Unburied S2E4: The Myth of the Explorer
Whips, fedoras and cliff-hangers make for great cinema, but they also shape how we tell real scientific stories. In our Season 2 finale, we trace the “explorer” myth from colonial expansion to modern ...
16 Okt 202540min
Unburied S2E3: The Dark Side of Dart
Behind one of science’s greatest breakthroughs lies a darker story of skulls measured, bodies taken, and lives diminished in the name of science. The discovery of the Taung Child helped prove humanity...
9 Okt 202541min
Unburied S2E2: Pride and Prejudice
In 1924, a mineworker in Taung likely held the fossilized skull of a three-year-old child before anyone else. That child, later named the Taung Child, would change science forever. Yet the man whose h...
2 Okt 202535min
Unburied S2 Trailer: The Taung Child
Unburied is back for season 2: The Taung Child. A century after the fossilised skull of a three-year-old surfaced at the Northern Limeworks in Taung, South Africa, we retrace how a newly found species...
18 Sep 20253min
ARC Interview: What's real about race?
In this ARC Interview: "What’s Real About Race?" we speak with Dr. Phila Msimang, a philosopher at Stellenbosch University whose research critically assesses the uses and abuses of group descriptors l...
3 Sep 202544min
ARC Interview: "Never let this happen to anyone, anywhere" - Professor Steven Robbins
In his book Letters of Stone professor Steven Robbins tells the deeply moving story of his quest to find out what happened to the family members he only knew from a picture on the wall of his childhoo...
31 Jul 202541min
ARC Interview: "They will continue to call out until the last one has been put to ground" Brain Miennies
This is the first in our new episode format: ARC Interviews — conversations with people whose stories and work challenge the way we see the world.We begin with Brain Miennies — community leader, activ...
16 Jul 202529min
