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Radiolab used to be amazing. These are all the episodes that made it so great.

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Created April 28, 2020

Updated November 15, 2021

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  1. Radiolab

    Galapagos

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    2Jul 17th, 20141h 2m
    Today, the strange story of a small group of islands that raise a big question: is it inevitable that even our most sacred natural landscapes will eventually get swallowed up by humans? And just how far are we willing to go to stop that from ha
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  2. Radiolab

    Juicervose

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    13Sep 18th, 201443m 39s
    Ron and Cornelia Suskind had two healthy young sons, promising careers, and a brand new home when their youngest son Owen started to disappear. 3 months later a specialist sat Ron and Cornelia down and said the word that changed everything for
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    The Trust Engineers

    1Feb 10th, 201530m 36s
    When we talk online, things can go south fast. But they don’t have to. Today, we meet a group of social engineers who are convinced that tiny changes in wording can make the online world a kinder, gentler place. So long as we agree to be their
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  4. Radiolab

    Antibodies Part 1: CRISPR

    1Jun 6th, 201530m 45s
    Hidden inside some of the world’s smallest organisms is one of the most powerful tools scientists have ever stumbled across. It's a defense system that has existed in bacteria for millions of years and it may some day let us change the course o
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    Eye in the Sky

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    12Jun 18th, 201528m 31s
    Ross McNutt has a superpower — he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But should he?In 2004, when casualties in Iraq were rising due to roadside bombs, Ross McNutt and his team came up
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  6. Radiolab

    The Rhino Hunter

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    1Sep 7th, 201552m 17s
    Back in 2014, Corey Knowlton paid $350,000 for a hunting trip to Namibia to shoot and kill an endangered species.  He’s a professional hunter, who guides hunts all around the world, so going to Africa would be nothing new.  The target on the ot
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    Darkode

    1Sep 22nd, 201537m 47s
    It would seem that hackers today can do just about anything they want - from turning on the cellphone in your pocket to holding your life's work hostage. Cyber criminals today have more sophisticated tools, have learned to work collaboratively
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  8. Radiolab

    Debatable

    1Mar 11th, 201657m 38s
    Unclasp your briefcase. It’s time for a showdown. In competitive debate future presidents, supreme court justices, and titans of industry pummel each other with logic and rhetoric.  But a couple years ago Ryan Wash, a queer, Black, first-genera
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  9. Radiolab

    Colors

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    15May 21st, 20121h 5m
    Our world is saturated in color, from soft hues to violent stains. How does something so intangible pack such a visceral punch? This hour, in the name of science and poetry, Jad and Robert tear the rainbow to pieces.
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    Shorts: 9-Volt Nirvana

    3Jun 26th, 201424m 27s
    Learn a new language faster than ever! Leave doubt in the dust! Be a better sniper! Could you do all that and more with just a zap to the noggin? Maybe.Sally Adee, an editor at New Scientist, was at a conference for DARPA - The Defense Advance
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