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Radiolab

Radiolab is an investigation, a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. Each episode is an experiment in which science bumps into culture... information sounds like music. It's designed for listeners who demand skepticism but appreciate wonder, who are curious about the world but who also want to be moved and surprised.

Check out Radiolab on the web at www.radiolab.org

RECENT SHOWS

Colors

Our world is saturated in color, but it's hard to put your finger on how something so intangible can have such a visceral punch. more >>

After Life

Radiolab stares down the very moment of passing, and speculates about what may lay beyond... more >>

Stochasticity

This hour, Radiolab embraces stochasticity, a wonderfully slippery and smarty-pants word for randomness, which may be at the very foundation of our lives. more >>

Lucy

Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We're all great apes. We take a look at what happens when we all try to live together. more >>

Ghost Stories

Ghosts, ghouls, shades from the past... more >>

When Brains Attack!

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Guts

We dive into the messy mystery in the middle of us. What's going on down there? more >>

Escape

The walls are closing in, you've got no way out...and then, suddenly, you escape! Stories about traps, getaways, perpetual cycles, and staggering breakthroughs. more >>

The Bad Show

Cruelty, violence, badness... We wrestle with the dark side of human nature, and ask whether it's something we can ever really understand, or fully escape. more >>

Patient Zero

The great mysteries all have a shadowy figure that sets things in motion and holds the key to how the story unfolds. In epidemiology, this character is called Patient … more >>

Loops

We look at some of the surprising ways loops steer our lives, and asks what happens when we disturb them. more >>

Games

A good game can make you feel like your whole life hangs in the balance. Why do we get so invested in something so trivial? What makes them feel so pivotal? more >>

Talking to Machines

What can machines tell us about being human? Jad and Robert meet humans and robots who are trying to connect, and blur the line. more >>

Musical Language

Learn how the brain processes sound and meet a composer who uses computers to capture the musical DNA of dead composers in order to create new work.... more >>

Desperately Seeking Symmetry

The search for order and balance in the world – how symmetry shapes our very existence, from the origins of the universe, to what we see when we look in the mirror. more >>

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Hosts

Jad Abumrad

Jad Abumrad is an independent reporter, producer and documentary-maker for a variety of local and national programs.

Robert Krulwich

Robert Krulwich specializes in making complicated news about anything -- science, economics, politics -- easy to grasp through visual and dramatic analogies.