How Our Contradictions Make Us Human and Inspire Creativity

The fissures created in our experiences between our principles and actions can be a source of profound creativity and reflection.
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For Chimps, Human Touch Can Hurt

At a sanctuary in Cameroon, caregiver Henriette holds Gnala, a 2-year-old chimpanzee who had previously lived in a human household as a pet. Amy Hanes/Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue The…

Post date 2nd November 2018
Post author By Amy Hanes

The Conversion of Julio Tiwiram

What is shamanic power? And how does it affect modern politics in Indigenous Amazonia? In this episode, we follow the life of a young Indigenous activist fighting for…

Post date 25th April 2023
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When Women Say “Ta-Ta” to Ta-Tas

An anthropologist fighting cancer navigates the social pressure to get breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. ✽ “I’ve decided to go flat.” I said these words aloud for the…

Post date 1st October 2025
Post author By Arianna Huhn

Lessons From a Forgotten Amazonian Slaughter

For decades, conservationists have viewed subsistence hunting by Indigenous peoples in the Amazon as a contributing factor to “empty forests”—forests where trees remain but wildlife is all but…

Post date 15th February 2017
Post author By Glenn H. Shepard Jr. and Emma Marris

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