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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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  • The Curiosity Desk

    How Do Immigrants Prop Up U.S. Health Care?

    The U.S. health care system relies heavily on immigrants to provide essential patient care. MIT economist Jonathan Gruber dives into what happens to care and costs when we lose their immigrants from the health care workforce. The GBH Archives is a treasure trove of Boston history. Our colleagues Leah Weiss and Lauren Jefferson share some of the St. Patrick’s day gold from GBH of yesteryear. And GBH News’ Gal Tziperman-Lotan brings us Four Thing to Know in today’s news.---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos.
    The Curiosity Desk
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    What's the Skinny on GLP1 Body Image?

    The GLP1 boom and spurred a resurgence of the "skinny culture" of the 1990s-2000s. We talk about the impact that has on body image and mental health with family physician Dr. Mara Gordon and Rachel Rodgers, Associate Professor of Psychology at Northeastern.We've had a few big snow storms and yet... technically we are still in a drought. Meteorologist Dave Epstein explains why. And Mondays are America 250 days! Today we spotlight one extraordinary American, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock and Roll. We learn her story from Gayle Wald, George Washington University American Studies Professor. ---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos.
    The Curiosity Desk
  • The Curiosity Desk

    What is My Gen Z Friend Even Saying?

    Racial disparities in kidney transplants have been a persistent problem, but a change to a key algorithm that measures kidney function is yielding important progress. Anil Oza, a reporter for Stat News, and LaVarne Burton, president and CEO of the American Kidney Fund, explain the science and what it means for Black patients. GBH reporter Jeremy Siegel got inside an air traffic control simulator recently, while reporting on a program that recruits and trains people for a critical role. He takes us behind-the-scenes of job that – turns out – is an ideal fit for young gamers. If the Gen Zers in your life are speaking a language you don’t understand, take heart. Linguist Nicole Holliday and New York Times columnist Sam Corbin teach Edgar about Gen Z slang — where it comes from, how words travel, when words die.---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos.
    The Curiosity Desk
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    What Did That Short-Wave Message From Iran Mean?

    A mysterious short-wave radio broadcast from Iran sent out a series of number sequences, when the US and Israeli attack on Iran began. Reporter Shane Harris wrote about this for The Atlantic, and explains how similar dispatches were used by spies in previous generations, and what this dispatch of numbers could mean for the war in Iran. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves. MIT scientists Nergis Mavalvala and Salvatore Vitale explain how close we are to observing the dark universe.Mondays are America 250 days for The Curiosity Desk. Today, history influencer Daniel Berger-Jones tells the stories of several Boston women who made crucial advances in astronomy and space exploration, from the 1800s to now. ---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos.
    The Curiosity Desk
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    What's It Like Inside a Wildfire?

    Wildfire smoke from Canada is increasingly part of our summer experience in New England. Writer John Vaillant chronicled one of the most destructive fires that consumed Fort McMurray, Alberta, 10 years ago for his book, "Fire Weather". Vaillant talks with us about how fires and firefighting techniques are changing, due to climate change.GBH News’ Gal Tziperman-Lotan brings us Four Thing to Know in today’s news.And, warm days and cold nights mean maple sap is flowing. Angelica Marcellino is Wampanoag and talks to us about the first people who made sap into syrup. Marcellino is author of "The True Natives of Cape Cod Massachusetts and their Food Ways."---------Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos.
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