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Curiosity Never Retires

Curiosity Never Retires

By: OLLI at American University
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 By celebrating the diverse experiences and interests of the Study Group Leaders and members who make up OLLI at American University, this podcast’s goal is to provide information about the wonderful courses and people at the heart of our OLLI at AU, while sparking curiosity and maybe a conversation or two.© 2025 OLLI at American University Education Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Curiosity Never Retires: Leslie Frantz on the Bronté Sisters

    Curiosity Never Retires: Leslie Frantz on the Bronté Sisters
    Nov 14 2025

    In this episode of "Curiosity Never Retires," Leslie Frantz talks about the Bronté sisters. Between them, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronté wrote seven books, including 'Jane Eyre', 'Wuthering Heights', and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' respectively. Leslie talks about how their childhood greatly influenced their writing and explodes some of the myths surrounding them.

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    12 mins
  • Curiosity Never Retires: Penny Hansen on the Supreme Court

    Curiosity Never Retires: Penny Hansen on the Supreme Court
    Oct 27 2025

    In this episode of "Curiosity Never Retires," long time OLLI favorite, Penny Hansen, talks about her fall 2025 course on the Supreme Court and touches on the legacy of the Roberts court, the way the functioning of the court has changed radically in recent years, and the "shadow docket."
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    18 mins
  • Curiosity Never Retires: Don Ross on Plato and Aristotle

    Curiosity Never Retires: Don Ross on Plato and Aristotle
    Sep 27 2025

    Don Ross received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Wake Forest University in 1970, his master's from the University of Iowa in 1972, and his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1979. His publications include articles on ancient and medieval philosophy. He has also done work in Asian and modern European philosophy. This semester he is teaching a course that will cover the late dialogues of Plato as well as a second course which covers Aristotle's Metaphysics, Psychology, and Epistemology.
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    21 mins
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