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GETTING CURIOUS | British English And American English: What’s The Diff? with Helen Zaltzman
Helen Zaltzman hosts The Allusionist podcast and joins Jonathan to talk about the current and historical differences between British English and American English. It doesn’t take long for …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Gender Bias in Film Scoring, What’s Her Story? with Jessica Rae Huber
Jessica Rae Huber is a film and television composer who has written music for projects such as The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Outlander, and Constantine. Jonathan …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What’s It Like To Be An Egg Donor? with Amy Throckmorton and Elizabeth Gaba
Nineteen years ago, Amy Throckmorton donated an egg. Eighteen years later, she was contacted out of the blue by Gaba, whose life she helped create. Amy and Gaba …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Who Was the Beyoncé of Renaissance Art? with Professor Lisa Boutin Vitela
Lisa Boutin Vitela is Assistant Professor of Art History at Cerritos College. In Jonathan’s words, she’s “most professory about the gorgeous Renaissance,” so she comes by to talk …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Who Gave You Permission to be So Cute? with Karamo Brown
Karamo Brown joins Jonathan to talk about his childhood, gay rights, school shootings, The Real World, make-up, self improvement, working for Oprah, and their shared experiences on Queer …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What’s it Like to Do a Triple Axel? with Mirai Nagasu
Mirai Nagasu was the first American female figure skater to land a triple axel at the Olympics, securing a bronze medal at PyeongChang 2018. Jonathan chokes back tears …
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GETTING CURIOUS | How Can We Be Less Rude To Bees? with Professor James Nieh
Professor James Nieh answers Jonathan’s questions about the diseases that are killing off our bees, explains the role bees play in bringing us almonds, and outlines the hierarchies …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What Makes A Cult A Cult? with Dr. Natalie Feinblatt
Dr Natalie Feinblatt explains the four criteria an organization needs to meet to be called a cult and looks at how the term can be used and misused …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Where Are You From, Antoni? with Antoni Porowski
Queer Eye co-host Antoni Porowski joins Jonathan in a wintery New York studio to hang out, share stories from his childhood as a first generation Polish Canadian, and …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Why’s the Bail System Such a Hot Mess? with Tim Molina
Tim Molina, Political Director at Courage Campaign, explains why he’s currently focusing on California bail reform and what exactly he’s hoping to change. Tim’s on Twitter @TMMolina and …
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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