{"podcast":{"title":"AnthroBiology Podcast","slug":"anthrobiology-podcast-263302","podcast_index_feed_id":263302,"rss_url":"https://anthrobiologypodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://anthrobiology.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/9/d/4/59d47ccc72bd27a1d959afa2a1bf1c87/1Logo.jpeg","author":"Gaby Lapera","episode_count":74,"summary":"The AnthroBiology Podcast sits down with biological anthropologists once or twice a month to learn about what they do and why it's rad. Want to know more about our evolutionary past? Or what your bones say about you? Maybe chimps are more your speed? If it's anthropology and it's about humans, we'll cover it. Learn more at anthrobiology.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:19:27.461817+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anthrobiology-podcast-263302"},"episode":{"title":"Dr. Andrew Best – Why do humans sweat?","slug":"dr-andrew-best-why-do-humans-sweat","published_at":"2026-05-29T14:52:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anthrobiology-podcast-263302/dr-andrew-best-why-do-humans-sweat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anthrobiology-podcast-263302","url":"https://anthrobiologypodcast.libsyn.com/dr-andrew-best-why-do-humans-sweat","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/anthrobiologypodcast/ABP_Best_0526_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1761989","summary":"Dr. Andrew Best of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts joined the show to talk about sweat -- what it is, when we do it, how we vary, and why it makes humans different from most other animals. Recommendations Dr. Best's faculty profile at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Dr. Best Google scholar profile My Sport Science from Asker Jeukendrup (website) Asker Jeukendrup (instagram) Gatorade Sports Science Institute Everts, S. (2021). The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration . W.W. Norton & Company. Galloway, S. (2025). Notes on Being a Man. Simon & Schuster.","meta_description":"Dr. Andrew Best of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts joined the show to talk about sweat -- what it is, when we do it, how we vary, and why it mak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2712,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/anthrobiology-podcast-263302/episodes/dr-andrew-best-why-do-humans-sweat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anthrobiology-podcast-263302/dr-andrew-best-why-do-humans-sweat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}