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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Okt 20221h 17min
How Do Cults Fashion Themselves? with Sarah C. Byrd
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 ...
19 Okt 20221h 6min
How Diverse Was The Ancient Mediterranean? with Professors Sarah Derbew and Nandini Pandey
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 ...
12 Okt 20221h 10min
What’s In A Scent? with Michelle Pfeiffer
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 li...
5 Okt 202235min
Who Does America’s “Child Welfare System” Serve? with Professor Dorothy Roberts
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 children...
28 Sep 20221h 18min
What’s It Like To Style A More Inclusive Fashion World? with Edward Enninful, OBE
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, OB...
21 Sep 202254min
