The Origin Story of Origin Stories - 10th Anniversary

After 10 years of exploring the stories behind breakthrough science, it's time to tell our own origin story! In this special anniversary episode, we're flipping the script to share how Origin Stories began. Join us behind the scenes, revisit three milestone episodes, and get an exciting update on the Punan Batu community's fight for their ancestral lands in Borneo. Here's to our listeners who've made this decade of science and storytelling possible, and to many more stories ahead. Links to learn more: On Two Feet with Carol Ward Ancestor with Isaiah Nengo The Cave Punan with Steve Lansing Support science: In honor of 10 years of Origin Stories, please consider donating $10 per month to support the show and the science we talk about! Your donation will be matched, doubling your impact! Donate at leakeyfoundation.org/originstories Origin Stories is a project of The Leakey Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding human origins research and education. This episode was generously sponsored by Don Dana. Origin Stories is also sponsored by our community of listeners, along with Jeanne Newman, the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund. Origin Stories is produced by Meredith Johnson and Ray Pang. Our editor is Audrey Quinn. Theme music by Henry Nagle. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions and Lee Roservere.

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The Origin Story of Origin Stories - 10th Anniversary is an episode from Origin Stories by Meredith Johnson.

This episode is 36:31 long.

This episode was published on Jun 24, 2025.

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