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Season 1 Episode 292
This holiday season, we’re inviting Getting Curious listeners to reflect on what it means to be in community. In that spirit, we’re re-releasing a conversation about mutual aid with the writer and ac…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Can You Say Cheese? with Carlos Yescas and Lee Hennessy
Season 1 Episode 291
This week we’re learning all about the culture of cheese, and literal cheese cultures, with Carlos Yescas and Lee Hennessy. They join Jonathan to discuss how cheese is made, the politics and economic…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Why Are Toxic Products (Still) On Our Shelves? with Dr. Norah MacKendrick
Season 1 Episode 290
If you take a shower and use basic cosmetics, you could be exposed to more than 100 chemicals. Add in your furnishings and food, and we’re talking several hundred chemicals, some of them bioaccumulat…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
How Did You Become An All-Around Legend? with Jordan Chiles
Season 1 Episode 289
This week’s episode is a gymnastics EVENT! Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles joins Jonathan to discuss how she’s taking the sport to new heights at both the elite and collegiate levels, why she d…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
What’s At The Heart Of Black Disability Politics? with Professor Sami Schalk
Season 1 Episode 288
In 1977 more than 100 disabled activists in San Francisco took over a federal building for 25 days. It was the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in United States history. As they a…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
How Do Cults Fashion Themselves? with Sarah C. Byrd
Season 1 Episode 287
Let’s say you pass a group of people dressed identically. Are they a) following a trend, b) wearing uniforms, or c) in a cult? And who’s to say the answer can’t be all of the above? This week, we’re…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
How Diverse Was The Ancient Mediterranean? with Professors Sarah Derbew and Nandini Pandey
Season 1 Episode 286
This week, we’re traveling back to one of our favorite sites for curiosity: the ancient Mediterranean. Professors Sarah Derbew and Nandini Pandey join Jonathan to discuss how people across the region…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
What’s In A Scent? with Michelle Pfeiffer
Season 1 Episode 285
Treat this episode like a spritz of your favorite fragrance. Let the beauty talk consume you. Linger on the film industry stories. Stay for the base notes of Jonathan in disbelief that our guest is l…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Who Does America’s “Child Welfare System” Serve? with Professor Dorothy Roberts
Season 1 Episode 284
Each year, more than 250,000 children in America are removed from their families by judicial means—and more than 3.5 million children are investigated by child welfare agencies. Most of these childre…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
What’s It Like To Style A More Inclusive Fashion World? with Edward Enninful, OBE
Season 1 Episode 283
If Getting Curious were a magazine, this week’s episode would be the “September Issue,” and this week’s guest would be the cover star of our dreams. British Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful, O…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago