Stupid Anthropology
Stupid Anthropology has birthed from the ashes of The Right Can’t Read. We have leapt from the desiccated skull like a weird zombie Athena to sometimes ask stupid questions, sometimes our stupid ideas, sometimes our stupid screaming into the void. Join Aaron, Robert, and Jonny as we explore whatever diseased questions pop into our collapsing brains. Questions such as: What’s the deal with selling out? Who are the worst people that came on Oprah’s show? What’s the deal with airline food?
Episodes

Aug 17, 2024
Aug 17, 2024
1 hr 5 min
Here at Stupid Anthropology, we take the stances that other podcasts won't. For example: We hate artists. All of them. Listen to us talk about how much we hate them.
Slides here.
Music by Daniel Griggs

Jul 20, 2024
Jul 20, 2024
1 hr 23 min
The gang has a completely normal, rational, and sober discussion about apocalypses - both fictional and the one we're hurtling toward.
Music by Daniel Griggs.

Jun 22, 2024
Jun 22, 2024
53 min
Aaron, Robert, and Jonny hold a very coherent and listenable debate about whether or not space sucks. (It doesn't.) You can find Aaron's slides here.
Music by Daniel Griggs.

Jun 8, 2024
Jun 8, 2024
1 hr 31 min
Robert, Aaron, and Jonny have a completely reasonable conversation about what's happening in Gaza. While listening, why not do something productive like donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians, UNHCR, or any number of other groups trying to materially improve the conditions of people who are the latest victims of the United States military-industrial complex.
Digressions include:
Aaron is doing fine
Stardew Valley tips
We hate media trends!
Is no one else tired?
Music by Daniel Griggs.
Ominous wooshing by the Walrus-Man.

May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024
1 hr 27 min
Jonny, Robert, and Aaron talk the ultimate sin: Selling out. Is there a counterculture? Are we all the sellout hobo from They Live? What are our personal brands? All these questions - and more - are asked in this episode of Stupid Anthropology. Oh yeah, we're Stupid Anthropology now. We will miss Rachel, but she's off to bigger and better things in [REDACTED] and Jonny will be our permanent new friend. Permanent. There was a contract, signed in blood. Music by Daniel Griggs.

Oct 2, 2023
Oct 2, 2023
57 min
Have you ever received a book in the mail that you didn't order and, like a maniac, chose to inflict it on friends instead of throwing it away? Aaron has! Join us as Aaron reads bits of a sadly dull Jehovah's Witness book at Shark and Rachel and the three talk about how disappointed they are. Hey, you can't always have a well-researched episode about culture. You just can't.

Sep 18, 2023
Sep 18, 2023
1 hr 4 min
Robert and Aaron talk about two amazing contributions to human civilization.
Music by Daniel Griggs

Sep 2, 2023
Sep 2, 2023
2 hr 2 min
The conclusion to our three-part series on Watchmen! Jonny takes the gang through various analyses of the comic and everyone is - still - amazed that anyone can walk away from it with a positive perception of Rorshach.
Music by Daniel Griggs

Aug 19, 2023
Aug 19, 2023
1 hr 35 min
Jonny takes the gang through a DETAILED (and yet not detailed enough) synopsis of the Watchmen novel. We talk through the characterizations a bit and start delving into what it all means, but more of that to come!
Music by Daniel Griggs

Aug 5, 2023
Aug 5, 2023
1 hr 22 min
Long-time listener and first-time caller Jonny Lim takes the gang on the start of their journey through Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen. I, Aaron, would like to reiterate that Welcome Back Kotter is a show that exists and I'm very glad that Jonny backs me up on this.
What We're About
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