Archive - How to Be Anything

August 2025

The Job That Powers Your Interwebs

Meet a tower climber who straps in, climbs up, and holds the world’s communications together ... so you can watch Love Is Blind UK

Aug 27 •

And How Is the Zucchini Water, Ma'am?

Former butler Max Ufberg dishes on his past job waiting on the one percent

Aug 25 •

The Sketches That Solve Crimes

Inside the delicate, human work of a forensic artist.

Aug 20 •

"My Friend's a Rapper!"

In a new bonus episode, HTBA listeners tell their best work stories (+ pictures from the season one launch party)

Aug 18 •

Irish hillsides and South African farms: The surprising life of a sheepdog trainer

Pictures of dogs!

Aug 15 •

Washing through a sea of wimps: the search for dark matter in strange places

Meet the scientists searching for the universe's most illusive ingredient

Aug 14 •

July 2025

Puppets Are Everywhere, You Just Didn't Know It

Puppetry artist Heidi Rugg pulls back the curtain on an art form you’ve seen your whole life, but probably hardly noticed (Plus, hear stories about her…

Jul 30 •

What Is a Death Doula? (And Why Would You Become One?)

In the very first episode of HTBA, end-of-life doula Erin Bishop explains what it means to help someone die well (Plus, hear clips didn't make the…

Jul 29 •

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