AnthroAlert: An Anthropology Podcast

René Dario Herrera

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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026

AnthroAlert makes anthropology tangible by connecting field methods and scholarly questions to work, environmental justice, and community life.

AnthroAlert: An Anthropology Podcast turns everyday questions into curious live-radio conversations about how anthropology works. Rene and Spencer move between their own discussion and interviews with guests from the USF anthropology department, asking direct questions that make…

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Episode 58: ReflectionsJul 28, 2019

A plainspoken farewell that treats anthropology as something worth airing in public.

Anthro Alert closes with a live hour that feels less like a polished sendoff than a quiet reckoning with what the show tried to be. Renee and Spencer talk through it as a class project, the appeal of thinking anthropologically in public, and the simple pleasure of putting ideas…

Episode 57: BioarchaeologyJul 21, 2019

Bioarchaeology traces identity through biased records, burial practice, and the material body.

Bioarchaeology turns identity into a careful act of reconstruction, especially when written records come largely from literate observers and reduce a life to country, cultural group, or port.

AnthroAlert on Bulls Radio: Soil

Soil, colonial history, and an anthropology conversation that stays concrete.

Anthro Alert turns soil into a focused look at colonial history and landscape change. Anthony's work in Antigua gives the conversation its backbone, moving from historical maps and Betty's Hope to hand augering, landforms, and the basic question of how human impact shows up in…

AnthroAlert on Bulls Radio: Brownfields

Brownfields become a lesson in environmental justice, not just contaminated land.

Anthro Alert treats a campus radio conversation about brownfields as a plain-spoken look at environmental neglect, community health, and the usefulness of an anthropological lens. Dr.

AnthroAlert on Bulls Radio: Work

A live radio conversation about work, GDP, and how people measure success.

Anthro Alert treats work as a question about value, frustration, and the ways people measure success. Renee and Spencer move from GDP to money, labor, and the narrow terms that often get used to judge a life.

AnthroAlert on Bulls Radio: Introductions

A campus radio primer that makes anthropology feel practical rather than abstract.

Anthro Alert starts like a campus radio intro from USF and makes a plainspoken case for anthropology's place on campus. Rene and Spencer set up the show around the discipline itself, its everyday relevance, and a plan to bring in guests from the USF Anthropology Department to…

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Episodes

  1. 1

    AnthroAlert on Bulls Radio: Brownfields

    AnthroAlert opens on Bulls Radio with a live introduction to the show.

    ·47m·1 clip
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    AnthroAlert on Bulls Radio: Soil

    Hidden gem

    Anthro Alert opens with Rene and Spencer on USF Bulls Radio, then brings in Anthony for a close look at soil and field methods.

    ·45m·2 clips
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    AnthroAlert on Bulls Radio: Introductions

    Two USF graduate students, Rene and Spencer, host the inaugural episode of their campus radio show introducing anthropology as a discipline.

    ·35m·2 clips
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    AnthroAlert on Bulls Radio: Work

    Anthro Alert opens by framing itself as a recording of its live show.

    ·47m·10 clips
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    Episode 58: Reflections

    Hidden gem

    Renee and Spencer open the final live Anthro Alert with rain in the background and the feeling that the end has arrived.

    Jul 28, 2019·57m·4 clips
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    Episode 57: Bioarchaeology

    Hidden gem

    Heidi Miller, a PhD student at USF, defines bioarchaeology as studying human remains in archaeological contexts and explains the Osteological Paradox.

    Jul 21, 2019·42m·2 clips
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    Episode 56: Anthropological Entrepreneurship

    Jul 14, 2019·42m
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    Episode 55: Refugee Resettlement Programs in Tampa Florida

    Jul 7, 2019·47m
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    Episode 54: Non Governmental Organizations and International Development

    Jun 30, 2019·41m
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    Episode 53: Understanding Addiction

    Jun 23, 2019·50m
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    Episode 52: Getting Breastfeeding Out of the Clinical Setting

    Jun 16, 2019·48m
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    Episode 50: Latin Dance

    Jun 9, 2019·46m
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    Episode 49: Street Peddlers

    Jun 2, 2019·51m
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    Episode 48: Diplomacy

    May 26, 2019·49m
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    Episode 47: Time

    May 19, 2019·54m
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    Episode 46: Life in a Meta Way

    May 12, 2019·51m
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    Episode 45: Russell Rice Manzano

    May 5, 2019·43m
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    Episode 44: Humans of Kiribati

    Apr 28, 2019·44m
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    Episode 43: Physical Activity and Exercise

    Apr 28, 2019·48m
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    Episode 42: Visual Anthropology

    Apr 21, 2019·47m
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    Episode 41: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    Apr 14, 2019·52m
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    Episode 40: Gianpiero Caso

    Apr 7, 2019·42m
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    Episode 39: Seeing Beyond Sea Level Rise

    Mar 31, 2019·38m
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    Episode 38: Racial Justice Activism

    Mar 24, 2019·46m
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    Episode 37: Traditional Foodways

    Mar 17, 2019·42m
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    Episode 36: Brownfield Redevelopment

    Mar 10, 2019·1h 20m
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    Episode 35: Heritage Management

    Mar 3, 2019·37m
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    Episode 34: Kelsee Hentschel-Fey

    Feb 24, 2019·45m
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    Episode 33: Laura Leisinger

    Feb 17, 2019·52m
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    Episode 32: Microfinance

    Feb 10, 2019·43m
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    Episode 31: Engineering the Human Environment

    Feb 3, 2019·45m
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    Episode 30: Sea Turtles

    Jan 27, 2019·41m
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    Episode 29: Applied Anthropology

    Jan 20, 2019·36m
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    Episode 28: Anthropology and Ethics

    Jan 13, 2019·50m
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    Episode 27: Ryan Harke

    Jan 6, 2019·45m
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    Episode 26: STEM

    Dec 30, 2018·45m
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    Episode 25: The Florida Public Archaeology Network

    Dec 23, 2018·40m
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    Episode 24: Early Village Formation

    Dec 16, 2018·44m
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    Episode 23: The Peace Corps

    Dec 9, 2018·43m
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    Episode 22: Engaging with the Discipline

    Dec 2, 2018·46m
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    Episode 21: Local Knowledge Systems

    Nov 25, 2018·39m
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    Episode 20: Bioarchaeology

    Nov 18, 2018·42m
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    Episode 19: Emergency Department

    Nov 11, 2018·41m
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    Episode 18: Archaeological Methods

    Nov 4, 2018·42m
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    Episode 17: Historical Archaeology

    Oct 28, 2018·44m
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    Episode 16: Hunger Advocacy

    Oct 21, 2018·44m
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    Episode 15: Hunger Advocacy

    Oct 14, 2018·44m
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    Episode 14: Community Archaeology

    Oct 7, 2018·40m
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    Episode 13: Druze Identity

    Sep 30, 2018·45m
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    Episode 12: Parenting

    Sep 23, 2018·35m
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    Episode 11: Heritage Studies

    Sep 16, 2018·43m
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    Episode 10: The Con

    Sep 9, 2018·45m
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    Episode 09: Forensic Analysis

    Sep 2, 2018·45m
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    Episode 08: American Stories

    Aug 26, 2018·36m
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    Episode 07: Education

    Aug 19, 2018·46m
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    Episode 06: Fan Fiction Sex Ed

    Aug 12, 2018·36m
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    Episode 05: Strength

    Aug 8, 2018·37m