The Curious Professor: Recent Episodes
Karen M. Bryson (Dr. B.)
Are you a curiosity seeker? Do you have a yearning to learn more about the wonderful world around us? Take a journey of discovery with THE CURIOUS PROFESSOR as she explores the intriguing people, places, artifacts, and natural wonders that spark her curiosity. A podcast for the curious at heart. Be curious with Dr. B.
Dr. Decoteau Irby and Dr. Ann Ishimarudiscuss the transformation of education systems into more equitable and just learning spaces.
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Writer, Tom Lutz, discusses the literature, culture and politics of 1925.
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Dr. Ericka Verba discusses the work of Chilean folk artist, Violeta Parra, and the role of music in social movements.
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Dr. Uranchimeg (Orna) Tsultem discusses the art and culture of Mongolia.
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Dr. Donna J. Nicol discusses race, education, philanthropy, and Black women's educational activism.The Curious Professor is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Writer and speaker, Karl Dunn, discusses how catastrophic loss often ignites a journey of self-discovery.The Curious Professor is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
AuthorBrownell Landrumdiscusses reincarnation stories, metaphysical mysteriesand the reasons why bad things happen.
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Writer Jenn Shon discusses the importance of beaches in our lives and how her love of the beach has inspired her creative work.
Podcasters Kevin O’Neill and Robert Caruso discuss the current political landscape in the United States.
Dr. Sunaura Tayor discusses the intersection of disability studies, environmental justice, animal studies, and art practice. The Curious Professor is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Author Howard Gershkowitz discusses his unique writing and publishing journey from financial advising to fiction author.
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Essayist and podcaster, Wayne Boatwright, discusses the complexities of the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, and reentry.
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Sociologist Dr. Hajar Yazdiha discusses immigration, social movements and the mechanisms underlying the politics of inclusion and exclusion as they shape ethno-racial identities, intergroup relations, and political culture.
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Dr. Rob Eschmann discusses racism and online abuse in the digital age.
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Dr. Chad Williams discusses African American involvement in WWI.
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Historian Dr. Blair L.M. Kelley discusses African American activism and the movements that challenged the inequities of race and class.
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Author and filmmaker, Dr. Marsha Gordon, discusses the wonderful world of movies. Her latest book, Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott, is available on Amazon.
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In this episode we explore what it is like to have a loved one go missing with Tabitha Jones. Her son, Julius TaDarius Jones, has been missing from Meridian, Mississippi since August 14, 2011.
Anyone with information about TaDarius is encouraged to contact the Meridian Police Department.
Additional information about the Life and Love Community Support Group is available on their Facebook page.
Author and scholar Dr. Greta Uehling discusses the subjective experience of military conflict and forced displacement in Ukraine.
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Author J.V. Hilliard discusses the stories behind his fantasy adventure stories.
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Author and scholar Dr. Evelyn Alsultany discusses Arab and Muslim American cultural politics and popular culture.
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Historian and author Dr. Guthrie Ramsey discusses music, culture and community.
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Author and podcaster Deb Hunter discusses Tudor history and historical fiction.
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MacArthur Fellow Dr. Natalia Molina discusses the intersection of race, gender, culture, and citizenship . Her book A Place at the Nayarit unveils the hidden history of a restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles that nourished its community of Mexican immigrants with a sense of belonging.
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Author Dr. Jim Curtis discusses Russian history and culture.
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Coach and consultant Lucas Seipp-Williams discusses Human Design and how the system can be used to help individuals, partners and organizations.
Media psychologist, Dr. Anthony Bryson, discusses the impact of social media on society.
Writers Simone Yehuda and Joy Wolfe Ensor discuss living in the shadow of the Holocaust.
Author Terry Thiele discusses history, societal change and the future of our species.
Writer and photographer Jeremiah Gilbert discusses the wonderful world of international travel.
Poet Andrea Carter Brown shares her eyewitness account of the 9/11 attack on the United States and its aftermath.
Podcaster Don Mirra, who has traveled to over 68 nations, discusses transformational travel, his appreciation of diverse cultures, and his podcast The Travelers Art.
Speaker, podcaster and public relations and communications consultant Corine La Font discusses Caribbean life and her podcast Between the Lines.
Black feminist scholar, author, and university professor Dr. Tara T. Green discusses the Harlem Renaissance and the preservation, creation, and analysis of Black voices.
Author Melissa Sercia discusses writing urban fantasy and paranormal romance, as well as her passion for philosophy, mythology, and all things supernatural.
Author and mental health advocate Mark Henick discusses depression, resilience, recovery, and hope. His TEDx talk, Why We Need to Talk About Suicide, is among the most watched in the world with over six million views.
Award-winning author J.L. Torres discusses his life and work, which focuses on the “diasporican experience—living in the inbetweeness that forms and informs the Puerto Rican experience.”
Writer Jason Szeftel discusses the politics and economics of China. His podcast CHINA UNRAVELED covers in depth the complexities of Hong Kong and other issues China faces today.
Author, speaker, healer and actor Wajid Hassandiscusses the intersection of humanitarianism and environmentalism. He is one of the only Muslim-born authors writing about New Age philosophy and his book, The Struggle for World Sanity, was a #1 bestseller on Amazon.
Sam Mitchell, a podcaster and owner of his own media company, is a successful teenager with autism. The creator and host of Autism Rocks and Rolls discusses his mission to change the perspective of autism and destigmatize the negativity that can surround this type of brain wiring.
Writer, storyteller and podcaster Izolda Trakhtenberg discusses how tarot cards can be used to build intuition, imagination, and storytelling skills. The Practical Tarot deck she created has been praised as a terrific tool to unlock intuition, help with focus, and improve personal growth.
Journalist and author Alisa Parenti discusses the case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and her historical fiction novel featuring the "Atomic Spies."
Podcast host, content creator, and creativity/life coach Urmi Raval discusses women in podcasting.
Award-winning documentary filmmaker George Siegal discusses natural disasters and their impact on us and the urgent need for those living in disaster-prone areas to build or fortify their homes to withstand the wrath of Mother Nature.
Emmy-winning composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and conductor, Lucas Cantor, discusses the world of music and finishing Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony with artificial intelligence.
Professor and author Colin Dayan discusses her passion for dogs and how her relationship with animals has shaped her life and work.
Podcaster William Morgan, host of The Geek Gauntlet, discusses geek culture and all things fandom.
International lifestyle consultant Emily Bron discusses remote work, life as a digital nomad, and retiring abroad.
Writer and historian Marci Lynn McGuinness, the world expert on the Uniontown Speedway Board Track, discusses the evolution of motorsports and the daredevils who made it possible for us to go from carriage to automobile as an everyday mode of transportation.
Writers Jason Nave and Adrian Clark discuss the world of boxing and sports entertainment.
Motorsport journalist and screenwriter Michael James discusses the world of dirt bike racing and his new screenplay, which he describes as a “two-wheeled version of The Fast and Furious.”
Author Charlie Sheldon has worked as a commercial fisherman, a fisheries consultant, and an executive for various seaports. After retirement, he went back to work for as a merchant sailor. He’s a water dowser and has dabbled in treasure hunting. Charlie discusses his tales and adventures in the Pacific Northwest on the latest episode of The Curious Professor.
Screenwriter Cathryn Atkinson discusses her life and work as well as the challenges middle-aged women face in Hollywood on this episode of The Curious Professor.
Nurse practitioner and critical care consultant, Kali Dayton, discusses the life and work of an ICU nurse. Kali is the host of her own podcast, Walking Home from the ICU. Her mission is to humanize the ICU through improved practices in critical care medicine and bring greater honesty and awareness of the reality of sedation and immobility in the ICU.
Film producer Katie Leimkuehler discusses her documentary, Fresh Tracks, the incredible true story of her grandfather, Paul Leimkuehler, a pioneer of the adaptive ski movement.
Award-winning author Brian Finney discusses the intersection of culture, politics, and fiction.
Filmmaker Jeremy Norrie discusses the documentaries he’s made about Bigfoot, aliens, professional wrestling, MMA Fighting, and mindfulness meditation.
Author and film historian, Pam Munter, discusses misogyny in Hollywood and the cost of institutional social oppression on the careers of women in film.
Author and community advocate, Dan Garodnick, discusses his book, Saving Stuyvesant Town, the incredible true story of how one middle class community defeated the largest residential real estate deal in American history, and delivered New York City’s biggest-ever affordable housing preservation win.
Award-winning/optioned screenwriter Gabriell DeBear Paye discusses her screenplay, THE UNSELFISH GENE, based on the life and work of evolutionary biologist and scientific rebel Lynn Margulis.
Writer Anne Katherine discusses the 1903 camping trip when environmentalist John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt spent three nights in the wilderness together and how it inspired the conservation movement in the United States.
Researcher Dr. Steven Shwartz discusses the robot apocalypse and other myths about artificial intelligence.
Soul Sister Paranormal founder, Dr. Kristy Sumner, discusses the art and science of historical paranormal investigations.
Semi-truck driver and nomad/lifestyle coach Malinda Fox-Wellington discusses life on the road and how she assists road warriors to reclaim their health, vitality, and zest for life.
International roller derby star, Cindy McCoy, and screenwriter, Tina Field Howe, discuss BEYOND ALL ODDS: THE CINDY MCCOY STORY, a screenplay based on the incredible life of the roller derby legend.
Pizza blogger and entrepreneur Chef Napoleon discusses his passion about meat alternatives as well as sustainability and innovation in pizza making. He shares how pizza can change the world.
Electrical engineers Candace and Ralph Segar discuss thorium as an energy source and how thorium reactors could transform our economy and increase job creation in our country.
Mindset coach Dagmar Bryant discusses the topic of personal transformation through travel and how people benefit physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually when they journey from home.
Author Eric Herrera, who served in the US Army as a Combat Engineer, discusses the experiences which led to him write A Bomb Hunter’s Story: My Life Clearing the Roads of Iraq.
Professional ping pong player, hip hop artist, and entrepreneur, Wally Green, discusses his experiences representing the United States in more than 35 international pro-tour competitions around the world, including traveling to North Korea to play ping pong.
Historian and storyteller Brian “Fox” Ellis discusses his experiences as a riverlorian, a person who specializes in the lore of the river, and his adventures working on the Spirit of Peoria riverboat.
Author Margaret Ann Spence discusses the research behind her new novel, Joyous Lies, and explores the amazing powers of plants, how they communicate with each other, and how they protect their young.
Take a journey of discovery with THE CURIOUS PROFESSOR as she explores the intriguing people, places, artifacts, and natural wonders that spark her curiosity. A podcast for the curious at heart. Be curious with Dr. B.