We Are Spiraling

Priya Anand

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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...

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Recent episodes

  • Comedian Sindhu Vee Dumped A Guy Who Called Her Hair WildOct 22, 2026 · 56 min
  • Why Are So Many People Secretly Curly? (Refresh)Oct 15, 2026 · 23 min
  • How The Word Frizz Was Weaponized Against Curly PeopleOct 1, 2026 · 9 min
  • From Rumi To Today, Curly Hair Has Always Been PoetrySep 17, 2026 · 6 min
  • Hair Is Political: Meet the Lawmaker Putting Hair on the AgendaAug 27, 2026 · 24 min
  • How'd You Find This Podcast?Aug 13, 2026 · 8 min
  • Why Are So Many People Secretly Curly: Part 2: Office EditionJul 31, 2026 · 7 min
  • How Your Hair Changes With Your HormonesJul 23, 2026 · 37 min
  • 'The Odyssey" Got Hair Wrong Vs Greek MythologyJul 16, 2026 · 6 min
  • The Problem With Disney Erasing Moana’s CurlsJul 9, 2026 · 6 min

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