In today’s story, which originally aired in 2014, we meet a very special cylinder. It's the gold standard (or, in this case, the platinum-iridium standard) for measuring mass. For decades it's been coddled and cared for and treated like a tiny king. But, as we learn from writer Andrew Marantz, things change—even things that were specifically designed to stay the same.

Special thanks to Ken Alder, Ari Adland, Eric Perlmutter, Terry Quinn and Richard Davis.

And to the musical group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, for the use of their song “Horses and Hounds.”

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I am severely depressed and unemployed. I listen to Radiolab pretty much all day on weekdays. It really helps me pass my time and not feel alone. I'm afraid im going to run out of episodes soon.

What other podcasts are you listening to?

I want to start off by saying I don’t mind the reruns, mostly bc I love how Jad and Robert use to do things. But I know it’s been annoying a lot of folks.

Earlier this year, I listened to two episodes of On the Media that explained the crises the entire podcast industry is currently going through because of Apple’s new update. Could this be why we’re getting more and more reruns?

It seems like 70% of the content radiolab puts out these days are rerun episodes. They add some extra commentary, and possibly follow up on them with new information. But it feels… lazy

Anyone else bummed about this? Or am I being ridiculous

Hi folks, On Nov 16th 2024 I caught just a bit of what appears in our Hawaii Public Radio schedule as a Radiolab show that I have been seeking since.

It was a later part of the segment and if I recall it was a repeat. The topic for the small part of the show was either 536 or 532 A.D. and extraordinary events in the sky that then unfolded into major changes among communities around the world.

If anyone knows which show this was, I would be very thankful to know. It definitely is not the show titled Hello, on communication with dolphins, which is on the schedule.

Thank you in advance!

When he rounded them up, he had a 100.

A few months ago, Wendy Zuckerman invited our own Latif Nasser to come on her show, and, of course, he jumped at the chance. 

Laughter ensued, as they set off to find the "The Funniest Joke in the World." When you just Google something like that, the internet might serve you, "What has many keys but can't open a single lock??” (Answer: A piano). So they had to dig deeper. According to science. And for this quest they interviewed a bunch of amazing comics including Tig Notaro, Adam Conover, Dr Jason Leong, Loni Love, and, of course, some scientists: Neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott and Psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman. 

Which Joke Will Win???

Special thanks to Wendy Zuckerman and the entire team over at Science Vs

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It's hard to start a conversation with a stranger—especially when that stranger is, well, different. He doesn't share your customs, celebrate your holidays, watch your TV shows, or even speak your language. Plus he has a blowhole.

In this episode, which originally aired in the summer of 2014, we try to make contact with some of the strangest strangers on our little planet: dolphins. Producer Lynn Levy eavesdrops on some human-dolphin conversations, from a studio apartment in the Virgin Islands to a research vessel in the Bermuda Triangle.

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Hi All - thanks for your time!

I consume so much Radiolab that they sometimes all blend together lol. I'm trying to find an episode for a friend that I was talking to, but I'm having trouble finding it because it has to do with elections so the search results are over saturated. I'll admit too that it may not be Radiolab, but I am so certain it was so I came here :)

I can only remember a specific section of the show - It was a daughter talking about her mother/parents immigrated from a country with authoritarian rule due to severe oppression but when it comes to voting/supporting politicians, the parent always backs the party/person that demonstrates and talks about enacting authoritarian policies. The discussion was about how even though people flee oppression, they tend to vote for it in the places they move to because it's all they know and are familiar with.

I've re-listened to Tweak the Vote and Bloc Party but it's not in either of those.

Hi,

I just found this sub and I was hoping someone could help me find an episode. I don't remember what year it was from, but it was from before the pandemic.

I dont remember if it was an episode about microplastics or testosterone or school shootings, but I remember there was a discussion at length about the lower testosterone levels in America contributing to school shootings. The discussion touches on whether violent video games had an impact, and the guest said no. Not specifically violent video games, but video games in general. Something about video games leading to lower testosterone and without the appropriate testosterone levels, kids don't develop the necessary skills of confrontation... which leads to hyper aggression and violence. They also mentioned that microplastics were probably leading to low T and called them "endocrine killers."

Can anyone help me find the episode?

As we grow up, there are little windows of time when we can learn very, very fast, and very, very deeply. Scientists call these moments, critical periods. Real, neurological, biological states when our brain can soak up information like a sponge. Then, these windows of learning close. Locking us in to certain behaviors and skills for the rest of our lives. But … what if we could reopen them? Today, we consider a series of discoveries that are reshaping our understanding of when and how we can learn. And what that could mean for things like PTSD, brain disease, or strokes. And cuddle puddles. It’s a mind-bending discussion. Literally and figuratively.

This is the second episode in an ongoing series hosted by Molly Webster, in conversation with scientists and science-y people, doing work at the furthest edges of what we know. You can find the first episode here. More to come! 

Special thanks to Gül Dölen, at the University of California, Berkeley, along with researcher Romain Nardou. Plus, Charles Philipp and David Herman.

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Hosted by - Molly Webster

Reported by - Molly Webster

Produced by -Sindhu Gnanasambandan 

with help from - Timmy Broderick and Molly Webster

Original music and sound design contributed by - Dylan Keefe

with mixing help from - Jeremy Bloom

Fact-checking by - Emily Krieger

and Edited by  - Soren Wheeler

EPISODE CITATIONS:

Science Articles -

Gul’s 2019 paper: Oxytocin-dependent reopening of a social reward learning critical period with MDMA  (https://zpr.io/wfQjeA6PGCBv) on the feel-good brain chemical oxytocin, and how it reopens social reward learning when combined with MDMA.

Gul’s 2023 paper: Psychedelics reopen the social reward learning critical period (https://zpr.io/TKDKEwiLwGRN) on the role of psychedelics in social reward learning.

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In an episode we first aired in 2014, we meet a man named Dennis Conrow, who was stuck. After a brief stint at college, he’d spent most of his 20’s back home with his parents, sleeping in his childhood room. And just when he finally struck out on his own, fate intervened. He lost both his parents to cancer. So Dennis was left, back in the house, alone. Until one night when a group of paranormal investigators showed up at his door and made him realize what it really means for a house, or a man, to be haunted. 

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with help from  Andy Mills

Produced by Matt Kielty

with help from - Maria Paz Gutiérrez

Original music and sound design contributed by - Matt Kielty

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The closest we ever came to abolishing the electoral college and why we probably never will.

As the US Presidential Election nears, Radiolab covers the closest we ever came to abolishing the Electoral College.

In the 1960s, then-President Lyndon Johnson approached an ambitious young Senator known as the Kennedy of the Midwest to tweak the way Americans elect their President. The more Senator Birch Bayh looked into the electoral college the more he believed it was a ticking time bomb hidden in the constitution, that someone needed to defuse. With overwhelming support in Congress, the endorsement of multiple Presidents, and polling showing that over 80% of the American public supported abolishing it, it looked like he might just pull it off. So why do we still have the electoral college? And will we actually ever get rid of it?

This episode was reported by Latif Nasser and Matt Kielty and was Produced by Matt Kielty and Simon Adler. Original music and sound design contributed by Matt Kielty, Simon Adler, and Jeremy Bloom and mixed by Jeremy Bloom. Fact-checked by Diane Kelley and edited by Becca Bressler and Pat Walters.

Special thanks to Jesse Wegman, the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, Sarah Steinkamp at DePauw University, Sara Stefani at Indiana University Libraries, Olivia-Britain-Toole at Clemson University Special Collections, Tim Groeling at UCLA, Samuel Wang, Philip Stark, Walter Mebane, Laura Beth Schnitker at University of Maryland Special Collections, Hunter Estes at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the folks at Common Cause.

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Reported by - Latif Nasser and Matt Kielty

Produced by - Matt Kielty and Simon Adler

Original music and sound design contributed by - Matt Kielty, Simon Adler, and Jeremy Bloom 

Mixed by - Jeremy Bloom

Fact-checking by - Diane Kelley

and Edited by  - Becca Bressler and Pat Walters 

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Articles - 

Harry Roth, “Civil Rights Icon Defended the Electoral College Forty Years Ago” (https://zpr.io/jmS5buEGxBzU)

Frederick Williams, “The Late Senator Birch Bayh: Best Friend of Black America,”

(https://zpr.io/NDiAgcK5UPhX)

Christopher DeMuth, “The Man Who Saved the Electoral College” (https://zpr.io/PgneafdmWBVA)

Books - 

Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States (https://zpr.io/FyzMJAY8G7qe)

Robert Blaemire, Birch Bayh: Making A Difference (https://ift.tt/Jl9IF27)

Alex Keyssar, Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? (https://zpr.io/kSf9uBQ7FHwa) 

Let The People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing The Electoral College (https://zpr.io/mug4xcMqeZCw) by Jesse Wegman 

Videos:

CGP Grey series on The Electoral College (https://www.cgpgrey.com/the-electoral-college)

Birch Bayh speech about the Electoral College (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrAZVx7tekU) (from Ball State University Library which has many more Birch Bayh archival clips)  

Birch Bayh’s campaign jingle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcvnS5zaxC4

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My son is a total science podcast junkie! He has already listened to every episode of Terrestrials and Brains On. Tonight I played the Radiolab episode about Butterfly Goo and he was super into it, so I thought I’d try to find similar episodes that won’t go over his head

Back in 2018, when this episode first aired, there was a feeling that democracy was on the ropes.  In the United States and abroad, citizens of democracies are feeling increasingly alienated, disaffected, and powerless.  Some are even asking themselves a question that feels almost too dangerous to say out loud: is democracy fundamentally broken?  

Today on Radiolab, we ask a different question: how do we fix it?  We scrutinize one proposed tweak to the way we vote that could make politics in this country more representative, more moderate, and most shocking of all, more civil.  Could this one surprisingly do-able mathematical fix really turn political campaigning from a rude bloodsport to a campfire singalong? And even if we could do that, would we want to?

Special thanks to Rob Richie (and everyone else at Fairvote), Don Saari, Diana Leygerman, Caroline Tolbert, Bobby Agee, Edward Still, Jim Blacksher, Allen Caton, Nikolas Bowie, John Hale, and Anna Luhrmann and the rest of the team at the Varieties of Democracy Institute in Sweden.

And a very special thanks to Rick Pickren, for allowing us to use his rendition of State of Maine, Maine’s state anthem. Check that out, and all his other state anthems on Spotify or Youtube.

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Reported by - Latif Nasser, Simon Adler, Sarah Qari, Suzie Lechtenberg and Tracie Hunte

Produced by - Simon Adler, Matt Kielty, Sarah Qari, and Suzie Lechtenberg

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In 1987, Gary Hart was a young charismatic Democrat, poised to win his party’s nomination and possibly the presidency. Many of us know the story of what happened next, and even if you don’t, it’s a familiar tale. Back in 2016, we examined how, when this happened, politicians and political reporters found themselves in uncharted territory. And with help from author Matt Bai, we looked at how the events of that May shaped the way we cover politics, and expanded our sense of what's appropriate when it comes to judging a candidate.

In the wake of the 2016 election, and in the throes of our current political moment, it would seem we’ve come full circle in the weirdest way. So we sat down with Brooke Gladstone, co-host of our sister show here at WNYC, On the Media(https://ift.tt/MPcJ0tU), to talk about why sex scandals don’t matter anymore. 

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Reported by - Simon Adler

with help from - Jamie York

Produced by - Simon Adler

Update produced by Rebecca Laks

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I want to suggest some episodes for a friend's upcoming 30 hour road trip, but just noticed that my favorites are no longer on Spotify!

Could you suggest some from the last 3 years? :)

Co-host Lulu Miller is back with another season of her hit spinoff show Terrestrials, and to celebrate, we’re sharing the first episode with you. From stumps to snags, dead wood provides habitat for rodents, falcons, insects, and even humans. Stumps hold together the forest floor, give hunting perches to birds of prey in flatlands, prevent erosion and the encroachment of invasive species, usher in sunlight, provide nutrients, store renewable fuel, and hold onto stories human beings might have forgotten. Without these ghosts of trees past, nothing would be the same. Scottish author, artist and lover of tree stumps, Dr. Amanda Thomson, leads Lulu on a “tour de stumps,” a journey across space and time to learn about some of the most magical stumps on the planet.

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Reported by - Ana González and Lulu Miller

with help from - Alan Goffinski 

Produced by - Ana González

Original music from - Alan Goffinski

Sound design contributed by - Mira Burt-Wintonick

with mixing help from - Joe Plourde

Fact-checking by - Natalie Middleton

and Edited by  - Mira Burt-Wintonick

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I really loved the patient zero episodes. I was wondering why they didn't follow up with covid-19 as a 3rd episode.

Maybe a future story?

Looking for an old episode. I forget what the episode was about but the final act was a short story. The story was a conversation between a girl and her grandfather. The girl was asking her grandfather all these questions about how life used to be and the grandfather was explaining. It was kind of silly, talking about "putting food into your mouths before being able to see each others genitals" (I believe). And the granddaughter was shocked that people weren't solely focused on the impending doom of environmental disaster. It ended very sweet about how people were just concerned about those that were around them that they loved instead of looming disaster.

Any help would be great!

PS it may have been from This American Life

A mile under the ocean, we get to watch an octopus perform a heroic act of heart and determination.

First aired back in 2020, this episode follows the story of an octopus living one mile under the ocean as she performs a heroic act of heart and determination.

In 2007, Bruce Robison’s robot submarine stumbled across an octopus settling in to brood her eggs. It seemed like a small moment. But as he went back to visit her, month after month, what began as a simple act of motherhood became a heroic feat that has never been equaled by any known species on Earth. 

This episode was reported and produced by Annie McEwen. 

Special thanks to Kim Fulton-Bennett and Rob Sherlock at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. 

Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate.  

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Here’s a pic of Octomom sitting on her eggs (© 2007 MBARI), Nov. 1, 2007. 

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Trying to find this one back. The girls meet with this guy during a trip and one night he opens up to them about sometimes being possessed by the holy Spirit or something. When this happens he can't remember what happened for a while before he comes back to himself and on one occasion he even woke up with blood on his hands. He thinks he is very lucky to be touched by God this way but one of the girls confronts him and tells him to seek professional help asap before he hurts someone again. I'm probably getting some details wrong.

This subreddit can be quite negative and I understand many of the complaints that I have read about reruns and recent episodes. I just wanted to say that I still get excited when a new episode comes out and I am thankful that the show exists. The new episodes coming out still challenge me to think of the world in new ways and make me excited about things I've never heard about before.

I understand the show isn't the same as it was with Jad and Robert, but I'm excited to see the current ensemble keep doing the great research and reporting they are doing. I hope that they can continue to thrive and find their footing despite budget cuts to WNYC and wavering loyalty with the some of the fan base.

Thank you Radiolab. I've only been listening for a little over a year but you've already changed my life for the better.

So Latif starts off the episode with a dire plea for more money, because It's expensive to produce RL. But this "brand new episode" that he was gushing over (because they make so few these days, I guess) - was basically taking a researcher's work on Pompeii survivors...and just rehashing it in an interview form. What kind of money does that exactly take to do? You interview the guy for 2 hours, then trim it down. What the heck?

The absurdity comes in when Latif says "And for today's episode, I was in LA traffic all day to buy sardines!" - what the f? You hiring a professional chef, driving in LA traffic, buying sardines, and then ending with "I have a huge jar of sardine fish sauce I don't know what to do with!" - did not in the LEAST add to my enjoyment of the episode. That is just wasteful and clueless. You spent donation dollars on that huge jar of sardine fish sauce in your home, bro. Bad move.

This show is so ridiculous. I keep coming back to listen to see if they take any of people's feedback seriously, if there's any hope for this wonderful thing that Jad and Robert created. Just end it. Just part ways and let it die man.

I was listening to the recent Pompeii episode and they were referencing the little bronze statue found on the bodies of people fleeing the city - does anyone have a link to an image or article about these statues? I can’t seem to find anything and I’m very curious what they look like. TIA!

Trying hard to remember an episode I heard years ago about a program (maybe a pilot program/research incentive or start up company) which was focused on matching people who had complimentary dispositions with interests. It was piloted at American universities but wasn't solely or exclusively focused on romantic or sexual connection. Just connection, strong sort of life long kind.

Been thinking of it a lot and trying to find it again any help is great!

"I had to spend all day driving back and forth through LA to find live sardines so I could make this sauce that didn't add anything to the new episode" 😂

The new episode was good though.