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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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Sam Kean is an author known for his books on science and history, including topics related to genetics and atomic history.
Avir Mitra is a doctor and special correspondent, involved in investigative journalism and scientific exploration, particularly focusing on visceral and biological mysteries.
Irene Pepperberg is a renowned scientist known for her work with parrots, especially her research with a parrot named Alex, which has contributed significantly to our understanding of animal cognition and communication.
Sadie is an African Grey Parrot who is considered a service animal by Jim Eggers, helping him manage his anger.

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Subscribers: 90,800
Total Videos: 362
Total Views: 8,054,370
Joined: Jan 30, 2008
Location: United States

Description

Radiolab is one of the most beloved podcasts and public radio programs in the world. The show is known for its deep-dive journalism and innovative sound design.

Created in 2002 by Jad Abumrad, Radiolab began as an exploration of science, philosophy and ethics using innovative composition and sound design. Today, Radiolab has expanded and evolved to become a platform for long-form journalism and storytelling. The show challenges its listeners’ preconceived notions about how the world works. Radiolab provokes, it moves, it delights and it asks its audience to see the world around them anew.

Radiolab is co-hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser. Longtime co-host Robert Krulwich retired in February 2020, and Jad Abumrad retired in 2022.

You can find Radiolab wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Where deep-dive journalism, storytelling and sound design meet. From @wnycstudios

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on Radiolab.

0:00 2:23

Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks

Hosts
Lulu Miller Latif Nasser
Keywords
sharks myths about sharks flying sharks glowing sharks baby sharks sharks under attack sharks that may save lives

In the summer of 1975, Jaws scared an entire generation out of the water. The film burned an idea into our cultural memory: they are mindless, man-eating monsters. We set out to tell a different story about sharks. Five stories over five days. We tear down deep-seated myths about sharks, plunge into the water with them, and find sharks that explode our sense of what they are flying sharks, glowing sharks, baby sharks, sharks under attack, and sharks that may save millions of human lives.

Look out for brand-new episodes in your podcast feed starting June 16th through June 20th.

Visit our YouTube channel to check out the video trailer for the series and make sure to subscribe for more behind the scenes content throughout the week.

For more details about the series, visit radiolab.org/sharks

Follow us on Instagram @radiolab

0:00 20:54

Double-Blasted

Hosts
Lulu Miller Latif Nasser
Guests
Sam Kean
Keywords
resilience repair atomic bomb Hiroshima Nagasaki gamma rays DNA generational trauma

We first aired this episode in 2012, but at the show weve been thinking a lot about resilience and repair so we wanted to play it for you again today. Its about a man who experienced maybe one of the most chilling traumas twice. But then, it leads us to a story of generational repair.

On the morning of August 6th, 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a work trip. He was walking to the office when the first atomic bomb was dropped about a mile away. He survived, and eventually managed to get himself onto a train back to his hometown... Nagasaki. The very next morning, as he tried to convince his boss that a single bomb could destroy a whole city, the second bomb dropped. Author Sam Kean tells Jad and Robert the incredible story of what happened to Tsutomu, explains how gamma rays shred DNA, and helps us understand how Tsutomu sidestepped a thousand year curse.

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Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing [email protected].

Leadership support for Radiolabs science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

0:00 50:59

The Elixir of Life

Hosts
Lulu Miller Latif Nasser
Guests
Avir Mitra
Keywords
viscera symbiotic relationship breastmilk human body ancient practices biological connections

Doctor and special correspondent, Avir Mitra takes Lulu on an epic journey live on stage at a little basement club called Caveat, here in New York. Starting with an ingredient in breastmilk that babies can’t digest, a global hunt that takes us from Bangladesh to the Mennonite communities here in the US, we discover an ancient symbiotic relationship that might be on the verge of disappearing.  So sip a vicarious cocktail, settle in, and explore the surprising ways our bodies forge deep, invisible connections that shape our lives.

This live show is part of a series we are doing with Avir that we are calling “Viscera.” Each event is conversation that takes the audience on journey into a quirk or question or mystery inside of us, and gives them a visceral experience with the viscera of us. The previous installment of the series, was called “How to Save a Life.”

Special thanks to Tim Brown, David Mills, Carlito Lebrilla, Bethany Henrik, Danielle Lemay, Katie Hinde, Jennifer Smilowitz, Angela Zivkovic, Daniela Barile, Mark Underwood

EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by -Avir Mitra
with help from - Anisa Vietze
Original music from - Dylan Keefe
Sound design contributed by - Dylan Keefe, Ivan Baren
Fact-checking by -Natalie Middleton.

Signup for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!

Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.

Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing [email protected].
Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

0:00 19:43

A Flock of Two

Hosts
Lulu Miller Latif Nasser
Guests
Irene Pepperberg Sadie
Keywords
animals rescue people African Grey Parrot anger management service animal Americans with Disabilities Act

Animals rescue people all the time, but not like this. In this episode, first aired more than a decade ago, Jim Eggers is a 44-year-old man who suffers from a problem that not only puts his life at risk—it jeopardizes the safety of everybody around him. But with the help of Sadie, his pet African Grey Parrot, Jim found an unlikely way to manage his anger. African Grey Parrot expert Irene Pepperberg helps us understand how this could work, and shares some insights from her work with a parrot named Alex.

And one quick note from our producer Pat Walters: Jim considers Sadie to be a “service animal,” a designation under the Americans with Disabilities Act that protects the rights of individuals with disabilities to bring certain animals into public places. The term service animal sometimes is legally limited to include only dogs and miniature horses. 

Jim disagrees with those limitations, but the local bus company, regardless of definitions, said they’ll make an exception for Sadie.

0:00 32:42

The Echo in the Machine

Hosts
Lulu Miller Latif Nasser
Keywords
speech to text investigative journalism sound design voice recognition protesters technology history

Today you can convert speech to text with the click of a button. Youtube does it for all our videos. Our phones will do it in real time. It’s frictionless. And yet, if it weren’t for an unlikely crew of protesters and office workers, it might still be impossible. 

This week, the story of our attempts to make the spoken visible. The magicians who tried. And the crazy spell that finally did it. 

EPISODE CREDITS: 
Reported by - Simon Adler
Produced by - Simon Adler
Original music from - Simon Adler
Sound design contributed by - Simon Adler 
with mixing help from - Jeremy Bloom
Fact-checking by - Anna Pujol-Mazzini

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Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.

Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing [email protected].

Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Ratings

Global:
4.6 rating 50274 reviews

USA

4.6 ratings 42000 reviews

Canada

4.7 ratings 3900 reviews

UK

4.7 ratings 2000 reviews

Australia

4.7 ratings 1700 reviews

New Zealand

4.8 ratings 274 reviews

Ireland

4.8 ratings 197 reviews

South Africa

4.6 ratings 136 reviews

Singapore

4.9 ratings 67 reviews