, and Amanda J. Barnier 2010   Memory and Cognition. Memory: Histories, Theories, Debates (ed. Susannah Radstone and Bill Schwarz), Fordham University Press, New York, NY.

The Two Humans take a long, unblinking look at rubbernecking to figure out just what the hell is going on over there! Episode 68: A Rubbernecker’s Guide to the Universe, OR, I’m Not Staring at You, I’m Staring with You An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:   Cherry, Kendra 2023   What Is the Negativity Bias?. Very Well Mind, November 13, 2023, www.verywellmind.com/negative-bias-4589618.   Finnernan, Kevin 2017   No Time for Rubbernecking. Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Summer 2017), pp. 19-20.   Fiske, Susan T. 2011   Envy Up, Scorn Down: How Status Divides Us. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY.   Keegan, Jon 2023   Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data about You. The Markup, February 16, 2023, themarkup.org/privacy/2023/02/16/forget-milk-and-eggs-supermarkets-are-having-a-fire-sale-on-data-about-you.   Kisley, Michael A., Stacey Wood and Christina Burrows 2007   Looking at the Sunny Side of Life: Age-Related Change in an Event-Related Potential of the Negativity Bias. Psychological Science, Sep., 2007, Vol. 18, No. 9 (Sep., 2007), pp. 838-843.   Murphy, Jeffrie G. 2003   Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.   Page, Danielle 2017   The Science Behind Why We Can’t Look Away from Tragedy. Euronews, September 28, 2017, www.euronews.com/2017/11/07/the-science-behind-why-we-cant-look-away-from-tragedy.   Rolling Stone 2024   25 Most Influential Creators of 2024. Rolling Stone, August 26, 2024, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/top-social-media-influencers-creators-2024-1235084589/.   Smith, Richard H. 2013   The Joy of Pain: Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.   Wilson, Eric G. 2012   Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can’t Look Away. Sarah Crichton Books, New York, NY.   Yong, Ed 2012   What Are You Looking At? People Follow Each Other’s Gazes, But Without a Tipping Point. National Geographic, April 23, 2012, www.nationalgeographic.com /science/article/what-are-you-looking-at-people-follow-each-others-gazes-but-without-a-tipping-point.   Thornhill, Ted 2012   Why Looking at a Car Crash Can Be Good for Your Mental Health. Daily Mail, February 22, 2012, www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2104754/Why-looking-car-crash-GOOD-mental-health.html.   Vaish, Amrisha, Tobias Grossman, and Amanda Woodward 2008   Not All Emotions Are Created Equal: The Negativity Bias in Social-Emotional Development. Psychological Bulletin, May 2008,134(3): pp. 383-403, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3652533/.   Wilson, Eric 2012   Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can’t Look Away. Sarah Crichton Books, New York, NY.

The Two Humas celebrate a good ol’ traditional Thanksgiving with platefuls of platitudes and mouthfuls of myths. Episode 67: Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving, OR, Gratitude Is More Than a Platitude An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011   Resources:   Asia Society 2024   Chuseok: Korean Thanksgiving Day. Asia Society (website), accessed November 19, 2024, asiasociety.org/korea/chuseok-korean-thanksgiving-day.   Baker, James W. 2009   Thanksgiving: The Biography of an American Holiday. University of New Hampshire Press, Hanover, NH.   Barbados.org 2024   Barbados Crop Over Festival. Barbados.org (website), accessed November 19, 2024, barbados.org/cropover.htm.   BBC News 2023   Harvest Festival 2023: What Is It? And Are You Doing Anything to Celebrate It? BBC News Newsround(website), October 9, 2023, www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ 58813475.amp.         Braga, Brunno 2021   Did You Know? Liberia Celebrates Thanksgiving Day Like This? Travel Noire, November 23, 2021, travelnoire.com/liberia-thanksgiving-day.   Collins Dictionary 2024   Platitudes. Collins Dictionary (website), www.collinsdictionary.com/ dictionary/english-word/platitude.   Cheney, Glenn Alan 2013   Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims’ First Year in America. New London Librarium, Hanover, CT.   Dictionary.com 2024   Platitude. Dictionary.com (website), www.dictionary.com/browse/platitude.   Ebohon, Esohe 2024   Why You Must Visit Barbados During Crop Over Celebrations (You Might Even Spot Rihanna in the Parade). Glamour, November 16, 2024, www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/barbados-crop-over-guide.   Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica 2024   John McCrae. Britannica, www.britannica.com/biography/John-McCrae.   Elliott, Eloise 2024   Thanksgiving around the World. Time and Date (website), November 14, 2024, www.timeanddate.com/news/calendar/global-thanksgiving.   Ewbank, Anne 2018   Why One Australian Island Celebrates Thanksgiving. Atlas Obscura, November 21, 2018, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/norfolk-island-thanksgiving.   Fable, Noah 2024   The Legacy of Thanksgiving. Noah Fable, Coppell, TX.   Government of Canada 2024   10 Quick Facts on…Remembrance Day. Government of Canada (website), accessed on November 20, 2024, www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/ information-for/educators/quick-facts/remembrance-day.   Hallett, Vicky 2021   Former Slaves Brought Thanksgiving to Liberia—and Rebooted It. NPR, November 24, 2021www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/24/ 1057267834/former-slaves-brought-thanksgiving-to-liberia-and-rebooted-it.   Harvard Medical School 2021   Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier. Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School (website), August 14, 2021, www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/ giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier.   Headspace 2021   10 Useless Platitudes to Stop Saying This Year. Headspace (website), www.headspace.com/articles/useless-platitudes.   Ito, Alina Joan 2023   Kinro Kasha no Hi: Japan’s Labor Thanksgiving Day. Tokyo Weekender, November 20, 2023, www.tokyoweekender.com/ art_and_culture/japanese-culture/japan-labor-thanksgiving-day/.   Lewicki, Krys Val 1993   Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Napoleon Publishing, Toronto, Canada.   Lifesure 2024   A Brief History of the Harvest Festival. Lifesure (website), accessed November 19, 2024, www.lifesure.co.uk/a-brief-history-of-the-harvest-festival.   McCrae, John 1915   In Flanders Fields. 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Kaching!! The Two Humans discuss whether money can buy happiness—and if yes, how much do you want for it? Episode 66: Money Can’t Buy Happiness, But It Sure Buys a Lot of “Meh” An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:    Baum, L. Frank 1900   The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Sea Wolf Press, Orinda, CA.   Berger, Michele W. 2023   Does More Money Correlate with Greater Happiness? Penn Today, March 6, 2023, penntoday.upenn.edu/news/does-more-money-correlate-greater-happiness-Penn-Princeton-research.   Christie, Agatha 1966   Third Girl. William Morrow, New York, NY.   Congress, July 4, 1776 1776   Declaration of Independence: A Transcription. The National Archives (website), www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript.   Ferraro, Gary and Susan Andreatta 2012   Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective (Ninth Edition). Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.   Goldstein, Jacob 2020   Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. Hachette Books, New York, NY.   Gonzales, Josh 2024   Does the Pursuit of Happiness Lead to a Better Life? Psychology Today, October 30, 2024, www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/points-on-the-board/202410/does-the-pursuit-of-happiness-lead-to-a-better-life.   Gronow, Jukka 2020   Deciphering Markets and Money: A Sociological Analysis of Economic Institutions. Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, Finland.   Holy Bible 1978   Holy Bible. Catholic Publishers, Inc. New York, NY.   Kottak, Conrad Phillip 2011   Cultural Anthropology: Appreciating Cultural Diversity (Fourteenth Edition). McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.   Lee, Dwight R. 2006   Who Says Money Can’t Buy Happiness? The Independent Review, Winter 2006, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Winter 2006), pp. 385-400.   Mogilner, Cassie 2010   The Pursuit of Happiness: Time, Money, and Social Connection. Psychological Science, September 2010, Vol. 21, No. 9 (September 2010), pp. 1348-1354.   Priester, Joseph R. and Richard E. Petty 2011   The Pot-Holed Path to Happiness, Possibly Paved with Money: A Research Dialogue. Journal of Consumer Psychology, April 2011, Vol. 21, No. 2 (April 2011), pp. 113-114.   Rockoff, Hugh 1990   The “Wizard of Oz” as a Monetary Allegory. Journal of Political Economy, Aug., 1990, Vol. 98, No. 4 (Aug., 1990), pp. 739-760.    Sahlins, Marshall 1972   Stone Age Economics. Aldine de Gruyter, New York, NY.   Salam, Erum 2024   Money Can Buy You Happiness, Says Study Suggesting More Is More. The Guardian, July 18, 2024, www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/18/money-buys-happiness-study.     Weatherford, Jack 1997   The History of Money. Three Rivers Press, New York, NY.  

Get ready to get creeped out as The Two Humans turn off the lights, pull the covers over their heads, and discuss why humans tell ghost stories. Episode 65: Boo Who and Boo Why? What Ghost Stories Do for Us An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:  Bailey, Dale 1999   American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI.   Bannatyne, Lesley 2017   When Halloween Was All Tricks and No Treats. Smithsonian Magazine, October 27, 2017,www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-halloween-was-all-tricks-no-treats-180966996/.   Best, James and Gerald T. Horiuchi 1985   The Razor Blade in the Apple: The Social Construction of Urban Legends. Social Problems, Jun., 1985, Vol. 32, No. 5 (Jun., 1985), pp. 488-499.   Blakemore, Erin 2023   How Americans Became Convinced Their Halloween Candy Was Poistoned. History, October 31, 2023, www.history.com/news/how-americans-became-convinced-their-halloween-candy-was-poisoned.   Davies, Owen 2007   The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY.   Dickey, Colin 2016   Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places. Viking, New York, NY.   Finkel, Irving 2021   The First Ghosts. Hodder & Stoughton, London, UK.   Freud, Sigmund 1919   The “Uncanny” (trans. Alix Strachey). Imago, Bd. V., 1919, accessed from web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf.   Goldstein, Diane E., Sylvia Ann Grider and Jeannie Banks Thomas 2007   Gender and Ghosts (chapter by Jeannie Banks Thomas). Haunting Experiences: Ghosts in Contemporary Folklore. Utah State University Press, Logan, UT. 2007   Haunted Houses (chapter by Sylvia Ann Grider). Haunting Experiences: Ghosts in Contemporary Folklore. Utah State University Press, Logan, UT. 2007   The Usefulness of Ghost Stories (chapter by Jeannie Banks Thomas). Haunting Experiences: Ghosts in Contemporary Folklore. Utah State University Press, Logan, UT.   Herrmann, Andrew F. 2014   Ghosts, Vampires, Zombies, and US: The Undead as Autoethnographic Bridges. International Review of Qualitative Research, Vol. 7, No. 3, Special Issue: The Bridge Building Power of Autoethnography (Fall 2014), pp. 327-341.    Lowe, Jaime 2017   How to Tell a Ghost Story. The New Yorker, February 12, 2017.     Maxwell-Stuart, P. G. 2007   Ghosts: A History of Phantoms, Ghouls & Other Spirits of the Dead. Tempus Publishing, Stroud, UK.   Nix, Elizabeth 2023   The Haunted History of Halloween Candy. History, October 3, 2023, www.history.com/news/the-haunted-history-of-halloween-candy.   Owens, Susan 2017   The Ghost: A Cultural History. Tate Publishing, Millbank, UK.   Ponti, Crystal 2022   The Haunting Legacy of Ronald Clark O’Bryan, The Man Who Killed Halloween. A&E True Crime Blog: Stories and News, October 27, 2022, www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-man-who-killed-halloween.   Sheidlower, Noah and Radhika Marya 2021   Halloween Traditions Go Way Back—and Didn’t Always Involve Candy. CNN, October 31, 2021, www.cnn.com/2021/10/31/us/halloween-food-candy-history-apple-peels-cec/index.   Storr, Will 2006   Will Storr vs. The Supernatural. Harper, New York, NY.   Thompson, Tok 2019   Ghost Stories from the Uncanny Valley. Western Folklore, Winter 2019, Vol. 78, No. 1 (Winter 2019), pp. 39-66.    

The Two Humans “wing it” with improv master Susan Messing as they discuss why improvisation makes humans unique. Episode 64: Look, Ma, No Plans! What Improv Can Teach Us about Being Human An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:    Asma, Stephen T. 2017   The Evolution of Imagination. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.   Collins, Christopher 2013   Paleopoetics: The Evolution of the Preliterate Imagination. Columbia University Press, New York, NY.   DePasquale, Diana and Melinda M. Lewis 2012   Yes…And, Here We Are Twenty Years Later: Del Close and the Influence of Long Form Improvisation on Contemporary American Comedy. Studies in American Humor, 2012, New Series 3, No. 25 (2012), pp. 59-76.   De Waal, Frans 1982   Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.   Ferraro, Gary and Susan Andreatta 2012   Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.   Fuentes, Agustin 2017   The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional. Dutton, New York, NY.   Halpern, Charna, Del Close, and Kim “Howard” Johnson 1994   Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation. Meriwether Publishing, Denver, CO.   Haviland, William A., Dana Walrath, Harold E. L. Prins, and Bunny McBride 2011   Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge, Nineth Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA.   Improv Cincinnati 2022   Master Class with Susan Messing. Improv Cincinnati (website), www.improvcincinnati.com/supercharge/master-class-with-susan-messing#.   Johnstone, Keith 1982   Impro: Improvisation and the Theater. Routledge, New York, NY.   Landau, Andrew T. and Charles J. Limb 2017   The Neuroscience of Improvisation. Music Educators Journal, Vol. 103, No. 3 (March 2017), pp. 27-33.     Mithen, Steven 2001   The Evolution of Imagination: An Archaeological Perspective. Substance, 2001, Vol. 30, No. 1/2, Issue 94/95: Special Issue: On the Origin of Fictions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2001), pp. 28-54.   Spolin, Viola 1999   Improvisation for the Theater (Third Edition). Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL.   Storr, Will 2006   Will Storr Vs. The Supernatural. Harper, New York, NY.   Wagner, Andreas 2019   Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us about Creativity. Basic Books, New York, NY.

The Two Humans put on their bathing caps and dive into the topic of water. Don’t forget to bring a towel! Episode 63:  I Want My Wa Wa! Why We Need Water An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Merch: www.cafepress.com/shop/TheCaveShoppe/products?designId=136195011 Resources:    Anguiano, Dani 2021   Lake Mead’s Receding Waters Revealed Long-Lost Bodies. But Who Are They? The Guardian. December 31, 2022, www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/ dec/31/lake-mead-human-remains-identification-climate-crisis.   Avalon, Annwyn 2021   The Way of the Water Priestess: Entering the World of Water Magic. Weiser Books, Newburyport, MA.   BlueTriton Brands 2024   Nestle’ Waters North America Becomes BlueTriton. 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The Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2024, www.latimes.com/ environment/story/2024-08-07/arrowhead-bottled-water-permit.     Johnson, Alex and Andrew Blankstein 1954   Lawsuit Accuses Tom Selleck of Stealing Water, but Cops Come Up Dry. NBC News, July 8, 2015, www.nbcnews.com/storyline/california-drought/no-crime-found-after-suit-accuses-tom-selleck-stealing-water-n388866.   Johnson, Jon 2024   How Long Can You Live Without Water? Medical News Today, July 9. 2024, www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325174.   King, Jordan 2024   Arrowhead Bottled Water Company Ordered to ‘Cease’ Using Mountains. Newsweek, August 9, 2024, www.newsweek.com/arrowhead-bottled-water-bluetriton-brands-san-bernardino-national-forest-1937106.   McAnally, Elizabeth 2019   Loving Water across Religions: Contributions to an Integral Water Ethic. Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY.   Mubashar, Laiba 2023   Is God a Weatherman? A Look at Rain-Making Rituals and Prayers. 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The Financial Express, April 18, 2023, thefinancialexpress.com.bd/lifestyle/culture/rain-calling-rituals-around-the-world.   Saltzman, Sammy 2009   Jennifer Strange’s Family Awarded $16.5 Million in “Wee for Wii” Contest Death. CBS News, October 30, 2009, www.cbsnews.com/news/jennifer-stranges-family-awarded-165-million-in-wee-for-wii-contest-death/.   Singh, Maanvi 2024   ‘Water Is More Valuable Than Oil’: The Corporation Cashing in on America’s Drought. The Guardian, April 16, 2024, www.theguardian.com/environment/ 2024/apr/16/arizona-colorado-river-water-rights-drought.   Solomon, Steven 2010   Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY.   Statista 2020   Per Capita Consumption of Bottled Water Worldwide in 2020, by Leading Counties (in Gallons). 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