Thecuriousmanspodcast

Feb 04 2025 100 ep. 58 mins 11
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The curious man Matt Crawford interviews authors and interesting people about topics ranging from history to politics to everyday stimulating topics. If you like to learn and are as curious as I am please join in!

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Mike Colias Interview Episode 506

Feb 04 2025 60 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with journalist and author Mike Colias about his book, Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles. The question is no longer if electric vehicles will happen, or even when they'll happen, but how. Veteran automotive reporter Mike Colias takes you inside the transformation in this thoroughly reported profile of the hard pivot in t

Benjamin Dimmitt Interview Episode 505

Jan 28 2025 57 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with photographer and author Benjamin Dimmitt about his book, An Unflinching Look: Elegy for Wetlands. An Unflinching Look is an examination of a unique North American ecosystem in decline, investigated through eighty-five duotone photographs, scientific analysis, and critical interpretation. The project’s focus is the area of the Chassahowitzka National Wild

Peter Philips Interview Episode 504

Jan 23 2025 46 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Peter Philips about his book, Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity. In Titans of Capital, Peter Phillips, a political sociologist, poses three key research questions: To what extent do the wealthy influence—or even dominate—decision making that affects all of us in society? Who are the most powerful people? And how does

Nancy Reddy Interview Episode 503

Jan 22 2025 60 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Nancy Reddy about her book, The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom. When Reddy had her first child, she found herself suddenly confronted with the ideal of a being a perfect mother, but what is that and who defines it? For answers, Reddy turned to the mid-20th century social scientists and psychologists whose work

Marcia Peck Interview Episode 502

Jan 22 2025 63 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Marcia Peck about her debut novel, Water Music: A Cape Cod Story. This is the story of twelve-year-old Lily Grainger, and the summer of 1956 spent with her family on Cape Cod. That was the summer the Andrea Doria sank, pilot whales stranded, and Lily’s father built a house he couldn't afford. Target practice on a nearby decommissioned Liberty Ship

Frank Lad Interview Episode 501

Jan 21 2025 63 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with educator, mathematician and author Frank Lad about his book, Just Plain Wrong: The Dalliance of Quantum Theory with the Defiance of Bell's Inequality. The educated public have long been regaled with "the mysteries of quantum physics", which enshroud far-flung claims about the fundamental nature of matter. These rely on a stunning proposition of quantum the

Dr. John Shears Interview Episode 500

Jan 15 2025 62 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with polar geographer, explorer and author Dr. John Shears about his expedition to find the Endurance as well as his book, Endurance: The Discovery of Shackleton's Legendary Ship. John and I discuss the herculean effort it took him and his team to find the Endurance, Shackleton's ship that has been beneath the Weddell Sea for 108 years. This book and the accomp

Michael Cannell Interview Episode 499

Jan 14 2025 55 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Michael Cannell about his book, Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the World. No episode in NYPD history surpasses the crimes committed by Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, two decorated detectives who covertly acted as mafia informants and paid assassins for the mob in 1980s Brooklyn. For more than ten y

Janice Kaplan Interview Episode 498

Jan 07 2025 41 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with Janice Kaplan the New York Times bestselling author of The Gratitude Diaries, What Your Body Knows About Happiness is your ultimate insight into the body-mind connection, guiding you to a happier, more pleasurable life. Happiness isn't just a state of mind. It's also a state of body. Standing straight can give you a shot of confidence and forcing a smile m

Shane Joaquin Jimenez Interview Episode 118

Dec 20 2024 76 mins  
Matt Crawford speaks with author Shane Joaquin Jimenez about his novel, Bondage. Che Horowitz is on the run. A young loner raised by revolutionaries, she escapes from prison to find her sister, who has mysteriously vanished. Che’s search takes her to the one place she never wanted to return to: Las Vegas. Soon, Che is pulled into a nightmarish underworld of sadistic mobsters, cro