Podcast Episodes

How Can We Raise The Bar On Trans Rights? with Lui Asquith

Season 1 Episode 147

In December 2020, the UK High Court determined that trans, non-binary, and gender diverse young people in the UK must have legal approval before they can start puberty blockers—even if these young pe…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

How Can We Show Up For Mutual Aid? with Dean Spade

Season 1 Episode 146

This week on Getting Curious, the writer, activist, and educator Dean Spade joins Jonathan to discuss how we can meet our neighbors’ survival needs through mutual aid, and better understand the syste…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

How Fair is Banking? with Professor Mehrsa Baradaran

Season 1 Episode 145

This week on Getting Curious, we’re following the money to better understand banking in America and the history of the country’s racial wealth gap. Professor Mehrsa Baradaran joins Jonathan to discus…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Who Gave Ancient Egyptians Permission To Be So Advanced? with Dr. Kathryn Howley

Season 1 Episode 144

New year, old curiosity: this week on Getting Curious, we’re traveling back in time to ancient Egypt with Dr. Kathryn Howley. She and Jonathan discuss what life might have looked like for ancient Egy…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

How Does Figure Skating Give Us Life? with Michelle Kwan and Eliot Halverson

Season 1 Episode 143

We’re gliding into the new year with the re-release of an episode from February 2019 with figure skating’s finest: Michelle Kwan and Eliot Halverson. Michelle and Eliot join Jonathan to talk all thin…

Published on 5 years ago

What’s It Like To Make Triple Axel History? with Mirai Nagasu

Season 1 Episode 142

This holiday break, we’re re-releasing two of our favorite episodes, with three of our favorite experts, about one of our favorite topics: figure skating.

First up is an episode from April 2018 with …

Published on 5 years ago

How Can Local Politics Be More Gender Inclusive? with Jesse Pierce and Samy Nemir Olivares

Season 1 Episode 141

Did you know that if you want to represent your block in Brooklyn as a local elected official, you have to mark a gender designation—and the only options are “male” and “female”? This week on Getting…

Published on 5 years ago

What Is Civil Asset Forfeiture? with Professor Saleema Snow

Season 1 Episode 140

If you’re a close listener of Getting Curious, you’ll know that today’s conversation with Professor Saleema Snow, all about the practice known as civil asset forfeiture, is a long time coming. Civil …

Published on 5 years ago

Can I Sing My Way Through the Holidays? with Meghan Trainor

Season 1 Episode 139

You know when you have a song stuck in your head and the only way you can get it out is to play it? Well, Jonathan has a similar feeling: he can’t shake the idea that he needs to sing a song. Like, l…

Published on 5 years ago

How Grateful Are We To Live Beyond The Gender Binary? with ALOK

Season 1 Episode 138

This week on Getting Curious, we’re re-releasing an episode from June 2019 that we hold dear, with the performance artist and writer ALOK. ALOK and Jonathan discuss their experiences embracing life b…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago