How Did Queer People Experience Nazi Germany? with Dr. W. Jake Newsome
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 W...
14 Sep 20221h 21min
Can Asteroids Rock Our World? with Christina Hernández and Terik Daly
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 s...
7 Sep 20221h 5min
How Did You Develop Such Amazing Taste? (ICYMI) with Sohla El-Waylly
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 Jo...
31 Aug 202251min
What’s The Meaning Of “Raizado”? with Mónica Ramírez
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 ...
24 Aug 20221h 1min
How Legendary Is The Milky Way? with Dr. Moiya McTier
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 gal...
17 Aug 20221h 14min
Can State Legislatures Save Us? with Gaby Goldstein and Lala Wu of Sister District
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. S...
10 Aug 202259min
When Viruses Spread, Who’s Most Vulnerable? with Dr. Steven W. Thrasher
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 count...
3 Aug 20221h 17min
Are We Scammers? A Scam Goddess Special with Laci Mosley
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 producing...
27 Jul 202257min
