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GETTING CURIOUS | How Can Progressives Stick The 2020 Election Landing? with Ben O’Keefe
The 2020 election season has been anything but routine. To coach us through all the ways we can help flip seats, add balance to any check on our …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Are We Hearing A Crescendo of Anti-Racism in Classical Music? with Dr. Kira Thurman and Ashleigh Gordon
This week on Getting Curious, Dr. Kira Thurman and Ashleigh Gordon join Jonathan to discuss the remarkable work of Black classical composers and musicians through history and today. …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Are Cicadas The Only Ones Having a Hawt Gurl Summer? with Dr. Jessica Ware
On this week’s Getting Curious, Jonathan is taking the creepy out of crawly with entomologist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Jessica Ware. We’re talking periodical cicadas, cockroaches, dragonflies, and …
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GETTING CURIOUS | How Can We Shablam on Voter Suppression? with Stacey Abrams
Voting rights activist, author, lawyer, and politician Stacey Abrams joins Jonathan to discuss the history of voting rights in the United States, the current state of voter suppression, …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Is Trump An Autocratic Basic B? with Masha Gessen
In Masha Gessen’s return to Getting Curious, the journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker speaks with Jonathan about their new book Surviving Autocracy. They discuss the …
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GETTING CURIOUS | How Can Democrats Be Anti-Racist? with Alicia Garza
In this re-release of an episode first recorded in July 2019, Jonathan sits down with Alicia Garza, Co-founder of Black Lives Matter and Director of Strategy & Partnerships …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What Was Poppin’ In Prehistoric America? with Dr. Julia Clarke
On this episode of Getting Curious, we’re digging deep with Dr. Julia Clarke, Wilson Professor of Paleontology at The University of Texas at Austin and a Fellow of …
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GETTING CURIOUS | How Did You Become So F*#%!ng Fierce? with Christian Siriano
You’re invited to a very special episode of Getting Curious, and the dress code is whatever makes you feel stunning! The guest of honor is the CFDA designer …
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GETTING CURIOUS | When Did We Start To Demonize Poverty? with Mary O’Hara
Journalist and author Mary O’Hara returns to Getting Curious to discuss her reporting on poverty, her new book The Shame Game: Overturning the Toxic Poverty Narrative, and her …
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GETTING CURIOUS | How Can We Stop Being Such Grumpy Nightmares? with Dr. Laurie Santos
Queen, did you know that there was a literal doctor teaching a class on happiness at literally Yale?! Dr. Laurie Santos, a professor of psychology at Yale University …
About Getting Curious Podcast
A weekly exploration of all the things Jonathan Van Ness is curious about. Come on a journey with Jonathan and experts in their respective fields as they get curious about anything and everything under the sun.
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