V Wanna Know – Details, episodes & analysis

While on tour for her sophomore album Surrender, singer Maggie Rogers joins host Mathias Rosenzweig in conversation with Adrienne Maree Brown, the author of Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, to dive deeper into the subject. What exactly is pleasure activism, and how can we incorporate it into our everyday lives in order to not only feel better, but also participate in a form of revolution? Why has pleasure been top of mind for Rogers, who recently earned her Masters from the Harvard Divinity School? And what does it feel like to release your album on the same day as Beyoncé? Listen to find out. 

While touring across the USA for her sophomore album, PANORAMA, singer Hayley Kiyoko (known amongst her fans as the Lesbian Jesus) took a moment to join host Mathias Rosenzweig in learning about gerrymandering. Because like, what even is that?

Our specialist on today’s episode is Mark Gaber, the Senior Director of Redistricting at Campaign Legal Center, where he manages lawsuits to fight gerrymandering and racial discrimination in voting. Mark is a graduate of Stanford Law School.

The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center advances democracy through law. They work at all levels of government to protect your right to a responsive government and give every American a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic process. To support Campaign Legal Center or learn more about their work, head over to campaignlegal.org.

This week, singer-songwriter BANKS joins host Mathias Rosenzweig to discuss modern witchcraft (and a bit of its history) with Dr. Ethan Doyle White, a specialist on the topic. 

We’re all familiar with witchcraft. The spells, the brooms, the toads. While these are typical of fictional worlds on TV and in books, there is a very real and non-fictional presence of witchcraft in our world. Thousands of people across the globe consider themselves witches, such as Wiccans—people who celebrate pagan holidays and practice witchcraft as a religion in a very literal sense. 

But how do we break down the differences between magic, witchcraft, Wicca, and other branches of paganism?

V Wanna Know was created and is hosted by Mathias Rosenzweig

The show is produced and edited by Ryan Killian Krause

This week, "ABCDEFU" singer GAYLE joins host Mathias Rosenzweig to discuss the ins and outs of diet culture with PhD Lindo Bacon. 

Each year, 45 millions Americans spend $35 billion on weight loss products. But to what degree are weight loss and health actually synonymous? What affects are diet culture having on our youth? And most importantly, who exactly is making the rules around how much we should weigh? 

V Wanna Know was created and is hosted by Mathias Rosenzweig

The show is produced and edited by Ryan Killian Krause

Singer and general queen Tinashe joins host Mathias Rosenzweig to learn more about the metaverse. The term metaverse originated from a 1992 “cyberpunk dystopia” novel—apparently that is a thing—called Snow Crash. It’s since become a reality which will only continue to grow in presence.

Our expert on the metaverse is Lindsey McInerney, a futurist who’s been exploring the intersection of emerging technologies and how they’ll come to life.

V Wanna Know was created by Mathias Rosenzweig

Our producer and editor is Ryan Killian Krause

Tinashe’s 333 Deluxe album is out now

You can follow Lindsey McInerney here 

Reality TV star, designer, hip-hop diva and general pop culture icon Nicole Richie joins host Mathias Rosenzweig to discuss food seasonality and reducing food waste with Antoni Porowski of 'Queer Eye.'

What does it actually mean to eat seasonally? What are the best tips and tricks that we can use in both the grocery store and the kitchen to minimize our waste? And how can the average person make small changes that can have big impacts?

You can watch Richie's series Nikki Fre$h on Roku. Antoni's new book, "Antoni: Let's Do Dinner" is available for preorder here. 

American singer-songwriter Vincint joins host Mathias Rosenzweig to learn about dreams with Harvard professor, psychologist and dream specialist Doctor Deirdre Barrett. Why do we dream? Can we interpret our dreams to figure out the deeper meaning behind them? Can you teach yourself how to lucid dream? And do creatives really dream up their work before they create it?

V Wanna Know is produced and edited by Ryan Killian Krause. 

Alex Cooper joins host Mathias Rosenzweig and international horoscope sensation Susan Miller to discuss the ancient art of Astrology. What can the stars allegedly tell us about ourselves? Are certain signs more compatible with others? What exactly is a Saturn return? And, most importantly, what can Alex's birth chart tell her about her own life?

V Wanna Know is produced and edited by Ryan Killian Krause. 

Award-winning Content Creator and "The funniest person on YouTube" (according to the New York Times) joins host Mathias Rosenzweig and Brown University Professor Lynne Joyrich to discuss the evolution of media over the last several decades. How has the shift to digital media changed how we engage with each other...and with different types of media? And what role do identity markers like race and gender play? Why did Emma delete TikTok off of her phone? We answer your burning questions. 

"V Wanna Know" is produced by Ryan Killian Krause. 

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King Princess joined host Mathias Rosenzweig to discuss the reality of extraterrestrial life with Harvard professor and physicist Avi Loeb. What can we make of the government's recent declassification of UFO-related documents? Does this mean aliens exist? Have they visited earth? Will King Princess write a song about them? Listen to find out.