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We Are Spiraling

We Are Spiraling

By: 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 curlies, how politicians who wear their hair curly are vilified and what Hollywood's hostility toward curls means for our society.

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Episodes
  • The Problem With Disney Erasing Moana’s Curls

    The Problem With Disney Erasing Moana’s Curls
    Jul 9 2026

    Disney releases its live action Moana remake this week. And while Catherine Laga'aia has natural curls that match the animated Moana’s perfectly, the film puts her in wigs with…not as curly hair at all. And yet the Rock was given a curly wig everyone has thoughts on. We dissect why the director’s explanation falls flat and Disney deserves to be called out.


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    6 mins
  • Why Are Some Animals Curly?

    Why Are Some Animals Curly?
    Jul 2 2026

    Why do some animals -- poodles, alpacas etc -- have curly hair and others don’t? We investigate how hair types help animals do their jobs, from swimming to mating and keeping warm in harsh winters. This episode features poodles, alpacas, lions, bison and pigs.

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    21 mins
  • What I Learned Making My First Hair Product

    What I Learned Making My First Hair Product
    Jun 25 2026

    I spent months investigating how haircare products are made — interviewing cosmetic chemists, testing formulas, and learning what it really takes to create a product I’d actually want to use. Here's what I learned.

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    20 mins
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