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An Intro to Anthro with Two Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

Since my retirement, I find I have more time to shuffle aimlessly through downtown Albuquerque, i.e., no more pretending...
08/07/2025

Since my retirement, I find I have more time to shuffle aimlessly through downtown Albuquerque, i.e., no more pretending I'm rushing off to work. While on my way back from the library yesterday, I discovered this fantastic mural on the back of the ARRIVE hotel. A '63 Impala with nopales--life doesn't get any better than that!

One day we'll do an episode on car culture...

Until then: https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/ and https://substack.com/

And since we're on the subject of "Star Trek," here is the Intro to Anthro w/2 Humans pop quiz question: If you caught S...
08/07/2025

And since we're on the subject of "Star Trek," here is the Intro to Anthro w/2 Humans pop quiz question: If you caught Spock in a mistake, would you call him on it? "Actually, Spock, the title of the song is just 'Something' and it was written by George HARRISON, not Lennon and McCartney..."

For more on the search for the missing non-gendered, third-person, personal pronoun in Modern English, see Episode 78: https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-78-byop-bring-your-own-pronoun-the-profound-power-of-personal-pronouns/ .

Image: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-spock-character-traits/

Grammar Nerd Red Alert!! In this week's episode, The Two Humans go back to the classroom to discuss English pronouns and...
08/07/2025

Grammar Nerd Red Alert!! In this week's episode, The Two Humans go back to the classroom to discuss English pronouns and the hunt for the elusive non-gendered, third person, personal pronoun.

By the way, even though the teacher in this photo looks like she's about ready to jump out the window from despair, I would love to have been in her class. Anyone who can go from Guy Fawkes Day to General Wolfe being killed at the Battle of Quebec to birds singing and lambs frolicking all in one class is my kind of teacher! Those little turds don't know what an intellectual treasure they have in front of them!

Check out Episode 78 - BYOP (Bring Your Own Pronoun) at https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-78-byop-bring-your-own-pronoun-the-profound-power-of-personal-pronouns and https://substack.com/.

Image: Getty via https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/so-teaching-is-easy-is-it-then-why-is-there-still-a-recruitment-crisis-in-education-a118351.html.

This is a photo of the lobby of the Castaneda Hotel in the early days. You can still imagine Teddy Roosevelt tip-toeing ...
07/07/2025

This is a photo of the lobby of the Castaneda Hotel in the early days. You can still imagine Teddy Roosevelt tip-toeing down the stairs in his robe and slippers to ask for a bottle of Bromo-Seltzer ("That New Mexican green chile is hotter than the guns on San Juan Hill, I tell you; damn hot! Oh, and, there's no need to tell the fellas I came down here...").

For more images and history of the Castaneda Hotel, see: https://castanedahotel.org/history .

This photo is: (A) a job interview, (B) a parole board hearing, (C) a Congressional testimony, or (D) a welcome to An In...
07/07/2025

This photo is: (A) a job interview, (B) a parole board hearing, (C) a Congressional testimony, or (D) a welcome to An Intro to Anthro with Two Humans?

Please join Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, as they reassess what it means to be human. And, yes, you can add this to the "Education" section of your resume'.

You can find episodes of An Intro to Anthro with Two Humans at https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/ and https://substack.com/ .

Answer: This photo is The Two Humans in the lobby of the historic Castaneda Hotel in Las Vegas, NM. The Castaneda was built in 1898 by the Fred Harvey Company and was the site of the first reunion of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in 1899. For more on the Castaneda Hotel, see: https://castanedahotel.org/history/ .

The Two Humans wish a happy and safe Fourth of July to all our listeners!! We're thankful for all of you and thankful fo...
04/07/2025

The Two Humans wish a happy and safe Fourth of July to all our listeners!! We're thankful for all of you and thankful for the freedom to do our show!

Everyone knows the beginning of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

But it's also important to remember the list of grievances against the King of England that followed, including: "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good...He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only...He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands...He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers...He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries...He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance...He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures...He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power...For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world...For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury..."

For the entire text of the Declaration of Independence, see: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript .

Image: https://virginiahistory.org/learn/writing-declaration-independence-1776

Here's a copy of the original article in 1920 announcing that Henry Perry, the Barbecue King of Kansas City, would be se...
03/07/2025

Here's a copy of the original article in 1920 announcing that Henry Perry, the Barbecue King of Kansas City, would be serving 1,000 people outside his restaurant on Saturday July 3rd. In 2020, the Mayor of Kansas City declared July 3rd Henry Perry Day in honor of Mr. Perry.

Thank you to Mr. Perry for all the happiness your legacy has given The Two Humans. And thank you to our listener Josh for reminding us of the importance of July 3rd!

Image: https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/kansas-city-mayor-declares-july-3-henry-perry-day-to-honor-the-father-of-kc/article_2312dcdc-bd76-11ea-b929-bb35126d80b8.html

Thank you to our listener Josh for reminding us that today is Henry Perry Day!! Henry Perry is known as the Barbecue Kin...
03/07/2025

Thank you to our listener Josh for reminding us that today is Henry Perry Day!! Henry Perry is known as the Barbecue King and the Father of Kansas City Barbecue. In 2020, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas declared July 3rd Henry Perry Day in honor of Mr. Perry. On July 3, 1920, Henry Perry served "1,000 Kansas Citians for free – specifically children, women and the elderly – on the lawn next to his restaurant."

Thank you for your generosity and your legacy, Mr. Perry! You certainly have made a difference in my life! Cheers to Henry Perry and to all Kansas City BBQ pit masters! You make the world better in more ways than you know!

Image courtesy of The Kansas City Barbeque Society via https://www.facebook.com/KansasCityBarbequeSociety.

For more on Henry Perry and Henry Perry Day, see: https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/kansas-city-mayor-declares-july-3-henry-perry-day-to-honor-the-father-of-kc/article_2312dcdc-bd76-11ea-b929-bb35126d80b8.html .

"...which comes from the Proto-Indo-European root word 'perd-', from which the Ancient Greeks derived 'perdomai' and the...
02/07/2025

"...which comes from the Proto-Indo-European root word 'perd-', from which the Ancient Greeks derived 'perdomai' and the Ancient Romans 'pedere,' which came to us through Old English as 'feortan', which then became the Middle English 'ferten', and finally, through the mystery of linguistic alchemy, metamorphosed into our Modern English word 'FART'! Whoopee!!"

For more on the fabulous history of flatulence, see Episode 53: This Toot Shall Pass https://intro2anthro.podbean.com/e/episode-53%e2%80%94this-toot-shall-pass-the-fabulous-history-of-farting/

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