KIRSTEN BELL
anthropologist, not the actress
PODCASTS & RADIO
2026. Anthropology of farting. Well, That's Interesting podcast, 5 February.
2025. Saturday Breakfast, BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire, 18 October.
2024. Anthropology and the everyday. That Business of Meaning podcast, 19 February.
2022. Gender and farting. Ladies, We Have to Talk podcast (ABC Australia), 31 May. ​
2010. Anthropology of teeth. Definitely Not the Opera, CBC Radio, 15 October 2010.
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MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & BLOG ARTICLES
2026. I hired a book publicity firm for £1,800. Here's what went wrong. The Bottom Line, 4 March.
2025. Why does laughter have such a strange power over us? Smithsonian Magazine, 21 February. (reprint of Sapiens piece)
2025. The strange power of laughter. Sapiens, 21 January.
2024. Geologists: A social anthropologist’s view. Coring Magazine, 2 September.
2023. Authorship in the post-academic, post-human age. AllegraLab, November.
2023. Do washing machines belong in kitchens? Many Brits say yes. Sapiens, 21 June.
2023. Tech is changing what it means to have a dominant hand. Wired, 9 February. ​
2009. Going to the dentist bites. Globe and Mail, 26 October.
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