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

We Hate Artists

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

Aug 17, 2024

1 hr 5 min

The Best End Times

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.

Jul 20, 2024

1 hr 23 min

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 22, 2024

53 min

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.

Jun 8, 2024

1 hr 31 min

Selling Out

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.

May 18, 2024

1 hr 27 min

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.

Oct 2, 2023

57 min

Sep 18, 2023

1 hr 4 min

Robert and Aaron talk about two amazing contributions to human civilization.
Music by Daniel Griggs

Sep 18, 2023

1 hr 4 min

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

Sep 2, 2023

2 hr 2 min

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 19, 2023

1 hr 35 min

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.

Aug 5, 2023

1 hr 22 min

What We're About

Well, you should start by reading the description up at the top of the page. That should tell you what you need to know. We'll give you some time.

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