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Here's a Radiolab podcast about the tech they can use to capture people off the grid.
@jomtung +11 more
Eye in the Sky
with Ross McNutt
Podcast
Radiolab
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 Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
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Radiolab has a new episode called "Rhino Hunter" about hunting as conservation funding and whether killing an individual can benefit the species. Highly recommended at about 50 minutes.
@dacohenii +8 more
The Rhino Hunter
with A man who paid to hunt a black rhino (unnamed in comment)
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Edit: Hear a recent Radiolab episode on the topic (Antibodies, Part 1: CRISPR).
@zt +8 more
Antibodies Part 1: CRISPR
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An excellent Radiolab episode on "Colors" with the stunning revelation that you can't see a color you can't name.
@ChuckMcM +8 more
Colors
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The recent Radiolab episode covers the rapamycin inventor who seemingly cured his late-stage cancer, then stopped the drug and died of it.
@msolujic +7 more
The Dirty Drug and the Ice Cream Tub
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Radiolab is one of the best podcasts out there and it's certainly worth a listen if you've never heard it before.
@rlivsey +7 more
Radiolab Presents: On the Media: Busted, America's Poverty Myths
with Ryan Wash
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This Radiolab episode is highly relevant to the question of how global platforms handle conflicting values.
@vagab0nd +6 more
Post No Evil
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Radiolab did an episode that talks about some of the things they do, including fungal networks that help forests survive warming.
@filoeleven +6 more
From Tree to Shining Tree
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Points readers to the relevant Radiolab episode on alpha-gal, a tick-borne meat allergy.
@novia +5 more
Alpha Gal
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Recent Radiolab episode on this subject, linked here.
@rjtavares +5 more
KILL 'EM ALL
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There was an excellent episode of Radiolab about this subject. If you have the time or inclination to listen to an hour long podcast, I highly recommend "Words".
@TravisLS +5 more
Words
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There was a good episode of Radiolab about her, and her family was deeply disturbed by the research.
@jokermatt999 +4 more
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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There's a great Radiolab episode about this: the Corpse Demon episode.
@jzl +4 more
Corpse Demon
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Radiolab did an episode about CRISPR recently, good for anyone wanting to learn more about CRISPR in general.
@timdeneau +4 more
Update: CRISPR
with Jennifer Doudna
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Download the entire Radiolab set and listen in order, oldest to newest. If you want one to start with, try "Musical Language."
@strick +4 more
Musical Language
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Great Radiolab podcast about the MIT discovery, linking to the "Bringing Gamma Back" episode.
@2xlbuds +3 more
Bringing Gamma Back, Again
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This podcast episode on the Second Amendment was fascinating, discussing how US Courts' interpretation of the second amendment changed.
@4d66ba06 +3 more
Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - The Gun Show
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There's a great and relevant Radiolab episode on the Commerce Clause and how segregation bans were justified economically.
@avar +3 more
Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - One Nation, Under Money
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This story is also told in this great Radiolab episode about the Galapagos.
@superjan +3 more
Galapagos
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I highly recommend this radiolab episode about it, for the story-telling if nothing else.
@arvinjoar +3 more
9-Volt Nirvana
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The episode on "Emergence" will be of interest to people here as it pertains to wisdom of crowds/group think.
@caudicus +3 more
Emergence
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Radiolab did a fantastic episode about the zcash creation ceremony.
@matt_the_bass +2 more
The Ceremony
3
Recently listened to a Radiolab episode with Hany Farid. Pretty interesting thinking about the gap between what is possible now and where people's understanding is.
@tunaoftheland +2 more
Breaking News
with Hany Farid
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There's a really great Radiolab episode on this topic: radiolab.org/story/fu-go
@paulsef11 +2 more
Fu-Go
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Semi-related, this recent Radiolab episode on Anne Adams, Ravel's "Bolero," and how it may have been an early symptom of a deadly disease.
@js2 +2 more
Unraveling Bolero
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Learned about this via a Radiolab episode; calls it an interesting listen.
@earless1 +2 more
Rodney Versus Death
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There's a fantastic episode of Radio Lab with a story about HeLa cells, covering how the cell line is air-infectious.
@nmrm2 +2 more
Famous Tumors
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Radiolab covered this in its "Parasites" episode; listen to the "The Scratch" segment, though the whole thing is worth it.
@spacemanaki +2 more
Parasites
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There's a really interesting Radiolab episode that deals with this question.
@pmoriarty +1 more
What is a Pig Worth?
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Radiolab's Nukes special is a fairly good accounting of nuclear weapons history, from their place in armament to public perception and changing law.
@kbenson +1 more
Nukes
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Listened to a Radiolab segment about sleep at work; the last segment of the episode is worth hearing.
@ilovecomputers +1 more
Sleep
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A recent Radiolab episode on aphantasia covers a test for the condition; worth the 30-minute listen.
@koliber +1 more
Aphantasia
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Radiolab's Numbers episode covered this fascinating topic back in 2009, with a link to it.
@kevindication +1 more
Numbers
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Worth a listen on this topic: Radiolab's "60 words" episode on the War on Terror includes a discussion of who ends up on the kill list.
@rollthehard6 +1 more
60 Words, 20 Years
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Radiolab has an episode on the potential implications of tech like this.
@saltvedt +1 more
Breaking News about The Other Latif
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Radiolab did an episode on it: Facebook's Supreme Court, explaining the Oversight Board.
@tootie +1 more
Facebook's Supreme Court
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There's a great Radiolab episode that covers exactly that: the translation episode.
@ShaneWilton +1 more
Translation
with Carl Zimmer
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Listen to the Radiolab episode for a nice narration to complement the article.
@thingamarobert +1 more
Invisible Allies
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Radiolab's "G" series covers pertinent material; I really enjoyed the entire series.
@_coveredInBees +1 more
G: The Miseducation of Larry P
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Radiolab did a really interesting podcast about that.
@brokenmachine +1 more
Neither Confirm Nor Deny
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For a thorough and entertaining treatment, I recommend RadioLab's "Bit Flip" episode
@treypitt +1 more
Bit Flip
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A thirty-minute episode goes into further detail on newer research showing mantis shrimp see many colors but can't tell them apart.
@latexr +1 more
Rippin’ the Rainbow an Even Newer One
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If you want to start off easy, listen to this Radiolab episode.
@VMG +1 more
Radiolab Presents: Anna in Somalia
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There's a pretty cool recent Radiolab podcast about the life and times of the Voyagers, including their exit from the solar system.
@Pigo +1 more
Where the Sun Don't Shine
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A recent Radiolab episode made a pretty convincing argument that any US president could on a whim destroy the world.
@alexilliamson +1 more
Nukes
with William Perry
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Relevant Radiolab episode and followup on the eye-in-the-sky surveillance topic under discussion.
@js2 +1 more
Update: Eye In the Sky
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Radiolab did a great episode on this theory called Cellmates.
@itodd +1 more
Cellmates
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The story behind this game was movingly covered in podcasts by Radiolab and Reply All.
@dankohn1 +1 more
The Cathedral
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There is a great Radiolab episode on this very subject, also touches on the vault of top secret historical documents from the British Empire.
@clarkenheim +1 more
Mau Mau
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RadioLab also did a good episode on the difference between what doctors vs regular people say they want in terms of end of life care.
@gavman +1 more
The Bitter End
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A fantastic podcast called Radiolab; their most recent episode tells the story of a man caught in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
@rahim +1 more
Double Blasted
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The Radiolab episode "Talking to Machines" should offer more information on this stance.
@stepvhen +1 more
Talking to Machines
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It was a REALLY interesting episode and continues to be a spectacular podcast.
@achew22 +1 more
Oops
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Radiolab's "Limits" episode features a low-speed, long-term bike race with interesting results about what athletes can endure and how they endure it.
@tfigueroa +1 more
Limits
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Since we're talking about podcasts, there's a Radiolab episode that discusses this memory-distortion research.
@unclenoriega +1 more
Memory and Forgetting
with Karim Nader
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Radiolab had a pretty good podcast explaining where these economic estimates come from and why they are important.
@novia
Worth
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Great Radiolab episode on this subject: An Update on Hookworms.
@univalent
Your Friendly Neighborhood Hookworms
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RadioLab did a podcast on the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly; it might help give additional background on the topic.
@dalke
You and Me and Mr. Self-Esteem
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Listen to the latest radiolab episode for example, on whether simple animals like shrimp and insects are conscious.
@m_mueller
It's Like ... Radiolab
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An audio story about the invention of closed caption systems, with fascinating parts on the early "black box" experiments and how AI is now replacing human captioners.
@danso
The Echo in the Machine
with Meredith Patterson
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Radiolab did an amazing episode on food freshness covering plastic produce packaging, which is more interesting than you think.
@chneu
Forever Fresh
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A great Radiolab episode on how a small but vocal minority shifted the NRA from sports shooting to what it is today.
@itchypersonal
More Perfect: The Gun Show
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Recommends this excellent Radiolab episode about saving lives during heart attacks.
@exhilaration
How to Save a Life
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There was a great Radiolab episode about the lower-frequency stuff, explaining how stimulating brainwaves at matching frequencies might work.
@NickM
Memory and Forgetting
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Radiolab's "Cheating Death" episode argues a world where nothing dies would freeze life in place.
@unyttigfjelltol
Cheating Death
with Chris Schell
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A great Radiolab episode that talks about divide by zero in perhaps more conceptual terms.
@CharlieDigital
Zeroworld
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Relevant Radiolab episode here, linked directly as the one to listen to.
@novia
Shrink
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Radiolab's "The Interstitium" is worth a listen as a favorite episode from the year.
@ilikepi
The Interstitium
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Radiolab's "Toy Soldiers" shows how low-flying drone operators come to know their enemies up close, even grieving their comrades.
@bumby
Toy Soldiers
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The episode is about how to make our lives feel longer than they really are, and why time sometimes drags and sometimes flies.
@flanbiscuit
The Secret to a Long Life
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There's also an excellent RadioLab episode about it, and the ability it provides to help solve crime is pretty compelling.
@jcims
Eye in the Sky
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Interviewer flew to Kazakhstan to meet Sci-Hub's secretive founder, unsure she'd even show up.
@tootie
The Library of Alexandra
with Alexandra Elbakyan
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Great episode on Dmitri Belyaev's domesticated foxes and the idea that humans may have domesticated ourselves.
@hansjorg
New Normal
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Highly recommend this radiolab episode, which covers much of the content of this article in fascinating detail.
@jiocrag
Guts
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A Radiolab piece on a Russian with perfect recall who could memorize endless lists, but eventually went mad from the interconnections.
@tylerrooney
The Theater of David Byrne's Mind
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Describes a horrifying story of how life-supporting resources were managed when a New Orleans hospital lost power during Katrina.
@slouch
Playing God
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A great Radiolab episode interviews the person whose license plate was NULL.
@fouronnes3
NULL
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Listened to Radiolab's "The Wordless Place" this morning; putting a word to worry is an effective way to stop it, an angle I hadn't considered.
@glenstein
The Wordless Place
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If you liked that, you might want to listen to the Radiolab on Lonesome George. It's worth listening to all three for context.
@bronson
The 11th: A Letter From George
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Radiolab recently did a podcast on Darkode and the way ransomware affects everyday folks. It was interesting.
@yitchelle
Of Bombs and Butterflies
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Radiolab just had an interesting episode on how we used to use leaded gasoline and how it resulted in lead being everywhere.
@zeven7
HEAVY METAL
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Surprising look at human endurance: a woman runs ultramarathons for days, despite brain trauma.
@rcavezza
In the Running
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Here's a really excellent podcast for anyone who might be interested.
@sdenton4
The Queen of Dying
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Radiolab had a pretty good podcast explaining where these economic estimates come from and why they are important to have around.
@novia
The Vanishing of Harry Pace: Episode 3
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The Radiolab "Breath" episode discusses well how rapid breathing and stress feed each other, and how breath exercises may help break that cycle.
@UniverseHacker
Breath
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Anyone interested in this should listen to this RadioLab episode where a reporter goes to work as a picker at a fulfillment warehouse.
@pmoriarty
Brown Box
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Highly recommend this RadioLab episode on the septendecennial sing-along, and they have more about cicadas too.
@malkia
The Septendecennial Sing-Along
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It does a good job explaining how the virus replicates in the body and how it behaves differently if the patient is immunocompromised.
@spuz
Dispatch 14: Covid Crystal Ball
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Radiolab did a podcast about voting precinct tallies that don't follow Benford's Law, linked as "Breaking Benford."
@celias
Breaking Benford
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Such a great episode, and great show - I recommend both to everyone.
@slamdunc
Falling
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There was a Radiolab episode about this a few years back: radiolab.org/episodes/fungus-amungus
@qamorgan
Fungus Amungus
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Radiolab had a great episode on this, linking the "Baby Blue Blood Drive" story.
@marconey
Baby Blue Blood Drive
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Radiolab has a wonderfully deep episode on this topic, covering the four-second decisions Facebook's moderators face.
@skosch
Post No Evil Redux
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Radiolab had a fascinating episode diving into this very topic: the "Body Count" episode.
@DeRock
Body Count
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There was an interesting Radiolab episode called "Things" about exactly this. I'd recommend listening if you're interested in what makes things with a history valuable.
@pmoriarty
Things
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Worth a listen; the episode makes a number of points both for and against that are worth hearing.
@fpgaminer
Right to be Forgotten
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A recent Radiolab episode covers how lead exposure cut IQ by about 4 points, and how statistics revealed that harm in 1979.
@philshem
G: Problem Space
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If you thought this article was pop-y, you might be in for a surprise, but I found it quite entertaining.
@rquantz
Dinopocalypse Redux
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A recent Radiolab podcast discusses how and why the idea that your DNA is your property is not the case; counterintuitive but interesting.
@mattdodge
Asking for a Friend
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A Radiolab episode covers the same idea of apologizing after medical mistakes, at a different hospital.
@ilikepi
Apologetical
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Recommends listening to the Radiolab Border Trilogy Part 1 rather than reading the transcript, if you have time.
@a_wild_dandan
Border Trilogy Part 1: Hole in the Fence
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Radiolab had an episode interviewing participants of the remotely organized, Russian-linked event; pretty good listen for a deeper dive.
@bradford
The Curious Case of the Russian Flash Mob at the West Palm Beach Cheesecake Factory
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I recommend people listen the audio or read the transcript because this podcast changed forever the way I think of empathy and morality.
@deltaonefour
How to Be a Hero
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There was a great Radiolab episode about this called "Mr. Graham and the Reasonable Man."
@pmoriarty
Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - Mr. Graham and the Reasonable Man
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If you're interested in this type of thing, Radiolab has just started an excellent podcast on Supreme Court cases called More Perfect.
@knucklesandwich
Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - American Pendulum I
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Radiolab did a very interesting episode on the ethical commentary around self-driving cars: "Driverless Dilemma."
@baldgeek
Driverless Dilemma
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There was a RadioLab episode touching on this, with a significant change of behavior following surgery for epilepsy. Disturbing listening, so be warned.
@anitil
Revising the Fault Line
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A Radiolab episode about Guadeloupe's raccoons, considered almost sacred there, is worth hearing, especially the locals' reaction to the hosts' incredulity.
@prawn
Stranger in Paradise
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A Radiolab episode covers the unknowns between days 14 and 30 of embryo development, and why the 14-day rule was chosen.
@gasbag
The Primitive Streak
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RadioLab ran an interesting episode about the person behind this lawsuit and other lawsuits against affirmative action in schools.
@jsilvers
Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - The Imperfect Plaintiffs
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The interviews with researchers and addicts are truly eye opening and address the failure-of-character framing.
@buxtehude
The Fix
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There is an interesting RadioLab episode that covers antibiotic resistance and an unlikely source of new antibiotics.
@tedd4u
Staph Retreat
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Radiolab has a podcast on changing animal nature and behaviour; the third story covers Soviet red fox domestication experiments.
@Viperus
Update: New Normal?
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Oliver Sacks tells how he wrote his first book in 10 days after committing to kill himself if he missed the goal.
@wanderingstan
Radiolab Live: Tell-Tale Hearts featuring Oliver Sacks
with Oliver Sacks
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One of my favorites: the Radiolab "worth" story. It gets you thinking, though it runs long, about three stories in one.
@miluz
Worth
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Radiolab's Patient Zero episodes are a fantastic listen, released a couple years before the newer miniseries.
@shawnlower2
Patient Zero - Updated
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A Radiolab segment interviewing Ken Murray is very illuminating; everyone should listen, whatever their age, and prepare for mortality.
@thread_id
In The Dust Of This Planet
with Ken Murray
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Listened to a Radiolab episode about three "Black Boxes"; the first is about a mysterious threshold in the brain between consciousness and unconsciousness.
@thathonkey
Black Box
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Radiolab did a fun podcast piece on this a while back. Great background listen.
@tomerdmann
An Ice-Cold Case
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A fantastic Radiolab episode about tumors that covers the discovery of this cancer.
@spatten
UPDATE: Famous Tumors
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Great Radiolab episode on whether brain-based self-control impairment should lessen blame.
@ajmurmann
Blame
1
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There's a related RadioLab episode on this topic: caloric restriction in adolescence may affect descendants' risk of heart disease and diabetes.
@louprado
Inheritance
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An excellent Radiolab episode ends with a similar story of someone on TPN; it's worth a listen.
@Ductapemaster
Guts
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RadioLab is a great podcast, they did a lucid dreaming episode.
@EAMiller
Wake Up and Dream
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There was a Radiolab story about dolls vs toys, the tariff loophole that let Marvel import X-Men figures as "not human" toys.
@0cf8612b2e1e
Mutant Rights
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Dramatic episode on inter-species jungle crosstalk; a researcher realizes a leopard is stalking him by triangulating monkey alarms.
@alteriority
Wild Talk
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Radiolab has a great episode on Cities; you can predict average walking speed in a city with some accuracy.
@Balgair
Cities
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There was a good radiolab podcast about this, linking to its "The Bus Stop" post.
@soitgoes
The Bus Stop
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There's also a radiolab episode with an account of divers rescuing a humpback whale from a net.
@steveax
Animal Minds
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Highly recommends the Radiolab episode "Where Am I?" as a quick overview of current research on the brain-body link.
@jballanc
Where Am I?
Why Hacker News recommends it
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Listen to this Radiolab episode on how, in dreams, we free-associate daytime events to make sense of them. Pretty interesting stuff.
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I'm a big fan of WNYC's Radiolab podcast. Every one I've heard has been fascinating, and well-produced.
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Great content sure to open your eyes, covering the intersection of science and culture with well-thought-out themed episodes.
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Radiolab had a great episode on the placebo effect and how powerful it can be. It's a great listen if you have time.
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There's a radiolab episode that touches on this, linked as directly relevant to the Eternal Sunshine discussion.
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RadioLab is simply the best podcast ever created ever.
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They're mind blowing! If you haven't listened to every RadioLab show, go listen now.
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"Radiolab" is great.
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Overall it's a very interesting talk, with the last part featuring EMI.
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Great listen if you have an hour commute: a Radiolab news piece on whether people believe peace is achievable.
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Radiolab is awesome, and the commenter listens to it regularly alongside Planet Money and This American Life.
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A really good segment on Benford's Law and how it's been applied to business fraud detection.
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More on that in this episode of the wonderful Radiolab.
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Excellent Radio Lab episode on this and other parasites, with a link to the 2009-09-25 episode.
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Radiolab is brilliant, better than any radio show or podcast; the episodes on memory and race blew them away.
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Absolutely brilliant in every way, with the highest production quality of any podcast they've heard. Urges listening as soon as possible.
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Radiolab's 2007 episode slowed Beethoven's 9th to fill 24 hours; the first part of the episode is the one to hear.
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If you're interested in this topic, I highly suggest you check out the Radiolab episode on emergence.
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That episode was another great one, I think the whole show is something a lot of HN readers would enjoy.
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Radiolab is one of the most engaging podcasts available, and every new episode feels like Christmas morning.
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Radiolab makes you feel like you're in the world they describe; every episode is well done and carefully produced.
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Every episode is painstakingly produced, using all sorts of aural tricks to tie up various stories.
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If you want something easy to understand, listen to Radiolab.
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Best podcast in the world ever, im not even kidding.
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Radiolab had a great episode on "animal minds" that went into some of the biases dog owners have about their pets.
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A related Radiolab episode, "Soul Mates and Brain Doubles," follows up on the storytelling brain-sync study.
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Points readers to the professor's account around the 30-minute mark of this Radiolab episode on language and spatial orientation.
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Points to a Radiolab episode where kids were asked to hold Furbys upside down to see if they felt feelings for the robot.
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Very interesting RadioLab episode exploring the rage that incited at the premiere of Stravinsky's Rite Of Spring; story begins about 32 minutes in.
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Hour-long episode on how language and thought are linked; the podcast explains it far better than I can, well worth a listen.
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Language as it relates to color, and how kids don't really ask why the sky is blue because they don't think it's blue in the first place.
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There is a great podcast on RadioLab about color perception, colorblindness, and how mantis shrimp see more color.
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You might enjoy this recent podcast on Radiolab. The guy on it comes across as humble and calm.
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Radiolab did an episode on this, with bits about people who didn't grasp certain objects or concepts until they learned words for them.
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Radiolab (radiolab.org) is also well worth a listen, it's not technically NPR, but it uses really innovative production.
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An episode of Radiolab about Charles Bliss, who tried to create symbols for pure cross-cultural thought.
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The Radiolab podcast is well worth a listen for layman's insight into HFT, and its conclusion makes the implications clear.
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Worth listening to just because it's Radiolab, to hear how they convey colours through audio.
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There's a great Radiolab episode where they take a trip to the island.
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There's a great Radiolab episode, Patient Zero, that covers the spread of AIDS and tracing the disease back to its origin.
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Radiolab had an interesting segment about the Pitch Drop Experiment, interesting to listen
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that one has a great Radiolab episode about all the times they missed the drop
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For a bit more background on the history of this experiment and why the previous drips were missed, check out this recent Radiolab podcast.
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Very interesting episode about the Pitch Drop Experiment and Professor John Mainstone's attempts to catch its hidden flashes of action.
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Radiolab had a segment about stopping light back in February. It's a great listen.
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Listen to this great Radiolab podcast on Fritz Haber's personal history, which the commenter calls incredibly interesting, impactful and tragic.
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Radiolab did a great show on the fascinating story of Fritz Haber.
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Highly suggests the Radiolab episode that tells the story of Zyklon, Haber, mustard gas, and the ethics of nitrogen fertilizer.
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Recommends the Radiolab Milgram episode for reporting the actual results: people do evil when they believe it serves a greater good.
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The RadioLab episode on this topic was fascinating.
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As is this episode as well (the second segment): Words That Change the World.
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Radiolab's recent "60 Words" episode investigates how the kill list works, who decides who is on it, and why congressional oversight missed it.
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Here's a fascinating Radiolab episode dealing with this subject: Mix and Match.
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Radio lab has great story on it with a bit more color, and it also has a good history of Erdos and Erdos numbers.
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RadioLab did a nice piece on this a while back. Give it a listen.
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I usually listen to the WTF with Marc Maron, Radiolab and, the podcast version of Twit.
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Preventative aid funding is incredibly hard to muster, though money spent containing the outbreak now could have an oversized impact.
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Radiolab's "Patient Zero" episode investigates the origins of disease spread, covering Typhoid Mary and AIDS; the commenter highly recommends it.
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A fascinating RadioLab episode focusing on various parasites, including Toxo's mechanism of making infected rodents attracted to feline urine.
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Just heard a great interview with Douglas Hofstadter on Radiolab, worth a listen.
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The "9-Volt Nirvana" Radiolab podcast on trans-cranial direct current stimulation, which the article also covers.
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Fast cuts and interesting sound design, and the content is top notch too.
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A really fascinating episode for anyone interested in this topic.
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A Radiolab episode on the order in which languages name colors, with blue being the last color to be named across cultures.
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if I want entertainment, I turn to the storytelling shows
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There's also great episode of Radiolab on that topic.
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A couple of fantastic interviews with Sacks on the Radiolab podcast are worth hearing.
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Called the Radiolab episode fantastic and credits it as the reason they know the term Glomar.
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Radiolab's recent episode on giant "as big as bacteria" viruses was fascinating.
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The Animal Minds episode's whale-thanks story and examples are thought-provoking, worth a listen.
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There's a good Radiolab episode related to this.
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Radiolab has a good episode on Dr. Heimlich
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Radiolab did a great podcast on this recently, linking the "Best Medicine" episode.
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An interesting Radiolab episode on this paints an interesting history of antibiotics and a possible future.
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There's an excellent Radiolab podcast that covers the same study, I'd highly recommend listening to it.
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Radiolab has an episode that covers some of this. It's a pretty good listen.
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Radiolab is an awesome podcast that is super cool and rad.
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There is a good radiolab episode of exactly this in Peru.
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Commenter suggests listening to or reading the transcript of the Radiolab "Best Medicine" episode as a story worthy of HN.
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Reminds me of a Radiolab episode about a similar effort to bring back a tortoise species in the Galapagos. The eradication method used is really interesting.
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There was a fascinating RadioLab episode on similar not too long ago.
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Thought-provoking examples, such as a whale thanking each diver who freed it from netting.
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Listen to that Radiolab broadcast; the tale of a deaf man who finally "got" language is very powerful.
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There was a great Radiolab episode about this: the Cold War story episode.
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I recommend an episode of RadioLab called "The Good Show".
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The new podcast More Perfect from Radiolab seems quite good in this genre too, with stories based on US Supreme Court cases.
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A Radiolab episode on reviving a 1000-year-old antibiotic from an old medical text, discussing why it was lost to time.
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Radiolab did an awesome puppet-show episode on this topic.
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Radiolab's episode "Confirm Nor Deny" explains the Glomar Response, the "neither confirm nor deny" tactic you're thinking of.
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Radiolab had a great episode on Haber, linked directly to the story.
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A RadioLab episode explains how debate competitions reward addressing the most arguments over the quality of the points.
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The linked Radiolab episode provides a full picture of the man and is very interesting.
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A good podcast with various topics of interest.
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You should really listen to the show from RadioLab.
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Recommends the Radiolab "Playing God" episode on triage, noting listeners can hear people struggle with the decision, starting around 35 minutes.
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Strongly suggests listening to the Radiolab story 'Shrink': not CRISPR-related, but really inspiring.
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Calls the "Gray's Donation" episode an extraordinary listen and recommends it.
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Great episode about nuclear weapons in the US, with a vivid description of what a hydrogen bomb explosion was like at ~51:26.
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Commenter says the Radiolab story on culpability and brain function is unsettling and worth a listen.
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Listen to the radio shows to find out more about Bliss; the Radiolab one starts at 5min, goes on for some 30mins.
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The podcast goes into how effective it is and why, if it's so good, it isn't used broadly yet.
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There's a good radiolab episode about American dialects, "Y'all, Youse, Yinz."
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A phenomenal Radiolab episode on how a team of Black students managed to turn the tables on teams that were effective at "spreading" in debate.
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A recent Radiolab episode on the trolley problem: most would sacrifice one to save five, but the math gets fuzzy when you must act yourself.
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Radiolab episode on fox domestication, hypothesizing something similar happened in humans; "it's a fascinating listen."
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You might enjoy this podcast, they discuss this very issue.
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Anyone interested in this should check out Radiolab's episode on the state of collegiate debate.
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Yes, you should listen to the Gondolier episode of Radiolab.
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There also is a Radiolab episode on nukes, linked as radiolab.org/story/nukes.
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These are all A+ Podcasts, including Radiolab, in reply to a request for well-researched podcasts.
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RadioLab did a great episode on good and evil that really takes note of Fritz Haber. It's called The Bad Show.
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If you listen to the RadioLab episode Smart Plants, who knows what will be discovered about them in the future.
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Radiolab did a story related to this called "The Future of Fake News." It's worth a listen.
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Radiolab had a recent episode that goes into this, which answers whether mantis shrimp sees more than we do.
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Recommends the Radiolab episode "Best Medicine," where a thousand-year-old medieval recipe for medication gets tested.
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Fritz Haber's life is an interesting read, and Radiolab reported on him in an episode about the good and bad people do.
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Here's the Radiolab podcast about it (2015), linking the episode "Home: Where Your Dolphin Is."
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Radiolab's recent story "Punchline" deserves a Webby Award.
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Relevant Radiolab episode: "Never Quite Now", paired with a neat 3-year time lapse video.
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Dave Wolf told stories about his EVAs to Radiolab. It's a good listen.
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Radiolab had a really cool episode on this recently; Part 3 of "Asking for a Friend" starts at the 34 min mark, and it's really cool.
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A great podcast on color from Radiolab, which goes into how we perceive color. Great show.
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Check out the Radiolab episode "Eye in the Sky" for the super-creepy ramifications of filming everything all of the time.
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Still great, though more tidbitty: Radiolab and its sister podcast Invisibilia are worth a listen.
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A very brief Radiolab segment on the "realistic people are more likely to be depressed" phenomenon. The commenter calls it very interesting.
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Links The Atlantic article on the Harvard study of Kaczynski, plus the Radiolab episode about him from 2010 as related listening.
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Radiolab did a pretty good episode of their podcast about it.
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Funny and interesting was a recent episode of RadioLab about the world's smartest animal.
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A great Radiolab episode about this; it goes into detail about the controversy.
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There was a really great RadioLab episode about it the other day
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A fascinating episode about plants and sound: Smarty Plants.
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You may be interested to hear the ongoing podcast series "The Other Latif" from NPR and RadioLab producer Latif Nasser.
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Radiolab has a great episode that gives the backstory of Blissymbols and why they did not get as widely adopted.
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Still good after all these years, with newer episodes mixing science, politics, and vignette-style storytelling on random subjects.
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Radiolab did an episode on this topic that walks through a police officer ambush in Juarez, Mexico.
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Good recent Radiolab episode with the guy who calculated the current $10m figure.
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Very moving and interesting podcast: evidence of whales displaying gratitude and understanding a human's intentions to help them.
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One of my all time favorite podcasts is about it: Radiolab's "Memory and Forgetting" episode. You might dig it.
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An interesting Radiolab episode about researchers tracking a deep-water octopus brooding over its eggs; hard to sell without spoiling it.
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The Radiolab episode about Charles Bliss is very good and explains a lot about the man who created Blissymbols.
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I found the Radiolab one entertaining.
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Radiolab did a great Octomom episode that seems apropos here, definitely worth a listen.
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checkout the episode of RadioLab
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There's a Radiolab episode about this: an octopus mother broods her eggs for months, then dies just as they hatch.
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Radiolab did a neat "octomom" episode that's worth a listen.
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Recommends a recent Radiolab episode dissecting US police departments' lack of legal responsibility to ensure people's safety.
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RadioLab did an episode with it being read by Liev Schreiber and it's wonderful!
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Here's a relevant Radiolab episode about the right to be forgotten.
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Radiolab had a nice podcast about this fascinating subject back in 2018 (re-aired July 2020).
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Recommends the Radiolab episode on Holmes's history of free speech, calling it very relevant and really interesting.
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Episode about a musician who can maintain a 3D mental image of four orchestras playing at once; it stuck with the commenter.
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There's a fascinating Radiolab episode that expands on this topic, asking whether 'blue' is a feature of nature or a cultural invention and transmission.
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A fascinating podcast on linguistic studies showing blue was the last color named; a good listen.
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Radiolab has an incredible hair raising episode about an old-English or viking recipe that is also an antibiotic.
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I don't want to spoil it but it's quite a story.
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There's a fantastic Radiolab episode about this legendary hacker.
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Wonderful Radiolab episode about Charles Bliss, creator of Blissymbolics
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For anyone interested, there's a great Radiolab episode about this.
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Points readers to the Radiolab CRISPR episode as another story of how obscure scientific paths lead to big breakthroughs.
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To see how it all started listen to this podcast
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A pretty fun Radiolab episode suggesting recall changes memories and that they are susceptible to change while being recalled.
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There's a great Radiolab episode about this: older signers couldn't grasp complex ideas because those concepts weren't built into the language yet.
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Oliver Sacks was always one of my favorites to hear on RadioLab. He was just a joy to listen to.
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Radiolab had an episode interviewing Margaret Howe, which was very informative.
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Radiolab's 'Decoding the Void' deconstructed the idea of an afterlife in 20 minutes by comparing death to waking from anesthesia.
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If you want to know the context behind it, there's an episode of Radiolab on the topic.
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A good Radiolab episode on the training police get to convince juries they feared for their lives when they fired.
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Fascinating piece on a medieval cure for staph that proved very effective, with scientists still working out the how and why.
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It's also covered in this very nice episode of Radio Lab: the Man Versus Horse episode.
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Short 12-minute episode, really good, and it will change how you think about the importance of knowing the truth.
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There's a good Radiolab about this: the sky isn't blue episode.
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Radiolab has a great episode on how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind about "clear and present danger" between two 1919 Supreme Court cases.
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The related Radiolab episode "Patient Zero" is worth hearing as a follow-up to the Typhoid Mary story.
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There's a very good Radiolab episode that discusses this: radiolab.org/podcast/anesthesia
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Highly recommend this radio show if this is something you're interested in.
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Great Radiolab piece "Americanish" - great listen. It focuses on American Samoa and may bear on the topic.
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There were Radiolab episodes about this too: alpha-gal and return-alpha-gal, both linked.
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Heard a real interesting podcast recently about typing Chinese on standard keyboards, the Wubi effect episode.
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Radiolab did a test episode on this. It's fascinating!!
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Covers how Chinese characters nearly died twice in modern history, from typewriters to early computers.
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Radiolab has an episode on it: we've been talking to babies the same way for thousands of years.
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This podcast from radiolab really changed my perspective on the concept of lying to ourselves.
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Radiolab did an episode about this in 2015, and the Dayton, Ohio surveillance experiment it links to is a useful companion.
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It's totally worth it, just 10 minutes. It's about the science of how and why we lie to ourselves.
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A fascinating Radiolab episode about anesthesia that is worth a listen.
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There was a pretty good recent radiolab podcast talking about the history and evidence behind it.
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Essential listening: the Radiolab episode "Bliss" is recommended alongside a related reading and film.
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A really good Radiolab episode about cicadas and their bizarre 17 year cycles.
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Radiolab episode is one of the better ones; a satisfying story with an ending: cause, found.
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Radiolab also did an excellent podcast on the topic, linked at radiolab.org/podcast/wubi-effect.
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The Radiolab episode voting on the smartest animals, starting with crows vs. slime molds, makes you rethink intelligence relative to other organisms.
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Reminds me of a fascinating podcast by Radiolab - 9 Volt Nirvana
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The Radiolab episode "Dealing with Doubt" is a great listen on how competitive poker has evolved and on betting under uncertainty.
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There is a great Radiolab podcast episode about the woes of null names.
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Radiolab made a podcast on him, detailing about how he rose above partisanship. We need more people like him in the courts.
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Radiolab had a story about this idea that I enjoyed.
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Radiolab was one of my favorites; they have an excellent archive from back in the day, and the 2010s were the best years.
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An excellent podcast, possibly Radiolab, covers how the modern idea of free speech dates only to the 1910s-1920s.
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There's an exceptional Radiolab episode about it: "Man Against Horse."
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Suggests listening to the Radiolab episode "Slippery Mystery" as a related listen.
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The Kessler syndrome space debris cascade is a real threat; an interview with the space control squadron commander on Radiolab's "Little Big Questions" is suggested.
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This is a great podcast about that: the Radiolab episode "Wubi effect" covers the Chinese input method.
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Radiolab's series on the biology of sex was how the commenter first grasped how complicated it is.
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Points to the Radiolab episode on how anesthetics work as the answer to whether anesthesia shuts down cognitive activity.
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Great Radiolab on this topic; the episode exposes the hypocrisy in how national identity and non-discrimination rules collide.
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Radiolab did a good series on border policy that was pretty informative.
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Radiolab's "Best Medicine" follows a 1100-year-old medicine recipe and finds the resulting salve effective against MRSA in tests.
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