Jad Abumrad

Host, WNYC's Radiolab

Jad Abumrad is the host and producer of Radio Lab. A former independent reporter, producer and documentary-maker for a variety of local and national programs, he was also a member of the team that launched The Next Big Thing and has been a teacher/mentor for WNYC’s Radio Rookies. Jad has written music for films and studied music composition and creative writing at Oberlin College.

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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.

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.

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

After Life

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

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

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.

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