We Are Spiraling
By: Priya Anand
Language: en
Categories: Arts, Fashion, Beauty, Society, Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship
We talk about curly hair to learn more about our culture — from how we perceive ourselves to how the world sees us. Priya Anand, an award-winning journalist whose work has been featured in Bloomberg, Businessweek, the Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed and Politico, turns her investigative eye to her lifelong obsession: curly hair. You might think: curly hair, how much is there to say? A whole podcast dedicated to this? I don’t want to hear someone ramble about all their hair lotions and potions! But there is so much to unravel about why so many people hide their ringlets as secret c...
Episodes
How To Look Like A Greek God
Jan 08, 2026Aphrodite: curly hair. Zeus: curly hair. The statue of David: curly hair. Ancient Greeks and Romans knew what we know on this show: curly hair is worth obsessing over. We talk to the world’s foremost expert on ancient Greek and Roman hairstyles and why curly hair was prized.
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Duration: 00:20:05Hollywood Hates Curls. Here’s How That Affects All Of Us.
Dec 09, 2025In movies, the only people with curly hair are often weirdos or witches. Seinfeld icon and 87-year-old TikTok sensation Annie Korzen unpacks how biases affected her career and continue to influence culture.
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Duration: 00:19:45The Politics Of Curly Hair
Nov 24, 2025Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, explains the role her curly hair has played in her life and political career – from the pressure to change it to how opponents have used it as a hook for vicious insults.
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Duration: 00:22:08Why Are So Many People Secretly Curly?
Nov 13, 2025People go to great lengths to hide their curls, either through straightening or buzz cuts. We investigate why.
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Duration: 00:21:55A Curly Reporter Starts A New Investigation
Nov 13, 2025A reporter who covered startups for a decade starts her own: the curly hair care product line she’s always wanted. This show investigates curly hair in our culture.
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Duration: 00:19:56Trailer: We Are Spiraling with Priya Anand
Oct 29, 2025We talk about curly hair to learn more about our culture — from how we perceive ourselves to how the world sees us.
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Duration: 00:02:35