logo
episode-header-image
Apr 2023
1h 2m

Mysteries of Ancient Egypt with Dr. Kara...

Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films
About this episode

🌅🇪🇬🌅

Stephen Asma and Paul Giamatti get to the bottom of all your burning questions on Ancient Egypt with UCLA Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney. They go deep into mysteries surrounding pyramids, death cults, aliens, mummies and cats from that time period, as well as unexpected topics, like the significant role self-fellatio played in ancient Egyptian religious practices and beliefs. They also hit on Pharaoh Akhenaten and the challenges faced by female rulers in Egypt, as well as their lasting impacts on society.


Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer. Dr. Kara Cooney is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA and she’s also the author of 3 books including 2 new ones: The Good Kings & When Women Ruled the World.

🌅🇪🇬🌅


New episodes drop Wednesdays for free... n(🧊)


Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼


For Treefort details 🏄‍♂️ on over here

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up next
Feb 2025
The Final Wag
🌋🏹🐷 This is it. The wag of all wags. The waggiest wag to ever wag. The final wag. But this one’s for you, Waggers—so we’re diving into the WagBag one last time. Schrödinger’s cat, Pompeii, volcanoes—oh my! We’re tackling everything from gulags to the greatest literary whodunit ... Show More
2h 3m
Feb 2025
Philosophy of Film 101 with Bill Hader
🎞️🪖🤡 The incredible Bill Hader drops by Office Hours to dig deep into film, philosophy, and all the weird stuff in between. He breaks down how Taxi Driver and The Thin Red Line made a mark on his psyche, why horror movies are masters at playing with tension, and how directors ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 2025
CHINWAG LIVE: He Said Droids, Not Druids!
🐢🎸🌆 Paul and Stephen’s Q&A at Harvard! Megaliths! French comics where Gauls endlessly pummel Romans. Paul’s unexpected relationship with the theremin. And the big question—should Paul and Stephen finally start their paranormal blues band? Theremin, guitar… what more do you nee ... Show More
37m 59s
Recommended Episodes
Jul 2020
What If You Lived in Ancient Egypt? - Guests: Dr. Salima Ikram and Dr. Bob Brier
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to have lived like a Pharaoh? Walked like an Egyptian? Reached the top of the Pyramid? Ancient Egypt continues to be one of the most enduring mysteries for our modern world, a source of never ending fascination. But as much as we know ... Show More
48m 25s
Aug 2020
Interview: Egyptology, Science, and Media with Prof. Kara Cooney
Interview with Kara Cooney, Part 3: The Science of Egyptology, Research in the Public Arena, and future works. Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney is professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In this interview, we discuss her work for TV doc ... Show More
15m 44s
Aug 2020
Interview: The Cost of Death with Prof. Kara Cooney
Kara Cooney, Part 1: Funerary Culture and Royal Power. Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney is professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In this interview, we discuss her research in funerary culture and the cost of burial for non-royal Egypt ... Show More
39m 12s
Jan 2021
Who Gave Ancient Egyptians Permission To Be So Advanced? with Dr. Kathryn Howley
New year, old curiosity: this week on Getting Curious, we’re traveling back in time to ancient Egypt with Dr. Kathryn Howley. She and Jonathan discuss what life might have looked like for ancient Egyptian hairstylists, royalty, and scribes; how ancient Egyptians interacted with n ... Show More
56m 7s
May 2024
What We Can Learn From Political Defeat in Egypt | Atef Said
Life as a human rights attorney in Egypt. Tahrir Square in 2011. How protests transforms into revolutions. It's all in this episode of the afikra podcast with professor Atif Said from the University of Illinois Chicago. He talks about rule of Law, liberalism, and what revolutions ... Show More
56m 17s
Apr 2024
History of Slavery in North Africa | M'hamed Oualdi
M'hamed Oualdi – professor of history at Paris' Sciences Po University – joins us on the afikra podcast to delve into the often obscured and forgotten history of slavery in North Africa. Starting with his book "A Slave Between Empires: A Transimperial History of North Africa", he ... Show More
1 h
Dec 2020
Interview: Nubian Egypt, with Dr. Aaron de Souza.
Aaron de Souza is an archaeologist specializing in the material culture of Egypt and Nubia. He earned his PhD at Macquarie University, Sydney, in 2016, and is now a Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, in Vienna. In the field, Aaron works with cerami ... Show More
1h 24m
Feb 2023
Music of Ancient Egypt (Re-Release)
Music was everywhere in ancient Egypt: in the fields, in the temple, on the parade ground, and in the home. Songs and compositions were a part of daily life, and abundant evidence survives for the art of musicianship in the ancient world. In this compilation, we explore some of t ... Show More
1h 58m
Nov 2019
Kathleen Sheppard, "The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman’s Work in Archaeology" (Lexington, 2017)
After Napoleon occupied Egypt, Europeans became obsessed with the ancient cultures of the Nile. In Britain, the center of Egyptology research was University College London (UCL). At the heart of the UCL program was the Egyptologist, Margaret Alice Murray. During this golden age o ... Show More
33m 47s
Jun 2023
KHALED FAHMY | Mehmed Ali Part 2 | Conversations
Mehmed Ali is dubbed the ‘Father of Modern Egypt’, so who was he? And how did he rise through the ranks from soldier to Pasha? Mikey sits down with Professor Khaled Fahmy to discuss this enigmatic figure that shaped and formed Egypt into the nation-state we know today. In Part 2, ... Show More
49m 19s