Podcast Episodes

How Did Queer People Experience Nazi Germany? with Dr. W. Jake Newsome

Season 1 Episode 282

In 1871, Germany adopted an anti-sodomy statute called Paragraph 175. Sixty years later, the Nazis broadened that law—and it quickly became the basis for persecuting Germany’s queer population. When …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Can Asteroids Rock Our World? with Christina Hernández and Terik Daly

Season 1 Episode 281

It's a beautiful night—the sky is clear, the stars are twinkling. You see a shooting star! Or is it a comet! Maybe a meteor? Whatever it is, it’s gone in an instant. But what if that whirring bit of …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

How Did You Develop Such Amazing Taste? (ICYMI) with Sohla El-Waylly

Season 1 Episode 231

We’re spending this week cooking up some incredible fall programming. To tide you over, here’s a re-air of our episode with Sohla El-Waylly, all about cooking basics, ancient recipes, and Sohla and J…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

What’s The Meaning Of “Raizado”? with Mónica Ramírez

Season 1 Episode 230

There are more than 62 million Latine people living in the United States. Some are US-born, others are recent immigrants, and still more have had family members here for centuries—living on land that…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

How Legendary Is The Milky Way? with Dr. Moiya McTier

Season 1 Episode 229

Gossip Galaxy here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of the universe’s elite. I have it on *expert* authority that the Milky Way is stirring up cosmic drama. Has this Local Group ga…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Can State Legislatures Save Us? with Gaby Goldstein and Lala Wu of Sister District

Season 1 Episode 228

You want LGBTQIA+ rights? You want reproductive justice? You want to end mass incarceration? You want environmental protections? You want living wages? You better vote for state legislature, b**ch.

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Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

When Viruses Spread, Who’s Most Vulnerable? with Dr. Steven W. Thrasher

Season 1 Episode 227

A note from Jonathan and team Getting Curious: we recorded this episode in May, the same day the first case of monkeypox was documented in the US. Today there are nearly 6000 confirmed cases—and coun…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Are We Scammers? A Scam Goddess Special with Laci Mosley

Season 1 Episode 226

Jonathan is a guest on one of our favorite podcasts this week: Scam Goddess. And we’re releasing that episode on our Getting Curious feed, too. Did we scam host Laci Mosley and her team into producin…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

If Faith Moves Mountains, Can It Also Move Climate Action? with Dekila Chungyalpa

Season 1 Episode 225

In 2015, Senator Jim Inhofe brought a snowball to Congress to “prove” that climate change wasn’t real. Only God, he claimed, could change the climate. He was wrong on two fronts: one, climate change …

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

How Has White Supremacy F*cked With Reproductive Justice? with Professor Jacki Antonovich

Season 1 Episode 224

Well, here we are. Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and it’s more urgent than ever to rally for reproductive rights across the country—and understand how we got to this point. This week, Professor Ja…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago