Do Yourself a Favor, Listen to Radiolab
A little while ago, I was driving somewhat late in the evening and had NPR on (WHYY in these parts). I listen to NPR very often while I am in the car, but I usually don’t end up hearing much outside of AM and PM rush hours. In this rare case, I was driving around 9PM and ended up catching what would quickly become one of my favorite shows on NPR. This new show, new to me anyways, is called Radiolab. I later came to find out that I showed up in the middle of an episode called “Beyond Time” which immediately struck me as a radio version of the Science Channel.
The style of this show is reminiscent of This American Life in that the story telling is very layered in with music and narration of the hosts, etc. The show is probably what would result if you replaced Ira Glass with Dr. Michio Kaku and Malcolm Gladwell. Actually, to be quite literal, it is exactly like what would happen if you replaced Ira Glass with Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad and had Malcolm Gladwell (Choice, Race) and Michio Kaku (Beyond Time) show up in a few episodes.
Within about a month of first hearing the show, I had listened to everything available on their website (linked above). There are currently 30 episodes that you can stream, each an hour long. I strongly suggest giving it a listen if you haven’t already. You will definitely learn some interesting things, your mind will be blown a handful of times, and you might even get a few good laughs. Somewhere in there, you will find a good story about a goat standing on a cow’s back.
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