Listen to the Forever Curious Podcast
Learning doesn't stop when you hit 22 or 25, so why should it stop at 50 or 70 — or ever? The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Washington (OLLI-UW) is for people who are truly lifelong learners and forever curious about the world around us.
This podcast, Forever Curious, is full of discussions with experts, lectures, conversations with OLLI-UW members and more. Join us for engaging episodes on a range of topics, from literature and history to science and ethics, and learn for the joy of learning.
You can play each episode below or subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.
Episodes
Episode 5: Faith, Spirituality & Organized Religion
How do we discuss highly emotional and sensitive topics, like religion and faith, while staying civil? Why even take on the topic if the conversation is likely to be so emotionally fraught? David Smith, a popular lecturer in the OLLI-UW program, has spent a lot of time considering these questions. In this open and forthright conversation, David and host Charlene Joy and a panel of OLLI-UW members discuss questions of anger, broken family relationships, loss and grief. If you haven't discovered David's courses yet, you'll certainly want to after you hear this episode.
Episode 4: You Heard the Lecture, Now Meet the Scholar Behind It
This episode is a discussion with Brian Gutierrez, our lecturer from Episode 3 about Frankenstein. Brian takes us on a journey through the culture, ideology and philosophy of the time period when Frankenstein was written, especially the science, literature and company that author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was immersed in. Learn the deep history surrounding one of the most iconic — if not entirely understood — stories in English literature from an engaging speaker.
Episode 3: Frankenstein: Revisited
OLLI-UW is renowned for its extraordinary lecture series, and this episode is no exception. In this talk, Frankenstein expert Brian Gutierrez delves into the history behind the famous novel and how it continues to have resonance today. There's so much more to the story and the culturally iconic monster than most of us know.
Episode 2: How to Find & Hear Your Next Podcast Binge
If you want to listen to a podcast, do you have to "borrow" your neighbor's 14-year-old to figure out how? In this one-hour workshop by OLLI-UW, podcast producer Shannon Perry shows us how to find the right podcast app, how to discover your next binge-worthy show amid all the options and how to support the shows and creators you love. All without the assistance of a 14-year-old, if you don't have one handy.
Episode 1: What Is Osher and Why Am I a Member?
Welcome to Forever Curious, the podcast of OLLI-UW! In this episode of Forever Curious, we ask members of OLLI-UW why they joined and why they stay. Plus Natalie Lecher, director of OLLI-UW, answers the question that might be on your mind: Why listen to this podcast?