This episode originally aired in February 2021. It is also a historical record documenting to the start of wonderful friendship between three scholars/nerds talking about ancient history and archaeology in popular media.

A movie actually about digging! This week we're joined by special guest, Dr. Christie Vogler, to talk about the 3 D's of The Dig: death, dirt and drudgery. We get into the ins and out both of this Netflix original and the realities of archaeology today. Many feels about our field.

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