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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Hello

Episode Date: February 11, 2022

It's hard to start a conversation with a stranger—especially when that stranger is, well, different. He doesn't share your customs, celebrate your hol...

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Forests on Forests

Episode Date: February 4, 2022

For much of history, tree canopies were pretty much completely ignored by science. It was as if researchers said collectively, "It's just going to be...

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The First Radiolab

Episode Date: January 28, 2022

Jad started Radiolab roughly 20 years ago. And now he is stepping aside from hosting and producing the show to replenish, to think, to rock in his cha...

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Darkode

Episode Date: January 14, 2022

It would seem that hackers today can do just about anything they want - from turning on the cellphone in your pocket to holding your life's work hosta...

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Worst. Year. Ever.

Episode Date: January 7, 2022

What was the worst year to be alive on planet Earth?   We make the case for 536 AD, which set off a cascade of catastrophes that is almost too horribl...

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Flop Off

Episode Date: December 31, 2021

This past year was a flop. From questionable blockbuster reboots to supply chain shenanigans to worst of all, omnipresent COVID variants. But, in a la...

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Vanishing Words

Episode Date: December 17, 2021

When Alana Casanova-Burgess set out to make a podcast series about Puerto Rico, she struggled with what to call it. Until one word came to mind, a wor...

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Return of Alpha Gal

Episode Date: December 10, 2021

Tuck your napkin under your chin.  We’re about to serve up a tale of love, loss, and lamb chops - with a side of genetic modification. Several years a...

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Animal Minds

Episode Date: November 26, 2021

In this hour of Radiolab, stories of cross-species communication. When we gaze into the eyes of a wild animal, or even a beloved pet, can we ever real...

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Mixtape: Help?

Episode Date: November 19, 2021

In tape five, three stories: first, a tale of how the cassette tape supercharged the self-help industry. Second, cassettes filled with history make an...

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Mixtape: Cassetternet

Episode Date: November 12, 2021

In 1983, Simon Goodwin had a strange thought. Would it be possible to broadcast computer software over the radio? If so, could listeners record it off...

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Mixtape: Jack and Bing

Episode Date: October 29, 2021

In 1946 Bing Crosby was the king of media. He was the movie star, the pop star and his radio show was reaching a third of American living rooms each w...

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Mixtape: Dakou

Episode Date: October 22, 2021

Through the 1980s, the vast majority of people in China had never heard western music, save for John Denver, the Carpenters, and a few other artists i...

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Of Bombs and Butterflies

Episode Date: October 15, 2021

Ecologist Nick Haddad was sitting in his new office at North Carolina State University when the phone rang. On the other end of the line was... The U....

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Oliver Sipple

Episode Date: October 1, 2021

One morning, Oliver Sipple went out for a walk. A couple hours later, to his own surprise, he saved the life of the President of the United States. Bu...

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HEAVY METAL

Episode Date: September 24, 2021

Today we have a story about the sometimes obvious but sometimes sneaky effects of the way that we humans rearrange the elemental stuff around us. Repo...

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In the Running

Episode Date: September 17, 2021

Diane Van Deren is one of the best ultra-runners in the world, and it all started with a seizure. In this short, Diane tells us how her disability gav...

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60 Words, 20 Years

Episode Date: September 10, 2021

It has now been 20 years since September 11th, 2001. So we’re bringing you a Peabody Award-winning story from our archives about one sentence, written...