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GETTING CURIOUS | Can You Even Believe It’s Our 300th Episode? with Jonathan Van Ness
If you’d told Jonathan seven years ago that they’d be celebrating 300 episodes of Getting Curious this week, they would have passed out on the salon floor. You’d …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Are Plant-Based Diets For Everyone? with Dr. Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann
We all need to eat. And we know that the choices we make with food are at once deeply personal and informed by systemic factors. As part of …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What’s The Sordid History Of U.S. Trash Collection? with Professors Patricia Strach and Kathleen S. Sullivan
New year, Gilded Age drama! Today we might think of municipal trash collection as a mundane activity. But in the late 1800s, trash collection in the United States …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Do Beauty Standards Need A Glow Up? (ICYMI) with David Yi
As we wind down for the year, we’re re-releasing one more essential beauty episode from the Getting Curious archives! Jonathan and David Yi celebrate the history of gender-inclusive …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Hair Variation, What’s Her Story? (ICYMI) with Dr. Tina Lasisi
This holiday break, we’re re-releasing two gorgeous beauty episodes from the Getting Curious archives! First up, join Dr. Tina Lasisi—a biological anthropologist studying human hair—and Jonathan as they …
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GETTING CURIOUS | 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, …
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GETTING CURIOUS | 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 …
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GETTING CURIOUS | 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 …
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GETTING CURIOUS | 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 …
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GETTING CURIOUS | 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 …
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