Laura Fogg— “Travelling Blind”
Click here to begin listening. The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long a...
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20 of 400 episodesProfessor John McWhorter— “Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue”
Click here to begin listening. What is it about the words we speak that convey concepts, nuances, ideas and sometimes even start wars? Where...
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Alex De Grassi— “A Cumulous Cloud On Guitar”
Click here to begin listening. Alex De Grassi is a guitarist extraordinaire whose interpretation of the Radio Curious theme, entitled “The L...
Marcos Pereda— “Soft Sounds Of Spanish Guitar”
Click here to begin listening. Spanish songs sung and played on guitar is something I have enjoyed beginning when I lived in Peru in the mid...
William Patrick— “Loneliness and How It Affects Us”
Click here to begin listening. How many of us are lonely? What is loneliness and how does it affect us? Approximately 25 years ago, when ask...
Janet Mendel- “Fine Spanish Cooking”
Click here to begin listening. In the story of Don Quixote, the author Miguel Cervantes tells, among other things, what Don Quixote ate for...
Rabbi Phil Posner
Click here to begin listening. In this edition of Radio Curious, we cross the line, if there is one, between politics and religion and visit...
Katy Chevigny– “Election Day, Fairness In The Voting Booth”
Click here to begin listening. In 2004, filmmaker Katy Chevigny followed eleven Americans from dawn until past midnight and put a face on th...
James Ketchum, M.D.— “Non-Lethal Chemical Warfare to Make You Sit Down and Laugh”
Click here to begin listening. Non-lethal chemical warfare may be an oxymoron to some, but it was actually the goal of a U.S. Army research...
Gregg McVicar— “Bringing Sound To Our Ears”
Click here to begin listening. Digital, analog, long playing records, cassettes… How do they bring sound to our ears? In this edition of Rad...
Phoebe Damrosch— “The Wisdom of the Waiter”
Click here to begin listening. Behind the scenes in Per Se, a four star restaurant in New York City, a sister restaurant to The French Laund...
Tom Sheriff Allman— “Medical Marijuana Guidelines”
Click here to begin listening. State guidelines for growing and possessing medical marijuana, were issued by the California Attorney General...
President Jimmy Carter: Life After the Presidency
Click here to begin listening. The Virtues of Aging – Considering the alternatives, growing older is really not all that bad. The frame of m...
David Ebershoff — “How Many Wives are Enough?”
Click here to begin listening. Polygamy used to be a central aspect in Mormon beliefs. However, it has not been for over 100 years now, due...
Allan Pollack— “Composer and Conductor”
Click here to begin listening. On the bluffs of the Village of Mendocino, overlooking the Pacific Ocean about 155 miles north of San Francis...
Carroll Pickett— “To Kill or Not To Kill, No Man Should Die Alone”
Click here to begin listening. To Kill or Not To Kill: That is the question still presented to juries in capital cases in the United States,...
Irwin Keller- “The Kinsey Scale And The Kinsey Sicks”
Click here to begin listening. The issue of sexual orientation plagues people in many different ways — political upheaval that sometimes inc...
Dr. Daniel Gottlieb— “Learning from the Heart”
Click here to begin listening. Dr. Dan Gottlieb is a practicing psychologist living and working near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has expe...
Kate Magruder— “Celebrating Community”
Click here to begin listening. Ukiah, California, a small vibrant community, approximately 100 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge is the...
Mary Roach— “Human Sexuality: A Conversation”
Click here to begin listening. Sex, something that all creatures seek to achieve in one form or another, is often more than discreet among h...