

On this episode we discuss the origins of her love for history and other cultures and how that morphed into choosing Archaeology as her major.

Lauren is an extremely accomplished undergraduate who is pursuing a graduate degree in Archaeology this fall. Welcome to the podcast, Lauren Malkoun, a senior and double major in Archaeology and Italian at the University of Southern California (USC). Check out Kinkella's Youtube channel and podcasts here Lastly, we discuss the rise in CRM jobs and how it is now more important than ever to teach practical excavation skills to anthropology students.

He also provides great advice for any students planning to attend conferences. We also discuss his podcast, The Pseudoarchaeology Podcast, and the impact of the Netflix show Ancient Apocalypse. He takes you behind the curtain of his publishing process and gives advice to anyone considering publishing their own book. Kinkella joins the podcast today to discuss his media empire, his summer work at El Pilar, as well as his experience writing an archaeology textbook, Archaeology is Awesome Andrew Kinkella (Professor at Moorpark Community College). It is my pleasure to welcome back to the podcast a friend of the show and repeat guest, Dr.
