I'm Curious with Ashley Asti

When Martin Lockett drove drunk on New Years Eve 2003, it changed everything. Upon learning that the two people who died when he crashed into their car that night were volunteers in the drug and alco…

“The thing is, most of us, we’re exhausted.” Rashid Hughes wants to change that. In this episode, we dive into not only what it means to rest (hint: it’s not about sleeping), but contemplative practi…

“The [basketball] court is not a prison…When I step on the court…it’s like the air is different.” At 16 years old, Anthony Ammons was sentenced to 102 years to life in prison. But, while locked up, h…

“If it’s a human rights issue, then there’s no both sides.” Photojournalist Natalie Keyssar believes journalists have an obligation to be honest, not necessarily neutral. For about a year during the …

When I used to think about men in prison, I didn’t picture Mannie Thomas. I didn’t picture guys in their prison blues gathering to talk about the f word—feminism. I didn’t imagine their shared vulner…

“If I could describe prison, it’s like you’re in the middle of the ocean and the only thing you’re trying to do is tread water and keep your head above [it].” This conversation with London Croudy is …

When we think about those who have committed sexual offenses, we often conjure up images of evil, vile people. People who deserve to be thrown in cages and listed on public registries to protect our …

“We have a country that, at its core, is rooted in racism and slavery.” We can’t untangle mass incarceration from this country’s deep and ongoing history of oppression if we truly want to transform o…

This is I’m Curious: Friends Edition. I’ve known my guest, Zach Minuto, since high school. This episode is called Unchurched, and we’re getting into all of it: Catholic sexual repression, did Jesus h…

The first time Rodolfo Buenrostro had a gun pointed at his head, it was by police. He was 8 years old. In this episode, Rodolfo talks about gang life, how having brown skin shapes the way the world t…

Kimya Motley knows what it means to survive. After her ex-husband shot her and her daughter multiples times with a .38 at point-blank range—and they both lived through it—she says she "woke up" to he…

My guest today is Darren Calhoun and I just fell in love with his spirit during this conversation.

We spend time in this episode talking about what it was like for him to grow up gay when he couldn’t…

Brooks Scott is a motorcycle-riding, classical music-listening, poet-admiring Executive Coach. He percolates connections and works with organizations to facilitate uncomfortable conversations around …

Emily O’Brien never planned to become a drug mule. As she says, “It started with a romantic connection, and it happened fast.” In the midst of running her own social media company in Toronto and stru…

Katie Jameson talks about hard things: grief, loss, motherhood. In the span of 4 years, Katie lost her first son, Lochlan; received a Down syndrome diagnosis for her daughter, Kenzie; and lost her fa…

I’m calling this conversation with Danique Gimbrère (aka Danica Gim) “Coming Home” not only because it’s an exploration of what home is—how her home has crossed continents from the Netherlands, where…

In this episode, Austin Galy talks about what it means to be a man, but it goes even deeper. This conversation is an exploration of pain and trauma, presence and joy. It’s an open and honest explorat…

Vanessa Cuccia is captivating and curious. She believes we deserve to feel good in our bodies. And that pleasure is sacred. In this rich, deep-diving conversation, we talk about body and spirit, what…

Kayra Martinez isn’t an artist. But while volunteering in refugee camps in northern Greece, she started bringing in art supplies to the children. She realized this was their way to communicate—to exp…

This is a deep one! Writer (and my friend!) b. john gully and I recorded this on a Friday afternoon, our Happy Hour podcast. He had a White Russian cocktail in hand. And we went all in on writing and…