Choose to be Curious

Choose to be Curious is a show all about curiosity. We talk about research and theory, but mostly it's conversations about how curiosity shows up in work and life. Now syndicated and available via Pacifica RadioNetwork.

Choose to be Curious is a society podcast hosted by Lynn Borton, with 411 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Lynn Borton hosts Choose to be Curious, a society show with 411 episodes published.

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  Ep. #343: Curiosity & Biomimicry: Learning from the Genius of Nature, with Sara El Sayed

  Sep 30, 202628 min

  Biomimicry is “the conscious emulation of nature’s genius.” What might we learn by attending to nature's solutions? Sara Aly El Sayed, Director of the Biomimicry Center at Arizona State University, has thoughts! Biomimicry Center: https://globalfutures.asu.edu/biomimicry-center/ Theme music by Sean Balick; “A Palace of Cedar” by The Pine Barrens, via Blue Dot Sessions.

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  Ep. #342: Curiosity in Communications & PR, with Greg Abel

  Sep 22, 202628 min

  When I wanted to think about curiosity in communications and PR – in the professional work of finding effective ways to tell our stories to one another, under all sorts of circumstances – I knew Greg Abel was the guy to talk to. Greg Abel: https://www.abelcommunications.com Theme music by Sean Balick. “Town Market” by Onesuch Village, via via Blue Dot Sessions.

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  Ep. #341: Ready or Not: Curiosity & Emergency Preparedness, with Davyne Dial

  Sep 16, 202628 min

  What might choosing to be curious about the unthinkable offer? Davyne Dial is general manager at WPVM radio in Asheville, NC. Hurricane Helene taught her we should all be more curious about the very things we don't want to think about. WPVM 103.7, Radio Asheville: https://wpvmfm.org Theme music by Sean Balick; “Well Water" by The Bulwark, via Blue Dot Sessions.

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  Ep. #340: In the Mix: Curiosity, Unsureness & AI, with Maggie Jackson

  Sep 9, 202628 min

  Be honest: how often do you reflexively defer to AI? What if that same system told you it had some uncertainty about its answers? What would be different, and why? Author and journalist Maggie Jackson and I dig into what happens when we shuffle the certainty deck and reinsert unsureness in AI, our interactions with it, and our own thinking. Can we protect our future and own humanity by choosing to be curious -- by choosing to be uncertain? Maggie Jackson: https://www.maggie-jackson.com Theme music by Sean Balick; “Jog to the Water" by Duck Lake, via Blue Dot Sessions.

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  Ep. #339: Untrammeled Curiosity & Civic Thought, with Stephanie Almeida Nevin

  Sep 2, 202628 min

  The Yale Center for Civic Thought is dedicated to encouraging thoughtful public discourse and civically responsible intellectual life by helping students practice disagreement, curiosity, and thinking without the pressure to perform. Stephanie Almeida Nevin is executive director of the Center for Civic Thought: https://civicthought.yale.edu Theme music by Sean Balick; “Tuck and Point” by Onesuch Village, via Blue Dot Sessions.

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