http://www.odeo.com/channels/107949-WNYC-s-Radio-Lab WNYCNewYorkPublicRadio no On Radio Lab, science meets culture and information sounds like music. Each episode of Radio Lab. is an investigation -- a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radio Lab is produced by WNYC public radio. Support the adventure with a donation by pasting the following URL into your browser: http://www.wnyc.org/epledge/radiolab/ On Radio Lab, science meets culture and information sounds like music. Each episode of Radio Lab. is an investigation -- a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radio Lab is produced by WNYC public radio. Support the adventure with a donation by pasting the following URL into your browser: http://www.wnyc.org/epledge/radiolab/ On Radio Lab, science meets culture and information sounds like music. Each episode of Radio Lab® is an investigation -- a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radio en-us 40 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:35:34 -0800 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:35:34 -0800 Natural http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25386611-Shorts-Helicopter-Boy This week, a story about a mom, a boy, and a home-made helicopter. (And no! This has nothing to do with the Balloon Boy incident.) Instead, its about how public radio… literally saved a boy’s life. Well, not quite. But sorta. Kinda. Its a story about why we do what we do: we’re trying to tell stories that move you and make you feel different about the world, even just a little bit. Please support us in that mission. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo courtesy of Jennifer Babb This week, a story about a mom, a boy, and a home-made helicopter. (And no! This has nothing to do with the Balloon Boy incident.) Instead, its about how public radio… literally saved a boy’s life. Well, not quite. But sorta. Kinda. Its a story about why we do what we do: we’re trying to tell stories that move you and make you feel different about the world, even just a little bit. Please support us in that mission. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo courtesy of Jennifer Babb This week, a story about a mom, a boy, and a home-made helicopter. (And no! This has nothing to do with the Balloon Boy incident.) Instead, its about how public radio… literally saved a boy’s life. Well, not quite. But sorta. Kinda. Its a story about why we do what we do: we’re trying to tell stories that move you and make you feel different about the world, even just a little bit. Please support us in that mission. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo courtesy of Jennifer Babb tag:odeo.com,2009-11-02,25386611 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:35:34 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25315788-New-Normal How do you tell the difference between a sea change and a ripple in the water? Could a nonviolent baboon be sign of things to come? Or is it just a flukey outlier from the norm? What about a man in a dress? Or a fox without vicious urges? Is there ever really even a norm? In this hour of Radiolab, we examine three stories that re-frame our sense of normalcy. Read More If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo courtesy – Flickr/vin60 How do you tell the difference between a sea change and a ripple in the water? Could a nonviolent baboon be sign of things to come? Or is it just a flukey outlier from the norm? What about a man in a dress? Or a fox without vicious urges? Is there ever really even a norm? In this hour of Radiolab, we examine three stories that re-frame our sense of normalcy. Read More If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo courtesy – Flickr/vin60 How do you tell the difference between a sea change and a ripple in the water? Could a nonviolent baboon be sign of things to come? Or is it just a flukey outlier from the norm? What about a man in a dress? Or a fox without vicious urges? Is there ever really even a norm? In this hour of Radiolab, we examine three stories that re-frame our sense of normalcy. Read More If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo courtesy – Flickr/vin60 tag:odeo.com,2009-10-19,25315788 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:39 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25239531-Shorts-Blink This week, we ask a question that we thought was a no-brainer: why do we blink? Film editor Walter Murch tells us about a strange discovery he made years ago while working on The Conversation – could something as small as a blink actually be the trick of his trade? We also talk to Japanese researchers Tamami Nakano and Shigeru Kitazawa about the experiment they conducted to understand how we see the world, when we choose not to, and why. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo by: Flickr/DownTown Pictures Tamami Nakano’s study Shigeru Kitazawa Walter Murch’s book In the Blink of an Eye This week, we ask a question that we thought was a no-brainer: why do we blink? Film editor Walter Murch tells us about a strange discovery he made years ago while working on The Conversation – could something as small as a blink actually be the trick of his trade? We also talk to Japanese researchers Tamami Nakano and Shigeru Kitazawa about the experiment they conducted to understand how we see the world, when we choose not to, and why. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo by: Flickr/DownTown Pictures Tamami Nakano’s study Shigeru Kitazawa Walter Murch’s book In the Blink of an Eye This week, we ask a question that we thought was a no-brainer: why do we blink? Film editor Walter Murch tells us about a strange discovery he made years ago while working on The Conversation – could something as small as a blink actually be the trick of his trade? We also talk to Japanese researchers Tamami Nakano and Shigeru Kitazawa about the experiment they conducted to understand how we see the world, when we choose not to, and why. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo by: Flickr/DownTown Pictures Tamami Nakano’s study Shigeru Kitazawa Walter Murch’s book In the Blink of an Eye tag:odeo.com,2009-10-05,25239531 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:18:37 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25162442-Shorts-It-Might-Be-Science They Might Be Giants just came out with a new album, “Here Comes Science.” So we invited them to come play with us at our season launch party last week at the Water Taxi Beach in Queens. And then we ambushed them with annoying little questions about science and about the tricky business of turning science into entertainment … because of that whole, you know, “getting the facts right” thing. On this podcast, we decided to share this magical evening with those of you who weren’t able to join us live. Hope you enjoy the music, pesky science teachers, and miasmas of plasma. Photo courtesy – Flickr/pabo76 If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 They Might Be Giants just came out with a new album, “Here Comes Science.” So we invited them to come play with us at our season launch party last week at the Water Taxi Beach in Queens. And then we ambushed them with annoying little questions about science and about the tricky business of turning science into entertainment … because of that whole, you know, “getting the facts right” thing. On this podcast, we decided to share this magical evening with those of you who weren’t able to join us live. Hope you enjoy the music, pesky science teachers, and miasmas of plasma. Photo courtesy – Flickr/pabo76 If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 They Might Be Giants just came out with a new album, “Here Comes Science.” So we invited them to come play with us at our season launch party last week at the Water Taxi Beach in Queens. And then we ambushed them with annoying little questions about science and about the tricky business of turning science into entertainment … because of that whole, you know, “getting the facts right” thing. On this podcast, we decided to share this magical evening with those of you who weren’t able to join us live. Hope you enjoy the music, pesky science teachers, and miasmas of plasma. Photo courtesy – Flickr/pabo76 If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2009-09-21,25162442 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:00:03 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25088382-Parasites In this hour of Radiolab, we explore nature’s moochers – the good, the bad, and the hideous. We have stories of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and even mind-controlled humans (kinda, maybe). Could parasites be the shadowy hands that pull the strings of life? Read More If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In this hour of Radiolab, we explore nature’s moochers – the good, the bad, and the hideous. We have stories of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and even mind-controlled humans (kinda, maybe). Could parasites be the shadowy hands that pull the strings of life? Read More If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In this hour of Radiolab, we explore nature’s moochers – the good, the bad, and the hideous. We have stories of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and even mind-controlled humans (kinda, maybe). Could parasites be the shadowy hands that pull the strings of life? Read More If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2009-09-07,25088382 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:00:19 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25016036-Shorts-After-Birth Pardon the graphic pun, but hey! For this podcast Jad, a brand new father, wonders what’s going on inside the head of his baby, Amil. (And don’t worry, you don’t need kids to enjoy this podcast.) The questions here are big: what is it like to be so brand new to the world? None of us have memories from this time, so how could we possibly ever know? Is it just chaos? Or, is there something more, some understanding from the very beginning? Jad found a development psychologist named Charles Fernyhough to explore some of his questions. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Further reading from Charles Fernyhough: A Thousand Days of Wonder Baby In The Mirror Pardon the graphic pun, but hey! For this podcast Jad, a brand new father, wonders what’s going on inside the head of his baby, Amil. (And don’t worry, you don’t need kids to enjoy this podcast.) The questions here are big: what is it like to be so brand new to the world? None of us have memories from this time, so how could we possibly ever know? Is it just chaos? Or, is there something more, some understanding from the very beginning? Jad found a development psychologist named Charles Fernyhough to explore some of his questions. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Further reading from Charles Fernyhough: A Thousand Days of Wonder Baby In The Mirror Pardon the graphic pun, but hey! For this podcast Jad, a brand new father, wonders what’s going on inside the head of his baby, Amil. (And don’t worry, you don’t need kids to enjoy this podcast.) The questions here are big: what is it like to be so brand new to the world? None of us have memories from this time, so how could we possibly ever know? Is it just chaos? Or, is there something more, some understanding from the very beginning? Jad found a development psychologist named Charles Fernyhough to explore some of his questions. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Further reading from Charles Fernyhough: A Thousand Days of Wonder Baby In The Mirror tag:odeo.com,2009-08-24,25016036 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:55:25 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24919084-Shorts-In-Defense-of-Darwin When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ daughter was six years old, he told her that flowers are not here for beauty, not here for the bees, but instead merely to copy their own DNA. Sigh, what a Dad. So is Richard Dawkins always so gloomy and reductionist about the world? Well yes, but he would say that his vision of the world is anything but gloomy, he even calls it romantic. In this conversation from the 92nd St Y, Robert challenges Dawkins on this and a number of other sticky spots on the topic of biological evolution. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/mrccos When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ daughter was six years old, he told her that flowers are not here for beauty, not here for the bees, but instead merely to copy their own DNA. Sigh, what a Dad. So is Richard Dawkins always so gloomy and reductionist about the world? Well yes, but he would say that his vision of the world is anything but gloomy, he even calls it romantic. In this conversation from the 92nd St Y, Robert challenges Dawkins on this and a number of other sticky spots on the topic of biological evolution. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/mrccos When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ daughter was six years old, he told her that flowers are not here for beauty, not here for the bees, but instead merely to copy their own DNA. Sigh, what a Dad. So is Richard Dawkins always so gloomy and reductionist about the world? Well yes, but he would say that his vision of the world is anything but gloomy, he even calls it romantic. In this conversation from the 92nd St Y, Robert challenges Dawkins on this and a number of other sticky spots on the topic of biological evolution. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/mrccos tag:odeo.com,2009-07-13,24919084 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:30:28 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24796786-In-Defense-of-Darwin When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ daughter was six years old, he told her that flowers are not here for beauty, not here for the bees, but instead merely to copy their own DNA. Sigh, what a Dad. So is Richard Dawkins always so gloomy and reductionist about the world? Well yes, but he would say that his vision of the world is anything but gloomy, he even calls it romantic. In this conversation from the 92nd St Y, Robert challenges Dawkins on this and a number of other sticky spots on the topic of biological evolution. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/mrccos When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ daughter was six years old, he told her that flowers are not here for beauty, not here for the bees, but instead merely to copy their own DNA. Sigh, what a Dad. So is Richard Dawkins always so gloomy and reductionist about the world? Well yes, but he would say that his vision of the world is anything but gloomy, he even calls it romantic. In this conversation from the 92nd St Y, Robert challenges Dawkins on this and a number of other sticky spots on the topic of biological evolution. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/mrccos When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ daughter was six years old, he told her that flowers are not here for beauty, not here for the bees, but instead merely to copy their own DNA. Sigh, what a Dad. So is Richard Dawkins always so gloomy and reductionist about the world? Well yes, but he would say that his vision of the world is anything but gloomy, he even calls it romantic. In this conversation from the 92nd St Y, Robert challenges Dawkins on this and a number of other sticky spots on the topic of biological evolution. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/mrccos tag:odeo.com,2009-07-13,24796786 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:30:28 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24919085-Shorts-Are-We-Coins After we released our show about Stochasticity, we received a lot of comments about the idea humans can be just as predictable as coins. In that show, Jonah Lehrer was telling us about a study on the 82-83 76ers, and he was saying that even when a basketball player is supposedly hot – really on a streak – he is no more likely to make his next shot that any other time. Basketball players are slaves to their averages. Well, it turns out this isn’t the whole story. In fact, right before we released the show, Jad got a call from Steve Strogatz, a mathematician from Cornell University. After talking to Steve, we turn to neuroscientist Paul Glimcher, as he and Gregory Warner explore whether the little choices we make every day are predictable or not. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Steve Strogatz’s new book, “The Calculus of Friendship” Photo credit: Flickr/ICMA After we released our show about Stochasticity, we received a lot of comments about the idea humans can be just as predictable as coins. In that show, Jonah Lehrer was telling us about a study on the 82-83 76ers, and he was saying that even when a basketball player is supposedly hot – really on a streak – he is no more likely to make his next shot that any other time. Basketball players are slaves to their averages. Well, it turns out this isn’t the whole story. In fact, right before we released the show, Jad got a call from Steve Strogatz, a mathematician from Cornell University. After talking to Steve, we turn to neuroscientist Paul Glimcher, as he and Gregory Warner explore whether the little choices we make every day are predictable or not. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Steve Strogatz’s new book, “The Calculus of Friendship” Photo credit: Flickr/ICMA After we released our show about Stochasticity, we received a lot of comments about the idea humans can be just as predictable as coins. In that show, Jonah Lehrer was telling us about a study on the 82-83 76ers, and he was saying that even when a basketball player is supposedly hot – really on a streak – he is no more likely to make his next shot that any other time. Basketball players are slaves to their averages. Well, it turns out this isn’t the whole story. In fact, right before we released the show, Jad got a call from Steve Strogatz, a mathematician from Cornell University. After talking to Steve, we turn to neuroscientist Paul Glimcher, as he and Gregory Warner explore whether the little choices we make every day are predictable or not. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Steve Strogatz’s new book, “The Calculus of Friendship” Photo credit: Flickr/ICMA tag:odeo.com,2009-06-29,24919085 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:30:57 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24735869-Are-We-Coins After we released our show about Stochasticity, we received a lot of comments about the idea humans can be just as predictable as coins. In that show, Jonah Lehrer was telling us about a study on the 82-83 76ers, and he was saying that even when a basketball player is supposedly hot – really on a streak – he is no more likely to make his next shot that any other time. Basketball players are slaves to their averages. Well, it turns out this isn’t the whole story. In fact, right before we released the show, Jad got a call from Steve Strogatz, a mathematician from Cornell University. After talking to Steve, we turn to neuroscientist Paul Glimcher, as he and Gregory Warner explore whether the little choices we make every day are predictable or not. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Steve Strogatz’s new book, “The Calculus of Friendship” Photo credit: Flickr/ICMA After we released our show about Stochasticity, we received a lot of comments about the idea humans can be just as predictable as coins. In that show, Jonah Lehrer was telling us about a study on the 82-83 76ers, and he was saying that even when a basketball player is supposedly hot – really on a streak – he is no more likely to make his next shot that any other time. Basketball players are slaves to their averages. Well, it turns out this isn’t the whole story. In fact, right before we released the show, Jad got a call from Steve Strogatz, a mathematician from Cornell University. After talking to Steve, we turn to neuroscientist Paul Glimcher, as he and Gregory Warner explore whether the little choices we make every day are predictable or not. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Steve Strogatz’s new book, “The Calculus of Friendship” Photo credit: Flickr/ICMA After we released our show about Stochasticity, we received a lot of comments about the idea humans can be just as predictable as coins. In that show, Jonah Lehrer was telling us about a study on the 82-83 76ers, and he was saying that even when a basketball player is supposedly hot – really on a streak – he is no more likely to make his next shot that any other time. Basketball players are slaves to their averages. Well, it turns out this isn’t the whole story. In fact, right before we released the show, Jad got a call from Steve Strogatz, a mathematician from Cornell University. After talking to Steve, we turn to neuroscientist Paul Glimcher, as he and Gregory Warner explore whether the little choices we make every day are predictable or not. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Steve Strogatz’s new book, “The Calculus of Friendship” Photo credit: Flickr/ICMA tag:odeo.com,2009-06-29,24735869 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:30:57 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24710636-Stochasticity-Bonus-Video We have a special bonus this week to accompany our Stochasticity episode. We asked our friends, Higher Mammals to produce a song and video for our Stochasticity show. We hope you find it completely Random! Download Higher Mammals features John Kurz and Shane Winter, with additional vocals from Jason Major, Kendra May, and Wendy Roderweiss. We have a special bonus this week to accompany our Stochasticity episode. We asked our friends, Higher Mammals to produce a song and video for our Stochasticity show. We hope you find it completely Random! Download Higher Mammals features John Kurz and Shane Winter, with additional vocals from Jason Major, Kendra May, and Wendy Roderweiss. We have a special bonus this week to accompany our Stochasticity episode. We asked our friends, Higher Mammals to produce a song and video for our Stochasticity show. We hope you find it completely Random! Download Higher Mammals features John Kurz and Shane Winter, with additional vocals from Jason Major, Kendra May, and Wendy Roderweiss. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-15,24710636 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:00:21 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24719548-Stochasticity-Bonus-Video We have a special bonus this week to accompany our Stochasticity episode. We asked our friends, Higher Mammals to produce a song and video for our Stochasticity show. We hope you find it completely Random! Higher Mammals features Josh Kurz and Shane Winter, with additional vocals from Jason Major, Kendra May, and Wendy Roderweiss. We have a special bonus this week to accompany our Stochasticity episode. We asked our friends, Higher Mammals to produce a song and video for our Stochasticity show. We hope you find it completely Random! Higher Mammals features Josh Kurz and Shane Winter, with additional vocals from Jason Major, Kendra May, and Wendy Roderweiss. We have a special bonus this week to accompany our Stochasticity episode. We asked our friends, Higher Mammals to produce a song and video for our Stochasticity show. We hope you find it completely Random! Higher Mammals features Josh Kurz and Shane Winter, with additional vocals from Jason Major, Kendra May, and Wendy Roderweiss. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-15,24719548 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:00:21 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24642554-Stayin%E2%80%99-Alive Photo credit: Flickr/Ramen Junkie This week on the podcast we take a look at four unconventional ways to stay alive. We talk to geneticist George Church, who originally appeared in our So Called Life Show, biologist Bernd Heinrich, neuroscientist David Eagleman, and finally, we visit a CPR class. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can also check out Bernd Heinrich’s most recent book, “Summer World“ Photo credit: Flickr/Ramen Junkie This week on the podcast we take a look at four unconventional ways to stay alive. We talk to geneticist George Church, who originally appeared in our So Called Life Show, biologist Bernd Heinrich, neuroscientist David Eagleman, and finally, we visit a CPR class. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can also check out Bernd Heinrich’s most recent book, “Summer World“ Photo credit: Flickr/Ramen Junkie This week on the podcast we take a look at four unconventional ways to stay alive. We talk to geneticist George Church, who originally appeared in our So Called Life Show, biologist Bernd Heinrich, neuroscientist David Eagleman, and finally, we visit a CPR class. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can also check out Bernd Heinrich’s most recent book, “Summer World“ tag:odeo.com,2009-06-02,24642554 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:40:31 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24643608-Stayin%E2%80%99-Alive Photo credit: Flickr/Ramen Junkie This week on the podcast we take a look at four unconventional ways to stay alive. We talk to geneticist George Church, who originally appeared in our So Called Life Show, biologist Bernd Heinrich, neuroscientist David Eagleman, and finally, we visit a CPR class. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can also check out Bernd Heinrich’s most recent book, “Summer World“ Photo credit: Flickr/Ramen Junkie This week on the podcast we take a look at four unconventional ways to stay alive. We talk to geneticist George Church, who originally appeared in our So Called Life Show, biologist Bernd Heinrich, neuroscientist David Eagleman, and finally, we visit a CPR class. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can also check out Bernd Heinrich’s most recent book, “Summer World“ Photo credit: Flickr/Ramen Junkie This week on the podcast we take a look at four unconventional ways to stay alive. We talk to geneticist George Church, who originally appeared in our So Called Life Show, biologist Bernd Heinrich, neuroscientist David Eagleman, and finally, we visit a CPR class. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can also check out Bernd Heinrich’s most recent book, “Summer World“ tag:odeo.com,2009-06-02,24643608 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:40:31 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24584065-AV-Smackdown-The-Podcast On May 6th, at WNYC’s new Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, we opened up an age old can of worms. Jad and Robert faced off over which medium is superior — television or radio. This American Life’s Ira Glass was the referee. There were stunning jabs, wicked uppercuts, and even the occasional low blow. In TV’s corner, Robert “The Krusher” Krulwich hit hard with stunning video images, but audio-savant Jad “Boom Boom” Abumrad pounded his opponent with the power of sound. The bout went five hard rounds and had to go to the cards for a decision. Tears were shed, and after a short intermission Jad and Robert sat down with Ira to discuss the challenges of working in both TV and Radio. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 On May 6th, at WNYC’s new Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, we opened up an age old can of worms. Jad and Robert faced off over which medium is superior — television or radio. This American Life’s Ira Glass was the referee. There were stunning jabs, wicked uppercuts, and even the occasional low blow. In TV’s corner, Robert “The Krusher” Krulwich hit hard with stunning video images, but audio-savant Jad “Boom Boom” Abumrad pounded his opponent with the power of sound. The bout went five hard rounds and had to go to the cards for a decision. Tears were shed, and after a short intermission Jad and Robert sat down with Ira to discuss the challenges of working in both TV and Radio. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 On May 6th, at WNYC’s new Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, we opened up an age old can of worms. Jad and Robert faced off over which medium is superior — television or radio. This American Life’s Ira Glass was the referee. There were stunning jabs, wicked uppercuts, and even the occasional low blow. In TV’s corner, Robert “The Krusher” Krulwich hit hard with stunning video images, but audio-savant Jad “Boom Boom” Abumrad pounded his opponent with the power of sound. The bout went five hard rounds and had to go to the cards for a decision. Tears were shed, and after a short intermission Jad and Robert sat down with Ira to discuss the challenges of working in both TV and Radio. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2009-05-18,24584065 Mon, 18 May 2009 18:30:51 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24579379-AV-Smackdown-The-Podcast [] On May 6th, at WNYC’s new Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, we opened up an age old can of worms. Jad and Robert faced off over which medium is superior — television or radio. This American Life’s Ira Glass was the referee. There were stunning jabs, wicked uppercuts, and even the occasional low blow. In TV’s corner, Robert “The Krusher” Krulwich hit hard with stunning video images, but audio-savant Jad “Boom Boom” Abumrad pounded his opponent with the power of sound. The bout went five hard rounds and had to go to the cards for a decision. Tears were shed, and after a short intermission Jad and Robert sat down with Ira to discuss the challenges of working in both TV and Radio. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 [] On May 6th, at WNYC’s new Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, we opened up an age old can of worms. Jad and Robert faced off over which medium is superior — television or radio. This American Life’s Ira Glass was the referee. There were stunning jabs, wicked uppercuts, and even the occasional low blow. In TV’s corner, Robert “The Krusher” Krulwich hit hard with stunning video images, but audio-savant Jad “Boom Boom” Abumrad pounded his opponent with the power of sound. The bout went five hard rounds and had to go to the cards for a decision. Tears were shed, and after a short intermission Jad and Robert sat down with Ira to discuss the challenges of working in both TV and Radio. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 [] On May 6th, at WNYC’s new Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, we opened up an age old can of worms. Jad and Robert faced off over which medium is superior — television or radio. This American Life’s Ira Glass was the referee. There were stunning jabs, wicked uppercuts, and even the occasional low blow. In TV’s corner, Robert “The Krusher” Krulwich hit hard with stunning video images, but audio-savant Jad “Boom Boom” Abumrad pounded his opponent with the power of sound. The bout went five hard rounds and had to go to the cards for a decision. Tears were shed, and after a short intermission Jad and Robert sat down with Ira to discuss the challenges of working in both TV and Radio. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2009-05-18,24579379 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:30:51 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25340990-Where-Am-I-Rebroadcast OK. Maybe you’re in your desk chair. You’re in your office. You’re in New York, or Detroit, or Timbuktu. You’re on planet Earth. But where are you, really? Radio Lab tries to find out where you are. This hour: stories of people whose brains and bodies have lost each other. We ask how does your brain keep track of your body? We’ll examine the bond between brain and body and look at what happens when it breaks. We begin with a century-old mystery: why do many amputees still feel their missing limbs? We speak with a neuroscientist who solved the problem with a magician’s trick: an optical illusion. We continue with the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch. And we hear from pilots who lose consciousness and suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 photo credit Flickr/montwerx OK. Maybe you’re in your desk chair. You’re in your office. You’re in New York, or Detroit, or Timbuktu. You’re on planet Earth. But where are you, really? Radio Lab tries to find out where you are. This hour: stories of people whose brains and bodies have lost each other. We ask how does your brain keep track of your body? We’ll examine the bond between brain and body and look at what happens when it breaks. We begin with a century-old mystery: why do many amputees still feel their missing limbs? We speak with a neuroscientist who solved the problem with a magician’s trick: an optical illusion. We continue with the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch. And we hear from pilots who lose consciousness and suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 photo credit Flickr/montwerx OK. Maybe you’re in your desk chair. You’re in your office. You’re in New York, or Detroit, or Timbuktu. You’re on planet Earth. But where are you, really? Radio Lab tries to find out where you are. This hour: stories of people whose brains and bodies have lost each other. We ask how does your brain keep track of your body? We’ll examine the bond between brain and body and look at what happens when it breaks. We begin with a century-old mystery: why do many amputees still feel their missing limbs? We speak with a neuroscientist who solved the problem with a magician’s trick: an optical illusion. We continue with the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch. And we hear from pilots who lose consciousness and suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 photo credit Flickr/montwerx tag:odeo.com,2009-04-20,25340990 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:30:19 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24476111-Where-Am-I-Rebroadcast OK. Maybe you’re in your desk chair. You’re in your office. You’re in New York, or Detroit, or Timbuktu. You’re on planet Earth. But where are you, really? Radio Lab tries to find out where you are. This hour: stories of people whose brains and bodies have lost each other. We ask how does your brain keep track of your body? We’ll examine the bond between brain and body and look at what happens when it breaks. We begin with a century-old mystery: why do many amputees still feel their missing limbs? We speak with a neuroscientist who solved the problem with a magician’s trick: an optical illusion. We continue with the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch. And we hear from pilots who lose consciousness and suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 photo credit Flickr/montwerx OK. Maybe you’re in your desk chair. You’re in your office. You’re in New York, or Detroit, or Timbuktu. You’re on planet Earth. But where are you, really? Radio Lab tries to find out where you are. This hour: stories of people whose brains and bodies have lost each other. We ask how does your brain keep track of your body? We’ll examine the bond between brain and body and look at what happens when it breaks. We begin with a century-old mystery: why do many amputees still feel their missing limbs? We speak with a neuroscientist who solved the problem with a magician’s trick: an optical illusion. We continue with the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch. And we hear from pilots who lose consciousness and suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 photo credit Flickr/montwerx OK. Maybe you’re in your desk chair. You’re in your office. You’re in New York, or Detroit, or Timbuktu. You’re on planet Earth. But where are you, really? Radio Lab tries to find out where you are. This hour: stories of people whose brains and bodies have lost each other. We ask how does your brain keep track of your body? We’ll examine the bond between brain and body and look at what happens when it breaks. We begin with a century-old mystery: why do many amputees still feel their missing limbs? We speak with a neuroscientist who solved the problem with a magician’s trick: an optical illusion. We continue with the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch. And we hear from pilots who lose consciousness and suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 photo credit Flickr/montwerx tag:odeo.com,2009-04-20,24476111 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:30:19 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25340993-In-Silence Here at Radiolab we explore big ideas and ask big questions to see how the world works. To do that, we often talk to scientists who are trying to answer those questions by doing experiments and gathering data. But there are some questions that don’t give in to experiments and data. And with Easter and Passover around the corner, we decided to take on one of those questions, not through science, but through a story. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/Dan Larsen Here at Radiolab we explore big ideas and ask big questions to see how the world works. To do that, we often talk to scientists who are trying to answer those questions by doing experiments and gathering data. But there are some questions that don’t give in to experiments and data. And with Easter and Passover around the corner, we decided to take on one of those questions, not through science, but through a story. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/Dan Larsen Here at Radiolab we explore big ideas and ask big questions to see how the world works. To do that, we often talk to scientists who are trying to answer those questions by doing experiments and gathering data. But there are some questions that don’t give in to experiments and data. And with Easter and Passover around the corner, we decided to take on one of those questions, not through science, but through a story. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/Dan Larsen tag:odeo.com,2009-04-07,25340993 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:30:12 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24421173-In-Silence Here at Radiolab we explore big ideas and ask big questions to see how the world works. To do that, we often talk to scientists who are trying to answer those questions by doing experiments and gathering data. But there are some questions that don’t give in to experiments and data. And with Easter and Passover around the corner, we decided to take on one of those questions, not through science, but through a story. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/Dan Larsen Here at Radiolab we explore big ideas and ask big questions to see how the world works. To do that, we often talk to scientists who are trying to answer those questions by doing experiments and gathering data. But there are some questions that don’t give in to experiments and data. And with Easter and Passover around the corner, we decided to take on one of those questions, not through science, but through a story. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/Dan Larsen Here at Radiolab we explore big ideas and ask big questions to see how the world works. To do that, we often talk to scientists who are trying to answer those questions by doing experiments and gathering data. But there are some questions that don’t give in to experiments and data. And with Easter and Passover around the corner, we decided to take on one of those questions, not through science, but through a story. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/Dan Larsen tag:odeo.com,2009-04-07,24421173 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:30:12 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25340996-DIY-Universe Can you make your own universe? We usually think of the universe as “everything that exists,” so how could you make another one? Well, physicists have been speculating about the existence of multiple universes for some time now. And for Robert, the obvious next question was: “Can we make one?” So he invited physicist Brian Greene to his kitchen to speculate about just that. And it turns out, it’s not such a far-fetched idea. There are scientists right now trying to figure out whether it’s possible and what it would take. According to Brian, it would require a tiny black hole, a dash of reverse-gravity, and a lot of luck. But the laws of physics don’t rule it out. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/charmaine Can you make your own universe? We usually think of the universe as “everything that exists,” so how could you make another one? Well, physicists have been speculating about the existence of multiple universes for some time now. And for Robert, the obvious next question was: “Can we make one?” So he invited physicist Brian Greene to his kitchen to speculate about just that. And it turns out, it’s not such a far-fetched idea. There are scientists right now trying to figure out whether it’s possible and what it would take. According to Brian, it would require a tiny black hole, a dash of reverse-gravity, and a lot of luck. But the laws of physics don’t rule it out. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/charmaine Can you make your own universe? We usually think of the universe as “everything that exists,” so how could you make another one? Well, physicists have been speculating about the existence of multiple universes for some time now. And for Robert, the obvious next question was: “Can we make one?” So he invited physicist Brian Greene to his kitchen to speculate about just that. And it turns out, it’s not such a far-fetched idea. There are scientists right now trying to figure out whether it’s possible and what it would take. According to Brian, it would require a tiny black hole, a dash of reverse-gravity, and a lot of luck. But the laws of physics don’t rule it out. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo credit: Flickr/charmaine tag:odeo.com,2009-03-25,25340996 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:15:13 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25341009-Mischel%E2%80%99s-Marshmallows How are your New Year’s resolutions holding out? This might at least help you feel better about them. Psychologist Walter Mischel explains how one little test involving a marshmallow might tell you a frightening amount about what kind of person you are. And Radio Lab favorite Jonah Lehrer helps us make sense of the results. This one’s all about our will power (or lack thereof). If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Check out ABC’s reenactment of the marshmallow experiment How are your New Year’s resolutions holding out? This might at least help you feel better about them. Psychologist Walter Mischel explains how one little test involving a marshmallow might tell you a frightening amount about what kind of person you are. And Radio Lab favorite Jonah Lehrer helps us make sense of the results. This one’s all about our will power (or lack thereof). If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Check out ABC’s reenactment of the marshmallow experiment How are your New Year’s resolutions holding out? This might at least help you feel better about them. Psychologist Walter Mischel explains how one little test involving a marshmallow might tell you a frightening amount about what kind of person you are. And Radio Lab favorite Jonah Lehrer helps us make sense of the results. This one’s all about our will power (or lack thereof). If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Check out ABC’s reenactment of the marshmallow experiment tag:odeo.com,2009-03-08,25341009 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:04:28 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24280971-Mischel%E2%80%99s-Marshmallows How are your New Year’s resolutions holding out? This might at least help you feel better about them. Psychologist Walter Mischel explains how one little test involving a marshmallow might tell you a frightening amount about what kind of person you are. And Radio Lab favorite Jonah Lehrer helps us make sense of the results. This one’s all about our will power (or lack thereof). If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 How are your New Year’s resolutions holding out? This might at least help you feel better about them. Psychologist Walter Mischel explains how one little test involving a marshmallow might tell you a frightening amount about what kind of person you are. And Radio Lab favorite Jonah Lehrer helps us make sense of the results. This one’s all about our will power (or lack thereof). If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 How are your New Year’s resolutions holding out? This might at least help you feel better about them. Psychologist Walter Mischel explains how one little test involving a marshmallow might tell you a frightening amount about what kind of person you are. And Radio Lab favorite Jonah Lehrer helps us make sense of the results. This one’s all about our will power (or lack thereof). If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2009-03-08,24280971 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:04:28 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24047827-Morality-Rebroadcast In this hour on Morality, we’ll explore where our sense of right and wrong come from. We peer inside the brains of people contemplating moral dilemmas, watch chimps at a primate research center share blackberries, observe a playgroup of 3 year-olds fighting over toys, and tour the country’s first penitentiary, Eastern State Prison. Also: the story of land grabbing, indentured servitude and slum lording in the fourth grade. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In this hour on Morality, we’ll explore where our sense of right and wrong come from. We peer inside the brains of people contemplating moral dilemmas, watch chimps at a primate research center share blackberries, observe a playgroup of 3 year-olds fighting over toys, and tour the country’s first penitentiary, Eastern State Prison. Also: the story of land grabbing, indentured servitude and slum lording in the fourth grade. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In this hour on Morality, we’ll explore where our sense of right and wrong come from. We peer inside the brains of people contemplating moral dilemmas, watch chimps at a primate research center share blackberries, observe a playgroup of 3 year-olds fighting over toys, and tour the country’s first penitentiary, Eastern State Prison. Also: the story of land grabbing, indentured servitude and slum lording in the fourth grade. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2009-02-09,24047827 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:31:39 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128886-The-Obama-Effect-Perhaps photo by Jef Poskanzer When Jad and Robert saw this article it made them think about an earlier study by Claude Steele. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 On this podcast, they’ll tell us about that and answer some listener mail (in the aggregate) answering questions about Patient X and questionable Jad’s use of the term ‘bitches’ in the Choice episode. Also, dear all, the piano piece you’ve been asking about from this podcast is: “Vladimir’s Blues” by Max Richter. photo by Jef Poskanzer When Jad and Robert saw this article it made them think about an earlier study by Claude Steele. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 On this podcast, they’ll tell us about that and answer some listener mail (in the aggregate) answering questions about Patient X and questionable Jad’s use of the term ‘bitches’ in the Choice episode. Also, dear all, the piano piece you’ve been asking about from this podcast is: “Vladimir’s Blues” by Max Richter. photo by Jef Poskanzer When Jad and Robert saw this article it made them think about an earlier study by Claude Steele. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 On this podcast, they’ll tell us about that and answer some listener mail (in the aggregate) answering questions about Patient X and questionable Jad’s use of the term ‘bitches’ in the Choice episode. Also, dear all, the piano piece you’ve been asking about from this podcast is: “Vladimir’s Blues” by Max Richter. tag:odeo.com,2009-01-27,24128886 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:47:19 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23964328-The-Obama-Effect-Perhaps photo by Jef Poskanzer When Jad and Robert saw this article it made them think about an earlier study by Claude Steele. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 On this podcast, they’ll tell us about that and answer some listener mail (in the aggregate) answering questions about Patient X and questionable Jad’s use of the term ‘bitches’ in the Choice episode. photo by Jef Poskanzer When Jad and Robert saw this article it made them think about an earlier study by Claude Steele. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 On this podcast, they’ll tell us about that and answer some listener mail (in the aggregate) answering questions about Patient X and questionable Jad’s use of the term ‘bitches’ in the Choice episode. photo by Jef Poskanzer When Jad and Robert saw this article it made them think about an earlier study by Claude Steele. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 On this podcast, they’ll tell us about that and answer some listener mail (in the aggregate) answering questions about Patient X and questionable Jad’s use of the term ‘bitches’ in the Choice episode. tag:odeo.com,2009-01-27,23964328 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:47:19 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128887-Parabolas-etc Special bonus of the week! A video inspired by the mathematician, Steve Strogatz. At the age of thirteen, Steve was astonished to find that pendulums and water fountains had a strange relationship that had previously been completely hidden from him. Directed by Will Hoffman with Director of Photography Derek Paul Boyle. Special bonus of the week! A video inspired by the mathematician, Steve Strogatz. At the age of thirteen, Steve was astonished to find that pendulums and water fountains had a strange relationship that had previously been completely hidden from him. Directed by Will Hoffman with Director of Photography Derek Paul Boyle. Special bonus of the week! A video inspired by the mathematician, Steve Strogatz. At the age of thirteen, Steve was astonished to find that pendulums and water fountains had a strange relationship that had previously been completely hidden from him. Directed by Will Hoffman with Director of Photography Derek Paul Boyle. tag:odeo.com,2009-01-13,24128887 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:24:52 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23875457-Parabolas-etc Special bonus of the week! A video inspired by the mathematician, Steve Strogatz. At the age of thirteen, Steve was astonished to find that pendulums and water fountains had a strange relationship that had previously been completely hidden from him. Directed by Will Hoffman with Director of Photography Derek Paul Boyle. Special bonus of the week! A video inspired by the mathematician, Steve Strogatz. At the age of thirteen, Steve was astonished to find that pendulums and water fountains had a strange relationship that had previously been completely hidden from him. Directed by Will Hoffman with Director of Photography Derek Paul Boyle. Special bonus of the week! A video inspired by the mathematician, Steve Strogatz. At the age of thirteen, Steve was astonished to find that pendulums and water fountains had a strange relationship that had previously been completely hidden from him. Directed by Will Hoffman with Director of Photography Derek Paul Boyle. tag:odeo.com,2009-01-13,23875457 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:24:52 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128888-Yellow-Fluff-Other-Curious-Encounters Ah, discovery. One of the great and noble pursuits of humankind. Also one of the most dangerous, frustrating, ego-driven, transcendent, sublime, dirty, long, demoralizing, inspiring……you get the idea. Why are inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge so seductive? In Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters we take a grand tour of characters and their stories of love and loss in the name of science. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Ah, discovery. One of the great and noble pursuits of humankind. Also one of the most dangerous, frustrating, ego-driven, transcendent, sublime, dirty, long, demoralizing, inspiring……you get the idea. Why are inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge so seductive? In Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters we take a grand tour of characters and their stories of love and loss in the name of science. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Ah, discovery. One of the great and noble pursuits of humankind. Also one of the most dangerous, frustrating, ego-driven, transcendent, sublime, dirty, long, demoralizing, inspiring……you get the idea. Why are inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge so seductive? In Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters we take a grand tour of characters and their stories of love and loss in the name of science. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-12,24128888 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:05:24 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23875458-Yellow-Fluff-Other-Curious-Encounters Ah, discovery. One of the great and noble pursuits of humankind. Also one of the most dangerous, frustrating, ego-driven, transcendent, sublime, dirty, long, demoralizing, inspiring……you get the idea. Why are inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge so seductive? In Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters we take a grand tour of characters and their stories of love and loss in the name of science. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Ah, discovery. One of the great and noble pursuits of humankind. Also one of the most dangerous, frustrating, ego-driven, transcendent, sublime, dirty, long, demoralizing, inspiring……you get the idea. Why are inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge so seductive? In Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters we take a grand tour of characters and their stories of love and loss in the name of science. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Ah, discovery. One of the great and noble pursuits of humankind. Also one of the most dangerous, frustrating, ego-driven, transcendent, sublime, dirty, long, demoralizing, inspiring……you get the idea. Why are inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge so seductive? In Yellow Fluff and Other Curious Encounters we take a grand tour of characters and their stories of love and loss in the name of science. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-12,23875458 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:05:24 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128889-Diagnosis In this hour on Diagnosis, we’ll walk into one situation after another and discover that something is not right here. Something’s not right with my pancreas, what do I do? Something’s not right with my son, what do I do? Something’s not right with the phrase “something’s not right.” What? You’ll see. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In this hour on Diagnosis, we’ll walk into one situation after another and discover that something is not right here. Something’s not right with my pancreas, what do I do? Something’s not right with my son, what do I do? Something’s not right with the phrase “something’s not right.” What? You’ll see. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In this hour on Diagnosis, we’ll walk into one situation after another and discover that something is not right here. Something’s not right with my pancreas, what do I do? Something’s not right with my son, what do I do? Something’s not right with the phrase “something’s not right.” What? You’ll see. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-29,24128889 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:57:25 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23759205-Race The U.S. Census defines five races, and an “other” category. When the human genome was first fully mapped in 2000, Bill Clinton, Craig Venter, and Francis Collins took the stage and pronounced that “The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis. Great words spoken with great intentions. But what does that mean and where does it leave us? It doesn’t seem to have wiped out our evolving conversation about race. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 The U.S. Census defines five races, and an “other” category. When the human genome was first fully mapped in 2000, Bill Clinton, Craig Venter, and Francis Collins took the stage and pronounced that “The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis. Great words spoken with great intentions. But what does that mean and where does it leave us? It doesn’t seem to have wiped out our evolving conversation about race. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 The U.S. Census defines five races, and an “other” category. When the human genome was first fully mapped in 2000, Bill Clinton, Craig Venter, and Francis Collins took the stage and pronounced that “The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis. Great words spoken with great intentions. But what does that mean and where does it leave us? It doesn’t seem to have wiped out our evolving conversation about race. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-15,23759205 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:00:23 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128890-Race The U.S. Census defines five races, and an “other” category. When the human genome was first fully mapped in 2000, Bill Clinton, Craig Venter, and Francis Collins took the stage and pronounced that “The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis. Great words spoken with great intentions. But what does that mean and where does it leave us? It doesn’t seem to have wiped out our evolving conversation about race. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 The U.S. Census defines five races, and an “other” category. When the human genome was first fully mapped in 2000, Bill Clinton, Craig Venter, and Francis Collins took the stage and pronounced that “The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis. Great words spoken with great intentions. But what does that mean and where does it leave us? It doesn’t seem to have wiped out our evolving conversation about race. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 The U.S. Census defines five races, and an “other” category. When the human genome was first fully mapped in 2000, Bill Clinton, Craig Venter, and Francis Collins took the stage and pronounced that “The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis. Great words spoken with great intentions. But what does that mean and where does it leave us? It doesn’t seem to have wiped out our evolving conversation about race. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-15,24128890 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:00:23 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23693169-Sperm Why so many sperm? We turn to the animal kingdom to answer that question, which lands us on a tour of sperm battles in ducks, flying pig sperm, and promiscuous whippoorwills. We ponder the necessity of males in a world where sperm can be frozen and kept for all eternity. And we sit quietly with a widow struggling to keep some essence of her husband alive. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Why so many sperm? We turn to the animal kingdom to answer that question, which lands us on a tour of sperm battles in ducks, flying pig sperm, and promiscuous whippoorwills. We ponder the necessity of males in a world where sperm can be frozen and kept for all eternity. And we sit quietly with a widow struggling to keep some essence of her husband alive. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Why so many sperm? We turn to the animal kingdom to answer that question, which lands us on a tour of sperm battles in ducks, flying pig sperm, and promiscuous whippoorwills. We ponder the necessity of males in a world where sperm can be frozen and kept for all eternity. And we sit quietly with a widow struggling to keep some essence of her husband alive. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-01,23693169 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:30:40 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128891-Sperm Why so many sperm? We turn to the animal kingdom to answer that question, which lands us on a tour of sperm battles in ducks, flying pig sperm, and promiscuous whippoorwills. We ponder the necessity of males in a world where sperm can be frozen and kept for all eternity. And we sit quietly with a widow struggling to keep some essence of her husband alive. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Why so many sperm? We turn to the animal kingdom to answer that question, which lands us on a tour of sperm battles in ducks, flying pig sperm, and promiscuous whippoorwills. We ponder the necessity of males in a world where sperm can be frozen and kept for all eternity. And we sit quietly with a widow struggling to keep some essence of her husband alive. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Why so many sperm? We turn to the animal kingdom to answer that question, which lands us on a tour of sperm battles in ducks, flying pig sperm, and promiscuous whippoorwills. We ponder the necessity of males in a world where sperm can be frozen and kept for all eternity. And we sit quietly with a widow struggling to keep some essence of her husband alive. More –> If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-12-01,24128891 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:30:40 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128892-Choice Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and… and… how the heck did you decide which one take? This hour, we explore Choice. Why do some people seem better at making decisions than others? Should you listen to your head or your heart? We turn up the volume on the voices in our heads and try to make sense of the babble. Forget free will, some important decisions could come down to a steaming cup of coffee. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo by: Pulpolux /flickrCC Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and… and… how the heck did you decide which one take? This hour, we explore Choice. Why do some people seem better at making decisions than others? Should you listen to your head or your heart? We turn up the volume on the voices in our heads and try to make sense of the babble. Forget free will, some important decisions could come down to a steaming cup of coffee. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo by: Pulpolux /flickrCC Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and… and… how the heck did you decide which one take? This hour, we explore Choice. Why do some people seem better at making decisions than others? Should you listen to your head or your heart? We turn up the volume on the voices in our heads and try to make sense of the babble. Forget free will, some important decisions could come down to a steaming cup of coffee. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo by: Pulpolux /flickrCC tag:odeo.com,2008-11-17,24128892 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:39:02 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23587872-War-of-the-Worlds-Note-Rebroadcast In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-11-03,23587872 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:16:06 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128893-War-of-the-Worlds-Note-Rebroadcast In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-11-03,24128893 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:16:06 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24809170-War-of-the-Worlds-%E2%80%93-Note-Rebroadcast In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 In honor of the 70th anniversary of the classic Orson Welles radio play about martians invading New Jersey, Radio Lab asks: why did people believe it was really happening? And why has this stunt continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. NOTE: This is a rebroadcast of the Season 4 War of the Worlds episode, taped live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. ALSO NOTE: 5 brand-spanking-new hour long Radio Lab episodes will begin next podcast, so stay tuned, err…rather, keep downloading! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-11-03,24809170 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:16:06 -0800 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24348730-Chris-And-Lisa Chris had a crush on Lisa. But how to woo her? He met her on a park bench in Chicago, handed her a stack of CD’s, and sent her off on an extremely specific mission. Did it work? Find out on this week’s podcast. And hey! Chicago peeps, get your tix to our LIVE EVENT Help us make more Radiolabs! By supporting WNYC, you support Radiolab. Or support the local station where you listen to Radiolab. And tell them thanks for playing a show like us! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Chris had a crush on Lisa. But how to woo her? He met her on a park bench in Chicago, handed her a stack of CD’s, and sent her off on an extremely specific mission. Did it work? Find out on this week’s podcast. And hey! Chicago peeps, get your tix to our LIVE EVENT Help us make more Radiolabs! By supporting WNYC, you support Radiolab. Or support the local station where you listen to Radiolab. And tell them thanks for playing a show like us! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Chris had a crush on Lisa. But how to woo her? He met her on a park bench in Chicago, handed her a stack of CD’s, and sent her off on an extremely specific mission. Did it work? Find out on this week’s podcast. And hey! Chicago peeps, get your tix to our LIVE EVENT Help us make more Radiolabs! By supporting WNYC, you support Radiolab. Or support the local station where you listen to Radiolab. And tell them thanks for playing a show like us! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-10-20,24348730 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:27:16 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23511689-Chris-And-Lisa Chris had a crush on Lisa. But how to woo her? He met her on a park bench in Chicago, handed her a stack of CD’s, and sent her off on an extremely specific mission. Did it work? Find out on this week’s podcast. And hey! Chicago peeps, get your tix to our LIVE EVENT Help us make more Radiolabs! By supporting WNYC, you support Radiolab. Or support the local station where you listen to Radiolab. And tell them thanks for playing a show like us! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Chris had a crush on Lisa. But how to woo her? He met her on a park bench in Chicago, handed her a stack of CD’s, and sent her off on an extremely specific mission. Did it work? Find out on this week’s podcast. And hey! Chicago peeps, get your tix to our LIVE EVENT Help us make more Radiolabs! By supporting WNYC, you support Radiolab. Or support the local station where you listen to Radiolab. And tell them thanks for playing a show like us! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Chris had a crush on Lisa. But how to woo her? He met her on a park bench in Chicago, handed her a stack of CD’s, and sent her off on an extremely specific mission. Did it work? Find out on this week’s podcast. And hey! Chicago peeps, get your tix to our LIVE EVENT Help us make more Radiolabs! By supporting WNYC, you support Radiolab. Or support the local station where you listen to Radiolab. And tell them thanks for playing a show like us! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-10-20,23511689 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:27:16 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128894-Sperm-Tales Our new season is just a little over a month away, so we decided to give everyone a teaser of what’s to come. This season, we devote a whole hour to the topic of “Sperm” … And if you think you learned all there is to know about sperm from that junior high school filmstrip, think again. In today’s podcast, we give you two short pieces that hint at the new ideas and amazing stories we came across once we started following the trail of this wriggly little cell. First, in a twisted tale of twisted tails, fertility specialist Joanna Ellington, cofounder of ING Fertility, gives Robert a guided tour of all the sperm that are doomed to fail. Then Tim Birkhead, a biologist at the University of Sheffield, tells Jad and Robert how a dead wood mouse completely upended the idea that it’s “every sperm for himself.” And there are more amazing sperm tales to come! The full show will be released in November. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Our new season is just a little over a month away, so we decided to give everyone a teaser of what’s to come. This season, we devote a whole hour to the topic of “Sperm” … And if you think you learned all there is to know about sperm from that junior high school filmstrip, think again. In today’s podcast, we give you two short pieces that hint at the new ideas and amazing stories we came across once we started following the trail of this wriggly little cell. First, in a twisted tale of twisted tails, fertility specialist Joanna Ellington, cofounder of ING Fertility, gives Robert a guided tour of all the sperm that are doomed to fail. Then Tim Birkhead, a biologist at the University of Sheffield, tells Jad and Robert how a dead wood mouse completely upended the idea that it’s “every sperm for himself.” And there are more amazing sperm tales to come! The full show will be released in November. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Our new season is just a little over a month away, so we decided to give everyone a teaser of what’s to come. This season, we devote a whole hour to the topic of “Sperm” … And if you think you learned all there is to know about sperm from that junior high school filmstrip, think again. In today’s podcast, we give you two short pieces that hint at the new ideas and amazing stories we came across once we started following the trail of this wriggly little cell. First, in a twisted tale of twisted tails, fertility specialist Joanna Ellington, cofounder of ING Fertility, gives Robert a guided tour of all the sperm that are doomed to fail. Then Tim Birkhead, a biologist at the University of Sheffield, tells Jad and Robert how a dead wood mouse completely upended the idea that it’s “every sperm for himself.” And there are more amazing sperm tales to come! The full show will be released in November. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-10-06,24128894 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:54:25 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23460573-Sperm-Tales Our new season is just a little over a month away, so we decided to give everyone a teaser of what’s to come. This season, we devote a whole hour to the topic of “Sperm” … And if you think you learned all there is to know about sperm from that junior high school filmstrip, think again. In today’s podcast, we give you two short pieces that hint at the new ideas and amazing stories we came across once we started following the trail of this wriggly little cell. First, in a twisted tale of twisted tails, fertility specialist Joanna Ellington, cofounder of ING Fertility, gives Robert a guided tour of all the sperm that are doomed to fail. Then Tim Birkhead, a biologist at the University of Sheffield, tells Jad and Robert how a dead wood mouse completely upended the idea that it’s “every sperm for himself.” And there are more amazing sperm tales to come! The full show will be released in November. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Our new season is just a little over a month away, so we decided to give everyone a teaser of what’s to come. This season, we devote a whole hour to the topic of “Sperm” … And if you think you learned all there is to know about sperm from that junior high school filmstrip, think again. In today’s podcast, we give you two short pieces that hint at the new ideas and amazing stories we came across once we started following the trail of this wriggly little cell. First, in a twisted tale of twisted tails, fertility specialist Joanna Ellington, cofounder of ING Fertility, gives Robert a guided tour of all the sperm that are doomed to fail. Then Tim Birkhead, a biologist at the University of Sheffield, tells Jad and Robert how a dead wood mouse completely upended the idea that it’s “every sperm for himself.” And there are more amazing sperm tales to come! The full show will be released in November. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Our new season is just a little over a month away, so we decided to give everyone a teaser of what’s to come. This season, we devote a whole hour to the topic of “Sperm” … And if you think you learned all there is to know about sperm from that junior high school filmstrip, think again. In today’s podcast, we give you two short pieces that hint at the new ideas and amazing stories we came across once we started following the trail of this wriggly little cell. First, in a twisted tale of twisted tails, fertility specialist Joanna Ellington, cofounder of ING Fertility, gives Robert a guided tour of all the sperm that are doomed to fail. Then Tim Birkhead, a biologist at the University of Sheffield, tells Jad and Robert how a dead wood mouse completely upended the idea that it’s “every sperm for himself.” And there are more amazing sperm tales to come! The full show will be released in November. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-10-06,23460573 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:54:25 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23388772-Chasing-Bugs Remember the first time you ever saw an ant hill? The parade of black insects pouring in and out of a small sand mound. Most of us stopped, looked and then moved on to other parts of the playground. E. O. Wilson is the kid who never took his eyes off the mound. He grew up to revolutionize the fields of entomology, sociobiology and conservationist thought. E. O. (E is for Edward, O is for Osborne) got a nod from Time Magazine on their list of the 25 Most Influential People in America and picked up a few Pulitzers along the way. But before all that he was just an eight year old boy in the South whose nickname was “Bugs.” Ed and Robert Krulwich spoke a few years ago at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan about Ed’s early insect-philia and how it blossomed. Ed tells Robert about the time he figured out how to make hundreds of ants trace his name and the time he convinced an ant colony one of their ants was dead when he was anything but. If you like this conversation stay tu... Remember the first time you ever saw an ant hill? The parade of black insects pouring in and out of a small sand mound. Most of us stopped, looked and then moved on to other parts of the playground. E. O. Wilson is the kid who never took his eyes off the mound. He grew up to revolutionize the fields of entomology, sociobiology and conservationist thought. E. O. (E is for Edward, O is for Osborne) got a nod from Time Magazine on their list of the 25 Most Influential People in America and picked up a few Pulitzers along the way. But before all that he was just an eight year old boy in the South whose nickname was “Bugs.” Ed and Robert Krulwich spoke a few years ago at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan about Ed’s early insect-philia and how it blossomed. Ed tells Robert about the time he figured out how to make hundreds of ants trace his name and the time he convinced an ant colony one of their ants was dead when he was anything but. If you like this conversation stay tuned for Season 5. We are working on a whole show devoted to people falling in (and out of) love with science. Can’t wait? Bugs crawling on your skin now? Re-visit Ed and other ant enthusiasts in our Emergence episode. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo By: Flickr/It’sGreg Remember the first time you ever saw an ant hill? The parade of black insects pouring in and out of a small sand mound. Most of us stopped, looked and then moved on to other parts of the playground. E. O. Wilson is the kid who never took his eyes off the mound. He grew up to revolutionize the fields of entomology, sociobiology and conservationist thought. E. O. (E is for Edward, O is for Osborne) got a nod from Time Magazine on their list of the 25 Most Influential People in America and picked up a few Pulitzers along the way. But before all that he was just an eight year old boy in the South whose nickname was “Bugs.” Ed and Robert Krulwich spoke a few years ago at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan about Ed’s early insect-philia and how it blossomed. Ed tells Robert about the time he figured out how to make hundreds of ants trace his name and the time he convinced an ant colony one of their ants was dead when he was anything but. If you like this conversation stay tuned for Season 5. We are working on a whole show devoted to people falling in (and out of) love with science. Can’t wait? Bugs crawling on your skin now? Re-visit Ed and other ant enthusiasts in our Emergence episode. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo By: Flickr/It’sGreg tag:odeo.com,2008-09-23,23388772 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:17:03 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128895-Chasing-Bugs Remember the first time you ever saw an ant hill? That parade of black insects pouring in and out of a small sand mound…most of us stopped, looked and then moved on to other parts of the playground. E. O. Wilson is the kid who never took his eyes off the mound. He grew up to revolutionize the fields of entomology, sociobiology and conservationist thought. E. O. (E is for Edward, O is for Osborne) got a nod from Time Magazine on their list of the 25 Most Influential People in America and picked up a few Pulitzers along the way. But before all that he was just an eight-year-old boy in the South whose nickname was “Bugs.” Ed and Robert Krulwich spoke a few years ago at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan about Ed’s early insect-philia and how it blossomed. Ed tells Robert about the time he figured out how to make hundreds of ants trace his name and the time he convinced an ant colony one of their ants was dead when it was anything but. If you like this conversation, ... Remember the first time you ever saw an ant hill? That parade of black insects pouring in and out of a small sand mound…most of us stopped, looked and then moved on to other parts of the playground. E. O. Wilson is the kid who never took his eyes off the mound. He grew up to revolutionize the fields of entomology, sociobiology and conservationist thought. E. O. (E is for Edward, O is for Osborne) got a nod from Time Magazine on their list of the 25 Most Influential People in America and picked up a few Pulitzers along the way. But before all that he was just an eight-year-old boy in the South whose nickname was “Bugs.” Ed and Robert Krulwich spoke a few years ago at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan about Ed’s early insect-philia and how it blossomed. Ed tells Robert about the time he figured out how to make hundreds of ants trace his name and the time he convinced an ant colony one of their ants was dead when it was anything but. If you like this conversation, stay tuned for Season 5. We are working on a whole show devoted to people falling in (and out of) love with science. Can’t wait? Bugs crawling on your skin now? Re-visit Ed and other ant enthusiasts in our Emergence episode. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo By: Flickr/It’sGreg Remember the first time you ever saw an ant hill? That parade of black insects pouring in and out of a small sand mound…most of us stopped, looked and then moved on to other parts of the playground. E. O. Wilson is the kid who never took his eyes off the mound. He grew up to revolutionize the fields of entomology, sociobiology and conservationist thought. E. O. (E is for Edward, O is for Osborne) got a nod from Time Magazine on their list of the 25 Most Influential People in America and picked up a few Pulitzers along the way. But before all that he was just an eight-year-old boy in the South whose nickname was “Bugs.” Ed and Robert Krulwich spoke a few years ago at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan about Ed’s early insect-philia and how it blossomed. Ed tells Robert about the time he figured out how to make hundreds of ants trace his name and the time he convinced an ant colony one of their ants was dead when it was anything but. If you like this conversation, stay tuned for Season 5. We are working on a whole show devoted to people falling in (and out of) love with science. Can’t wait? Bugs crawling on your skin now? Re-visit Ed and other ant enthusiasts in our Emergence episode. If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 Photo By: Flickr/It’sGreg tag:odeo.com,2008-09-23,24128895 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:17:03 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128897-Making-the-Hippo-Dance robdownunder Earlier this year, Jad and Robert visited the Koshland Science Museum in Washington D.C. to give listeners a behind-the-scenes look at Radiolab. The question here is just how far can you go in the name of making an idea clear? What’s allowed? Is music allowed? Are sound effects allowed? What helps? What hurts? We play some never-released tape from the vault, and reveal a bit about what techniques we used to try and make it sing. Please weigh in on the blog. Also, if you enjoyed this conversation, you may want to check out the other Radiolab process talks, like this one at Oberlin College in the spring and another last fall at the Apple store in New York. And if you didn’t enjoy… don’t worry new Radiolab shows are coming soon! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 robdownunder Earlier this year, Jad and Robert visited the Koshland Science Museum in Washington D.C. to give listeners a behind-the-scenes look at Radiolab. The question here is just how far can you go in the name of making an idea clear? What’s allowed? Is music allowed? Are sound effects allowed? What helps? What hurts? We play some never-released tape from the vault, and reveal a bit about what techniques we used to try and make it sing. Please weigh in on the blog. Also, if you enjoyed this conversation, you may want to check out the other Radiolab process talks, like this one at Oberlin College in the spring and another last fall at the Apple store in New York. And if you didn’t enjoy… don’t worry new Radiolab shows are coming soon! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 robdownunder Earlier this year, Jad and Robert visited the Koshland Science Museum in Washington D.C. to give listeners a behind-the-scenes look at Radiolab. The question here is just how far can you go in the name of making an idea clear? What’s allowed? Is music allowed? Are sound effects allowed? What helps? What hurts? We play some never-released tape from the vault, and reveal a bit about what techniques we used to try and make it sing. Please weigh in on the blog. Also, if you enjoyed this conversation, you may want to check out the other Radiolab process talks, like this one at Oberlin College in the spring and another last fall at the Apple store in New York. And if you didn’t enjoy… don’t worry new Radiolab shows are coming soon! If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 tag:odeo.com,2008-09-08,24128897 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:10:57 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128899-Quantum-Cello Photo by Lane Hartwell Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band Rasputina and now solos and records music for films, such as horror flick, “The Devil’s Chair” (coming out September 30th) and a PBS documentary on Lincoln’s assassination. Her music process reminded us a bit of ours (looping and layering sound) so she and Jad sat down together in San Francisco to talk shop and listen to some unreleased stuff off her new album (as of yet untitled). In this podcast, you’ll hear Jad and Zoe discuss the physics (if not metaphysics) of looping sound and how to use a 17th century instrument to make avant-garde electronic music: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can see her on tour with Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls in September and October. You can also check out her album, One Cello X 16: Natoma. Read more about her here. Photo by Lane Hartwell Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band Rasputina and now solos and records music for films, such as horror flick, “The Devil’s Chair” (coming out September 30th) and a PBS documentary on Lincoln’s assassination. Her music process reminded us a bit of ours (looping and layering sound) so she and Jad sat down together in San Francisco to talk shop and listen to some unreleased stuff off her new album (as of yet untitled). In this podcast, you’ll hear Jad and Zoe discuss the physics (if not metaphysics) of looping sound and how to use a 17th century instrument to make avant-garde electronic music: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can see her on tour with Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls in September and October. You can also check out her album, One Cello X 16: Natoma. Read more about her here. Photo by Lane Hartwell Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band Rasputina and now solos and records music for films, such as horror flick, “The Devil’s Chair” (coming out September 30th) and a PBS documentary on Lincoln’s assassination. Her music process reminded us a bit of ours (looping and layering sound) so she and Jad sat down together in San Francisco to talk shop and listen to some unreleased stuff off her new album (as of yet untitled). In this podcast, you’ll hear Jad and Zoe discuss the physics (if not metaphysics) of looping sound and how to use a 17th century instrument to make avant-garde electronic music: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can see her on tour with Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls in September and October. You can also check out her album, One Cello X 16: Natoma. Read more about her here. tag:odeo.com,2008-08-25,24128899 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:00:43 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23215063-Quantum-Cello Photo by Lane Hartwell Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band Rasputina and now solos and records music for films, such as horror flick, “The Devil’s Chair” (coming out September 30th) and a PBS documentary on Lincoln’s assassination. Her music process reminded us a bit of ours (looping and layering sound) so she and Jad sat down together in San Francisco to talk shop and listen to some unreleased stuff off her new album (as of yet untitled). In this podcast, you’ll hear Jad and Zoe discuss the physics (if not metaphysics) of looping sound and how to use a 17th century instrument to make avant-garde electronic music: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can see her on tour with Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls in September and October. You can also check out her album, One Cello X 16: Natoma. Read more about her here. Photo by Lane Hartwell Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band Rasputina and now solos and records music for films, such as horror flick, “The Devil’s Chair” (coming out September 30th) and a PBS documentary on Lincoln’s assassination. Her music process reminded us a bit of ours (looping and layering sound) so she and Jad sat down together in San Francisco to talk shop and listen to some unreleased stuff off her new album (as of yet untitled). In this podcast, you’ll hear Jad and Zoe discuss the physics (if not metaphysics) of looping sound and how to use a 17th century instrument to make avant-garde electronic music: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can see her on tour with Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls in September and October. You can also check out her album, One Cello X 16: Natoma. Read more about her here. Photo by Lane Hartwell Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band Rasputina and now solos and records music for films, such as horror flick, “The Devil’s Chair” (coming out September 30th) and a PBS documentary on Lincoln’s assassination. Her music process reminded us a bit of ours (looping and layering sound) so she and Jad sat down together in San Francisco to talk shop and listen to some unreleased stuff off her new album (as of yet untitled). In this podcast, you’ll hear Jad and Zoe discuss the physics (if not metaphysics) of looping sound and how to use a 17th century instrument to make avant-garde electronic music: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 You can see her on tour with Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls in September and October. You can also check out her album, One Cello X 16: Natoma. Read more about her here. tag:odeo.com,2008-08-25,23215063 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:00:43 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23171080-The-Multi-Universe-s Flickr/cayusa Have you wondered if there is another you out there? Somewhere? Sitting in the same chair, reading the same blog post, wearing the same clothes and thinking the same thoughts? Well, Brian Greene says there must be one. Or two. Or lots and lots and lots and lots and… Why? You ask, well listen to Greene’s argument in this week’s podcast. We are still furiously working on Season 5, so while you wait we bring you today’s podcast of a conversation between Robert Krulwich and Brian Greene, physics and mathematics professor and director of the Institute of Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. The interview is part of a series called “Giants of Science” hosted by venerable New York institution, the 92nd St Y. Robert and Brian discuss what’s beyond the horizon of our universe, what you might wear in infinite universes with finite pairs of designer shoes, and why the Universe and swiss cheese have more in... Flickr/cayusa Have you wondered if there is another you out there? Somewhere? Sitting in the same chair, reading the same blog post, wearing the same clothes and thinking the same thoughts? Well, Brian Greene says there must be one. Or two. Or lots and lots and lots and lots and… Why? You ask, well listen to Greene’s argument in this week’s podcast. We are still furiously working on Season 5, so while you wait we bring you today’s podcast of a conversation between Robert Krulwich and Brian Greene, physics and mathematics professor and director of the Institute of Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. The interview is part of a series called “Giants of Science” hosted by venerable New York institution, the 92nd St Y. Robert and Brian discuss what’s beyond the horizon of our universe, what you might wear in infinite universes with finite pairs of designer shoes, and why the Universe and swiss cheese have more in common than you think. Take a listen here: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 PLEASE NOTE: Our apologies, there’s some noise at the end of the recording, please don’t be alarmed! It’s us, not you. You can see a video of Brian talking about string theory here. Flickr/cayusa Have you wondered if there is another you out there? Somewhere? Sitting in the same chair, reading the same blog post, wearing the same clothes and thinking the same thoughts? Well, Brian Greene says there must be one. Or two. Or lots and lots and lots and lots and… Why? You ask, well listen to Greene’s argument in this week’s podcast. We are still furiously working on Season 5, so while you wait we bring you today’s podcast of a conversation between Robert Krulwich and Brian Greene, physics and mathematics professor and director of the Institute of Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. The interview is part of a series called “Giants of Science” hosted by venerable New York institution, the 92nd St Y. Robert and Brian discuss what’s beyond the horizon of our universe, what you might wear in infinite universes with finite pairs of designer shoes, and why the Universe and swiss cheese have more in common than you think. Take a listen here: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 PLEASE NOTE: Our apologies, there’s some noise at the end of the recording, please don’t be alarmed! It’s us, not you. You can see a video of Brian talking about string theory here. tag:odeo.com,2008-08-11,23171080 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:03:37 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab podcasts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24128900-The-Multi-Universe-s Flickr/cayusa Have you wondered if there is another you out there? Somewhere? Sitting in the same chair, reading the same blog post, wearing the same clothes and thinking the same thoughts? Well, Brian Greene says there must be one. Or two. Or lots and lots and lots and lots and… Why? You ask, well listen to Greene’s argument in this week’s podcast. We are still furiously working on Season 5, so while you wait we bring you today’s podcast of a conversation between Robert Krulwich and Brian Greene, physics and mathematics professor and director of the Institute of Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. The interview is part of a series called “Giants of Science” hosted by venerable New York institution, the 92nd St Y. Robert and Brian discuss what’s beyond the horizon of our universe, what you might wear in infinite universes with finite pairs of designer shoes, and why the Universe and swiss cheese have more in... Flickr/cayusa Have you wondered if there is another you out there? Somewhere? Sitting in the same chair, reading the same blog post, wearing the same clothes and thinking the same thoughts? Well, Brian Greene says there must be one. Or two. Or lots and lots and lots and lots and… Why? You ask, well listen to Greene’s argument in this week’s podcast. We are still furiously working on Season 5, so while you wait we bring you today’s podcast of a conversation between Robert Krulwich and Brian Greene, physics and mathematics professor and director of the Institute of Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. The interview is part of a series called “Giants of Science” hosted by venerable New York institution, the 92nd St Y. Robert and Brian discuss what’s beyond the horizon of our universe, what you might wear in infinite universes with finite pairs of designer shoes, and why the Universe and swiss cheese have more in common than you think. Take a listen here: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 PLEASE NOTE: Our apologies, there’s some noise at the end of the recording, please don’t be alarmed! It’s us, not you. You can see a video of Brian talking about string theory here. Flickr/cayusa Have you wondered if there is another you out there? Somewhere? Sitting in the same chair, reading the same blog post, wearing the same clothes and thinking the same thoughts? Well, Brian Greene says there must be one. Or two. Or lots and lots and lots and lots and… Why? You ask, well listen to Greene’s argument in this week’s podcast. We are still furiously working on Season 5, so while you wait we bring you today’s podcast of a conversation between Robert Krulwich and Brian Greene, physics and mathematics professor and director of the Institute of Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. The interview is part of a series called “Giants of Science” hosted by venerable New York institution, the 92nd St Y. Robert and Brian discuss what’s beyond the horizon of our universe, what you might wear in infinite universes with finite pairs of designer shoes, and why the Universe and swiss cheese have more in common than you think. Take a listen here: If you do not see flash audio player please install the latest flash player. Download MP3 PLEASE NOTE: Our apologies, there’s some noise at the end of the recording, please don’t be alarmed! It’s us, not you. You can see a video of Brian talking about string theory here. tag:odeo.com,2008-08-11,24128900 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:03:37 -0700 no WNYC's Radio Lab