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Wake Up and Dream
Episode 120
In today's short, a man confronts a bully, and frees himself from a recurring nightmare that's terrorized him for more than 20 years.
14 years, 2 months ago
The Bad Show
Episode 119
Cruelty, violence, badness... This episode of Radiolab, we wrestle with the dark side of human nature, and ask whether it's something we can ever rea…
14 years, 2 months ago
Mutant Rights
Episode 118
In this podcast short, a strange twist of legal taxonomy causes a dispute over whether X-MEN action figures are toys or dolls and sparks a court cas…
14 years, 3 months ago
Radiolab Presents: 99% Invisible
Episode 117
Roman Mars loves to spotlight the seams and joints that make up the world around us. He's the host of an irresistible podcast called 99% Invisible--a…
14 years, 3 months ago
Death Mask
Episode 116
Near the end of the 19th century, a mysterious young woman with a beguiling smile turned up in Paris. She became a huge sensation. She also happened …
14 years, 4 months ago
Patient Zero
Episode 115
The greatest mysteries have a shadowy figure at the center—someone who sets things in motion and holds the key to how the story unfolds. In epidemiol…
14 years, 4 months ago
Sleepless in South Sudan
Episode 114
Carl Zimmer is one of our go-to guys when we need help untangling a complicated scientific idea. But in this short, he unravels something much more p…
14 years, 5 months ago
Slow
Episode 113
Kohn Ashmore’s voice is arresting. It stopped his friend Andy Mills in his tracks the first time they met. But in this short about the power of frien…
14 years, 5 months ago
Loops
Episode 112
Our lives are filled with loops that hurt us, heal us, make us laugh, and, sometimes, leave us wanting more. This hour, Radiolab investigates the str…
14 years, 6 months ago
Loop the Loop
Episode 111
For most of human history, flight was an impossible dream. In this short, the dizzying rise and fall of a pilot whose aeronautic feats changed aviati…
14 years, 6 months ago