Radiolab

Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.

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Blink

Episode Date: October 6, 2009

We ask a question we thought was a no-brainer in this podcast: why do we blink?

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It Might Be Science

Episode Date: September 22, 2009

They Might Be Giants just came out with a new album, 'Here Comes Science.' So we invited them to come play with us at our season launch party last wee...

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Parasites

Episode Date: September 7, 2009

What's gotten into you? In this hour, Radiolab uncovers a world full of parasites.

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After Birth

Episode Date: August 25, 2009

Pardon the graphic pun, but hey! For this podcast, Jad--a brand new father--wonders what's going on inside the head of his baby Amil.

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15: Sum

Episode Date: August 14, 2009

For meditation number fifteen we have a reading from David Eagleman's book Sum. It's a vision of the after life that's both playful and... horrifying....

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13: Gone

Episode Date: August 12, 2009

We continue our meditations on death with a reading from poet and writer, Mark Doty. This is an excerpt from Doty's 1996 memoir Heaven's Coast.

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12: Proof

Episode Date: August 11, 2009

This week on the podcast, we continue our meditations on death. Our After Life episode had eleven meditations, and now we’re gonna throw a new one at...

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After Life

Episode Date: July 27, 2009

This hour: Radiolab stares down the very moment of passing, and speculates about what may lie beyond.

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In Defense of Darwin?

Episode Date: July 14, 2009

When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins' daughter was six years old, he told her that flowers are not here for beauty, not here for the bees, but...

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Are We Coins?

Episode Date: June 30, 2009

After we released our show about Stochasticity, we received a lot of comments about the idea humans can be just as predictable as coins. In that show,...

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Stayin' Alive

Episode Date: June 2, 2009

This week on the podcast we take a look at four unconventional ways to stay alive. We talk to geneticist George Church, who originally appeared in our...

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Juana Molina

Episode Date: May 5, 2009

Sometimes on the podcast, we like to talk about musicians and the music they make. Today we introduce you to Juana Molina. Last season we used some of...

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In Silence

Episode Date: April 7, 2009

Here at Radiolab we explore big ideas and ask big questions to see how the world works.

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DIY Universe

Episode Date: March 26, 2009

Can you make your own universe? We usually think of the universe as 'everything that exists,' so how could you make another one?

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The Obama Effect, Perhaps.

Episode Date: January 28, 2009

When Jad and Robert saw this article about a study that found a link between President Obama's election, and the test scores of African Americans, it...