What topics does Curious State cover?

Curious State covers topics including: society, culture.

Curious State

QuickAndDirtyTips.com, Doug Fraser

EN80 episodes

societyculture

Could we have domesticated a T-Rex? Is the mafia really that violent? Haven't all the possible songs been written by now? Unexpected gems of knowledge are hidden all around us. Let’s dig them up, one offbeat question at a time.

Notable Guests

Winston Churchill1×

Jim Jones1×

Mary Roach1×HHoward Berger1×

Benjamin Zander1×A

Episodes (80)

A fond farewell

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Dec 20, 20222:59pending

Why is classical music so timeless? | feat. Benjamin Zander

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Dec 13, 202212:28pending

Haven't all the possible songs been written by now? | feat. Matt McGinley

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Dec 6, 202212:41pending

Who will save us from ransomware? | feat. Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden

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Nov 29, 202215:34pending

Curious State

Notable Guests

Episodes (80)

A fond farewell

Why is classical music so timeless? | feat. Benjamin Zander

Haven't all the possible songs been written by now? | feat. Matt McGinley

Who will save us from ransomware? | feat. Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden

How do you catch a predator? | feat. Chris Hansen

How do you get into a Princeton lunch club? | feat. Mark Oppenheimer

Is nature cool with cannibalism? | feat. Bill Schutt

Why is the Stranger Things music so haunting? | feat. David Klotz

Where does movie blood come from? | feat. Howard Berger

Wait... vampires are real? | feat. Michelle Belanger

How do you design a house...for fear? | feat. Leonard Pickel

Is pillow fighting the next big sport? | feat. Steve Williams

What makes movie trailers so compelling? | feat. Dallas Taylor

What's the secret to breaking 800+ world records? | feat. Ashrita Furman

Why were prized rabbits in Auschwitz? | feat. Tanya Singer

Can a "friends with benefits" relationship last? | feat. Dr. Justin Lehmiller

How does cyanide kill you? | feat. Neil Bradbury

Are cats a**holes? | feat. Jackson Galaxy

What does reality TV say about us? | feat. Danielle J. Lindemann

What's it like to remember every moment of your life? | feat. Rebecca Sharrock

How do you get rid of a dead whale? | feat. VA Beach Aquarium Stranding Response

Can deep play revolutionize your work life? | feat. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Why did we fall out of love with pigeons? | feat. Andrew Blechman

Who picks you up when you die? | feat. Jake Halbeck

What's it like in the Pixar writers' room? | feat. Matthew Luhn

How'd they fix wounded soldiers' faces in WWI? | feat. Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris

Whatever happened to "thou"? | feat. Grammar Girl

Does this episode make you sleepy? | feat. Drew Ackerman

Could science go extinct? | feat. Alie Ward

What makes a cemetery a tourist destination? | feat. Loren Rhoads

Can animals break the law? | feat. Mary Roach

Why's that crow living in the aquarium? | feat. The Virginia Aquarium

Can you empathize with your internet haters? | feat. Dylan Marron

Are celebrities more interesting than us? | feat. SuChin Pak

Why are there so few female psychopaths? | feat. Dr. Mark Freestone

What's the point of regret? | feat. Daniel Pink

Is the mafia really that violent? | feat. Elie Honig

Can we overcome our childhoods? | feat. Lori Gottlieb

Could we have domesticated a T-Rex? | feat. Dr. Richard Kissel

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