In Context with School for Advanced Research
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<p>How do the present and past shape each other? Why does understanding this matter?</p><p>In Context with SAR tackles the fascinating world of scholarly research through questions like why people left Chaco Canyon or how climate change affects migration and explores them through the perspectives of three experts across anthropology, archaeology, and the humanities more broadly.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by <strong>Paul Ryer</strong> and produced by the <strong>School for Advanced Research (SAR)</strong>, each episode brings together voices from the field who share real-world stories, behind-the-scenes research, and their takes on today’s challenges.</p><p><br></p><p>Founded in 1907, SAR is a hub for groundbreaking social science and humanities research, supporting scholars and artists through residencies, seminars, and collaborations. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico SAR is also home to the <strong>Indian Arts Research Center</strong>, a leader in Native arts and museum practices.</p><p><br></p><p>Whether you’re an academic, a student, or just someone who loves a good story In Context with SAR is here to bring big ideas to life.</p><p>Join us as we connect history to today’s world—one question at a time.</p>
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July 7, 2026
The Grid: The Invisible System Running Your Life. You never think about it—until it fails
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You never think about it…until it fails. Universal electrification, microgrids, storage, and the politics of batteries- this episode dives into how the power system we barely notice shapes our daily lives, our sense of fairness, and our climate future.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">The hidden history behind the power grid you rely on every day</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Why electricity is as much about people and politics as it is about engineering</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">The surprising reason utility companies were designed as monopolies</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Could neighborhoods generate and share their own power?</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">What AI and data centers mean for the future of electricity</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Key Takeaways: </strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">The electricity system is not just an engineering problem; it embeds social values, ethics, and inequalities that accumulate over time and remain visible in its infrastructure.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Monopolies and utility structures were historically engineered into electricity provision, and any realistic reform has to grapple with the grid’s roots in profit-making as much as in public service.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Smaller, interoperable, islandable systems, where neighborhoods, buildings, and communities share and coordinate power, offer a powerful alternative vision to purely centralized models.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Massive new loads from data centers, AI, and electrification are straining timelines and capacities, pushing the system to experiment with self-supply, new generation, and using flexible demand as a balancing tool.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Storage is more than just big batteries; gravity, heat, and clever use of time (like making ice or heating water off-peak) show that aligning when we use electricity with when it’s produced can be as transformative as new hardware.</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">“The electricity system is a cultural, which is to say that it reflects who we are and the values that we have socially. The cool thing about it, in my mind, is that because it's so slow to change, like a lot of infrastructure, it holds all of the values that we've had through time in its form.” - Gretchen Bakke</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Episode Resources:</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">The Likeness: Semblance and Self in Slovene Society - </span><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-likeness/paper" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-likeness/paper</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between America and Our Energy Future - </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26073005-the-grid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26073005-the-grid</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">About Gretchen Bakke: </strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Gretchen Bakke is an anthropologist and writer specializing in the cultural, political, and ethical dimensions of electricity infrastructure and energy systems. She is the author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future, a widely recognized work that examines how electric power systems shape, and are shaped by, social values, historical decisions, and institutional structures. Her work bridges academic anthropology and public scholarship, translating complex energy systems into accessible narratives about infrastructure, inequality, and climate transitions. Bakke has held academic affiliations in European ethnology and cultural anthropology and contributes to interdisciplinary research and public discussions on energy ethics, electrification, and the future of grid systems, including collaborations and engagements with institutions such as the University of St Andrews’ Energy Ethics research network.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Connect with Gretchen Bakke: </strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">LinkedIn: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-bakke-485067135/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-bakke-485067135/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Connect with Paul Ryer & School for Advanced Research:</strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Website: </span><a href="https://sarweb.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://sarweb.org/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@sarsantafemultimedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.youtube.com/@sarsantafemultimedia</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">LinkedIn: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryer-4a4889156" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryer-4a4889156</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Show notes by Podcastologist: Francine Poblete</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Audio production by </span><a href="https://t.sidekickopen77.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XWPdSD1CW2zq9rs4Y8_jsTmtwR3JwfC-103?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW4mKLS-4fPf-FW3XWJt643Pr3GF4cQb1fmLXp1&si=8000000000242417&pi=a234d7d8-f11b-4fd4-feb6-16232278dc85" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Turnkey Podcast Productions. </a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You're the expert. 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May 14, 2026
What If the Border Story Starts With Water?
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-000000, #e8e6e3);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">What if the real story of the border isn’t about walls at all? In this episode, we explore how rivers, irrigation projects, and trade routes have bound together and divided the U.S., Mexico, and Canada over nearly two centuries.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-000000, #e8e6e3);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">In this episode, Paul and C. J. discuss: </strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">Personal roots in the U.S.–Mexico borderlands and origins of the project</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">Transformation of the border through massive construction and engineering</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">Paradox of closed-border policing vs. open-border trade and transportation</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">Water infrastructure, irrigation, and the creation of migrant labor demand</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">Systemic flaws, compensatory infrastructure, and the disfiguring of the Rio Grande</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-000000, #e8e6e3);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">Key Takeaways: </strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">The U.S.–Mexico border is not a single, uniform place but a 2,000-mile span of diverse ecosystems, cultures, and landscapes that defies simple political narratives.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">Over the last 175+ years, the border has been physically made visible and “legible” through mega-projects, dams, canals, roads, and fences, layered one atop another.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">Water engineering and irrigation projects have not only transformed rivers but also generated powerful economic magnets for migrant labor, tightly linking hydrology to human movement.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">Many contemporary crises at the border stem from earlier grand projects and policies; new “solutions” often serve as compensatory layers that attempt to fix problems those very systems created.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent;" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">The most profound environmental damage along the border has been done to the river itself, especially the Rio Grande, whose flow, shape, and ecology have been radically altered, challenging us to rethink our relationship with the more-than-human world.</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">“The border has always been open, and the border has always been closed. The only question is, to whom and to what and when?” - C. J. Alvarez</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">Episode Resources:</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">Book: </span>Border Land, Border Water: A History of Construction on the U.S.–Mexico Divide<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color=""> - </span><a href="https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477319017/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-1155cc, #56a3f1);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477319017/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color=""> </span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">About C. J. Alvarez: </strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">Dr. C. J. Alvarez is an environmental historian whose work explores deserts, the built environment, and the U.S.–Mexico border. He is the author of </span>Border Land, Border Water: A History of Construction on the U.S.-Mexico Divide <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">(2019), a deeply researched study that connects border infrastructure, such as survey markers, fencing, and surveillance systems, to the history of river engineering and large-scale hydraulic projects. His current book project, The Arid Heart, traces the history of the Chihuahuan Desert from the end of the last Ice Age, drawing on Indigenous oral histories, archaeological evidence, and environmental data to craft a multi-millennial narrative and experiment with ecocentric approaches to history. His work has been supported by an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research, and he has served as a visiting fellow at the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah. Alvarez earned his doctorate in history from the University of Chicago after studying art history at Harvard and Stanford, and he continues to draw inspiration from his upbringing in Las Cruces, New Mexico.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">Connect with C. J. Alvarez: </strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">Website: </span><a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mals/faculty/ca29356" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-1155cc, #56a3f1);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mals/faculty/ca29356</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color=""> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">LinkedIn: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-j-alvarez-5935ba37/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-1155cc, #56a3f1);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-j-alvarez-5935ba37/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color=""> </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47); --darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-22242f, #cecac4);" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="">Connect with Paul Ryer & School for Advanced Research:</strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; 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--darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-000000, #e8e6e3);" data-darkreader-inline-color="">You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. </span></p>
March 11, 2026
Believing In Bits
<p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In this episode, Paul and Gabriella discuss: </strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">What Gabriella Coleman means by “sturdy knowledge” and why the concept matters in today’s epistemic crisis</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">How misinformation debates often rely on a “naive liberal epistemology” that oversimplifies how knowledge is produced</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Why is scientific consensus difficult to achieve, even without political polarization</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Why AI boosterism reflects the same epistemic blind spots as science absolutism</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Key Takeaways: </strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Establishing reliable knowledge is never simple or automatic, even in the absence of political polarization. Scientific facts emerge through contested processes shaped by uncertainty, debate, and institutional structures.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Treating facts as obvious or self-evident often deepens mistrust rather than resolving disagreement. Absolutist claims leave little room for nuance, making public corrections feel like evidence of deception instead of scientific evolution.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Knowledge is always produced within social and political contexts, and pretending otherwise undermines credibility. Transparency about positionality and process strengthens trust more than claims of pure neutrality.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">AI boosterism repeats the same epistemic mistakes as science absolutism by framing technology as a neutral source of truth. Without humility and accountability, AI risks amplifying, not solving, the current epistemic crisis.</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">“And you know this notion of sturdy knowledge, as we've explored. And you put so well, is anti-arrogance, it's like pro-humility.” - Gabriella Coleman</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Episode Resources:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3178066" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Donna Haraway, “Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective”</a></li><li><a href="https://academic.oup.com/book/52349" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Bruno Latour, Reassembling the Social</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/article/bruno-latour-the-pasteurization-of-france-trans-alan-sheridan-and-john-law-cambridge-mass-and-london-harvard-university-press-1988-8vo-pp-273-2395-georges-canguilhem-ideology-and-rationality-in-the-history-of-the-life-sciences-trans-arthur-goldhammer-cambridge-mass-and-london-the-mit-press-1988-8vo-pp-xi-160-1795/53CDFB2DA97559BBE14382C0E0E5CC9B" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Bruno Latour, The Pasteurization of France</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/illness-metaphor-susan-sontag" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor</a></li><li><a href="https://naomiklein.org/doppelganger/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Naomi Klein, Doppelgänger</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">About Gabriella Coleman: </strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Gabriella (Biella) Coleman is a full professor of Anthropology at Harvard University and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Her work focuses on the politics, cultures, and ethics of hacking, and she is widely regarded as one of the leading scholars examining hacker communities and digital power. She is the author of Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking and Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous, the latter named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2014 and recipient of the 2015 Diana Forsythe Prize from the American Anthropological Association.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Coleman’s current research examines the relationship between hackers and the state, including a Ford Foundation–, NSF-, SSHRC-, and FRQ-funded project on the professionalization of hacking from the mid-1990s through the 2000s, co-authored with Matt Goerzen. She is also co-creator of Where Warlocks Stay Up Late, an interactive research website and map, and the founder and editor of Hack_Curio, a video portal on the cultures and politics of hacking.</p><p><br></p><p>Beyond academia, Coleman has contributed to major outlets including The New York Times, Wired, Slate, MIT Technology Review, The Atlantic, and Huffington Post, and presented her research to audiences such as the U.S. Congressional Internet Caucus, Brookings Institution, ACLU, and NASA. She delivered the 2022 Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures at the University of Rochester, previously held the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University, taught at NYU, and earned her PhD in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Chicago.</p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Connect with Gabriella Coleman: </strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Website: </span><a href="https://gabriellacoleman.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://gabriellacoleman.org/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">LinkedIn: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriella-biella-coleman-285aa4161/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriella-biella-coleman-285aa4161/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Connect with Paul Ryer & School for Advanced Research:</strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">Website: </span><a href="https://sarweb.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://sarweb.org/</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@sarsantafemultimedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.youtube.com/@sarsantafemultimedia</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);">LinkedIn: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryer-4a4889156" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryer-4a4889156</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 36, 47);"> </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Show notes by Podcastologist: Francine Poblete</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Audio production by </span><a href="https://t.sidekickopen77.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XWPdSD1CW2zq9rs4Y8_jsTmtwR3JwfC-103?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW4mKLS-4fPf-FW3XWJt643Pr3GF4cQb1fmLXp1&si=8000000000242417&pi=a234d7d8-f11b-4fd4-feb6-16232278dc85" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Turnkey Podcast Productions. </a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You're the expert. 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<p>How do the present and past shape each other? Why does understanding this matter?</p><p>In Context with SAR tackles the fascinating world of scholarly research through questions like why people left Chaco Canyon or how climate change affects migration and explores them through the perspectives of three experts across anthropology, archaeology, and the humanities more broadly.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by <strong>Paul Ryer</strong> and produced by the <strong>School for Advanced Research (SAR)</strong>, each episode brings together voices from the field who share real-world stories, behind-the-scenes research, and their takes on today’s challenges.</p><p><br></p><p>Founded in 1907, SAR is a hub for groundbreaking social science and humanities research, supporting scholars and artists through residencies, seminars, and collaborations. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico SAR is also home to the <strong>Indian Arts Research Center</strong>, a leader in Native arts and museum practices.</p><p><br></p><p>Whether you’re an academic, a student, or just someone who loves a good story In Context with SAR is here to bring big ideas to life.</p><p>Join us as we connect history to today’s world—one question at a time.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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