CULTURE
CURIOSITY FUELED THE BRAIN
WASHINGTONIANS TALK BOOKS AND PODCASTS WORDS BY TRENT JOHNSON
Curiosity is a quality pertaining to a person’s knack for inquisitive thinking when it comes to exploration, investigation and learning. This is most notable in the children in your life who constantly ask, “Why?” However, stoking this fire isn’t limited to people under the age of 18. In fact, a person’s penchant for investigation is something that should never be extinguished, regardless of status or accomplishment. A world without curiosity is at risk of being dull and mundane, a series of routines where you go about your business, rinse and repeat. This is even more imperative now, as we’ve all been tasked with keeping ourselves indoors in a (mostly) nationwide effort to flatten the curve caused by Covid-19. Luckily, there are two mediums that lend themselves especially well to digestible forms of learning: podcasts and books. We reached out to a few creative Washingtonians to ask them about their relationships with podcasts and books, and how they use these resources to spark their inquisitive fires. 42 | APRIL 2020
