The Curiosity Squad

Alex Hall

On-Air Host and Program Producer

Tune in Mondays on HD1 at 4 p.m – repeated Saturday at 3pm on HD3. for The Curiosity Squad with your host Alex Hall!

Discover the latest science, tech, and curious happenings across North Alabama, through on-location stories, in-studio interviews, and special segments from local partners.

Regular Features include Geek Out Locally and the Sky and Space Update which are updated weekly.

Spark your curiosity and fuel your next ‘water cooler’, classroom, or dinner table conversation!

Tell us what you’re curious about or share a story to [email protected]

Latest Episodes

Jun 15, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 37 – Science of Sport

With sporting events in the news this week, the Curiosity Squad revisits three amazing interviews covering the science of curling, disc golf and rowing. All three sports are far more complex than the talented athletes make them look!

Jun 8, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 36 – Dragonfly Mission, Drought, Wild Plums and Summer Gardening

What's with all that recent heavy rain? Host Alex Hall learns about flash drought. She also explores wild plums, summer gardens and finds out about the amazing NASA DragonFly mission to Titan.

Jun 1, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 35 – Conservation and the Paint Rock River

Join host Alex Hall as she joins the Nature Conservancy on a trip to learn about one of the most treasured watersheds of Alabama and explores the work being done to restore, improve, and conserve it.

May 25, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 34 – Osiris Rex, UAP’s and Black Cherry trees.

This week Alex Hall learns all about the amazing Osiris Rex mission to retrieve a sample from an asteroid, a time when people in Huntsville saw a light in the sky that they hadn't been behind launching, and learns about the connection between black cherry trees and cough syrup.

May 18, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 33 – Waterworks, Geocaching, Communications and Foraging

This week's episode draws from some fun activities to do now that school is out, and also checks in with our local foraging expert.

May 11, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 32 – An Archaeological Dig!

Alex Hall follows up with UAH Archaeologist Ben Hoksbergen and his students who have been digging on campus in an effort to pinpoint the location of dwellings related to a plantation that once occupied the site.

May 4, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 31 – The Huntsville PopCulture Expo

May the Fourth be with you! Alex Hall explores the Huntsville PopCulture Expo, held last month at the Von Braun Center and brings you stories, thoughts and the unexpected.

Apr 27, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 30 – Pigs, Rain, Foraging and Birding

A collection of curious 'earthy' topics this week for a belated recognition of Earth Day. Host Alex Hall talks about raising pigs, measuring rain, using pine trees and recaps our prior feature on identifying birds.

Apr 20, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 29 – DNA Day!

DNA Day is celebrated on April 25th each year. Learn all about why, and about what innovations happening right here in North Alabama have resulted from our ability to sequence the genome.

Apr 13, 2026

The Curiosity Squad Episode 28 – FIRST Robotics and The Human Exploration Rover Challenge

This week join host Alex Hall for a look into two major STEM competitions held here in the Rocket City last week - the First Robotics Competition and NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge, a 32 year old moon buggy contest.