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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
  • For Black Women, Hair Has Always Been the Story

    For Black Women, Hair Has Always Been the Story
    May 1 2026

    Two listeners of this show share how their hair has been a key part of their stories as Black women. We also discuss why Coco Gauff’s hair became something she had to defend, and what happens when media tries to erase Black hair.


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    20 mins
  • Why Most Stylists Never Learned to Cut Curly Hair

    Why Most Stylists Never Learned to Cut Curly Hair
    Apr 10 2026

    New York state law now requires cosmetology schools to teach students how to work with curly hair.

    We trace the history of haircutting and ask why it took so long for curly hair to be acknowledged. And we talk to Roxy Reaves, founder of Oakland, California-based Coastal Curl, who pushed Aveda to change how it trains stylists.

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    20 mins
  • Hair Is An Extension Of Your Spirit: Native American Wisdom

    Hair Is An Extension Of Your Spirit: Native American Wisdom
    Mar 19 2026

    We speak with two Native American hair artists about the indigenous philosophy that hair is an extension of your spirit and energy. John Parker works on Hollywood films and television shows, and brought that ethos into hair design for Killers Of The Flower Moon – a story he is personally connected to. Selina McManus educates on “decolonizing” hair at her Oakland salon.


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    21 mins
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