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10/12/13 3:00pm |
Radiolab 10/12/13 - Jad and Robert introduce a couple of their favorite pieces from the past, including a conversation between two comedians, and a powerful reflection on a legendary children's author.
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10/5/13 3:00pm |
When Brains Attack - Strange stories of brains that lead their owners astray, knock them off balance, and, sometimes, propel them to do amazing things. We hear from a kid whose voice was disguised from himself, relive a surreal day in the life of a young researcher hijacked by her own brain, and try to keep up with an ultra-athlete who, after suffering terrible seizures, gained extraordinary abilities by removing a chunk of her brain.
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9/28/13 3:00pm |
23 Weeks 6 Days - A tiny baby, born at 23 and 6 days -- roughly halfway to full term. And a whole universe of moral and medical questions.
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9/21/13 3:00pm |
Ghost Stories - Ghosts, ghouls, shades from the past...in this episode of Radiolab, real-life people try to pin down, and make peace with, mysterious figures that haunt them, prod them, and fade out of existence. One man finds a way to put the beat-down on his personal bogeyman, a dead monk spurs a king to build a perfect prayer machine, an unknown face launches a thousand dummies (actually, a whole lot more than that), and a skeptic goes on a one-way to journey to find out whether spirits exist.
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9/14/13 3:00pm |
Talking to Machines - This hour of Radiolab, Jad and Robert meet humans and robots who are trying to connect. We begin with a love story from a man who unwittingly fell in love with a chatbot. Then, we encounter a robot therapist whose inventor became so unnerved by its success that he pulled the plug. Five intrepid kids help us test a hypothesis about a toy designed to push our buttons & play on our human empathy. And finally, we learn that electricity tastes like "a planet around a star" — at least according to one very unusual robot.
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9/7/13 3:00pm |
Colors - Our world is saturated in color, from soft hues to violent stains. To what extent is color a physical thing in the physical world, and to what extent is it created in our minds? We start with Sir Isaac Newton, who was so eager to solve this very mystery, he stuck a knife in his eye to pinpoint the answer. Then, we meet a sea creature that sees a rainbow way beyond anything humans can experience. And we end with an age-old question, that, it turns out, never even occurred to most humans until very recently: why is the sky blue?
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8/31/13 3:00pm |
Known Unknowns - Some things are simply unknowable, from the pain another person feels to the reasons why they commit horrible acts. In this hour, we meet people who are trying to measure and make sense of things they can’t quite grasp. Along the way, we meet two people whose job depends on not knowing who they are, where they are, or what might happen in the very next moment.
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8/24/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 08/24/2013 - Patient Zero: The greatest mysteries have a shadowy figure at the center-someone who sets things in motion and holds the key to how the story unfolds. In epidemiology, this central character is known as Patient Zero-the case at the heart of an outbreak. This hour, Radiolab hunts for Patient Zeroes from all over the map, from the legendary Typhoid Mary to the very first person to give a high-five.
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8/17/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 08/17/2013 - Zoos: In a strange trick of evolution, a human can stand just three feet from a ferocious animal and be perfectly safe. This hour, Radiolab goes to the zoo. What's with our need to get close to "wildness"? We examine where we stand in this paradox, starting with the Romans, and ending in the wilds of Belize, staring into the eyes of a wild jaguar.
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8/10/13 3:00pm |
The Bad Show - Wrestling with the dark side of human nature, and whether it's something we can ever really understand, or fully escape. A look behind a chilling statistic: 91% of men, and 84% of women, have fantasized about killing someone. Plus, what Stanley Milgrim's famous experiment really revealed about human nature. And we end with the story of a man who chased one of the most prolific serial killers in US history.
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8/3/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 08/03/2013 - Stories about uncovering surprising truths hidden in plain sight. Errol Morris launches a sublime and somewhat ludicrous investigation into a famous war photograph, two blind men face off on the essence of reality, and a friend's true nature is revealed after his mysterious death.
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7/27/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 07/27/2013 - Escape: Stories about getting stuck and breaking free.
Jad and Robert kick things off with a true escape artist, a man who's broken out of jail more times than anyone alive. They also try to figure out why he keeps running...and whether he will ever stop.
Then, a strange space at the edge of the solar system, about to cross a boundary beyond which we know nothing.
Finally, we hear the story of a blind kid who freed himself from an unhappy childhood by climbing into the telephone system & bending it to his will.
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7/20/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 07/20/2013 - There's a chance that deep down inside you, there's a little creature that controls your behavior...a parasite. On Radiolab, we uncover a world full of 'em.
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7/13/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 07/13/2013 - The Good Show: If natural selection boils down to survival of the fittest, how do you explain why one creature might stick its neck out for another?
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7/6/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 07/06/2013 - Oooops! Stories of unintended consequences: from a psychologist who may have helped create a terrorist, to a toxic lake that spawned new life.
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6/29/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 06/29/2013 - Inner Voices: How the voices in our heads shape us . . . for better and for worse.
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6/22/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 06/22/2013 - The healing powers of belief, from the symbolic power of the doctor coat, to the very real stash of opium in your brain.
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6/15/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 06/15/2013 - Radiolab explores Animal Minds. Communicating across species -- from bringing pets to church, to a rescued whale that may have found a way to say thanks.
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6/8/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 06/08/2013 - Detective Stories: Mystery, intrigue, and a goat standing on top of a cow.
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6/1/13 3:00pm |
RadioLab show on 06/01/2013 - Are You Sure? Stories about walking the tightrope between doubt and certainty.
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