Personal Experience Episodes:

• GETTING CURIOUS | If Faith Moves Mountains, Can It Also Move Climate Action? with Dekila Chungyalpa

  Jul 20, 2022 01:13:58

  In 2015, Senator Jim Inhofe brought a snowball to Congress to “prove” that climate change wasn’t real. Only God, he claimed, could change the climate. He was wrong …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | How Do You Take Pride In Farming? with Lee Hennessy

  Jun 29, 2022 01:14:29

  When we first met Lee Hennessy, he introduced himself as “a farmer, doing farmer things, living the farmer life, who happens to be trans.” To round out our …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | How Queer Is The Animal Kingdom? with Eliot Schrefer

  Jun 1, 2022 01:08:09

  Were there same-sex couples on Noah’s Ark? Was Glee right that dolphins are just gay sharks? What’s a bonobo handshake?! Eliot Schrefer and Jonathan kick off our “Pride …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | Does Curiosity Grow On Trees? with Professor Beronda Montgomery

  May 4, 2022 59:04

  *A note from Jonathan and the Getting Curious team: We are covering the latest SCOTUS developments on Instagram and Twitter @CuriouswithJVN. Head there for insights from past guests, resources, …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | How Did You Become A Superstar? with Molly Shannon

  Apr 20, 2022 44:06

  Sometimes, when we get real excited about an episode, we stick our hands under our armpits and SNIFF ’EM! And this week, we’re real excited, because we have …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | What’s A Day In The Life Of A Coral Reef? with Dr. Juli Berwald

  Apr 13, 2022 48:49

  Coral are teeny tiny animals just two layers thick, and yet they create the biggest structures made by any biological creatures on the planet—like, the size of Italy …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | Can’t Wait For “Love That Story”? Here’s A Preview!

  Apr 4, 2022 21:48

  We love a reason to be extra, and Jonathan’s new book Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life goes on sale next week, so we’re dropping …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | What’s The Power of Trans Joy? with Adri Pèrez and Chase Strangio of the ACLU

  Mar 30, 2022 45:43

  As we count down to this year’s Trans Day of Visibility, there’s a lot to be thankful for: trans creativity, resilience, community. There’s also a lot on the …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | What’s It Like To Get Curious? With Jonathan Van Ness

  Feb 16, 2022 49:15

  This week on Getting Curious, Jonathan’s in the guest seat! You submitted your questions for Jonathan on social media—and we have answers. We’re talking Getting Curious the podcast …

  

• GETTING CURIOUS | What’s Indigenous Science? with Dr. Jessica Hernandez

  Jan 19, 2022 1:02:32

  Indigenous peoples represent about five percent of the world’s population—and sustain nearly 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity. This week, Dr. Jessica Hernandez joins Jonathan to discuss the …