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Launchpad: Voices of UT San Antonio explores the bold new chapter in higher education. This podcast brings you front-row access to the voices who are shaping the future of The University of Texas at San Antonio and the world.Produced by UT San Antonio's Office of University…
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Episode 15: How 4,000-Year-Old Artifacts Act as Portals to the Past (opens the original)
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Can we travel back in time without a time machine? In this episode of Launchpad, host John Elizondo sits down with Dr. Rebecca Bria, an assistant professor of anthropology at UT San Antonio, to explore how modern archaeology brings ancient history to life. Dr. Bria shares stories from her research in Highland Peru, where she studies early agropastoral communities, ancient religious practices, and the ways past societies navigated cultural transformations over thousands of years. Along the way, s
Episode 14: Discovering the anatomy of a volcano (opens the original)
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How close is too close to an active volcano? In this episode of Launchpad, host John Elizondo sits down with Dr. Alan Whittington, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UT San Antonio, to explore the high-stakes science of volcanology. From dodging superheated pyroclastic density currents traveling over 100 mph to scooping up glowing red-hot lava samples in the field, Dr. Whittington offers an inside look at what it takes to study Earth’s most formidable natural phenomena. The discussion
Episode 13: Exploring the unknown in Antarctica (opens the original)
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In this episode of Launchpad, world-renowned sea ice expert and UT San Antonio Associate Professor Stephen Ackley takes us deep into the frozen unknown of the polar regions. Drawing from 12 expeditions to Antarctica and four to the Arctic, Ackley shares thrilling firsthand accounts of surviving the planet's most extreme environments. From dodging curious polar bears in whiteout conditions to building isolated ice stations on drifting floes, he offers an intimate look at what it truly takes to co
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