Episodes

  • Audio News for April 13th through April 19th, 2025

    Audio News for April 13th through April 19th, 2025
    Apr 21 2025
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • New study reveals that social inequality isn’t inevitable (details) (details)
    • Human remains in Texas show evidence of ancient cultural practices (details)
    • Research indicates domestic cats originated in Tunisia (details) (details) (details)
    • Tree ring study indicates drought led to barbarians attacking Roman Britain (details) (details)
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    13 mins
  • Audio News for April 6th through April 12th, 2025

    Audio News for April 6th through April 12th, 2025
    Apr 14 2025
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Extremely rare Denisovan jawbone confirms human cousins spread across Asia (details)(details)
    • Teotihuacan Altar found in Guatemala reveals cultural crossover in thriving city-state of Tikal (details)(details)(details)
    • Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal interactions among prehistoric peoples (details)
    • North Macedonian ruins might be the lost capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis (details)(details)
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    11 mins
  • Audio News for March 30th through April 6th, 2025

    Audio News for March 30th through April 6th, 2025
    Apr 7 2025
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Kach Kouch in Morocco shows Bronze Age habitation, refuting past narratives of emptiness (details) (details)
    • Middle Paleolithic people in China developed innovative stone tools (details)
    • Researchers find ancient weapon system in Texas caves (details)
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    • Sutton Hoo helmet likely originated in Scandinavia (details)
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    12 mins
  • Audio News for March 23rd through the 29th, 2025

    Audio News for March 23rd through the 29th, 2025
    Mar 31 2025
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • New evidence from Basur Höyük reveals egalitarian funerary practices in Bronze Age Mesopotamia (details) (details)
    • Starch granules and the cultural significance of geophytes in Western North America during Prehistoric times (details) (details)
    • Devastating wildfires threaten South Korea's cultural heritage and historic sites (details)
    • Ritual and care: analyzing the dog remains from the Nescot shaft in Roman Britain (details) (details)
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    13 mins
  • Audio News for March 16th through the 22nd, 2025

    Audio News for March 16th through the 22nd, 2025
    Mar 24 2025
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • New study shows monument discovered in the 80s is two centuries older than Stonehenge (details) (details)
    • Egyptian colonial cemetery reveals pyramid tombs weren't only for the elite (details) (details)
    • First evidence of human habitation on the Tibetan Plateau during "unsurvivable" Last Glacial Maximum (details) (details)
    • 133 Pre-Columbian artifacts returned to Honduras after decades in a Paris museum (details)
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    13 mins
  • Audio News for March 9th through the 15th, 2025

    Audio News for March 9th through the 15th, 2025
    Mar 17 2025
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • New study illuminates the important relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans (details) (details)
    • Ancient DNA reveals relationships between Stone Age Europeans and North Africans (details) (details)
    • Mysterious Pre-Columbian burial investigated in Ecuador (details) (details)
    • Ancient Greek burial monument located near Corinth (details)
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    13 mins
  • Audio News for March 2nd through the 8th, 2025

    Audio News for March 2nd through the 8th, 2025
    Mar 10 2025
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Sophisticated irrigation system uncovered in ancient city of Eridu (details) (details)
    • Migration, not culture, influenced Europe’s Celtic languages (details) (details)
    • Ancient ceramic “puppets” in El Salvador show Central American connections (details) (details)
    • World’s oldest bone tools reported from Olduvai Gorge (details) (details)
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    14 mins
  • Audio News for February 23rd through March 1st, 2025

    Audio News for February 23rd through March 1st, 2025
    Mar 3 2025
    News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
    • Fossilized track marks indicate earliest known use of handcarts (details)(details)
    • DNA tracing confirms complex genetic backgrounds of the Huns (details)(details)
    • Super heating and cooling from Vesuvius eruption caused glass brain (details)(details)
    • Research summary: Göbekli Tepe was a domestic site (details)
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    15 mins
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