http://www.radiocurious.org Fri, 01 May 2026 04:07:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Welcome to the 20th year of Radio Curious, half hour interviews on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. All of the almost 400 half-hour archive editions on our website are free for you to enjoy, download, copy, share or rebroadcast as you wish. Please give credit to Radio Curious and let us know what you like about the program. www.radiocurious.org Radio Curious clean Radio Curious curious@radiocurious.org curious@radiocurious.org (Radio Curious) Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Radio Curious Radio Curious, Interviews, Environment, Education, Chautauquan, Psychology/Psychaitry, Sex, Mendocino, Law, Religion, Feminism http://www.radiocurious.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/radio-curious-rss-logo.jpg http://www.radiocurious.org/category/sex/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/08/mary-roach-human-sexuality-a-conversation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/08/mary-roach-human-sexuality-a-conversation/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:47:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5336 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/08/mary-roach-human-sexuality-a-conversation/feed/ 1 Click here to begin listening.  - Sex, something that all creatures seek to achieve in one form or another, is often more than discreet among humans. In this discussion with science journalist, Mary Roach, author of, “Bonk, Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/ROACH_INTERVIEW_8.8.24%20IA.mp3) Sex, something that all creatures seek to achieve in one form or another, is often more than discreet among humans. In this discussion with science journalist, Mary Roach, author of, “Bonk, The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex,” we have a direct and frank conversation about human sexuality, including orgasms, what they are, how you know if you have one, and the difference between the male and female human sexual response. This program was recorded on April 14, 2008. The book Mary Roach recommends is, “The Atlas of Human Sex Anatomy.” Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india-2/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2024 04:43:54 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5244 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 - Born Into Brothels - “Born into Brothels” received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/BRISKI_AND_KAUFFMAN%202.15.24%20IA.mp3) Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 Born Into Brothels “Born into Brothels” received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, “Born into Brothels” is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. The most stigmatized people in Calcutta’s red light district however are not the prostitutes, but their children. In the face of abject poverty, abuse, and despair, these kids have little possibility of escaping their mother’s fate or for creating another type of life. In “Born into Brothels,” directors Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman chronicle the amazing transformation of the children they come to know in the red light district. Briski, a professional photographer, gives them lessons and cameras, igniting latent sparks of artistic genius that reside in these children who live in the most sordid and seemingly hopeless world. The photographs taken by the children are not merely examples of remarkable observation and talent; they reflect something much larger, morally encouraging, and even politically volatile: art as an immensely liberating and empowering force. Devoid of sentimentality, “Born into Brothels” defies the typical tear-stained tourist snapshot of the global underbelly. Briski spends years with these kids and becomes part of their lives. Their photographs are prisms into their souls, rather than anthropological curiosities or primitive imagery, and a true testimony of the power of the indelible creative spirit. You can learn about this film and Kids with Cameras at www.kids-with-cameras.org. I spoke with Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman in February 2005. Beginning the conversation first with Zana Briski, I asked her to explain what drew her to India before the concept of “Kids With Cameras” was even a dream. www.kids-with-cameras.org Zana Briski recommends “Secret Life of Bees,” by Sue Monk Kidd. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/17/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/17/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives-2/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2023 06:49:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5202 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/17/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. - How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Click here to begin listening. (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/HOLLENBECK_INTERVIEW%2011.6.23%20IA.mp3) Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” Holly Hollenbeck says her book is not so much directed at how to please your mate, but how to please yourself by pleasing your mate. Take a look at www.passionseekers.com, her website devoted to helping women find passion and inspiration in their long-term relationships. I spoke with Holly Hollenbeck from her home in Nebraska, in mid September 2006, and asked her to describe what motivated her to write, “Sex Lives of Wives.” The book Holly Hollenbeck recommends is “Adults Only Travel: The Ultimate Guide to Romantic and Erotic Destination,” by David West and Louis James. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/10/abha-dawesar-babyji-a-story-of-physics-sex-and-caste-politics-in-india-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/10/abha-dawesar-babyji-a-story-of-physics-sex-and-caste-politics-in-india-2/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2023 06:24:26 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5053 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/10/abha-dawesar-babyji-a-story-of-physics-sex-and-caste-politics-in-india-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Anamika Sharma, the lead character in the novel Babyji, by Abha Dewasar grows up in Delhi, India, studying quantum physics at school and sex out of school. The story follows the life of a girl who sets her own rules i... Click here to begin listening.  Anamika Sharma, the lead character in the novel Babyji, by Abha Dewasar grows up in Delhi, India, studying quantum physics at school and sex out of school. The story follows the life of a girl who sets her own rules in a culture that historically demands the opposite. Our conversation begins with the author Abha Dewasar describing India, the place where she grew up, and where the life of Anamika takes place. http://abhadawesar.com/ Abha Dawesar recommends “Purple Hibiscus,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Ardiche. Originally Broadcast: February 24, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 25:04 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/08/01/dr-abraham-morgantaler-viagra-is-it-for-you-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/08/01/dr-abraham-morgantaler-viagra-is-it-for-you-2/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2022 03:41:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4970 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/08/01/dr-abraham-morgantaler-viagra-is-it-for-you-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships - Viagra, a drug with infinite name recognition and touted benefits, is, as we know, pervasively advertised on television and the Internet. Click here to begin listening. The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships Viagra, a drug with infinite name recognition and touted benefits, is, as we know, pervasively advertised on television and the Internet. But what is the truth and what is the fiction about this drug. These and other questions about increasing expectations of sexual performance and pleasure are answered by Dr. Abraham Morgantaler, an associate clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and the author of “The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships.” Dr. Abraham Morgantaler recommends “Why I Can’t Get Through To You,” by Terrance Real. Originally Broadcast: March 23, 2004 Ignacio Ayala clean 28:55 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/09/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/09/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues-2/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2022 05:33:21 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4946 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/09/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.   - The Vagina Monologues - The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in some cases, abuse. In this edition of Radio Curious, Click here to begin listening.   The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in some cases, abuse. In this edition of Radio Curious, we spoke with Eve Ensler about the origin of the the Vagina Monologues and the film, “Until the Violence Ends.” Eve Ensler recommends “Bush in Babylon,” by Tariq Ali. Originally Broadcast: January 27, 2004 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/03/robert-benton-the-human-stain-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/03/robert-benton-the-human-stain-2/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:03:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4942 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/03/robert-benton-the-human-stain-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Director of, The Human Stain - Robert Benton is the director of “The Human Stain,” which is based on the third novel of Philip Roth’s trilogy describing the turmoil of post-WWII America. Click here to begin listening.  Director of, The Human Stain Robert Benton is the director of “The Human Stain,” which is based on the third novel of Philip Roth’s trilogy describing the turmoil of post-WWII America. It exposes the life of Coleman Silk, a Professor of Classics at a small New England College, an eminent Jewish intellectual and a devoted husband. Roth describes Silk as “ensnared by a history he hadn’t quite counted on.” Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2003 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/31/jennifer-finney-boylan-a-man-becomes-a-woman-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/31/jennifer-finney-boylan-a-man-becomes-a-woman-2/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:34:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4901 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/31/jennifer-finney-boylan-a-man-becomes-a-woman-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/16/steve-jones-tracing-the-y-chromosome-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/16/steve-jones-tracing-the-y-chromosome-2/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2022 04:27:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4892 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/16/steve-jones-tracing-the-y-chromosome-2/feed/ 0 This program was originally broadcasted on August 12, 2003. - Click here to begin listening. - Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness - Professor Steve Jones, author of the book, Y, The Descent of Men, This program was originally broadcasted on August 12, 2003. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/JONES_STEVE_3.16.22%20IA.mp3) Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness Professor Steve Jones, author of the book, Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness, discusses biological aspects of maleness created by the Y chromosome. Jones explores the effect of male hormones, hair loss, and the hydraulics of mans most intimate organ. He lays out the case for and against masculinity. Steve Jones recommends Cherries, the Worst Journey in the World: A Biography of Alexy Cherry Gerard, by Sarah Wheeler.   Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/25/janna-malamud-smith-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/25/janna-malamud-smith-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children-2/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 07:24:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4813 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/11/25/janna-malamud-smith-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear - Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome job?  Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a child? Click here to begin listening.  A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome job?  Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a child?  Is this different from the fear that fathers have about the safety of their children? “A Potent Spell:  Mother Love and the Power of Fear” is a recent book written by Janna Malamud Smith, a clinical psychotherapist and daughter of writer Bernard Malamud. Smith argues that the motherhood fear of losing a child is central to motherhood, and mostly overlooked as a historical force that has induced mothers throughout time to shape their own lives to better shelter their young,  the expense of their own future. I spoke with Dr. Janna Malamud Smith from her home in Massachusetts, and asked her to begin by discussing the different level of feat that fathers and mothers have toward their children. The book Janna Malamud Smith recommends is “Biography of Samuel Pepys” by Clair Tomilin. Originally Broadcast: February 18, 2003 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/20/dr-harvey-simon-healthy-men-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/20/dr-harvey-simon-healthy-men-2/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2021 01:22:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4784 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/20/dr-harvey-simon-healthy-men-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men’s Health - Dr. Harvey B. Simon is the author of “The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men’s Health” and the founding editor of the Harvard Men’s Health Watch newsletter. Click here to begin listening.  The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men’s Health Dr. Harvey B. Simon is the author of “The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men’s Health” and the founding editor of the Harvard Men’s Health Watch newsletter. His book discusses a multitude of health issues that are unique to men and some are common to women as well. Dr. Harvey Simon recommends “An Equal Music,” by Vikram Seth. Originally Broadcast: December 31, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/11/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/11/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy-2/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:21:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4737 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/11/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - The Territory of Men “The Territory of Men” is an intimate self-expose written by Joelle Fraser, a former Mendocino Community College English teacher. Written as a series of short episodes and adventures, Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-FRASER_JOELLE__8.11.21_IA.mp3) The Territory of Men “The Territory of Men” is an intimate self-expose written by Joelle Fraser, a former Mendocino Community College English teacher. Written as a series of short episodes and adventures, Joelle shares the life of a woman who was raised in the hippie life of the 70s, and now is an accomplished writer and teacher. Joelle Fraser recommends “Last Stand,” by Richard Manning. Originally Broadcast: July 30, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/21/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/21/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys-part-two/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:56:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4511 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/21/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys-part-two/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man - Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of behavior is frequently expected of boys and girls, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-4.21.20_Michael_Gurian_pt2__IA.mp3) The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of behavior is frequently expected of boys and girls, often without recognizing the special and different needs of boys. Testosterone is a prime mover in the shaping of boys behavior resulting in their special and different needs. This is a two-part program from the archives of Radio Curious with Michael Gurian, the author of a 1997 book entitled, The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do To Shape Boys Into Exceptional Men. I spoke with Michael Gurian in January of 1998 from his home in Spokane, Washington. Michael Gurian recommends Sex on the Brain, by Deborah Blum & Beyond the Birds and the Bees, Beverly Engle. Originally Broadcast: January 23, 1998 & January 30, 1998 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/15/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/15/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 19:54:48 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4509 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/15/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man - Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of behavior is frequently expected of boys and girls, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-4.15.20_Michael_Gurian_IA.mp3) The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of behavior is frequently expected of boys and girls, often without recognizing the special and different needs of boys. Testosterone is a prime mover in the shaping of boys’ behavior resulting in their special and different needs. This is a two-part program from the archives of Radio Curious with Michael Gurian, the author of a 1997 book entitled, “The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do To Shape Boys Into Exceptional Men.” I spoke with Michael Gurian in January of 1998 from his home in Spokane, Washington. Michael Gurian recommends “Sex on the Brain,” by Deborah Blum & “Beyond the Birds and the Bees,” Beverly Engle. Originally Broadcast: January 23, 1998 & January 30, 1998 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/18/grealy-lucy-what-is-ugly/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/18/grealy-lucy-what-is-ugly/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:29:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4437 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/18/grealy-lucy-what-is-ugly/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Autobiography of a Face - Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-[118]_Grealy_Lucy_12-5-94_(6-18-19)IA.mp3) The Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. Rather it brought about many intense and emotional experiences that most of us could not imagine. She had a large part of her lower jaw removed when she was about nine and half and for two and a half years had weekly chemotherapy treatments. Throughout her teenage years, she had multiple surgeries to reshape her jaw. Her book, “Autobiography of a Face,” reveals her experiences, her mistaken conflation of beauty and love, and what she learned about emotions, both her own and other people’s. Lucy Grealy recommends “100 Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Originally Broadcast: December 5, 1994 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/09/04/livingston-gordon-m-d-how-to-love-3/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/09/04/livingston-gordon-m-d-how-to-love-3/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2018 01:38:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4359 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/09/04/livingston-gordon-m-d-how-to-love-3/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Everybody thinks about love and many people say “I love you”, but how is love defined? The book “How To Love” written by psychiatrist Dr. Gordon Livingston grapples with these and many other questions about love, Click here to begin listening (www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LIVINGSTON_INTERVIEW_9-4-18.mp3) Everybody thinks about love and many people say “I love you”, but how is love defined? The book “How To Love” written by psychiatrist Dr. Gordon Livingston grapples with these and many other questions about love, and how to find a compatible and pleasurable partnership. In this interview, we discuss how to choose more carefully, in matters of love to get what we desire and deserve. The song, “Do You Love Me?” from the musical “Fiddler On The Roof,” is our background music. Dr. Gordon Livingston spoke from his home in Columbia, Maryland on July 13th 2009, where he lives and practices psychiatry. The conversation began when I asked Dr. Livingston to define love. The book Dr. Gordon Livingston recommends is “All He Ever Wanted,” by Anita Shreve. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/07/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/07/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives-2/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2018 01:30:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4351 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/07/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-HOLLENBECK_INTERVIEW_EDITED_8-2-12_(1-29-18).mp3) How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” Holly Hollenbeck says her book is not so much directed at how to please your mate, but how to please yourself by pleasing your mate. Take a look at www.passionseekers.com, her website devoted to helping women find passion and inspiration in their long-term relationships. I spoke with Holly Hollenbeck from her home in Nebraska, in mid September 2006, and asked her to describe what motivated her to write, “Sex Lives of Wives.” The book Holly Hollenbeck recommends is "Adults Only Travel: The Ultimate Guide to Romantic and Erotic Destination," by David West and Louis James. Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/06/26/caleen-sisk-franco-christina-aanestad-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/06/26/caleen-sisk-franco-christina-aanestad-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:16:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4338 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/06/26/caleen-sisk-franco-christina-aanestad-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - In this edition of Radio Curious, our assistant producer Christina Aanestad is the guest host in a conversation about puberty rights for young women within the Winnemem-Wintu tribe in Northern California. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Winnemen-Wintu_CA.mp3) In this edition of Radio Curious, our assistant producer Christina Aanestad is the guest host in a conversation about puberty rights for young women within the Winnemem-Wintu tribe in Northern California. This visit with Caleen Sisk-Franco, the Spiritual Leader and Chief of the Winnemem-Wintu was recorded near Mt. Shasta, California in August 2010. In the last few years, the tribe has revived an ancient ritual, the Puberty Ceremony-which honors and celebrates a girls transition into womanhood. The "Middle Water People" are a small tribe near Mount Shasta, in Northern California. During World War 2, they were relocated and their homeland was flooded to make the Shasta dam. Nearly 80 years later, the tribe has reinvigorated one of its ceremonies, there, called the Puberty Ceremony, which honors a girls transition into womanhood. For 3 days and nights, men sing and dance on one side of a river, while the women, pass on traditions to girls on the other side. But holding a ceremony on stolen land can be a challenge. The forest service refuses to grant the tribe private access to their ancestral land along the McCloud river, because they are an “unrecognized” tribe. Their ceremony is held with recreational boaters driving by, and camping as the tribe holds it's right of passage. Under the guidance of their Chief and Spiritual Leader, Caleen Sisk Franco, the Winnemem-Wintu have sued the federal government to protect their rights and their ancestral land. She describes the puberty ceremony and it’s importance to their way of life. LeGov clean 29:04 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/05/02/basta-michael-relationship-warning-signs-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/05/02/basta-michael-relationship-warning-signs-2/#comments Thu, 03 May 2018 00:51:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4321 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/05/02/basta-michael-relationship-warning-signs-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Why some couples get along and others don’t, sometimes to the extent of terminating their relationship, is a curious question, the answer to which is likely to bring both pleasure and unhappiness to each of us. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BASTA_MICHAEL_2018_CA.mp3) Why some couples get along and others don’t, sometimes to the extent of terminating their relationship, is a curious question, the answer to which is likely to bring both pleasure and unhappiness to each of us. Michael Basta has been a licensed clinical social worker based in Sonoma, County California, since 1988. He is trained and certified as a Gottman Couples’ Therapist. This training identifies the traits and behaviors of couples that are useful to predict how long their relationship will last. Michael Basta visited Radio Curious on May 21, 2010, and began by describing the negative traits and behaviors that indicate a dark future for the relationship. The book Michael Basta recommends is “The Female Brain,” by Dr. Louann Brizendine. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/28/sorel-edward-an-actress-her-lovers-and-a-daft-caricaturist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/28/sorel-edward-an-actress-her-lovers-and-a-daft-caricaturist/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2017 19:13:43 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4187 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/28/sorel-edward-an-actress-her-lovers-and-a-daft-caricaturist/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Edward Sorel, a satirical caricaturist, and cartoonist, whose first book is Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936, is our guest in this edition Radio Curious. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Radio_Curious_-_20170228_-_Sorel.mp3) Edward Sorel, a satirical caricaturist, and cartoonist, whose first book is Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936, is our guest in this edition Radio Curious. Claiming to be daft about Mary Astor for about a half a century, Sorel describes Astor’s career as a Hollywood-based actress who seemingly more than enjoyed a lustful and salacious life. Astor’s diary, which allegedly revealed the untold stories of her trysts and lovers, was the centerpiece of the sensational 1936 trial to determine the custody of her young daughter. Sorel, whose pictorial satires have appeared on the covers of forty-six editions of The New Yorker magazine, visited Radio Curious by phone from his home in Harlem, New York City, on February 27, 2017. The books Ed Sorel recommends are: Iron Dawn: The Monitor and The Merrimack, and the Sea Battle that Changed History, by Richard Snow; and Terrible Virtue, a Novel, by Ellen Feldman. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/06/14/clancy-dr-susan-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/06/14/clancy-dr-susan-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:32:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4108 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/06/14/clancy-dr-susan-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening This conversation discusses the myth of when and how trauma from child sexual abuse occurs. Our guest, Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D., and author of “The Trauma Myth:  The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children – and Its A... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-CLANCY_INTERVIEW_6-10-16_CA.mp3) This conversation discusses the myth of when and how trauma from child sexual abuse occurs. Our guest, Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D., and author of “The Trauma Myth:  The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children – and Its Aftermath” discusses how childhood sexual abuse abuse is perceived by the victim; the effects of denial, minimization and blame; and how this issue within the Catholic Church is not being resolved. Dr. Susan A. Clancy is the Research Director of the Center for Women’s Advancement, Development and Leadership at the Central American Institute for Business Administration in Nicaragua.  This interview with Susan A. Clancy was recorded on April 12, 2010, from her home in Managua, Nicaragua. The books Dr. Susan A. Clancy recommends are “Happiness: A History” by Darrin M. McMahon and “In The Woods,” by Tana French. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/06/07/ley-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/06/07/ley-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-two/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2016 00:29:36 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4106 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/06/07/ley-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-two/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Most people are familiar with sex. Some like it. Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others. Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LEY_DAVID_INTERVIEW_P2-2016_CA1.mp3) Most people are familiar with sex. Some like it. Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others. Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, is due to a mental disorder. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with David J. Ley, Ph.D. the author of “The Myth of Sex Addiction.” In this first of two conversations with Dr. Ley, the argument that “sex addiction” is a fraudulent concept is presented. In part two we discuss the evolutionary development of human sexuality and the many cultural approaches to sexual expression. We spoke by phone from his office in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 6, 2012, and began part two when I asked him to discuss human evolutionary development and sexual behavior. The books Dr. David Ley recommend are “Nymphomania: A History,” by Carol Groneman, and “Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish By Exploiting Men.” LeGov clean 29:03 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/05/31/ley-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/05/31/ley-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-one/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:27:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4104 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/05/31/ley-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-one/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Most people are familiar with sex. Some like it. Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others. Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LEY_DAVID_INTERVIEW_P1-2016_CA.mp3) Most people are familiar with sex. Some like it. Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others. Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, is due to a mental disorder. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with David J. Ley, Ph.D. the author of “The Myth of Sex Addiction.” In this first of two conversations with Dr. Ley, the argument that “sex addiction” is a fraudulent concept is presented. In part two we discuss the evolutionary development of human sexuality and the many cultural approaches to sexual expression. We spoke by phone from his office in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 6, 2012, and began part one when I asked him to explain why he characterizes “sex addiction” as a fraud, not as a disorder. The books Dr. David Ley recommend are “Nymphomania: A History,” by Carol Groneman, and “Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish By Exploiting Men.” LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/08/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/08/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough-2/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2015 05:23:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3822 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/08/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough-2/feed/ 0 mormon church,polygamy Radio Curious visits with David Ebershoff, author of "The 19th Wife," a book about Ann Eliza Young, and her realization and then quest to speak out against polygamy in the Mormon church. Polygamy used to be a central aspect in Mormon beliefs.  However, it has not been for over 100 years now, due partly to considerable effort by Ann Eliza Young, one of Brigham Young’s many wives. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with David Ebershoff, author of “The 19th Wife," the story of Ann Eliza Young, and her realization and then quest to let the world know that marriage should only pertain to two people, instead of one man and a plethora of wives who were referred to as “sister wives.”  We discuss what marriage is, how religion plays a large role in many people’s lives, and how the quest that Ann Eliza had effected her world and the world we live in today. Our conversation, recorded on August 29, 2008, began when I asked David Ebershoff why Ann Eliza wanted to apostate (or leave without approval) from the Mormon Church in relationship to the politics then and now. The book that David Ebershoff recommends is, “American Wife: A Novel” by Curtis Sittenfeld. Click here to begin listening. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/25/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/25/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-two/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:00:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3806 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/25/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-two/feed/ 0 Catholic Church,Pope Francis,Vatican Radio Curious guest host Martha McCabe discusses Pope Francis, women, and the future of the Catholic Church with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society of Jesus. Marriage, divorce and the role of women in the Catholic church are some of the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, the second of two visits with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society of Jesus.  In the first visit, we discussed his view of Pope Francis, the role of prayer, and the possibility of opening the priesthood to women.  Father Tom Reese entered the Jesuits in 1962 and was ordained in 1974.  Currently he is a senior analyst with the National Catholic Reporter. He was appointed by President Obama to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent, bipartisan federal commission that reviews the facts and circumstances of religious freedom violations and makes policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress.  Martha McCabe, our guest host, is a retired higher education legal counsel and civil rights attorney with masters degrees in history and creative writing.  Brought up as a Roman Catholic, she graduated from Jesuit Santa Clara University and is now a secular Buddhist.  As a novelist, she was a guest on Radio Curious in 2006.  When Martha McCabe visited with Father Tom Reese by phone on August 14, 2015, she began their conversation by inquiring about marriage in the Catholic Church.  While the Vatican views marriage as a sacred pact between two people, it forbids its priests from entering into that union. The book Father Tom Reese recommends is “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on climate change.  Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:21:02 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3748 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with playwright Don Samson, who discusses his work and creative process and his former life as the author of legal briefs for criminal defense attorneys. The creative imagination of playwright Don Samson is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  In May 2015, I had the good fortune of seeing a ten minute play entitled “Blind Date,” written by my long time friend, who lives in nearby Willits, California.  For many years prior to becoming a playwright, Don Samson researched and wrote legal briefs for criminal defense attorneys, an experience we also discuss in this program. After seeing the local production of “Blind Date,” I was curious about the circumstances that came to Don Samson’s mind when he created this play, so I invited him to visit the Radio Curious studios.  We met on May 22, 2015 and began our conversation with his description of those circumstances.  Don Samson recommends the book, which is also a play, “Antigone,” by Sophocles. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/24/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/24/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords-2/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:06:45 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3609 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/24/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords-2/feed/ 0 afghanistan,drug trade,opium Opium, child brides, drug lords and their effect on life in Afghanistan is the topic of this week’s Radio Curious in conversation with Afghan-American Journalist Fariba Nawa, author of “Opium Nation: Child Brides, Imagine Darya, a twelve year old girl in a remote village of Afghanistan. Her father forces her to marry a drug lord as part payment for an opium drug trade. Her father is not home and she is about to be taken from her family. Desperately, her hands trembling, she implores you, a complete stranger: “Please don’t let him take me.” In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Fariba Nawa, author of “Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan.” Fariba Nawa was ten years old when her family fled Afghanistan shortly before the Soviet invasion in 1979. Eighteen years later Fariba Nawa met twelve year old Darya when she returned to her native Afghanistan as an Afghan-American investigative journalist. Her book tells Darya’s story, and reveals what the Afghan opium drug trade is doing to her native land in the midst of war. Fariba Nawa and I visited by phone from her home near San Francisco, California on January 23, 2012. We began with her description of coming to the United States and flight from Afghanistan. The book Fariba Nawa recommends is “Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love and War,” by Annia Ciezaldo. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/26/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/26/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:48:36 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3404 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/26/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a conversation about women's sexuality with Holly Hollenbeck, author of “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” Holly Hollenbeck says her book is not so much directed at how to please your mate, but how to please yourself by pleasing your mate. Her website is devoted to helping women find passion and inspiration in their long-term relationships. I spoke with Holly Hollenbeck from her home in Nebraska, in mid September 2006, and asked her to describe what motivated her to write, “Sex Lives of Wives.” The book Holly Hollenbeck recommends is "Adults Only Travel: The Ultimate Guide to Romantic and Erotic Destination," by David West and Louis James. Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/11/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-one-leftover-women/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/11/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-one-leftover-women/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3390 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/11/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-one-leftover-women/feed/ 1 "leftover women",China,women Radio Curious discusses the erosion of gender equality in China with Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China” in this two part conversation. The erosion of gender equality in China is the topic of this two part series with Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China.” This book is based in part on her research for the Ph.D. in sociology she received in 2014 from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. In our first conversation we discuss governmental, social and family pressures on women to marry by age 27. Those who don't are characterized in cartoons and posters as “leftover women.” We also discuss the why home ownership deeds are most often only recorded in the name of the husband, regardless of the fact the wife has made a significant if not great financial contribution. In the second conversation, we discuss issues of domestic violence in China and treatment of women in the workplace. When Leta Hong Fincher and I visited by phone on August 9, 2014 we began our conversation with her description of the term “leftover women.” The book Leta Hong Fincher recommends is “The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory,” by Lydia H. Liu, Rebecca E. Karl and Dorothy Ko. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:38:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3192 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/feed/ 0 gender,transgender,transgender youth Radio Curious visits with Eli Erlick, a woman who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp. In this two part series, they share their family’s experience when Eli realized she was female and her parent’s subsequent acceptance of who she is. This edition of Radio Curious is the first of two conversations with Eli Erlick, a woman, who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp.   Eli Erlick is the Founder and Executive Director of Trans Student Equality Resource, based in San Francisco, California and a student at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.  Dr. Carla Longchamp is a family physician in a rural northern California community. Together they share their family’s experience when Eli realized that she was female, and her parent’s subsequent acceptance of who she is.  Our conversation, recorded on January 15, 2014, at Radio Curious, began when I asked Eli, when she knew she was a girl.  Click here to listen to part one or on the media player below. Click here  to listen to part two.     LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:22:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2949 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Lynn Freed, author of the fictional journal chronicling a woman's life in South Africa titled “The Mirror.” The personal journal is often not meant for the eyes of anyone but the writer. When a stranger’s journal is read, the reader often becomes a voyeur to the innermost secrets of another. And whether it is a true journal or one of fiction, who cares? Often, it remains a good story. Lynn Freed, originally of Durban, South Africa, wrote the fictional journal of Agnes LaGrange, entitled “The Mirror,” which reveals the thoughts, feelings, and loves of Agnes, starting when she arrived in South Africa to work as a housekeeper, and ending 50 years later. Lynn Freed recommends “Misfit,” by Jonathan Yardly, “Essays,” by George Orwell & “Last Days in Cloud Cukooland Dispatches,” by Graham Boynton. Originally Broadcast: December 12, 1997 Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:37:09 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2737 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a conversation about the history and future of feminism with History Professor, Estelle B. Freedman, author of ““No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.” The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past.  Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. Our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious is Estelle B. Freedman, a professor of history at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who has a specialty in feminism.  She is the author of “No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.” Originally Broadcast: April 2002. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:22:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2640 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/feed/ 0 sexuality Radio Curious continues our conversation about sexuality with Eric Berkowitz, the author of “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire.” We continue our conversation about sexuality with Eric Berkowitz, author, journalist and lawyer.  His book, “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire” is a story of the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior. This engine that drives the human species is substantially different in us than in other mammals. In our million years of evolution, physically and socially we have developed the ability to communicate ideas and the expected, if not “required” behaviors of women and men and children regarding sexual thought, expression and procreation. The history of these ever changing definitions and controls of this fundamental aspect of our lives are visited in this two part series of conversations with Eric Berkowitz, recorded in the Radio Curious studios on December 29, 2012. Part One discusses the effect the topic of sex has on other people; the development of laws dealing with adultery and women as property; enjoyment of sex; and the way humans dress compared to other animals. Part Two discusses the issues of young women having sexual relationships with considerably older men; the intention and effect of religion in relationship to sex; prostitution; and same sex intimacy. The books Eric Berkowitz recommends are “Nemisis,” by Philip Roth, “Love and Exile: An Autobiographical Trilogy,” by Issac Bashevis Singer, and "Jerusalem: The Biography," by Simon Sebag-Montefiore. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BERKOWITZ_ERIC_INTERVIEW_P2_CA_12-29-12.mp3) to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=65397&version_id=72654&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/31/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/31/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-one/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:27:02 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2630 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/31/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-one/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part one of a two-part conversation about the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior-sexuality. We visit with Eric Berkowitz, author of “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire.” “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire” is a story of the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior. This engine that drives the human species is substantially different in us than in other mammals. In our million years of evolution, physically and socially we have developed the ability to communicate ideas and the expected, if not “required” behaviors of women and men and children regarding sexual thought, expression and procreation. The history of these ever changing definitions and controls of this fundamental aspect of our lives are visited in this two part series of conversations with Eric Berkowitz, recorded in the Radio Curious studios on December 29, 2012. Part One discusses the effect the topic of sex has on other people; the development of laws dealing with adultery and women as property; enjoyment of sex; and the way humans dress compared to other animals. Part Two discusses the issues of young women having sexual relationships with considerably older men; the intention and effect of religion in relationship to sex; prostitution; and same sex intimacy. The books Eric Berkowitz recommends are “Nemisis,” by Philip Roth, and “Love and Exile: An Autobiographical Trilogy,” by Issac Bashevis Singer. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/10/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/10/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:04:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2488 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/10/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough/feed/ 0 Mormom Church,polygamy Radio Curious brings you an archived conversation about the life of Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wife of Brigham Young, a critic of polygamy, and early leader in the struggle for women’s rights. Radio Curious brings you an archived conversation with David Ebershoff, author of “The 19th Wife," a book about the life of Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wife of Brigham Young, a critic of polygamy, and early leader in the struggle for women’s rights. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/13/ley-dr-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/13/ley-dr-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-two/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:21:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2453 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/13/ley-dr-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-two/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part two of a conversation with Dr. David Ley, author of "The Myth of Sex Addiction." Most people are familiar with sex.  Some like it.  Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others.  Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, is due to a mental disorder. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with David J. Ley, Ph.D. the author of “The Myth of Sex Addiction.” In the first of two conversations with Dr. Ley, the argument that “sex addiction” is a fraudulent concept is presented.  In part two we discuss the evolutionary development of human sexuality and the many cultural approaches to sexual expression. We spoke by phone from his office in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 6, 2012, and began Part Two when I asked him to discuss human evolutionary development and sexual behavior. The books he recommend are “Nymphomania:  A History,” by Carol Groneman, and “Is There Anything Good About Men?:  How Cultures Flourish By Exploiting Men,” by Roy F. Baumeister. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LEY_DAVID_P2-CA-8-12.mp3) to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=62124&version_id=69146&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/07/ley-dr-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/07/ley-dr-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-one/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:49:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2448 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/07/ley-dr-david-the-myth-of-sex-addiction-part-one/feed/ 0 sex addiction Radio Curious visits with Dr. David Ley, author of "The Myth of Sex Addiction." The first of a two-part conversation Dr. Ley argues sex addiction is a fraud. Most people are familiar with sex.  Some like it.  Some like it a lot and seek to engage in sex more than others.  Some people are inclined to think that the desire for “too much sex,” however much that may be, is due to a mental disorder. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with David J. Ley, Ph.D. the author of “The Myth of Sex Addiction.” In this first of two conversations with Dr. Ley, the argument that “sex addiction” is a fraudulent concept is presented.  In part two we discuss the evolutionary development of human sexuality and the many cultural approaches to sexual expression. We spoke by phone from his office in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 6, 2012, and began Part one when I asked him explain why he characterizes “sex addiction” as a fraud, not as disorder. The books he recommend are “Nymphomania:  A History,” by Carol Groneman, and “Is There Anything Good About Men?:  How Cultures Flourish By Exploiting Men,” by Roy F. Baumeister. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LEY_DAVID-INTERVIEW_P1-CA-8-6-12.mp3) to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/07/dole-professor-robert-homosexuality-and-schizophrenia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/07/dole-professor-robert-homosexuality-and-schizophrenia/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:57:55 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2040 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/07/dole-professor-robert-homosexuality-and-schizophrenia/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Robert Dole, a Professor of English as a Foreign Language at the University of Chicoutimi in Quebec, Canada, about his personal experiences with schizophrenia and homosexuality as described in his book published in 2000, One man’s personal experience in recognizing his homosexuality, is the subject of this program.  Until the mid 1970s homosexuality was considered by many people to be a mental disorder and/or a crime, as it still is in some personal and political belief systems.  Homosexual people sometimes were housed in mental institutions, given medication and suffered an array of treatment methods, including shock therapy and other forms of behavior modification. Professor Robert Dole, our guest in this edition of Radio Curious, was one of many individuals subjected to behavior modification of that period in time. In his book, “How to Make a Success of Your Schizophrenia,” he explains how the “treatment” he endured as an attempt to alter his homosexual preference made him schizophrenic.  His personal memoir describes his experiences growing up in the 1960s as a gay man, his institutionalization at the McLean Hospital in Massachusetts, the schizophrenia that consumed him as a result of his treatment, his self-led recovery, partially based on a spiritual experience, and his subsequent extraordinary life in academia. Professor Dole, who is fluent in seven languages, teaches English as a Foreign Language at the University of Chicoutimi in rural Quebec, Canada, where he has lived for 30 plus years.  He and I visited by phone from his office at the University of Chicoutimi on November 4, 2011 and began our conversation when I asked to describe the schizophrenia he experienced. The books Professor Robert Dole recommends are: “The Death of Ivan Ilych,” by Leo Tolstoy and any book from Stefan Zweig. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 28:59 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/03/28/brizendine-dr-louann-the-male-brain-the-female-brain-there-is-a-difference/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/03/28/brizendine-dr-louann-the-male-brain-the-female-brain-there-is-a-difference/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:41:55 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1709 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/03/28/brizendine-dr-louann-the-male-brain-the-female-brain-there-is-a-difference/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Dr. Louann Brizendine, neuropsychiatrist and author of 2 books, "The Female Brain," and, "The Male Brain." She discusses what differentiates the two. Have you ever been curious about the difference between the male brain and the female brain?  Well I have, for a long time.  This week Radio Curious speaks with neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Louann Brizendine, founder of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California at San Francisco.  In 2006 she wrote a book called, “The Female Brain,” and in 2010 she wrote “The Male Brain,”--very different books about very different genders of our human species. The interview with Dr. Louann Brizendine was recorded March 21st, 2011. The book she recommends is “The Emperor of All Maladies,” by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=50547&version_id=56691&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/18/matthew-fox-creating-a-new-spirituality/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/18/matthew-fox-creating-a-new-spirituality/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:40:47 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1619 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/18/matthew-fox-creating-a-new-spirituality/feed/ 0 This week Radio Curious visits with Matthew Fox, theologian and author of 28 books including his recent publication, "The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine." In 1988, rather than comply with an ecclesiastical summons issued by then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, to move to Chicago and give up his work on Creation Spirituality in Oakland California, Matthew Fox, a Dominican Priest, left the Dominican Order, remained in Oakland, and established the University of Creation Spirituality.   Matthew Fox is the author of 28 books and most recently published “The Hidden Spirituality of Men:  Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine,” and is our guest on this edition of Radio Curious. Matthew Fox first visited Radio Curious in 1999 when his book “Sins of the Spirit, Blessing of the Flesh: Lesson for Transforming Evil, in Soul and Society,” was published.  So, when we came across “The Hidden Spirituality Men,” the latent curiosity of Radio Curious about spirituality was awakened. Fox and I spoke by visited again, by phone from his home in Oakland, California on January 11, 2011.  Our conversation, which explores male and female spirituality, began with Matthew Fox distinguishing spirituality, faith, religion and dogma. The book Matthew Fox recommends is “Walt Whitman: Shamanism, Spiritual Democracy and the World Soul,” By Steven B. Herrmann. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=48727&version_id=54752&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/19/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/19/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india-2/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:35:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1501 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/19/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india-2/feed/ 0 Join us for part two of an interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta... Join us for part two of an interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta to revive newborn babies who are unable to breathe.  In this two part series we discuss  current and traditional midwifery practices in India’s rural countryside. For part one and more information on Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, visit our first interview here . This second interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on September 6th, 2010. The book Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal recommends is, "Anila's Journey," by Mary Finn. Click here to listen to part two of the interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, or click on the player below. Click here to download and subscribe to our podcasts. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/12/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/12/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1481 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/12/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india/feed/ 0 Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal is an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta to revive newborn babies who are unable ... Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal is an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta to revive newborn babies who are unable to breathe.  In a two part series we discuss  current and traditional midwifery practices in India’s rural countryside. Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal is the Managing Trustee of Tathapi, a small center for ‘Women and Health’ Resource Development in India, where she has lived for over 3 decades.  In the 1980s Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal provided medical relief to victims of the Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal.  She later collaborated with women members of a landless laborer’s union to run “Zaroori Dawai ki Suvidha” – “essential medicines facility,” a local village medical co-operative.  She is the author of “In Our Hands,” and the editor of two books, “Her Healing Heritage,” and “Na Shariram Nadhi," – "My Body is Mine." In 2007 Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal was the recipient of the Chingari Award for Women Against Corporate Crimes, which is given annually to a woman activist who has taken up the cause of a community fighting corporate criminal activity in India.   Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal grew up in California and is now citizen of India. This, the first of two interviews with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on September 6th, 2010. The book Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal recommends is, "Anila's Journey," by Mary Finn. Click here to listen to part one of the interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, or click on the player below. Click here to listen to part two of the interview with Dr. Mira Dakin Sadgopal. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=46178&version_id=52003&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcasts. LeGov clean 28:58 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/13/clancy-susan-a-ph-d-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/13/clancy-susan-a-ph-d-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:33:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1099 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/13/clancy-susan-a-ph-d-sexual-abuse-of-children-and-the-catholic-church/feed/ 0 If you have been sexually abused as a child, or know someone who was, listen to this edition of Radio Curious with host Barry Vogel and Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D, author of “The Trauma Myth:  The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children – and Its Aftermath. If you have been sexually abused as a child, or know someone who was, listen to this edition of Radio Curious with host Barry Vogel and Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D, author of “The Trauma Myth:  The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children – and Its Aftermath.”  This conversation discuss’s the myth of when trauma of child sexual abuse takes place, how and the abuse is perceived by the victim, and the effects of denial, minimization and blame, and how this issue within the Catholic Church is not being resolved.  Susan A. Clancy, Ph.D. is currently the Research Director of the Center for Women’s Advancement, Development and Leadership at the Central American Institute for Business Administration in Nicaragua.  This interview was recorded on April 12, 2010, with Susan A. Clancy Ph.D. from her home in Managua, Nicaragua. The books she recommends are “Happiness: A History” by Darrin M. McMahon, and “In The Woods,” by Tana French. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/41791/47235/63326/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-CLANCY_INTERVIEW_BV_4-12-10.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=41791&version_id=47235&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/24/dow-katie-how-do-we-feel-about-surrogacy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/24/dow-katie-how-do-we-feel-about-surrogacy/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:18:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1092 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/24/dow-katie-how-do-we-feel-about-surrogacy/feed/ 0 For millennia when couples were not able to conceive and bear their own children their options were somewhat limited, and not at all available if the complication was on the females parts.  And, these matters still are not much discussed even among the... For millennia when couples were not able to conceive and bear their own children their options were somewhat limited, and not at all available if the complication was on the females parts.  And, these matters still are not much discussed even among the couples themselves.  However in the past decades medical science has developed in vitro fertilization which can accommodate the egg for the intended mother, or from another woman, and the sperm from the intended father, or from another man, depending on what is needed. The fertilized egg can then be placed into a ‘surrogate’ mother who can take the pregnancy to term and deliver the baby for the parents. The many issues surrounding surrogacy form the conversation in this edition of Radio Curious.  We visit with Dr. Katie Dow, who has studied issues of surrogate parenthood in preparation of her doctorial dissertation in anthropology at the London School of Economics. Katie Dow joined us in the studios of Radio Curious in Ukiah, California on March 8th, 2010, and began by explaining what constitutes surrogacy. The book Katie Dow recommends is “A Meaningful Life,” by L.J. Davis. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/41064/46486/63209/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-dow,_katie_3-8-10_hb_mono.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=41064&version_id=46486&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:23:42 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=968 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/07/07/sloan-dr-mark-why-do-gorillas-have-it-so-easy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/07/07/sloan-dr-mark-why-do-gorillas-have-it-so-easy/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:11:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=611 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/07/07/sloan-dr-mark-why-do-gorillas-have-it-so-easy/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 17:46:27 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=560 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/02/02/blevis-marcianne-are-you-jealous-do-you-know-why/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/02/02/blevis-marcianne-are-you-jealous-do-you-know-why/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:21:18 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2009/02/17/blevis-marcianne-are-you-jealous-do-you-know-why/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/02/02/blevis-marcianne-are-you-jealous-do-you-know-why/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/roach-mary-human-sexuality-a-conversation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/roach-mary-human-sexuality-a-conversation/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:07:57 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/roach-mary-human-sexuality-a-conversation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/roach-mary-human-sexuality-a-conversation/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/03/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/03/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:05:10 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/03/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india/feed/ 0 Born Into Brothels "Born into Brothels" received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.  A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, "Born into Brothels" is a portrait of several unforgettable children w... Born Into Brothels "Born into Brothels" received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.  A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, "Born into Brothels" is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes.  The most stigmatized people in Calcutta's red light district however are not the prostitutes, but their children.  In the face of abject poverty, abuse, and despair, these kids have little possibility of escaping their mother's fate or for creating another type of life. In "Born into Brothels," directors Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman chronicle the amazing transformation of the children they come to know in the red light district.  Briski, a professional photographer, gives them lessons and cameras, igniting latent sparks of artistic genius that reside in these children who live in the most sordid and seemingly hopeless world. The photographs taken by the children are not merely examples of remarkable observation and talent; they reflect something much larger, morally encouraging, and even politically volatile: art as an immensely liberating and empowering force. Devoid of sentimentality, "Born into Brothels" defies the typical tear-stained tourist snapshot of the global underbelly.  Briski spends years with these kids and becomes part of their lives.  Their photographs are prisms into their souls, rather than anthropological curiosities or primitive imagery, and a true testimony of the power of the indelible creative spirit. You can learn about this film and Kids with Cameras at www.kids-with-cameras.org. I spoke with Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman in February 2005. Beginning the conversation first with Zana Briski, I asked her to explain what drew her to India before the concept of "Kids With Cameras" was even a dream. www.kids-with-cameras.org (http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/) Zana Briski recommends "Secret Life of Bees," by Sue Monk Kidd. Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 Click here to begin listening. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/02/24/abha-dawesar-babyji-a-story-of-physics-sex-and-caste-politics-in-india/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/02/24/abha-dawesar-babyji-a-story-of-physics-sex-and-caste-politics-in-india/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:59:09 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/abha-dawesar-babyji-a-story-of-physics-sex-and-caste-politics-in-india/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/02/24/abha-dawesar-babyji-a-story-of-physics-sex-and-caste-politics-in-india/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/03/09/dr-abraham-morgantaler-viagra-is-it-for-you/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/03/09/dr-abraham-morgantaler-viagra-is-it-for-you/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:47:59 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/dr-abraham-morgantaler-viagra-is-it-for-you/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/03/09/dr-abraham-morgantaler-viagra-is-it-for-you/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/01/27/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/01/27/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:43:57 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/01/27/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a 2004 conversation with Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues, for Women's History Month. The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in some cases, abuse. In this edition of Radio Curious, we spoke with Eve Ensler about the origin of the the Vagina Monologues and the film, “Until the Violence Ends.” Eve Ensler recommends "Bush in Babylon," by Tariq Ali. Originally Broadcast: January 27, 2004 Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/11/01/robert-benton-the-human-stain/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/11/01/robert-benton-the-human-stain/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:48:15 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/robert-benton-the-human-stain/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/11/01/robert-benton-the-human-stain/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/30/jennifer-finney-boylan-a-man-becomes-a-woman/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/30/jennifer-finney-boylan-a-man-becomes-a-woman/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:54:48 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/jennifer-finney-boylan-a-man-becomes-a-woman/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/30/jennifer-finney-boylan-a-man-becomes-a-woman/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/08/12/steve-jones-tracing-the-y-chromosome/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/08/12/steve-jones-tracing-the-y-chromosome/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:07:25 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/steve-jones-tracing-the-y-chromosome/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/08/12/steve-jones-tracing-the-y-chromosome/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/02/18/janna-malamud-smith-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/02/18/janna-malamud-smith-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2003 07:30:08 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/janna-malamud-smith-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/02/18/janna-malamud-smith-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Janna Malamud Smith, clinical psychotherapist and author of “A Potent Spell:  Mother Love and the Power of Fear.” A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome job?  Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a child?  Is this different from the fear that fathers have about the safety of their children? “A Potent Spell:  Mother Love and the Power of Fear” is a recent book written by Janna Malamud Smith, a clinical psychotherapist and daughter of writer Bernard Malamud. Smith argues that the motherhood fear of losing a child is central to motherhood, and mostly overlooked as a historical force that has induced mothers throughout time to shape their own lives to better shelter their young,  the expense of their own future. I spoke with Dr. Janna Malamud Smith from her home in Massachusetts, and asked her to begin by discussing the different level of feat that fathers and mothers have toward their children. The book Janna Malamud Smith recommends is “Biography of Samuel Pepys” by Clair Tomilin. Originally Broadcast: February 18, 2003 Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=10889&version_id=72124&version=2) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/12/31/dr-harvey-simon-healthy-men/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/12/31/dr-harvey-simon-healthy-men/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2002 07:36:40 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/dr-harvey-simon-healthy-men/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/12/31/dr-harvey-simon-healthy-men/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/10/01/dr-gerda-lerner-the-foremother-of-womens-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/10/01/dr-gerda-lerner-the-foremother-of-womens-history/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2002 11:58:33 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/11/dr-gerda-lerner-the-foremother-of-womens-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/10/01/dr-gerda-lerner-the-foremother-of-womens-history/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Dr. Gerda Lerner, a founder of the academic genre called Women's History. Lerner died January 2, 2013 at the age of 92. Fireweed: A Political Autobiography The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received academic attention. Our guest, Professor Gerda Lerner is a pioneer of the study of women’s history and a founder of the movement to study and record the history of women. Gerda Lerner led an extraordinary life from April 30, 1920 to January 2, 2013.  She was a historian, author and teacher, and ultimately a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin.  Her academic work was characterized by the attention she drew to the differences among women in class, race and sexual orientation. She grew up in Vienna, Austria, suffered in the Nazi persecution of the European Jews, came to the United States as a teenager, and married a writer who was subsequently blacklisted in the 1950s.  She later entered Columbia University in 1958, originally to take a few classes and by 1966 she had earned a doctorate in history. “Fireweed: A Political Autobiography,”  tells her life story up to the time she enrolled at Columbia University. Professor Lerner and I visited by phone in October 2002, began with her description why the distinctions among women of class, race and sexual orientation are important. The book Dr. Gerda Lerner recommends is "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812" by Laurel Ulrich. Originally Broadcast: October 1, 2002 Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LERNER_GERDA_2013_CA.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=10861&version_id=12939&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/30/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/30/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:06:42 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/30/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/02/06/shari-holman-not-even-the-clothes-on-her-back/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/02/06/shari-holman-not-even-the-clothes-on-her-back/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2001 18:05:57 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/shari-holman-not-even-the-clothes-on-her-back/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/02/06/shari-holman-not-even-the-clothes-on-her-back/feed/ 0 The Dress Lodger In England, in the 1830s, at the time of a major cholera epidemic, a young girl, the orphaned daughter of a prostitute, finds that working in a pottery factory does not earn her enough money for herself and her child. The Dress Lodger In England, in the 1830s, at the time of a major cholera epidemic, a young girl, the orphaned daughter of a prostitute, finds that working in a pottery factory does not earn her enough money for herself and her child. She must work at night like her mother, as a prostitute. Having virtually no money, she rents her dress, and is followed while she walks the streets so that she will not run off with her outfit. She is called a dress lodger. Shari Holman, a native of rural Virginia, and later a resident of Brooklyn, New York, has researched the lives of girls who were dress lodgers in England in the 1830s. She is the author of a book of historical fiction about Gustine, a 15-year-old dress lodger who lived and worked in Sunderland, England in 1831, entitled “The Dress Lodger.” Shari Holman recommends "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down," by Anne Fadiman. Originally Broadcast: February 6, 2001 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050829-HOLMAN__SHARI__1-31-01.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/12/12/lynn-freed-reflections-on-a-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/12/12/lynn-freed-reflections-on-a-life/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:25:59 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/lynn-freed-reflections-on-a-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/12/12/lynn-freed-reflections-on-a-life/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/21/joan-jacobs-brumberg-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/21/joan-jacobs-brumberg-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-2/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:33:31 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/joan-jacobs-brumberg-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/21/joan-jacobs-brumberg-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 1997 20:38:38 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/19/bettina-aptheker-the-personal-is-the-political/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/19/bettina-aptheker-the-personal-is-the-political/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 1997 22:16:17 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/bettina-aptheker-the-personal-is-the-political/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/19/bettina-aptheker-the-personal-is-the-political/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/12/amy-bloom-love-as-creator/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/12/amy-bloom-love-as-creator/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 1997 22:17:27 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/amy-bloom-love-as-creator/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/12/amy-bloom-love-as-creator/feed/ 0 Love Invents Us Amy Bloom is a Connecticut-based author and psychotherapist and the author of a novel entitled “Love Invents Us.” This book, the enactment of psychological theory about human behavior, also traces the intimate details in the life of E... Love Invents Us Amy Bloom is a Connecticut-based author and psychotherapist and the author of a novel entitled “Love Invents Us.” This book, the enactment of psychological theory about human behavior, also traces the intimate details in the life of Elizabeth Howe from her childhood to middle age. I spoke with Amy Bloom by phone while she was on tour to discuss ‘Love Invents Us” and asked her, “how does love invent us?” Amy Bloom recommends "Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream," by John Derbyshire. Originally Broadcast: February 12, 1997 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050606-BLOOM__AMY_2-12-97.mp3) LeGov clean