How Stunning Are Our Listeners? with Jonathan Van Ness
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, a...
14 Joulu 202245min
What’s The Cold, Hard Truth About Ice In Hawaiʻi? with Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart
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 lodg...
7 Joulu 20221h
Does Groundwater Go With The Flow? with Dr. Marsha K. Allen
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, sinkhole...
30 Marras 202256min
How Can We Show Up For Mutual Aid? (ICYMI) with Dean Spade
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 act...
23 Marras 202252min
Can You Say Cheese? with Carlos Yescas and Lee Hennessy
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 economics...
16 Marras 20221h 7min
Why Are Toxic Products (Still) On Our Shelves? with Dr. Norah MacKendrick
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 bioaccumulati...
9 Marras 20221h 4min
How Did You Become An All-Around Legend? with Jordan Chiles
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 do...
2 Marras 202250min
What’s At The Heart Of Black Disability Politics? with Professor Sami Schalk
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 ad...
26 Loka 20221h 17min
