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Here at Radiolab we’ve been known to tinker with sound…. cutting music, ambi, and big ideas all together to get the point across in the most fun, interesting and understandable way. It’s not your typical public radio interview. Recently, we decided to check in with some of the guests on past episodes to see what […]

We want your two cents. Give us your best argument for or against calling Radiolab a science show. Is it a show about science? Is it scientific in its approach? How would you describe it to a friend who’s never heard an episode? Are there limitations to classifying it as a science show?
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“I was screaming in my mind during most of the “Faith Healer” section of this show. You guys generally do a fantastic job of keeping things scientific and reasonable in your program, but I really wish there was a different point of view on this portion of the program.”
–Ben
Read Ben’s full comments about the “Faith […]

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Here at Radiolab we’ve been known to tinker with sound… cutting music, ambi, and big ideas all together to get the point across in the most fun, interesting and understandable way. It’s not your typical public radio interview. Recently, we decided to check in with some of the guests on past episodes to see […]

We’ve gotten a lot of great responses to our show Laughter. Tom was so inspired that he changed his voicemail:
“I was so excited that when I got to work I changed the end of my daily telephone greeting to “…make it a groovy day.” For some reason I then decided to start laughing like […]

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A listener recently sent us an email alerting us to a new dietary supplement released in June called Obecalp. Obecalp, which is Placebo spelled backwards, is a cherry-flavored chewable dextrose pill meant to trick children into believing they are getting a medicine that will make them feel better. Jennifer Buettner, the creator of the pill, […]

On this week’s podcast, we share an excerpt from Wordless Music on WNYC, a 4-part music program hosted by Jad, exploring the boundaries between classical and pop music. The series pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience. On this week’s selection, Jad […]

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Why do we play, an activity that is, by its definition, without an immediate objective? Does play serve an important purpose in humans and in other animals?
The science of play draws from the work of neuroscientists, evolutionary biologists, ethologists, and psychiatrists, among others, and many researchers are studying the appearance of play behaviors in […]

After hearing the War of the Worlds show, many listeners wrote to the Lab with their favorite media hoaxes. Here’s a sampling of some of the really good ones:
June, 2007: Czech artists hack a live national weather camera to show the blast of a mushroom cloud over the Bohemian countryside. Frantic audience members call the […]

Hey everyone, Jad here.
If you happen to have caught our “brain on love” podcast a while back, you may remember those groovy mini-jingles we made for the 3 different love chemicals (dopamine, norepinephrine, oxcytocin).
Those stings were the work of an amazingly talented musician by the name of Jen Scaturro. Her musician […]