Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Jad Abumrad, Lulu Miller, and Latif Nasser.

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Cosmic Habituation

May 03, 2011 00:15:56 15.36 MB Downloads: 0

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.

Desperately Seeking Symmetry

April 18, 2011 00:56:58 54.78 MB Downloads: 0

This hour of Radiolab, Jad and Robert set out in search of order and balance in the world around us, and ask how symmetry shapes our very existence -- from the origins of the universe, to what we see when we look in the mirror.

Pass the Science

March 22, 2011 00:14:17 13.77 MB Downloads: 0

Richard Holmes went to Cambridge University intending to study the lives of poets. Until a dueling mathematician, and a dinner conversation composed entirely of gestures, changed his mind.

Help!

March 08, 2011 00:54:49 52.71 MB Downloads: 0

What do you do when your own worst enemy is...you? This hour, Radiolab looks for ways to gain the upper hand over those forces inside us--from unhealthy urges, to creative insights--that seem to have a mind of their own.

A Flock of Two

February 22, 2011 00:17:21 16.71 MB Downloads: 0

In today's short, we get to know a man who struggles, and mostly fails, to contain his violent outbursts...until he meets a bird who can keep him in check.

Radiolab Presents: The Loneliness of the Goalkeeper

February 08, 2011 00:21:14 20.45 MB Downloads: 0

This week on the podcast, football! No, it's not a Super Bowl recap. Jad and Robert present a piece from across the pond--a piece about soccer they fell in love with when they heard it at the Third Coast festival in Chicago.

Lost & Found

January 25, 2011 00:57:10 54.97 MB Downloads: 0

In this episode, we steer our way through a series of stories about getting lost, and ask how our brains, and our hearts, help us find our way back home. 

The Universe Knows My Name

January 11, 2011 00:16:45 16.14 MB Downloads: 0

In this new short, we explore luck and fate, both good and bad, with an author and a cartoon character.

Blood Buddies

December 28, 2010 00:14:29 13.96 MB Downloads: 0

In this new short, a tree full of blood-sucking bats lends a startling twist to our understanding of altruism and natural selection.

The Good Show

December 14, 2010 01:01:22 59.01 MB Downloads: 0

In this episode, a question that haunted Charles Darwin: if natural selection boils down to survival of the fittest, how do you explain why one creature might stick its neck out for another?

Gravitational Anarchy

November 29, 2010 00:23:01 22.15 MB Downloads: 0

A mysterious case of the topsy turvies and a return to the question of what felines feel when they fall.

What Does Technology Want?

November 16, 2010 00:24:12 23.29 MB Downloads: 0

Are new ideas and new inventions inevitable? Are they driven by us or by a larger force of nature?

Wild Talk

October 18, 2010 00:20:30 19.75 MB Downloads: 0

In today's podcast, we get a tantalizing taste of words in the wild, from the jungles to the prairie.

Cities

October 08, 2010 00:57:01 54.83 MB Downloads: 0

In this hour of Radiolab, we take to the street to ask what makes cities tick.

The Walls of Jericho

October 04, 2010 00:14:57 14.41 MB Downloads: 0

Jad and Robert pit physics against a bible story with this simple question: could a team of trumpeters really bring down the walls of Jericho?