Radiolab
On Radiolab, science meets culture and information sounds like music. Each episode of Radiolab® is an investigation -- a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab
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Shorts: Mapping Tic Tac Toe-dom
Writer Ian Frazier made a startling discovery several years ago ...
Writer Ian Frazier made a startling discovery several years ago in eastern Siberia: no one he met there had ever heard of tic tac toe. In this short, Jad and Robert wonder how a game that seems carved into childhood DNA could be completely unknown in som
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Games
Winners, losers, underdogs -- what can games tell us about ...
Winners, losers, underdogs -- what can games tell us about who we really are?
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Shorts: Damn It, Basal Ganglia
The basal ganglia is a core part of the brain, ...
The basal ganglia is a core part of the brain, deep inside your skull, that helps control movement. Unless something upsets the chain of command. In this short, Jad and Robert meet a young researcher who was studying what happens when the basal ganglia g
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Shorts: A 4-Track Mind
In this short, a neurologist issues a dare to a ...
In this short, a neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor. When the two men face off in an fMRI machine, the challenge is so unimaginably difficult that one man instantly gives up. But the other achieves a musical feat t
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REBROADCAST: Detective Stories
We're celebrating summer with a classic episode of Radiolab--full of ...
We're celebrating summer with a classic episode of Radiolab--full of mystery, intrigue...and a goat standing on a cow. We haven't actually tried listening to it around a campfire, but we're betting it would totally work. See you in two weeks with a new s
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Shorts: Curious Sounds: A Radiolab Concert
In this short, Jad presents the electrifying sounds of three ...
In this short, Jad presents the electrifying sounds of three mind-bending musical acts: Brooklyn duo Buke & Gass, drummer Glenn Kotche of Wilco, and the one-and-only Reggie Watts. Their performances were recorded live at our Curious Sounds concert ea
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Shorts: A Clockwork Miracle
In 1562, King Philip II needed a miracle. So he ...
In 1562, King Philip II needed a miracle. So he commissioned one from a highly-skilled clockmaker. In this short, a king's deal with God leads to an intricate mechanical creation, and Jad heads to the Smithsonian to investigate.
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Talking to Machines
What can machines tell us about being human?
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Shorts: Dogs Gone Wild
In this short, a family dog disappears into the woods...and ...
In this short, a family dog disappears into the woods...and the mystery of what happened to him raises a big question about what it means to be wild.
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Shorts: Cosmic Habituation
In this short, Jonathan Schooler tells us about a discovery ...
In this short, Jonathan Schooler tells us about a discovery that launched his career and led to a puzzle that has haunted him ever since.
