Origin Stories
Hosted by podcast host · The Leakey Foundation
4.9from 521 ratings
- 95
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 521
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About Origin Stories
Explore human evolution one story at a time. This award-winning show blends storytelling with science that will change your understanding of who we are.
- Publisher
- The Leakey Foundation
- Category
- science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Apr 2015
- Latest episode
- 27 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 95 episodes have a transcript.
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The White Sands Footprints
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Should We Eat? Evolution, Diet, and Health
28 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Not So Naked Ape: The Origins of Clothing
Inside a recent episode
The White Sands Footprints
Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We have always thought that humans couldn't arrive in North America before around 16,000 because there were these massive ice sheets that were in the way that were blocking humans coming down from Beringia through Alaska down south. We had found evidence, really good evidence, that humans were already there. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Origin Stories
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Daniel Lieberman
- Nina Jablonski
- Biruté Mary Galdikas
- Leakey Foundation grantees
- Ann Gibbons
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 3,462,240
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 521 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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- Books guests
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Questions about Origin Stories
Who hosts Origin Stories?
podcast host host the show. Published by The Leakey Foundation.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Origin Stories take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
Where can I read transcripts?
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