The following is an interview with Melissa Vogel, creator of The Anthro Minute, a YouTube series that offers a space for learning about what anthropology is and what it has to offer in fun, digestible tidbits **How did you come up with the idea for *The Anthro Minute*? And what made you choose short videos as the format?** I’ve been increasingly concerned over the course of my career by how anthropology has become a target for the political right as supposedly an irrelevant discipline. So about 10 years ago, when I pivoted into business anthropology full time, I got involved in efforts to rebrand and market anthropology to the public. But I’m not sure I would have found the time to produce a weekly newsletter while I was working full time. When I was laid off near the end of 2024, I wanted a creative endeavor to serve my community and to keep my spirits up, so I had the idea to publish a weekly newsletter on LinkedIn to explain to the public what anthropology is and why they should care.…