Matthew is an executive producer of the TFS podcast and technical co-ordinator for future projects. Matthew has a BSc, majoring in biology and psychology, from the ANU. He is currently doing a Master of Science Communication at the ANU. Matthew is very interested in communication of complex topics such as anthropology and some of the underlying principles of ethnography. In his spare time, Matthew enjoys partaking in combat sports and a nice chocolate milkshake.

Clair (she/they) is a final-year Master of Anthropology candidate at the Australian National University. She/they previously worked in international development and currently works in advocacy in Australia. Her/their academic interests include medical anthropology, multispecies ethnography, and ethnomusicology. Previously an avid hiker, runner, and adventurer, Clair is navigating a new lifestyle terraformed by a novel biosocial identity as a long-Covid sufferer, and now enjoys collecting plushies.

Sean Heath is a contributing editor for the TFS Podcast and Blog. As a Social Anthropologist, he specializes in the body, movement, the senses, and human-water interactions. He completed his PhD at the University of Brighton, with a focus on the sensory aspects of immersion in water, the sociality of competitive swimming in the UK, and how these affect youths’ wellbeing. His current research examines the emplaced entanglements between the material, social, and emotional experiences of outdoor swimming in “natural” environments. Other projects of his include the Transforming Sport Podcast and international Sport for Development work with Football 4 Peace International. Surprising no one, he is an avid outdoor swimmer!

Emma is a witchy anthropologist whose work focuses on trust in the growing industry of automated technologies. Her current research focuses on the emergence of automated mobilities and technologies related to reaching net zero emissions. Emma is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash University working in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab. She is also a research fellow with the Centre for Automated Decision Making and Society.

Lachlan is about to file his dissertation in cultural anthropology at UC Santa Cruz, which explores the social, political and health fallout of Mexico City’s repeating earthquakes. Working with damnificados, civil responders, and victim advocacy networks, he researches both the politics of the post-earthquake present and the ongoing twists in the relationship between Mexican time and Mexican history. He is a founding member of UC Santa Cruz’s Landscape Lab and York University’s Emergent Futures CoLab. He lives in Mexico City with his partner, who works in human rights, and his cat, who is an idiot.