For many people, including myself, Radiolab was one of the first podcasts we listened to that introduced us to a whole new world outside of ourselves that we had never considered before. Along the way ...

(Editor's Update: A comment from a Radiolab producer and a link to their follow up interview with the filmmakers is appended.) The award-winning show, hosted by Macarthur fellow Jad Abumrad and ...

The co-host of one of the world’s most popular radio shows is rooting for the podcast boom – but he’s worried it may be a bubble waiting to burst “The ineffectiveness of journalists who peddle in ...

Socrates once said, “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” As for me, I know I’m intelligent, because I know what Socrates said. But are either of those good metrics for ...

“The simple act of telling a story,” says Jad Abumrad, “feels musical, deeply musical.” The founder and co-host of the nationally syndicated public radio program Radiolab argues that compelling ...

Radiolab, one of the earliest podcasts and public radio shows, is celebrating 20 years on the air. A special podcast featuring some of the shows best moments has been created. Hosts Lulu Miller and ...

Before touring live versions of RadioLab, his gripping radio shows of scientific discovery and biography concocted with co-host Jad Abumrad, Peabody-winning reporter Robert Krulwich made just one ...

Two pioneering public radio producers are wrapping up their first-ever partnership, a multiplatform project on Black Swan Records, an African-American label that was active in the 1920s. Jad Abumrad, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Not five minutes after I sit down with Jad Abumrad for chorizo eggs and a cappuccino ...

If history proves correct, Magicicada Brood II will emerge this spring after living underground for 17 years. In many places along the Eastern Seaboard — from North Carolina to Connecticut — the ...