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Edgar B. Herwick III hosts GBH’s newest show, The Curiosity Desk, where he answers your questions and examines everyday mysteries hiding in plain sight. Tune in daily for conversations, insights and profundities about the world we live in. Have something you’re curious about? Leave us a voicemail anytime at 877-301-8970, or submit questions via the form on our landing page at GBHNews.org.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content and exclusive videos.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEdgar B. Herwick III hosts GBH’s newest show, The Curiosity Desk, where he answers your questions and examines everyday mysteries hiding in plain sight. Tune in daily for conversations, insights and profundities about the world we live in. Have something you’re curious about?
The Curiosity Desk is hosted by GBH News. The show has published 179 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Can You Rid Your Home of Evil Spirits?" (29 October 2026, 53 minutes), "Who Is Pluto's, Potential, New Cousin?" (28 October 2026, 52 minutes), and "Why Do We Adore Gnarly Bumpy Gourds?" (23 October 2026, 52 minutes).
The Curiosity Desk publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 179 episodes.
Booking probability for The Curiosity Desk is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Curiosity Desk requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Curiosity Desk's contact route on record: verified email.
GBH News hosts The Curiosity Desk, a society podcast with 179 episodes published.
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October 29, 2026 Misinformation researcher Joan Donovan returns for her Thursday segment The Glitch Report, this week with film critic Mike Snoonian to talk tech-anxiety reflected in classic cinema. Curiosity Desk...
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October 28, 2026 First - we begin with NOVA Senior Producer Caitlin Saks , explaining this week’s news about the discovery of a new dwarf planet candidate right here in our solar system. How have we missed 2026 ED138...
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October 23, 2026 This week McLean Hospital announced a brand-new center for research into the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry. We’ll hear about the new center and the work to come from Dr. Virginie-Anne Chouinard...
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October 22, 2026 First up, we begin with misinformation researcher Joan Donovan , back for another round of The Glitch Report. Today she joins with Libby Liu and Naomi Seligman of Whistleblower Aid, the pro-bono legal...
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October 21, 2026 First up: Edgar meets Avijit Ghosh, Lead Technical AI Policy Researcher at the AI platform Hugging Face. We’ll hear how the company is doing, three months after it was hack by an agentic AI. They’ll...
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October 20, 2026 Live from downtown, Edgar’s check in with Ari Rosenthal, co-founder of the Mass. AI Action Network & the lead-organizer of protests beginning today at 1:00. Then, MIT economist Jon Gruber returns to...
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October 19, 2026 First, we are exploring security flaws in current electronic voting systems with Susan Greenhalgh from Free Speech for People. Then, CFP Jennifer Lane returns to answer listener calls & texts about...
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First up, we’re exploring a proposal to deploy Amazon deliver drones at a facility in Westborough, and local pushback. We’ll talk with Christine Farmer & Stephanie Stephanie Stuchlik from the group Mass Blue Skies...
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October 15, 2026 It’s another round of The Glitch Report, with Joan Donovan . This week she joins with actor Alex Winter (Bill from Bill & Ted ) to talk about their work launching the grassroots protest movement Telsa...
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October 14, 2026 First up, we talk with Scott Delaney, co-founder of the group Grant Witness on how federal cuts in science funding are impacting Massachusetts. Then, it's the return of “Ask The Dog & Cat Behaviorists”...
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October 12, 2026 First, Edgar meets Chuck Loring, Jr., Director of Natural Resources for Penobscot Nation, to talk about the tribe’s securing of 11,000 acres of land in Maine. Then, Author Kevin Galvin on his book...
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This week, news came of the passing of pioneer software engineer Margaret Hamilton. We’ll get reflections from Peter Volante , a software engineer who worked under her during the Apollo missions. Today is, famously...
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October 8, 2026 First up, misinformation researcher Joan Donovan returns for “The Glitch Report,” this week with Washington Post columnist Drew Harwell . They’ll talk about Drew’s reporting on flock cameras and women in...
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October 7, 2026 Last week we spoke with Mass. Senator Jo Comerford about her frustrations with an MRWA plan to source an additional 20 million gallons of water from the Quabbin Reservoir, daily, without local buy-in...
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October 6, 2026 First up, we begin with Barbara Kates-Garnick from the Fletcher School at Tufts, breaking down Gov. Healey’s State of Energy Emergency and why energy costs are so expensive in Mass. Then, MIT economist...
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October 5, 2026 First, the MBTA's rolling out a new system where bus cameras will monitor and – eventually – ticket cars in bus lanes. We’ll hear from GBH’s Jeremy Siegel about the change, plus transit reporter Jose...
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October 02, 2026 We’ll hear from Mass. Sen. Jo Comerford about pushback by Quabbin-area communities to a new water draw proposal. Then - it’s the latest round of our misfit news panel, ICYMI. Guests are GBH’s Henry...
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October 1, 2026 First up, it's another round of “The Glitch Report” with misinformation researcher Joan Donovan . Today, Joan joins with University of Virginia researcher Lana Swartz for a conversation about how AI and...
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September 30, 2026 First: we’re kicking things off with a panel on renter's issues, from rent stabilization to the tenant right-to-purchase bill. We’ll also answer some listener questions sourced on Reddit. Joining is...
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September 29, 2026 First up, it's the latest edition of our AI News panel. Guests this week are Boston Globe assistant business editor Andy Rosen , A.I. researcher Elena Glassman , and Agents of Purpose founder Kathy...
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