RALEIGH, NC.- The ArtCurious Podcast, an internationally popular, bi-weekly audio show boasting an audience of more than 10,000 listeners, released its second season of storyteller-driven episodes.

“We’ve had an overwhelmingly positive response to our first season, which launched last August,” notes host, Jennifer Dasal, a contemporary arts expert and curator. “For season two, we’re trying something new and exciting, linking episodes thematically around the World War II time period.”

The ArtCurious Podcast bills itself as tackling stories about "the unexpected, the slightly odd and the strangely wonderful in art history.” Each episode, Dasal dedicates herself to delivering a fresh perspective on art that may sometimes be perceived as too dry or far removed from the average viewer. In ​a comfortable narrative style, she tackles artists, their known (and sometimes unknown or misunderstood) works and related subjects in a fashion meant to simultaneously entertain, engage and educate art lovers and art novices alike.

“The show is so rich in the types of stories that our listeners love: mysteries, crime, thefts and danger,” says Dasal. “But taking this new perspective, it’s also fascinating to see how art played such a pivotal role in fueling and representing the War in very unexpected ways. It’s been a marvelous playground to research these topics.”

From July through December 2017, Dasal will release episodes on topics ranging from combat art, war propaganda, the fabled Monuments Men, postwar repatriation and one of the most infamous “failed artists” of all time: Adolf Hitler. “Whether you appreciate art or not, we tell stories that everyone can enjoy,” she says. “​ArtCurious is art history for everyone.”

The ​ArtCurious Podcast may be downloaded for free via iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and other major podcast resources, as well as through the show’s website, ​www.artcuriouspodcast.com​. Further information about each episode, including images discussed in the show, may also be found therein.