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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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Death Interrupted
Episode Date: December 15, 2023As a lifeguard, a paramedic, and then an ER doctor, Blair Bigham found his calling: saving lives. But when he started to work in the ICU, he slowly re...
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A 4-Track Mind
Episode Date: December 8, 2023In this short episode, first aired in 2011, a neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor. When the two men face off in...
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The Interstitium
Episode Date: November 17, 2023In this episode we introduce you to a part of our bodies that was invisible to Western scientists until about five years ago; it’s called "the interst...
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Funky Hand Jive
Episode Date: November 10, 2023Back when Robert was kid, he had a chance encounter with then President John F. Kennedy. The interaction began with a hello and ended with a handshake...
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Toy Soldiers
Episode Date: November 3, 2023Back in February of 2021, anyone who knew anything thought the War in Ukraine would be over in a few weeks. Russia simply had more bodies to fight wit...
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Border Trilogy Part 3: What Remains
Episode Date: October 27, 2023While scouring the Sonoran Desert for objects left behind by migrants crossing into the United States, anthropologist Jason De León happened upon some...
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Border Trilogy Part 2: Hold the Line
Episode Date: October 20, 2023While scouring the Sonoran Desert for objects left behind by migrants crossing into the United States, anthropologist Jason De León happened upon some...
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Border Trilogy Part 1: Hole in the Fence
Episode Date: October 13, 2023While scouring the Sonoran Desert for objects left behind by migrants crossing into the United States, anthropologist Jason De León happened upon some...
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The Secret to a Long Life
Episode Date: October 6, 2023Producer Sindhu Gnanasambandan wants to know how she can live the longest feeling life possible. The answer leads her on a journey to make one week fe...
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Poison Control
Episode Date: September 29, 2023Originally aired in 2018, this episode features reporter Brena Farrell as a new mom. Her son gave her and her husband a scare -- prompting them to cal...
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Smog Cloud Silver Lining
Episode Date: September 22, 2023Summer 2023 was a pretty scary one for the planet. Global temperatures in June and July reached record highs. And over in the North Atlantic Sea, the...
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Driverless Dilemma
Episode Date: September 15, 2023Most of us would sacrifice one person to save five. It’s a pretty straightforward bit of moral math. But if we have to actually kill that person ourse...
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Born This Way?
Episode Date: September 8, 2023Today, the story of an idea. An idea that some people need, others reject, and one that will, ultimately, be hard to let go of. Special Thanks to Carl...
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Touch at a Distance
Episode Date: September 1, 2023In this episode from 2007, we take you on a tour of language, music, and the properties of sound. We look at what sound does to our bodies, our brains...
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Rumble Strip: Finn and the Bell
Episode Date: August 25, 2023A couple years ago, our producer Annie McEwen listened to an audio documentary that, she said, “tore my heart wide open.” That episode , “Finn and the...
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The Internet Dilemma
Episode Date: August 11, 2023Matthew Herrick was sitting on his stoop in Harlem when something weird happened. Then, it happened again. And again. It happened so many times that i...
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Right to be Forgotten
Episode Date: August 4, 2023In online news, stories live forever. The tipsy photograph of you at the college football game? It’s there. That news article about the political rall...