TDIHS #6 | Stefan Milo | Archaeology, Genetics, and YouTube

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STEFAN MILO RETURNS
Just kidding. This is his first appearance eon my solo show, but Stefan has been on A Life in Ruins over 5 times.

If you don’t already know, Stefan is a YouTuber, author, and overall awesome bloke. He has a YouTube page dedicated to making well-researched and really well-produced archaeology and anthropology videos.

I met Stefan almost 5 years ago now through our artist, Ettore Mazza, and we’ve been friends ever since.

We eventually shoot the breeze about the Bronze Age, Homo erectus, and get into modern genetic science. But mainly, I ask Stefan about his current success where he started. We talk about his childhood in the UK, his undergrad at Sheffield, and then his time abroad in Europe.

We then discuss how he came to the US, Portland, and his time working IT at a credit union and how that led to YouTube.

We talk about a lot more, but if you’re a fan of Stefan, I recommend listening to the whole episode because we cover a lot!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stefanmilo
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Ancient-Worlds-Adventures-Archaeology/dp/1684492122
Website: https://www.stefanmilo.com/

Timecodes

00:00 Intro
00:42 New Bronze Age Video
02:56 What’s your favorite thing about your work?
04:05 Speaking to students
06:52 Stefan on A Life in Ruins
07:32 Homo erectus
12:22 Stefan shows the skulls
13:05 Homo erectus and fire
15:50 Genetics
17:41 Life in the UK
19:33 University experience / study abroad
22:32 Wife and moving to the States
25:00 Getting into YouTube
26:50: How we met through Ettore Mazza
27:40: Going full time YouTube
29:00: Viruses/ diseases and migration
33:59: Stefan’s book
37:00 Genetics again
42:19 Why did you study archaeology?
44:09 Careers in arch
46:08 How to make a Stefan video
50:35 David’s Mammoth Video / Stefan’s advice
59:49 Fear of posting / bad video
01:00:45 The dog video we did together
01:02:00 David’s next videos
01:04:16 Spitballing new videos
01:06:38 Other archaeology creators
01:13:21 What’s your YT community like?
01:16:38 Shorts
01:19:30 Stefan’s favorite videos
01:21:50 Talking to researchers
01:24:13 What do you tell your kids you do?
01:27:25 When do we call ourselves archaeologist?
01:28:54 Chinese archaeology
01:35:16 69,4200
01:37:03 Video you’re most proud of?
01:43:45 Most rewarding thing? / Charity
01:52:11 Biggest mystery / East Africa.
01:57:28 What does it mean to be human?
02:01:41 Wrapping up
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Books you should read:
(Quick read!) Fifth Beginning: https://amzn.to/3vBsIuy
(Prehistory Overview) The Human Past: https://amzn.to/3fvHa1B
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