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Season 1 Episode 302
Dogs. We snuggle up with them on the couch. We pamper them with treats and toys and songs. We even give them prime placement on our dating profiles! But how—and why—did we become BFFs with canines? A…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
What Can Queer Arab American History Teach Us? with Dr. Charlotte Karem Albrecht
Season 1 Episode 301
Starting in the late 1800s, a group of Syrian immigrants settled in America. Many of them took up peddling as a career. When American newspapers described these peddlers, it was often in derogatory w…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Can You Even Believe It’s Our 300th Episode? with Jonathan Van Ness
Season 1 Episode 300
If you’d told Jonathan seven years ago that they’d be celebrating 300 episodes of Getting Curious this week, they would have passed out on the salon floor. You’d be visiting from the future, after al…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Are Plant-Based Diets For Everyone? with Dr. Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann
Season 1 Episode 299
We all need to eat. And we know that the choices we make with food are at once deeply personal and informed by systemic factors. As part of our ongoing exploration into global foodways, Dr. Aviaja Ly…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
What’s The Sordid History Of U.S. Trash Collection? with Professors Patricia Strach and Kathleen S. Sullivan
Season 1 Episode 298
New year, Gilded Age drama! Today we might think of municipal trash collection as a mundane activity. But in the late 1800s, trash collection in the United States was the site of dirty politics, publ…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Do Beauty Standards Need A Glow Up? (ICYMI) with David Yi
Season 1 Episode 297
As we wind down for the year, we’re re-releasing one more essential beauty episode from the Getting Curious archives! Jonathan and David Yi celebrate the history of gender-inclusive beauty, and spotl…
Published on 3 years ago
Hair Variation, What’s Her Story? (ICYMI) with Dr. Tina Lasisi
Season 1 Episode 296
This holiday break, we’re re-releasing two gorgeous beauty episodes from the Getting Curious archives! First up, join Dr. Tina Lasisi—a biological anthropologist studying human hair—and Jonathan as t…
Published on 3 years ago
How Stunning Are Our Listeners? with Jonathan Van Ness
Season 1 Episode 295
For our last new episode of the year, we’re turning the mic on the Getting Curious community. Jonathan is answering your questions about all things hair—including dry shampoo, hair loss, highlights, …
Published on 3 years ago
What’s The Cold, Hard Truth About Ice In Hawaiʻi? with Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart
Season 1 Episode 294
In the mid-1800s, Americans shipped ice to Hawaiʻi in the hopes that there would be a market for it. There wasn’t. So how did ice—in the form of cocktails, ice cream, shave ice, and beyond—become lod…
Published on 3 years ago
Does Groundwater Go With The Flow? with Dr. Marsha K. Allen
Season 1 Episode 293
There’s a world of curiosity just below street level, and this week, we’re taking the plunge with a truly glam academic! Dr. Marsha K. Allen joins Jonathan to discuss fractured rock aquifers, sinkhol…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago