Episode 024: Digging into the Past with Dr. Douglas Ross

This week I'm talking to Dr. Douglas Ross. Doug  holds a PhD in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC, specializing in the lives of early Chinese and Japanese immigrants on the West Coast. He is Currently living the high life in sunny California, where he’s a senior archaeologist at Ablion Environmental, an archaeological consulting firm in Santa Cruz. 

Doug was also my very dear friend and former university  roommate. We met in first year and became fast friends. In fact, he's one of the only people I have ever sung in public with. During the years we were at WLU, we both introduced each other to things that we're still passionate about and discovered things together.

Doug and I have similar approaches to our fandoms - we like to collect and learn as much as we can about them; and they're eclectic. Doug recently contacted me, after listening to the podcast, and had realized how many of his seemingly varied interests actually trace to a fascination with the darker side of human existence: the folkloric, the superstitious, the "supernatural." Our conversation, the kind that only happens between  good friends, goes all over the map: corpse medicine, fears of being buried alive, vampires,  Doug's recent interest in gothic literature, tiki bars and Dutch painters.

If you'd like to be in contact with Doug, he's at Dross@albionenvironmental.com

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