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A podcast for curious people! Shanny Luft, administrator and professor of religion at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, talks with experts about a broad range of topics from the sciences, pop culture, media, politics, and the arts.
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." - Dorothy Parker
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26 episodes
since Feb. 25, 2021
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This bodacious episode of No Cure for Curiosity was supported by Magic Mind. Magic Mind really helped with my productivity during this cold, dank Wisconsin weather. You can receive 20% off your next order by going to magicmind.com and entering the fly promo code "curiosity20"…
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If you are in a show hole, this episode is for you! Shanny talks with several guests who share their favorite movies, tv shows, and books from 2023. He also continues his conversation with media studies professors Kelly Wilz and Cary Elza about the biggest media news from last year.M…
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Shanny Luft is curious about Barbie so he invited professors Cary Elza and Kelly Wilz in Media Studies at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, to talk about it. Why was Barbie the most successful movie of 2023? We also talked about the films that inspired Greta Gerwig's d…
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The power of curiosity compels you! On this episode, we talked about William Friedkin's The Exorcist with Cary Elza, (Associate Professor of Media Studies from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point) and Kathryn Lofton (the Lex Hickson professor of American studies and religiou…
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On this episode of No Cure for Curiosity, I spoke with Stephen Prothero, author, religion scholar, and now retired professor from Boston University. Throughout his career Stephen Prothero has promoted thoughtful public consideration about religion. He has been published in the New York …
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On this episode of No Cure for Curiosity, I asked five people to share their favorite media of the last year! If you are in a show hole or looking for a new novel for your book club, this episode is for you!Lauren Gantz, Associate Professor English at UWSP
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In our first episode of 2023, Shanny talks with Cary Elza and Kevin Obsatz, two media studies professors at UWSP, about the career of James Cameron and his latest movie, Avatar: The Way of Water. We talked about the themes that have dominated Cameron's career, his particular ski…
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November 2022 would have been the 100-birthday of Charles Schulz. To wrap up the second year of No Cure for Curiosity, we were curious about Schulz and his strip, Peanuts with Rob Stolzer, Professor of Art, and Neil Prendergast, U.S. Historian, from UWSP.What made Peanuts such an iconi…
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For Halloween, Shanny Luft speaks with Robert Jadin, an evolutionary biologist, and Chris Diehm, an environmental ethicist, about SNAKES! How did snakes evolve? Why do they scare us? What do snakes taste like? (Plus, we talk about snake sex if you're curious about that sort o…
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Shanny Luft speaks with Vera Klekovkina (Department of World Languages), Joshua Horn (Department of Philosophy), and Tomi Heimonen (Department of Computer Science) about their thoughts and concerns about robots.This episode was inspired by UW-Stevens Point College of Letters and Science…
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