Thecuriousmanspodcast

Matt Crawford speaks with author and artist Eric Drooker about his new graphic novel, Naked City. Eric Drooker has been in the art world for decades. Starting as a street artist putting his work on the streets of Manhattan in the night, to having his work in permanent collections in the Whitney Museum, the MOMA, the Br

Matt Crawford speaks with author Dr. Tim Harris about his book, In Pursuit of Unicorns: A Journey Through 50 Years of Biotechnology. Modern biotechnology―genetic engineering and cell manipulation―originated with the 1973 demonstration that genes from different organisms could be recombined and propagated in Escherichia

Matt Crawford speaks with Therese Casadesus Rawson about her book, My Musical Notes: A Journey in Classical Piano between the World Wars and Beyond. This is actually her mother's book which she has translated and rereleased on the 25th anniversary of her mother Gaby Casadesus' passing.  Chronicling nearly a century of

Matt Crawford speaks to National Geographic photographer and author Jason Edwards about his book, Icebergs to Iguanas. Jason Edwards is a National Geographic photographer and television presenter. He’s been bitten, clawed, chased, chewed, shot at, and stoned (with rocks), defecated and urinated on; smuggled, groomed, d

Matt Crawford speaks with Professor and author William Haldeman about his book: Meeting the Moment. The histories presented here are of a select group of US presidents, their inspired leadership characteristics, and how they may inspire us today. The traits these presidents possessed were cultivated over a lifetime of

Matt Crawford speaks with journalist and author Shefali Luthra about her book, Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America. On June 24, 2022, Roe v. Wade was overturned, and the impact was immediate: by 2024, abortion was virtually unavailable or significantly restricted in 21 states. In Undue Burden, re