Career in Ruins: Walking and talking, your way
07/27/21 • 47 min
In this Festival of British Archaeology special Career in Ruins gets a significant upgrade as Lawrence is joined by Neil Redfern (CEO, Council for British Archaeology) with a special guest appearance by Matt Williams (Time Team legend and RSPB reserves archaeologist) in Derek’s absence. The podcast was recorded on-location at RSPB Arne where the team explore the importance of archaeology against the backdrop of this year’s festival theme “exploring local places”. Lawrence, Neil and Matt discuss the many ways to celebrate and enjoy natural and cultural heritage and the opportunities for archaeologists to share local and hidden heritage with the wider public.
Hosted by Lawrence Shaw
Artwork by Ed Hudspeth
Sound production and theme tune by Guy Dowsett (Bucketofsound.com)
In this Festival of British Archaeology special Career in Ruins gets a significant upgrade as Lawrence is joined by Neil Redfern (CEO, Council for British Archaeology) with a special guest appearance by Matt Williams (Time Team legend and RSPB reserves archaeologist) in Derek’s absence. The podcast was recorded on-location at RSPB Arne where the team explore the importance of archaeology against the backdrop of this year’s festival theme “exploring local places”. Lawrence, Neil and Matt discuss the many ways to celebrate and enjoy natural and cultural heritage and the opportunities for archaeologists to share local and hidden heritage with the wider public.
Hosted by Lawrence Shaw
Artwork by Ed Hudspeth
Sound production and theme tune by Guy Dowsett (Bucketofsound.com)
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In this Dig4arch special Derek and Lawrence talk to people behind the new campaign that aims to send a clear message that archaeology matters, Dr Chloë Duckworth (Newcastle University) and David Connolly (BAJR). They discuss the current risks to archaeology and explore some of the ways to overcome them the panel are joined by representatives from key organisations within the discipline to explore a range of issues, Kate Geary (CIFA), Neil Redfern (CBA) and Kenneth Aitchison (FAME). The panel also discuss what you can do to help protect archaeology’s future and how future archaeologist might shape the discipline.
Find out more here dig4arch.co.uk
Hosted by Lawrence Shaw and Derek Pitman
Artwork by Ed Hudspeth
Sound production and theme tune by Guy Dowsett (Bucketofsound.com)
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S4 Ep1: A career with Vikings
Welcome back to the first episode of this new season of Career in Ruins. It’s been six months since we last did a pod and my word have we been busy. This week our hosts, Derek and Lawrence, catch up on what they have been up to, address some of the amazing archaeology that has been on the telly box of late and interview the fantastic Dr Cat Jarman. Cat is bioarchaeologist and archaeologist specializing in using forensic techniques to understand past peoples. Her research involves vikings, diet, and mobility. Her book 'River Kings' was one of the Times' best history books of 2021. Cat can also be seen hosting the BBC's Digging for Britain and Ancient Secrets of Althorp on Channel 4.
Theme tune by Charles Harrison based on the tune created by Guy Dowsett (series sound engineer). Logo created by Ed Hudspeth.
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