Curiously
Thoughtful conversations at the intersection of art, science, and culture. With author Dustin Grinnell.
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What Death Teaches Us About Living with Micaelah Morrill
Most of us spend our lives pretending we have forever. We push off difficult conversations, delay dreams, and take tomorrow for granted. But the truth is, we don’t have forever. We have about 3,200 weeks, according to average...
Berklee Musicians on How They Turned Soulful Melodies into New Englan…
What does it take to create music that transcends genres and builds a devoted following? Leo Son and Claire Davis of Bermuda Search Party (formerly The Q-Tip Bandits) have cracked the code—blending soulful melodies, cool lyri...
The Pandemic Broke My Sense of Meaning—This Story Put It Back Together
What do you do when you realize life has no inherent meaning? You invent your own. In this episode, I’m doing something different: I’m reading a short story from my book, The Healing Book , which published in 2023. The story ...
What Is Therapy Actually Like? A Conversation with My Former Therapist
What is therapy really like? What are the biggest misconceptions? Can it work for everyone? In the first episode of Curiously, I sit down with my former therapist, John Grillo, LCSW, to explore these questions and more. Inspi...
I Interviewed AI—ChatGPT Reveals What It Can (and Can't) Do in 2025
Can an AI truly understand us? Does it have thoughts, creativity, or self-awareness? The movie Her was set in 2025—the year we’re living in now. So I decided to interview artificial intelligence itself. In this fascinating 45...
The Hidden Chemistry of Plants: How Nature’s Survival Strategies Beca…
Would you believe me if I told you that the flowers in your window and the trees in your yard are actually sophisticated chemical laboratories, producing compounds that could cure disease? Plants can’t run from predators or h...
A Biomedical Engineer on the Real Science Behind Jurassic Park, Gatta…
Could we actually resurrect dinosaurs like in Jurassic Park? Design our children’s traits like in Gattaca? Merge human consciousness with machines like in Ghost in the Shell? Dr. Nisha Iyer teaches biomedical engineering stud...
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