Government & Politics & Social Justice Episodes:

• GETTING CURIOUS | What’s It Like To Be Young And Queer In America? with Queer Youth Assemble

  Mar 31, 2023 56:28

  Today is March 31, 2023. It’s International Transgender Day of Visibility. And Queer Youth Assemble has organized the March For Queer & Trans Youth Autonomy. It’s set to …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | Whose Land Is This Land? with Dr. Elizabeth Rule

  Mar 29, 2023 01:07:40

  This week, we’re touring Washington, DC, to learn how the nation’s capital is a Native capital—with returning guest Dr. Elizabeth Rule! She and Jonathan explore the city’s significance …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | How Smart Is AI? (Part Two) with Meredith Broussard

  Mar 16, 2023 54:10

  We’re back with the second half of our special two-part episode about algorithms and artificial intelligence, featuring returning guest Meredith Broussard. Yesterday, we got the T on ChatGPT, …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | How Smart Is AI? (Part One) with Meredith Broussard

  Mar 15, 2023 34:10

  Every time you interact with a targeted advertisement, use a drop-down menu, or scroll through TikTok, you’re engaging with an algorithm. And these algorithms are anything but objective. …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | What’s Happening In East Palestine? with River Valley Organizing

  Mar 10, 2023 45:12

  When a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, just over a month ago, the team at River Valley Organizing sprang into action. River Valley Organizing …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | What Happened To Separation Of Church And State? with Dr. Lauren Turek

  Mar 8, 2023 56:19

  A pastor, a president, and a foreign political leader step into a National Prayer Breakfast. What happens next? A whole lot of mingling between church and state. This …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | What’s The Sordid History Of U.S. Trash Collection? with Professors Patricia Strach and Kathleen S. Sullivan

  Jan 4, 2023 55:45

  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 …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | What’s The Cold, Hard Truth About Ice In Hawaiʻi? with Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart

  Dec 7, 2022 56:41

  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 …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | How Can We Show Up For Mutual Aid? (ICYMI) with Dean Spade

  Nov 23, 2022 48:45

  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 …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | Why Are Toxic Products (Still) On Our Shelves? with Dr. Norah MacKendrick

  Nov 9, 2022 01:01:16

  If you take a shower and use basic cosmetics, you could be exposed to more than 100 chemicals. Add in your furnishings and food, and we’re talking several …