For thousands of years philosophers have debated the essence of morality. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate. First things first: our very own Latif Nasser has an exciting new show on Netflix. This episode was reported and produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. 0 comments. Jad waxes googly-eyed fan when he gets to talk about one of his favorite bands, Stars of the Lid. Radiolab examines the connection between your brain and your body -- and what happens when it breaks. Digging up the past leads to some very unexpected finds. Or do we live in a lopsided universe? A brawler. Logos and data are the property of their respective owners and do not imply affiliation with or endorsement by any podcast, player, or platform. This hour, we chart the path from romance to increasing cynicism. In June of 2019, Brandon Ogbunu got on stage and told a story for The Story Collider, a podcast and live storytelling show. We haven't actually tried listening to it around a campfire, but we're betting it would totally work. Along with a home-inspection duo, a science writer, and some enterprising scientists at Princeton University, we dig into the work of evolutionary ecologist Monica Gagliano, who turns our brain-centered worldview on its head through a series of clever experiments that show plants doing things we never would've imagined. Host of Radiolab Jad Abumrad tells how his search for an answer led him home to the mountains of Tennessee, where he met an unexpected teacher: Dolly Parton.Jad Nicholas Abumrad is a Lebanese-American radio host, composer and producer. No matter what sport you play, the object of the game is to win. In 2004, when casualties in Iraq were rising due to roadside bombs, Ross McNutt and his team came up with an idea. CORRECTION: A previous version of this podcast stated that the Nuremberg Laws and the Mississippi Black Code could be viewed side by side at a museum in Nuremberg. With Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, 265 episodes, 138 ratings & reviews. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. In the workplace. Today, a hidden power that is either the cornerstone of our democracy or a trapdoor to anarchy. A few days ago, that flag came down. To read or listen to Kiese Laymon's memoir Heavy: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Heavy/Kiese-Laymon/9781501125669. He talks to Jad about the hidden forces of the world that connect us all. In other words, they were locked out. Do you really need a brain to sense the world around you? Talking to Mark brought us back to 2012, when we spoke to another astronaut, Dave Wolf. Ross McNutt's company Persistent Surveillance Systems. President Richard Nixon once boasted that at any moment he could pick up a telephone and - in 20 minutes - kill 60 million people. And outside of the court, the debate drove one woman in the UK to take on the U.S. death penalty system from Europe. Astronauts at the International Space Station can make one request to talk to an earthling of their choice. This hour of Radiolab: implanting false memories in loved ones, and erasing painful ones by simply swallowing a pill. Neither can Chuck Close--the great artist known for his enormous paintings of ... that's right, faces. An excerpt from Wordless Music on WNYC, a 4-part music program hosted by Jad, exploring the boundaries between classical and pop music. Our old friend Lulu Miller — former Radiolab producer, co-creator of Invisibilia — has been obsessed by the chaos that rules the universe since long before it showed up as a global pandemic, and a few weeks ago, she published a book about it. Special thanks to: Elaine Scarry, Sam Kean, Ron Rosenbaum, Lisa Perry, Ryan Furtkamp, Robin Perry, Thom Woodroofe, Doreen de Brum, Jackie Conley, Sean Malloy, Ray Peter, Jack D’Annibale, Ryan Pettigrew at the Nixon Presidential Library and Samuel Rushay at the Truman Presidential Library. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. Shorts: Grumpy Old Terrorists . Dave wasn't alone -- with him was veteran Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev. This hour of Radiolab, we ponder our insignificant place in the universe. Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security. 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This episode was produced by Jad Abumrad and Suzie Lechtenberg. Thanks to a quirk in the tournament rules, their best shot at winning was … to lose. The audio has been corrected to reflect this. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. The criminal justice system. Thousands of hours of preparation went into making it unhackable. A majority of “we the people” (61 percent, to be exact) are in favor of having it, but inside the Supreme Court, opinions have evolved over time in surprising ways. Is the world full of deep symmetries and ordered pairs? Thank you to everyone who called in, shared their secret techniques, and sang without shame. For 126 years, Mississippi has had the Confederate battle flag on their state flag, and they were the last state in the nation where that emblem remained “officially” flying. Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Today, they’re anything but.

25. Tolkien. But they faced a more spiritual question as well. Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified naturalist David Attenborough as his late brother, actor Richard Attenborough. No, it's not a Super Bowl recap.

On the inaugural episode of More Perfect, we explore three little words embedded in the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: “cruel and unusual.” America has long wrestled with this concept in the context of our strongest punishment, the death penalty.

If former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s case for the death of George Floyd goes to trial, there will be this one, controversial legal principle looming over the proceedings: The reasonable officer. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? By continuing to browse or closing this banner, you consent to our. Special thanks to Claire Phillips, Nina Perry, Stephanie Jenkins, Ralph Dellapiana, Byrd Pinkerton, Elisabeth Semel, Christina Spaulding, and The Marshall Project More info: Since the onset of the pandemic, we exist in a constant state of calculation, trying to define our own personal bubble. Kiese Laymon's memoir Heavy is... Jad gives a TED talk about his life as a journalist and how Radiolab has evolved over the years. We'll throw a new one at you each day, all week long, culminating in a very special treat at the end of the week. The audio has been adjusted to correct these facts. But it's permeated our culture from Star Wars to Bugs Bunny to J.R.R. We look at the bottom-up logic of cities, Google, and even our brains. This audio portrait, called 'Open Outcry,' visits the trading floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, with its hundreds of traders shouting unintelligible phonic abbreviations and numbers back and forth. We’re working on collecting some audience feedback so we can do a better job of getting our show out to all of you, interacting with you, and reaching new people. We're celebrating summer with a classic episode of Radiolab--full of mystery, intrigue...and a goat standing on a cow. Today, the story of an ancient showdown between fungus and mammals that started when dinosaurs disappeared from the earth. During World War II, something happened that nobody ever talks about. But in this hour of Radiolab, we try to do just that. Is there any way to order the episodes on their website from oldest to newest instead of newest to oldest. For an extended version of this story and a bunch more incredible stories, go check out Reply All. John Scott was the professional hockey player that every fan loved to hate. Ruth Beaumont Cook, who wrote a great book about Aliceville, Dispatch 2: Every Day is Ignaz Semmelweis Day. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: www.nytimes.com/triage Plus: the story of a man with the worst case of amnesia ever documented.

But if you dig a little deeper, there’s a hidden world beneath your feet as busy and complicated as a city at rush hour. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. We were unable to confirm the existence of such an exhibit.
In addition, it dated the earliest scientific studies of fungi to the late 19th century, whereas naturalists have studied fungi since the 17th century. In this hour of Radiolab: diagnosis—our attempt to find out what's wrong, and give it a label. It was a collaboration between OSM Audio and Radiolab. Produced by Kelsey Padgett.
Then, once we realize what we can do, we wonder whether we should. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate. Open up the phone lines and talk to you.

Bonobos. Produced by Annie McEwen and Simon Adler with production help from Arianne Wack. Well, it depends on who you ask. This episode included audio from “Thank You For Playing,” a documentary film about the creation of That Dragon, Cancer by David Osit & Malika Zouhali-Worrall. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate.

In 2007, Bruce Robison’s robot submarine stumbled across an octopus settling in to brood her eggs. In 2007, Bruce Robison’s robot submarine stumbled across an octopus settling in to brood her eggs. Two short pieces on sperm that hint at the new ideas and amazing stories we came across once we started following the trail of this wriggly little cell. This hour we pull apart one sentence, written in the hours after September 11th, 2001, that has led to the longest war in U.S. history.