How Can We Raise The Bar On Trans Rights? with Lui Asquith
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 peo...
27 Jan 202156min
How Can We Show Up For Mutual Aid? with Dean Spade
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 system...
20 Jan 202155min
How Fair is Banking? with Professor Mehrsa Baradaran
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 discuss...
13 Jan 20211h 3min
Who Gave Ancient Egyptians Permission To Be So Advanced? with Dr. Kathryn Howley
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 Egyp...
6 Jan 202154min
How Does Figure Skating Give Us Life? with Michelle Kwan and Eliot Halverson
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 thing...
30 Dec 20201h 9min
What’s It Like To Make Triple Axel History? with Mirai Nagasu
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 ...
23 Dec 202056min
How Can Local Politics Be More Gender Inclusive? with Jesse Pierce and Samy Nemir Olivares
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 ...
16 Dec 20201h 4min
What Is Civil Asset Forfeiture? with Professor Saleema Snow
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 a...
9 Dec 20201h 10min
