Tracking Traits
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
An Ecological Approach to Emerging Diseases
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State’s Forensics alumna Sam Muller interviews anthropologist Sagan Friant about her research on human-environment interactions and their impac...
Ancient Microbiomes and Modern Medicine
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergrad Thomas Sontag interviews associate professor of anthropology Laura Weyrich about her research on the history of our microbi...
The Evolution of Infectious Diseases
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergrad Emma Sieminski interviews Biology and Entomology professor, former Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and cu...
Water Challenges Across the Globe
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergrad Thomas Sontag interviews associate professor Asher Rosinger about his research, which explores how people in different parts of t...
Making New Laws for New Scientific Discoveries
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergrad Emma Sieminski interviews professor Jennifer Wagner about her research at the interface of emerging science and law. Emma Siemins...
Microbes: the Great Interconnectors of All Life on Earth
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate Tom Sontag interviews professor Seth Bordenstein about his pioneering research in the burgeoning field of microbiomesThomas...
The Health Effects of Stress as We Age
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate Kassi Bradburn interviews professor David Almeida about his novel, decades-long research into the role daily stressors play i...
Contemporary Politics and the Evolution of Narcissism
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate Hannah Marchok interviews professor Pete Hatemi about his pioneering, interdisciplinary research investigations into the ro...
Adoption, Twins and the Genetics of Personality
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate Alexis Capel interviews professor Jenae Neiderhiser about her long-term, interdisciplinary research investigations into the...
A Geneticist’s Approach to Human Microbiomes
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate Kassi Bradburn interviews assistant professor of biology Emily Davenport about her unique approach to researching the c...
Unexplored Dimensions of Human Scalp Hair
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate Hannah Marchok interviews postdoctoral researcher Dr. Tina Lasisi about her her efforts to fill in gaps in our understandin...
The Challenges of Teaching Science in U.S. Public Schools
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate Alexis Capel interviews Dr. Eric Plutzer, Professor of Political Science and Sociology, about his continuing research on the ...
COMING SOON: Season 2 of Tracking Traits
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready, listeners! Our research conversations about human evolution and diversity continue, with a new slate of guests covering a wide range of fas...
Exploring the Endless Mysteries of Human Sexual Selection
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate Amy Mook interviews Dr. David Puts, Associate Professor of Anthropology about his research. Puts’ Behavioral Endocrinology ...
Addressing the Male Side of the Human Infertility Equation
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recent Penn State graduate Amy Mook interviews Dr. Marta Tomaszkiewicz, Assistant Research Professor of Biology about her innovative research on male ...
Exploring the Relationship of Skin Pigmentation to Cardiovascular Health
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate student Samantha Muller interviews Postdoctoral Fellow in Physiology Tony Wolf about his research on variance in cardiovascul...
Evolutionary Drivers of our Taste Preferences for Vegetables
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate student Hannah Marchok interviews Assistant Professor of Geography, African Studies, and Anthropology Bronwen Powell about he...
Time, Tapeworms and the Evolution of the Human Diet
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State undergraduate student Samantha Muller interviews PhD student Natalia Grube about her research exploring the potential of the tapeworm as a ...
Evolving Our Understanding of Our Skin’s Evolution
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recent Penn State graduate Amy Mook interviews Nina Jablonski about her ground-breaking research into the evolution of skin pigmentation, and the prom...
Evolutionary Genetics of Superficial Traits
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Undergraduate student Hannah Marchok interviews Dr. Mark Shriver about his work tracking down what he calls "superficial" physical traits th...
Meet the CHED Heads
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this debut episode, the co-directors of Penn State’s Center for Human Evolution and Diversity (CHED) are interviewed by a recent graduate of the ...
Coming Soon - the Tracking Traits podcast!
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Summer 2021. Are you feeling a little Anthro-curious? Then why not check out Tracking Traits - a new podcast that’s about to launch from Penn...