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Weekdays from 1 to 2 p.m.

Edgar B. Herwick III hosts GBH’s newest show, The Curiosity Desk, weekday afternoons from 1 to 2 p.m. Tune in for conversations, insights and profundities about the world we live in.

We want your input. Have something you’re curious about? Submit your questions via the form below, or email curiositydesk@wgbh.org for the chance to hear them answered on the show.

Watch The Curiosity Desk on the GBH News YouTube Channel or listen daily on GBH.org or 89.7 FM. To weigh in during the show, call or text at 877-301-8970.

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Listen to previous shows

  • The Curiosity Desk

    Is it Possible To Learn While You Dream?

    What’s actually happening in those academic departments at research institutions? Edgar asks MIT economics chair Jon Gruber. Then, we’re getting up to speed on Four Things To Know, with help from GBH’s Gal Tziperman-Lotan. Lastly, is it possible to learn while you dream? A recent piece in the New Yorker posits that you can. We’ll talk with columnist Shayla Love and dream researcher Karen Konkoly.
    The Curiosity Desk
  • The Curiosity Desk

    Where Did The Starter Home Go?

    First up, we open with a housing panel, comprised of Jesse Kanson-Benanav from Abundant Housing MA, and Commonwealth Beacon Housing Reporter Jennifer Smith.Then, Edgar talks with Jeff Ziesmann, general manager of the new totally-not-a-sitcom-anymore WKRP in Cincinnati. Lastly, we end our Monday with Kevin Hampe from The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves, whose legendary club which once counted JFK, Elvis, and Pope John Paul II as members.
    The Curiosity Desk
  • The Curiosity Desk

    Did We Really Just Discover 10,000 New Planets?

    First up, It’s been an especially chaotic month for higher-ed reporters, now with cuts to research at MIT, the closure of Hampshire College & more. GBH’s Kirk Carapezza takes us behind his reporting for College Uncovered. Then, Researchers just discovered as many as 10,000 new exoplanets out in the universe. We’ll talk astronomers can glean about these outer worlds, with NASA’s first ever exoplanet ambassador, Anjali Tripathi. Lastly, What was once the Curiosity Desk transforms into the Mystery Desk, as GBH All Things Considered Host Arun Rath returns to perform magic on the airwaves that listeners can participate in at home. All you need are a few assorted coins. He’ll also touch on some of the history behind mentalism.
    The Curiosity Desk
  • The Curiosity Desk

    Can We Return To The Internet of the 90's?

    First up, Misinformation researcher Joan Donovan returns, as we celebrate 30 years of The Internet Archive with founder Brewster Kahle. We'll chat about what the Wayback Machine can do to combat misinformation & carry out its mission of providing "Universal Access to all Knowledge" Then, contractor Mark Philben returns for the May addition of “Ask the Remodeler.”
    The Curiosity Desk
  • The Curiosity Desk

    How Come We Never See Baby Pigeons?

    First up, MIT economics chair Jon Gruber on what easing regulations around the use of GLP-1’s could do for the U.S. economy. Then, Chemist & professor Krishna Kumar breaks down the “P” of GLP-1’s (peptides) and what it would mean for RFK Jr to change regulations surrounding them. Lastly, why don’t we ever see baby pigeons? Edgar investigates in a classic Curiosity Desk feature.
    The Curiosity Desk
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