Curiously

Most of us spend our lives pretending we have forever. We push off difficult conversations, delay dreams, and take tomorrow for granted. But the truth is, we don’t have forever. We have about 3,200 weeks, according to average life expectancy. Knowing this can make us work a little harder, love a little deeper, live more intentionally. But how many of us actually sit with the reality that our time is limited? How many of us talk openly about death before it’s too late? In this episode, I talk wit

What does it take to create music that transcends genres and builds a devoted following? Leo Son and Claire Davis of Bermuda Search Party (formerly The Q-Tip Bandits) have cracked the code—blending soulful melodies, cool lyrics, and joyous energy into a sound that’s taken the New England music scene by storm. After meeting at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Leo and Claire joined forces with bandmates Dakota Maykrantz on drums, Maclin Tucker on trumpet, and Hoyt Parquet on trombone. Tog

What do you do when you realize life has no inherent meaning? You invent your own. In this episode, I’m doing something different: I’m reading a short story from my book, The Healing Book , which published in 2023. The story is called “ Searching for Meaning in the Stars, ” and it follows a theoretical physicist who writes a memoir about overcoming an existential crisis in his cabin on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. During the pandemic, I found myself in my late thirties, trapped at home,

What is therapy really like? What are the biggest misconceptions? Can it work for everyone? In the first episode of Curiously, I sit down with my former therapist, John Grillo, LCSW, to explore these questions and more. Inspired by Jonah Hill’s 2022 documentary Stutz, I decided to have an open conversation with the therapist I worked with for years. John is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist, and we’ve always had great rapport, which made this an insightful and honest dialogue

Can an AI truly understand us? Does it have thoughts, creativity, or self-awareness? The movie Her was set in 2025—the year we’re living in now. So I decided to interview artificial intelligence itself. In this fascinating 45-minute conversation, I put OpenAI's ChatGPT on the hot seat to explore what AI is actually capable of today, what it fundamentally lacks, and what the future might hold. For over two years, ChatGPT has been my daily research assistant, copyeditor, and conversational partner

Would you believe me if I told you that the flowers in your window and the trees in your yard are actually sophisticated chemical laboratories, producing compounds that could cure disease? Plants can’t run from predators or hide from harsh weather. So over 450 million years of evolution, they developed something better: chemistry. To survive, plants engineered intricate metabolic systems that produce thousands of specialized chemicals that attract pollinators, poison herbivores, and fight off pa

Could we actually resurrect dinosaurs like in Jurassic Park? Design our children’s traits like in Gattaca? Merge human consciousness with machines like in Ghost in the Shell? Dr. Nisha Iyer teaches biomedical engineering students at Tufts University by exploring the real science behind sci-fi movies—and the ethical questions they raise. Dr. Iyer holds a PhD in biomedical research and serves as an assistant professor at Tufts University. She’s created a groundbreaking course called “Applications