GETTING CURIOUS | Hair Variation, What’s Her Story? (ICYMI) with Dr. Tina Lasisi

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This holiday break, we’re re-releasing two gorgeous beauty episodes from the Getting Curious archives! First up, join Dr. Tina Lasisi—a biological anthropologist studying human hair—and Jonathan as they explore the evolutionary history of hair, measuring hair variation, and the twists and turns of Jonathan’s hair school textbook. Dr. Tina Lasisi is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative and Computational Biology at the University of Southern California, and incoming Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. You can follow Dr. Lasisi on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @tinalasisi. Her website is www.tinalasisi.com. Make sure to check out more of her work via linktr.ee/tinalasisi, like her PBS Digital Studios series Why Am I Like This?. Want to support other Black Biological Anthropologists? Dr. Lasisi recommends following @BlackinBioAnthro on Twitter and Instagram, and @rockstaranthro on Instagram. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our associate producer is Zahra Crim. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to getting curious. I'm Jonathan Van Ness and every week I sit down for a gorgeous conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:09.0	This holiday break we're celebrating beauty from all angles, science, history, self-care, and beyond.
0:16.6	Last week I answered your beauty questions, and today we're re-releasing an episode where
0:21.2	biological anthropologist Dr. Tina Lissici is answering
0:24.4	mine. Now here's the thing. This episode was one of the most eye-opening and one of
0:29.6	my low-key favorites from the year. Dr Lissici is like a literal icon and genius and I
0:34.6	learned so much I can't even stand it which is why I'm so excited that we're
0:37.9	re-releasing it. Take a listen and stay tuned for one more stunning
0:41.2	re-release next week.
0:43.0	Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Tina Lassisi where I ask her.
0:47.8	Hair variation.
0:49.3	What's that story?
0:51.3	Uh, welcome to getting curious, this is Jonathan Vanes.
0:53.4	This is going to be such a good episode,
0:55.2	I can't even stand it.
0:56.9	I'm going to dive right in and introduce our guests.
0:59.3	We have Dr. Tina Lissisi, who is a postdoctoral researcher in biological anthropology.
1:07.0	Her interests include the evolution of human variation in pigmentation and scalp hair as well as science communication.
1:18.0	Your like scholar resume makes you want to take my stuff as on a music stand in a sound studio right now I want to
1:24.2	take it I want to flip it it's bringing out my like Indiana primal man-rage when
1:31.2	they see like their team win and I'm like yeah whoa
1:33.8	whoa except for it's about gorgeous biological anthropology in your
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