History
Zol Jargal on Mongolia’s People and Culture
Zol Jargal joins the podcast from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Rich and Zol talk about Mongolian history, unique culture of nomadic people, and what life is like in the country. Zol is a tour guide and shares her her life experience. Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zol_adventu…
Read MoreNASA’s Kat Kennedy on Critical Thinking Skills, Technological Progress, and Dinosaurs
NASA’s Kat Kennedy returns to the show. We nerd out about a number of subjects like NASA, space, and the importance of critical thinking skills. We talk about space tourism, math, generosity, and how our lives will be filled with technological revolutions. We discuss American history and the book “Generations” by Neil Howe and William…
Read MoreHistorian David Rothmund on Teaching, Researching, Writing, and Reading
Historian David Rothmund (aka Dr. Dave) returns to Rich Conversations for his third appearance. Catch him on episodes 25 and 46 as well. Today we discuss his experience teaching university during COVID, his research as a historian and the process he takes, how he goes about assembling knowledge to write, and what he’s working on.…
Read More“Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari with Sanchit Arvind
Sanchit Arvind joins the show to discuss the book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari. In this episode, we’ll summarize the four parts of the book/human history. 1. Cognitive Revolution 2. Agricultural Revolution 3. Unification of Humankind 4. Scientific Revolution This is the first of two episodes we’re recording on Harari’s…
Read MorePaleontologist Tim James on America’s Southwest History and the Importance of Competition in Science
Paleontologist/Archeologist Tim James returns to the show. We talk about the expedition process, uncovering artifacts to learn more about indigenous peoples’ culture and history. I ask him questions from listeners like “How do you find a fossil?” and “How did the dinosaurs go extinct?” We discuss the importance of an increased field of competition in…
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