Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert Krulwich

In honor of The Sporkful's 15th anniversary, for our Friday Reheats this month we're pulling especially old episodes out of the darkest recesses of the deep freezer. Today, we're defrosting our very first Sporkful episode ever, along with our episode on sandwich science with Radiolab co-host Robert Krulwich.These episodes originally aired on January 15, 2010 and May 17, 2010, and were produced by Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison. The Sporkful team now includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Nora Ritchie, and Jared O'Connell. Publishing by Shantel Holder.Every other Friday, we reach into our deep freezer and reheat an episode to serve up to you. We're calling these our Reheats. If you have a show you want reheated, send us an email or voice memo at hello@sporkful.com, and include your name, your location, which episode, and why.Transcript available at www.sporkful.com.Right now, Sporkful listeners can get three months free of the SiriusXM app by going to siriusxm.com/sporkful. Get all your favorite podcasts, more than 200 ad-free music channels curated by genre and era, and live sports coverage with the SiriusXM app.

Robert Krulwich, formerly of Radiolab, once said "how you write is basically who you are." It's a profound statement, a kind-of koan. It requires a little bit of thought. Krulwich can be that way. But, it leads to an essential question for anyone who writes: "Who are you as a storyteller?" 

This episode first aired back in December of 2013, and at the start of that new year, the team was cracking open fossils, peering back into ancient seas, and looking up at lunar skies only to find that a year is not quite as fixed as we thought it was.With the help of paleontologist Neil Shubin, reporter Emily Graslie and the Field Museum's Paul Mayer we discover that our world is full of ancient coral calendars. Each one of these sea skeletons reveals that once upon a very-long-time-ago, years were shorter by over forty days. And astrophysicist Chis Impey helps us comprehend how the change is all to be blamed on a celestial slow dance with the moon. Plus, Robert indulges his curiosity about stopping time and counteracting the spinning of the spheres by taking astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on a (theoretical) trip to Venus with a rooster and sprinter Usain Bolt.We have some exciting news! In the “Zoozve” episode, Radiolab named its first-ever quasi-moon, and now it's your turn! Radiolab has teamed up with The International Astronomical Union to launch a global naming contest for one of Earth's quasi-moons. This is your chance to make your mark on the heavens. Submit your name ideas now through September, or vote on your favorites starting in November: https://radiolab.org/moonSignup for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram,X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Jad Abumrad is the founder of the smash hit public radio show and podcast Radiolab. Radiolab exploded what narrative audio could sound like. Jad and his co-host Robert Krulwich made a show that was smart, and fast-paced, with incredibly detailed sound design. As much musical composition as it is journalism. At first, Radiolab brought us fascinating human stories and insights from researchers, mainly about science. How the world works. How our bodies work. Listeners often left with feeling of wonder. At a certain point, Jad shifted his focus to society and politics. He started a spin-off series on the Supreme Court, called More Perfect. Then, in 2019, he did a series called Dolly Parton's America, which asks the question – in a time of incredibly political division, what is one thing we can all get excited about? Dolly is the answer. Along the way he won a MacArthur Genius Award, and the show won two Peabody Awards. He also built a team of some of the best radio makers in the business, and when he handed off the reins in 2022, the show could go on, and continue to evolve. Jad is coming to the Indiana University campus as a Patten Lecturer next week, we had a chance to talk before his visit. Jad has said that by the end of his time at Radiolab, he felt like he was doing interviews, preparing, having done all his research, and they weren't clicking. He wasn't getting to that natural chemistry. So he started interviewing interviewers. Not just journalists. Therapists. Conflict mediators. Salespeople. And he learned some things. That's what we talk about here.

Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Tracy Smith talks with SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher about the success of last year's actors strike. Plus: Ted Koppel sits down with Jimmy Kimmel in advance of his hosting duties for Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony; Seth Doane profiles Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden, now starring in the CBS series "So Help Me Todd"; David Pogue explores the many reasons why more and more people are watching TV with the closed captions on; Jonathan Vigliotti meets a young filmmaker whose short film, "Gruff," is practically made of paper; Robert Krulwich offers us a video essay about an intriguing property of vowels; and Luke Burbank has a radical suggestion for Daylight Saving Time.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A stork story - by Jasmina Al-Qaisi radio play, docufiction, 55 min in English, Romanian and Spanish, premiered in December 2021 at Lucia Festival in Florence and broadcasted in Radiophrenia on 10 February 2022; A new edit won at Berliner Hoerspiel Festival Sept 2022 Cover of the radio work by the artist Covrig Right: Greater Adjutant, Assam, India In search of a main character for an untold sci-fi story: empirical knowledge and personal experiences, myths and my own delirium, knit together a story of storks which transcends taxonomy and care for bodies and becomes a curious evolutionary journey of birds and births. Like a science fiction in the making, this story speculates on possibilities of togetherness and it takes the power of fiction as a fuel for real-life changes. Voices: biology teacher and self thought fitoteraphist Nicolae Ioana, obstetrics gynecology nurse Consuelo Ferreira Rey, conservationist and wildlife researcher Dr. Purnima Barman, collective animal behaviour and movement ecology researcher Dr. Andrea Flack, women's rights and sexual, reproductive health advocate Adriana Radu, and various voices of storks. Song: Hargila Army - Naan Song Translation in German: Andreea Bellu Bird knowledge: Rudi Guricht Drawing: Covrig Sounds of storks: Xeno-Canto Online Archive Literary references: “Killer Storks Eat Human Babies (Perhaps)” January 25, 2011 by Robert Krulwich published on NPR, Birds and People by Mark Cocker, Vintage Publishing 2013, Wikpedia page about Storks Editing suggestions and translation in Italian: Radio Papesse Work supported by Yass! Mentorship by Radio Papesse and Alessandra Eramo Folge direkt herunterladen

Zdravo. V tokratni epizodi namesto pogovora o 24. poglavju 5. knjige obdelamo leto zmaja, Threads (anketo in podarimo knjigo), Stožice, vladni podkast, 42. vladni vladni računalnik, premaknjene golobe, čustveno stanje našega scenarista, 24 urni cikel novic, zalivsko vojno in težave s percepcijo relanosti. Posvetimo se tudi peti knjigi kot taki in jo primerjamo s trilogijo v štirih delih. Kar smo nameravali narediti v eni od prihodnjih epizod, ampak nič ne de. Spomnimo se tudi na tiste zelene koščke papirja in še kaj. Intro nam uspe narediti v štirih korakih. Bravo.

The definition of life is in flux, complexity is overrated, and humans are shrinking. Viruses are supposed to be sleek, pared-down, dead-eyed machines. But when one microbiologist stumbled upon a GIANT virus, hundreds of times bigger than any seen before, all that went out the window.  The discovery opened the door not only to a new cast of microscopic characters with names like Mimivirus, Mamavirus, and Megavirus, but also to basic questions: How did we miss these until now? Have they been around since the beginning? What if evolution could go … backwards? In this episode from 2015,  join former co-hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich as they grill Radiolab regular Carl Zimmer on these paradoxical viruses – they're so big that they can get their own viruses! - and what they can tell us about the nature of life.  Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org. Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

In late 2016, American diplomats in Havana, Cuba started hearing a mysterious buzzing sound and experiencing debilitating symptoms. On this week's On the Media, why the government now disputes theories that it was a secret Russian weapon. Plus, what the electric hum of your refrigerator and the uncanny hearing ability of pigeons reveal about the world we live in. 1. Adam Entous, staff writer at The New York Times, Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer at The New Yorker, and Robert Bartholomew, sociologist and author of Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria, on the investigation into the mysterious affliction that spread across the globe. Listen. 2. Jennifer Munson, OTM Technical Director, and Nasir Memon, New York University professor of computer science and engineering, on the obscure technology called electrical network frequency analysis, or ENF, and the world of audio forensics. Listen. 3. Robert Krulwich [@rkrulwich], co-creator and former co-host of Radiolab, and John Hagstrum, a geophysicist emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey, on the mysterious avian disappearance that rocked world headlines. Listen. Music:Meet Tina - Havana SyndromeHistory Lesson - Havana SyndromeOkami - Nicola CruzElectricity - OMDWallpaper - Woo

If you're like most people, you'll want to find a job you're pretty good at, you enjoy, doesn't require a huge amount of work, and also makes you a decent living. And it's a nice bonus if other people think we're decent at it, too. As it happens, a tall red-haired comedy writer and performer found that perfect niche for himself: hosting late night TV. But when behind-the-scenes tensions rose and contractual drama ensued, this much-loved, beautifully pompadoured man suddenly found himself on the outs at the very network he'd been loyally hosting for decades - and it's still unclear who's exactly to blame…Ray teaches Rob about Conan O'Brien's history as a comedy writer and performer; his rise to fame after he took up the “Late Night” mantle from beloved host David Letterman; the kooky characters and cameos that endeared Conan to his viewers; Jay Leno's ascendancy to hosting fame and Conan and his competing claims to NBC's coveted “Tonight Show” crown; the unexpected appearance of economic correspondent Robert Krulwich; and who was really the “villain” in this whole debacle?If you like what we're doing, please support us on Patreon or subscribe to our bonus content on Apple Podcasts. And if you have any thoughts or feedback you'd like to share with us, we'd love to hear from you - feel free to send us a message on social media!Thank you as always for your support, and if you have any thoughts or feedback you'd like to share with us, we'd love to hear from you - feel free to send us a message on social media!TEAMRay HebelRobert W. SchneiderMark SchroederBilly RecceDaniel SchwartzbergGabe CrawfordNatalie DeSaviaARTICLESEPISODE CLIPSFirst Tonight Show 9/27/54Jack Paar's First introJohnny Carson's Last Tonight ShowLate Night With David Letterman ThemeTonight Show With Johnny Carson Final Episode - May 22, 1992 (1080p60)Tonight Show With Jay Leno - First Episode - 5/25/92Late Show #1, August 30, 1993, Full,...

Latif Nasser is the current co-host of the WNYC show Radiolab. Radiolab is probably the first podcast I was ever really a fan of. I've been listening since 2007 when it was hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich. It's an amazing show that leans on the incredible audio production to convey the wonder of science. The show has branched out to tell all kinds of stories--not just about science--but it's still one of the best science shows out there.Latif came to Radiolab while working on his Ph.D. in the History of Science at Harvard. He eventually joined the show's team to report stories and occupy the role of Director of Research. In 2020, he joined Lulu Miller as co-host of the show. Also in 2020, he hosted a 6-episode show for Netflix: Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything. And I think I first really learned about Latif through an incredible (although not super science-y) series he produced, The Other Latif. Seriously, you have to check it out.In our conversation, we talk about the philosophy of science communication, the role of narrative, and how Radiolab works. We also break down an episode that Latif reported in 2021, "Of Bombs and Butterflies."You can find the rest of this summer's science communication podcast series here.For a transcript of this episode, visit this episode's page at: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episodes/Learn more about Opinion Science at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/ and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.

In late 2016, American diplomats in Havana, Cuba started hearing a mysterious buzzing sound, followed by debilitating symptoms. On this week's On the Media, why the government now disputes theories that it was a secret Russian weapon. Plus, what the electric hum of your refrigerator and the uncanny hearing ability of pigeons reveal about the world we live in. 1. Adam Entous, staff writer at The New York Times, Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer at The New Yorker, and Robert Bartholomew, sociologist and author of Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria, on the investigation into the mysterious affliction that spread across the globe. Listen. 2. Jennifer Munson, OTM Technical Director, and Nasir Memon, New York University professor of computer science and engineering, on the obscure technology called electrical network frequency analysis, or ENF, and the world of audio forensics. Listen. 3. Robert Krulwich [@rkrulwich], co-creator and former co-host of Radiolab, and John Hagstrum, a geophysicist emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey, on the mysterious avian disappearance that rocked world headlines. Listen. 

We continue the story of a covert smuggling operation to bring abortion pills into Ukraine, shortly after the Russian invasion. In this episode, reporters Katz Laszlo and Gregory Warner go to Ukraine, landing on a fall night during a citywide blackout, to pick up the trail of the pills and find out about the doctors and patients who needed them. But as they follow the pills around the country, what they learn changes their understanding of how we talk about these pills, and how we talk about choice, in a war.  This episode is the second of two done in collaboration with NPR's Rough Translation. You can find the first episode here (https://zpr.io/CnmNVFQ6X5gc). Special thanks to the Rough Translation team for reporting help. Thanks also to Liana Simstrom, Irene Noguchi, and Eleana Tworek. Thanks to the ears of Valeria Fokina, Andrii Degeler, Noel King, Robert Krulwich and Sana Krasikov. And to our interpreters, Kira Leonova and Tetyana Yurinetz. Thanks to Drs Natalia, Irna & Diana. To Yulia Mytsko, Yulia Babych, Maria Hlazunova, Nika Bielska, Yvette Mrova, Lauren Ramires, Jane Newnham, Olena Shevchenko, Marta Chumako, Jamie Nadal, Jonathan Bearak, and the many others who we spoke with for this story. Thank you to NPR's International Desk and the team at the Ukraine bureau. Translations from Eugene Alper and Dennis Tkachivsky. Voice over from Lizzie Marchenko and Yuliia Serbenenko. Archival from the Heal Foundation. Legal guidance provided by Micah Ratner, Lauren Cooperman, and Dentons.  Ethical guidance from Tony Cavin.  EPISODE CREDITS: Guest hosted by - Gregory Warner and Molly Webster Reported by - Katz Laszlo, Gregory Warner  Produced by - Tessa Paoli, Daniel Girma, Adelina Lancianese w/ production help from - Nic M. Neves Mixer - James Willetts and Robert Rodriguez w/ mixing help from - Jeremy Bloom Fact-checking by - Marisa Robertson-Textor and Edited by - Brenna Farrell Music: John Ellis composed the Rough Translation theme music.  Original music from Dylan Keefe.  Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions and FirstCom Music.     CITATIONSPhotos -  See a Lviv blackout through host Gregory Warner's eyes – he posted photos from his time in Lviv on Twitter (https://zpr.io/egzpZZw7xPKk). Podcasts - To understand Ukraine's president, it helps to know the training ground of his youth: the competitive comedy (https://zpr.io/ympqrikgCkE3) circuit, in this Rough Translation episode.  Listen to “No-Touch Abortion” (https://zpr.io/5SB6bpNzUs6r) from Radiolab for more on the science and use of abortion pills  Articles -  Further reading: a study on medical abortion (https://zpr.io/f8h5WNfKaMtk) by Galina Maistruck, one of the main sources in our piece Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org. Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  

In the weeks following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a young doctor in Germany sees that abortion pills are urgently needed in Ukraine. And she wants to help. But getting the drugs into the country means going through Poland, which has some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. So, she gets creative. What unfolds is a high-stakes, covert-operation run by a group of strangers. With everyone deciding: who to trust? In collaboration with NPR's Rough Translation, we find out what happened. Part 1 of 2 episodes.Special thanks to Wojciech Oleksiak, Katy Lee, Maria Hlazunova, Valeria Fokina, Sara Furxhi, Noel King, Robert Krulwich and Sana Krasikov, and our homies over at Rough Translation. Thanks also to Micah Loewinger and Laura Griffin. Illustrations came from Oksana Drachkovska.  And thank you to the many sources and experts we interviewed who asked to remain anonymous. Episode Credits:Guest hosted by - Greg Warner and Molly WebsterReported by - Katz LasloProduced by - Daniel Girma and Tessa PaoliMixer - Gilly Moonwith mixing help from - Jeremy BloomFact-checking by - Marisa Robertson-Textorand Edited by - Brenna Farrell CITATIONS: Videos Watch Deutsche Welle's Abortion in Europe documentary (https://zpr.io/YHctj4bZQwHM). Podcasts Listen to Eleanor MacDowell's A Sense of Quietness (https://zpr.io/eHhcHusxrhfE) on the BBC. Listen to NPR's Joanna Kakissis's story This Secretive Network Helps Ukranian Refugees Find Abortions in Poland (https://zpr.io/LsQw9V6ByfFg). Our reporter, Katz Laszlo, reports on European current affairs and reproductive health, and produces for The Europeans (https://zpr.io/sHAvrvqU2m8t) podcast, which features stories across the continent, including in Ukraine.  Our collaborators, NPR's Rough Translation (https://zpr.io/9UpCwb2Smjzw) Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org. Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  

Raised by two Geography teachers, it goes without saying that this weeks guest has map making in his blood! The guys were joined by John Nelson. John is a true cartographer, working with the Living Atlas team and enhancing the user experience (UX) at Esri. He has authored many articles, written a gazillion blog posts and made countless maps, but there is one that sticks out among all the others. The great Robert Krulwich wrote a moving article titled "The Pulsing Earth" about one particular map John created. This is one of John's career highlights to date. Other things discussed include the importance of spending time outdoors, creating things and answering questions, evolution of map making, and the skillset every GIS professional should have. Producer Sean had the dirty C (COVID) so the one and only Big Shoots made an appearance along with our good friend Dr. Nik. Jack Dangermond was quoted. Music by U2!

For many of us, quicksand was once a real fear — it held a vise grip on our imaginations, from childish sandbox games to grown-up anxieties about venturing into unknown lands. But these days, quicksand can't even scare an 8-year-old. In this short, we try to find out why.  Then-Producer Soren Wheeler introduces us to Dan Engber, writer and columnist for Slate, now with The Atlantic. Dan became obsessed with quicksand after happening upon a strange fact: kids are no longer afraid of it. In this episode, Dan recounts for Soren and Robert Krulwich the story of his obsession. He immersed himself in research, compiled mountains of data, met with quicksand fetishists and, in the end, formulated a theory about why the terror of his childhood seems to have lost its menacing allure. Then Carlton Cuse, who at the time we first aired this episode was best-known as the writer and executive producer of Lost, helps us think about whether giant pits of hero-swallowing mud might one day creep back into the spotlight.And, as this episode first aired in 2013, we can see if we were right.   Episode Credits:Reported and produced by Soren Wheeler Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.  

In France, you either leave your desk during lunch, or you're breaking the law. Which makes Kaitlin Plachy, an American expat in Strasbourg who secretly eats at her desk most days, an outlaw. So why do the French have this law? Our friends at the podcast Rough Translation found that one popular theory — that the law is meant to preserve French culture — is not as correct as many people believe. So what is the explanation? And can Rough Translation convince Kaitlin to take a break?Rough Translation is a podcast that tells stories from far off places that hit close to home, and you can find all their episodes here. Rough Translation is hosted by Gregory Warner. The team includes Adelina Lancianese, Pablo Arguelles, Katz Laszlo, Luis Trelles, Justine Yan, Tessa Paoli, Emily Bogle, Liana Simstrom, Bruce Auster, Josh Newell, Greta Pittenger, and Anya Grundmann, with help from Eleanor Beardsley, Robert Krulwich, and Sana Krasikov. The French news tape in the episode is from Radio France and Radio Monte Carlo. Music by John Ellis and FirstCom Music and Audio Network. The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Tracey Samuelson, and Jared O'Connell.Transcript available at www.sporkful.com.

Lee Cowan hosts this July 4th weekend edition of "Sunday Morning.” In our cover story, Kris Van Cleave looks at the difficulties facing exasperated travelers this summer. Plus: Major Garrett talks with a woman who had to leave the country in 1962 to get an abortion; Lesley Stahl explores animal friendships; Jim Axelrod sits down with the Doobie Brothers; David Martin looks back on the life of WWII Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Hershel "Woody" Williams; a Robert Krulwich video essay examines the threat posed by rising greenhouse gases; and Rita Braver visits an accidental tourist attraction: gigantic decaying busts of U.S. presidents.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"Kushim" : il y a de fortes chances que ce nom ne vous dise absolument rien... Dorénavant, vous saurez qu'il s'agit possiblement du plus ancien prénom écrit dont nous disposons à l'heure actuelle ! L'Homme avant l'écriture Un petit voyage dans le temps s'impose. Il y a 30 000 ans, l'écriture n'existait pas encore et les seuls glyphes humains qu'il nous reste de cette ère lointaine sont des dessins pariétaux et des traces de mains qui ornent les murs des cavernes préhistoriques. Cet état de fait a perduré pendant des siècles, jusqu'à la formation de premiers pôles agraires; d'abord dans la zone géographique du "Croissant fertile", dont l'une des parties notables est la Mésopotamie. Installés à l'extrême sud de cette région, les Sumériens ont justement été les premiers à produire un système d'écriture ; faisant entrer, du même coup, le genre humain dans l'ère de l'Histoire (au IIIe millénaire avant notre ère). C'est en ce lieu, correspondant à l'actuel Irak, qu'a justement été trouvé une étrange tablette. Vieille de 5000 ans, celle-ci comporte – gravés – des points, des crochets et des petits motifs (que l'on pourrait assimiler aux lettres d'un alphabet). Déchiffré, son contenu pourrait prêter à sourire. Il s'agirait, en fait, d'une sorte de "ticket de caisse" récapitulant la livraison de plusieurs cargaisons d'orge. Mais, en l'occurrence, c'est bien le dernier mot du message qui nous intéresse : "29.08 mesures orge 37 mois. Signé Kushim". Les bons comptes Selon le journaliste scientifique Robert Krulwich, ce fameux personnage ne pourrait probablement pas être une femme (qui sont, on peut le déplorer, rarement mentionnées sur les documents historiques de cet acabit). Par élimination, l'enquêteur a finalement déduit que c'était probablement... un comptable ! Loin d'être un roi, un guerrier, un général victorieux ou encore un poète, le plus vieil homme à être cité dans notre Histoire est donc une sorte de "fonctionnaire" qui se contentait de mener à bien sa tâche. Un peu déroutant, ce constat n'est, en fait, pas vraiment étonnant. Selon la plupart des historiens, l'écriture est précisément née dans un cadre utilitaire. Celle-ci avait même pour but premier de permettre aux agriculteurs de recenser leurs échanges. Kushim est donc le souvenir lointain de cette époque bien plus terre à terre que ne l'est la nôtre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first annual presentation of our Ronnie Awards, in the spirit of the erstwhile, affable co-host of Radiolab, Robert Krulwich. Oysters and pearls, Christmas oranges, the ultimate Specialty record, free men and gentle men and jazz royalty in Moscow and Paris and much closer to home - dilettantes, aficionados, raconteurs and flaneurs all.  And there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last...

It's throwback Thursday, so today we're going back to the early days of Crosscurrents to bring you a classic from our Audiophiles: conversations with the most creative minds working with sound. In this episode, the creators of NPR's RadioLab, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, ponder the magic of radio storytelling.

"The positioning of being kind of on the edge of the room looking in? That's the position of a journalist." Jad Abumrad, co-Host and creator of Radiolab, joined Helga to talk about the beginnings of his career, the impact of family and how he works with doubt.  The son of a scientist and a doctor, Jad Abumrad did most of his growing up in Tennessee, before studying creative writing and music composition at Oberlin College in Ohio. Following graduation, Abumrad wrote music for films, and reported and produced documentaries for a variety of local and national public radio programs, including On The Media, Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered and WNYC's "24 Hours at the Edge of Ground Zero." While working on staff at WNYC, Abumrad began tinkering with an idea for a new kind of radio program.  That idea evolved into one of public radio's most popular shows today – Radiolab.  Abumrad hosts the program with Robert Krulwich and also serves as one of its producers.  The program won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and explores big questions in science, philosophy and mankind.  Under Abumrad's direction, the show uses a combination of deep-dive journalism, narrative storytelling, dialogue and music to craft compositions of exploration and discovery.  Radiolab podcasts are downloaded over 10 million times each month and the program is carried on more than 500 stations across the nation and internationally.  Abumrad is also the Executive Producer and creator of Radiolab's More Perfect, a podcast that explores how cases deliberated inside the rarefied world of the Supreme Court affect our lives far away from the bench. Abumrad was honored as a 2011 MacArthur Fellow (also known as the Genius Grant).  The MacArthur Foundation website says:  “Abumrad is inspiring boundless curiosity within a new generation of listeners and experimenting with sound to find ever more effective and entertaining ways to explain ideas and tell a story.”  Abumrad also produced and hosted The Ring & I, an insightful, funny, and lyrical look at the enduring power of Wagner's Ring Cycle.  It aired nationally and internationally and earned ten awards, including the prestigious 2005 National Headliner Grand Award in Radio.

On Oct. 30, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio play version of HG Wells War of the Worlds. People didn't realize it wasn't a news broadcast, and mass panic ensued...or at least that's what the newspapers led people to believe. But it was really more panic-lite or fat-free panic where it doesn't taste nearly as satisfying. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss the infamous broadcast and the overreaction of the media, which luckily never happens anymore. . . oh wait. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Abumrad, Jad, and Robert Krulwich. “War of the Worlds: Radiolab.” WNYC Studios, 30 Oct. 2018, www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/war-worlds. Klein, Christopher. “Inside ‘The War of the Worlds’ Radio Broadcast.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 30 Oct. 2013, www.history.com/news/inside-the-war-of-the-worlds-broadcast. Memmott, Mark. “75 Years Ago, 'War Of The Worlds' Started A Panic. Or Did It?” NPR, NPR, 30 Oct. 2013, www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/10/30/241797346/75-years-ago-war-of-the-worlds-started-a-panic-or-did-it. Pooley, Jefferson, and Michael J. Socolow. “Orson Welles' War of the Worlds Did Not Touch Off a Nationwide Hysteria. Few Americans Listened. Even Fewer Panicked.” Slate Magazine, Slate, 29 Oct. 2013, slate.com/culture/2013/10/orson-welles-war-of-the-worlds-panic-myth-the-infamous-radio-broadcast-did-not-cause-a-nationwide-hysteria.html. Schwartz, A. Brad. Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welless War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News. Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Schwartz, A. Brad. “The Infamous ‘War of the Worlds’ Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 6 May 2015, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/.

8/22/20Episode 15: things we learned/things we got wrong:News:Indonesian capital moving Johnson & Johnson Oklahoma lawsuit opioid crisis https://www.npr.org/2019/11/15/779439374/oklahoma-judge-shaves-107-million-off-opioid-decision-against-johnson-johnsonTropical Storm Dorian upgraded to hurricane3 year terraforming project Strelka https://theterraforming.strelka.com/Jessi Combs died while trying to set a new land speed recordThe Vagina BibleCostco in ShanghaiLa Brea Tar Pits redesign https://la.curbed.com/2019/12/11/21011584/la-brea-tar-pits-remodel-weiss-manfredi-redesigne-cigarette companies being sued https://www.cnet.com/health/juul-targeted-kids-with-ads-on-cartoon-network-nickelodeon-lawsuit-alleges/Topics:Walking into spiderwebs https://www.reddit.com/r/tall/comments/1s8v4n/the_most_annoying_tall_person_problem_straight_to/"Lost in the Supermarket" "Stay Free"Pumice island/raft in the South Pacificsunscreen banMemoryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-our-brains-make-memories-14466850Susan Sontag On PhotographyThis American Life about Radiolab ex-host Robert Krulwich and his wifehttps://www.thisamericanlife.org/226/rerunshttps://imagejournal.org/top-25-films-on-memory/Iggy Pop in Season 6 "The Magnificent Ferengi" of Deep Space Nine

On this week's episode of Better Than Human, Jennifer and Amber are probably even MORE amusing when they're PMSing and arguing with each other over an Invader Zim lunchbox. During our current-ish news section, we discuss how Tucker Carlson and Fox News think being 'woke' is a bad thing. The opposite would be asleep, I guess? Because going through life 'asleep' sounds awesome! (#sarcasm) And are Civil War Monuments participation trophies? Sorry racists (not sorry), yes they are. This week's topic is Dryococelus australis, known more familiarly as the Lord Howe Island Stick Bug. The large insect, topping out at over 8 inches in average length, lived solely on Lord Howe Island (hence the name) and were thought to have gone extinct in 1920 when rats black invaded their ecosystem via a ship run aground. Listen to the amazing story of how dedicated scientists, David Pridell and Nicholas Carlile, rediscovered a population of just 24 Lord Howe Island Stick Bugs living under one single bush on a nearby islet almost 80 years after they were thought to have gone extinct. For reference, the article Jennifer and Amber reference in the episode is called: "Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years by Robert Krulwich," which can be read at NPR by following the link below:https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years Follow us on Twitter @betterthanhuma1on Facebook @betterthanhumanpodcaston Instagram @betterthanhumanpodcastEmail us at betterthanhumanpodcast@gmail.com or check out our website betterthanhumanpodcast.comWe look forward to hearing from you, and we look forward to you joining our cult of weirdness#betterthanhuman #cultofweirdness

Right now, at this very moment, all across the planet, there are 7.6 billion human beings eating, breathing, sleeping, brushing their teeth, walking their dogs, drinking coffee, walking down the street or running onto the subway or hopping in their car, maybe reading a summary of a podcast they’re about to hit play on … and the number is only going up. Everyday 386,000 babies are born (16,000 an hour). We’re adding a billion new people every 12 years. So here’s a question you’ve probably never thought about: Are there more people alive right now than have ever lived on the planet in history? Do the living outnumber the dead? Robert got obsessed with this odd question, and in this episode we bring you the answer. Or, well, answers. This episode was reported by Robert Krulwich and produced by Annie McEwen and Pat Walters, with help from Neel Dhanesha. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris. Music and mixing by Jeremy Bloom. Special thanks to Jeffrey Dobereiner. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. 

Too often, in our estimation, people make recommendations to us with the intent to improve our life but the effect on us is the opposite of that. Rather than completely engaging us, some recommendations or pieces of advice actually overpower any enthusiasm we might for following up. This is especially true when the recommendation is too big to get our heads around. Casual comments like, “Oh, you should read that book,” or, “You should go to Malaysia,” or, “You should check out that podcast series,” are often too much for us to process. They’re all well-intended, and could be terrific recommendations, but thinking about starting a massive new book in an already jam-packed life can be the opposite of engaging: sometimes, it’s demotivating.    So in this Grooving Session, we use a behavioral science hack to START SMALL and we’re recommending our favorite podcast episodes (produced by other podcasters!) to our listeners. We think you’ll like these specific podcast episodes by some of our favorite hosts on some of our favorite topics. And because they’re itty-bitty single episodes, we hope you can start small and check some of them out in the links below. Coming soon! We are launching a new podcast (a new channel in the podcaster’s vernacular) and it’s called Weekly Grooves. Weekly Grooves will be a weekly review of topical issues in the media during the week done through a behavioral science commentary. This will launch in late January 2020, and we hope you’ll check it out. Please take 23 seconds right now to give us a rating. A review only takes 57 seconds, so you can do that, too! Reviews and 5-star ratings play a positive role in getting Behavioral Grooves promoted to new listeners when they’re out browsing for an interesting behavioral science podcast. As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy lots of great episodes from other podcasters!   Happiness Lab: Laurie Santos, PhD. Make ‘Em Laugh. https://www.happinesslab.fm/season-1-episodes/make-em-laugh Canned laugh tracks positively affect our experience even when we KNOW they’re canned! Great production and a cool person.   Choiceology: Katy Milkman, PhD. Take the Deal. https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/choiceology-season-4-episode-4 Danny Kahneman, Colin Camerer, and Luis Green tell the tales of our flawed decision making – even when the consequences are big! Terrific interviewer. Great production.   Big Brains: Paul Rand. Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier. https://news.uchicago.edu/podcasts/big-brains/why-talking-strangers-will-make-you-happier-nicholas-epley Nick Epley, PhD discussed the importance of talking to strangers and how it will make YOU happier.   Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates: John Donvan. Is Social Media Good for Democracy? https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/social-media-good-democracy-0 Fascinating discussion about the pro’s and con’s of social media.   The David Gilmour Podcast: David Gilmour. The Fender Stratocaster #0001. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-the-fender-stratocaster-0001/id1463321559?i=1000441421346 Yes. It really does exist and David Gilmour owns it and cherishes it.   You Are Not So Smart: David McRaney. Pluralistic Ignorance: The psychology behind why people don’t speak out against, and even defend, norms they secretly despise. https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/157-pluralistic-ignorance A terrific episode exploring how social norms are perpetuated even when the majority don’t agree with them.   Song Exploder: Hrishikesh Hirway. Sheryl Crow: Redemption Day. http://songexploder.net/sheryl-crow/songexploder161-sherylcrow How songwriters come to write and record songs is amazing to me and this is a very articulate songwriter.   O Behave: Ogilvy Consulting. Dollars and Sense. https://podtail.com/en/podcast/o-behave/episode-16-dollars-and-sense-with-jeff-kreisler-an/ Jeff Kreisler (one of our favorites) and Rory Sutherland dig into Jeff’s work in behavioral finance.   Radio Lab: Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich. Smarty Plants. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/smarty-plants This episode explores the amazingly brainy behaviors of brainless things: plants!   Happiness Lab: Laurie Santos, PhD. The Unhappy Millionaire https://www.happinesslab.fm/season-1-episodes/the-unhappy-millionaire This episode explores how we don’t really understand what makes us happy…with Dan Gilbert    The Knowledge Project: Shane Parrish. Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits https://fs.blog/neil-pasricha/ Looks at habits that can make you happier or not   The Science of Success: Matt Bodner. Guest = Jonathan Haidt https://www.successpodcast.com/show-notes/2018/9/12/three-dangerous-ideas-that-are-putting-our-society-at-risk-with-dr-jonathan-haidt Three dangerous ideas that are putting our society at risk – Looking at the anti-fragile movement that Haidt looks at how we need to allow Coddling the American Mind.  Overprotecting kids and not letting them have failures…question feelings   Hustle and Flowchart Podcast: Matt Wolfe and Joe Fier. Therapy Session (153) – T&C, Podfest, Selling Shirts and Affiliate Marketing https://evergreenprofits.com/therapy-sessions-podfest-affiliate/ Matt and Joe discuss a number of things that have been going on with them and some insights on podcasting     Smart Drug Smarts: Jesse Lawler. Aphantasia with Dr. Joel Pearson https://smartdrugsmarts.com/episodes/219-aphantasia/ Where Kurt found out about Aphantasia and realized that he had it.   Hidden Brain: Shanker Vedantam. Facts Aren’t Enough https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/743195213/facts-arent-enough-the-psychology-of-false-beliefs A look at confirmation bias and how data doesn’t change our minds…Tali Sharot and Cailin O’Conner add insight (smallpox variolation)   Big Think Think Again: Jason Gotz. Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie: the cognitive segregation of America https://bigthink.com/podcast/cambridge-analytica © 2020 Behavioral Grooves  

Here's a simple question: When an animal disappears in the winter, where does it go? Oddly enough, this question completely stumped European scientists for thousands of years. And even today, the more we learn about the comings and goings of the animals, the deeper the mystery seems to get. We visit a Bavarian farm with an 11 year old, follow warblers and wildebeests around the world, and get a totally new kind of view of the pulsing flow of animals across the globe.   This episode was reported by Robert Krulwich and Jackson Roach and produced by Pat Walters, Matt Kielty, and Jackson Roach. Mix & original music by Jeremy Bloom.   Special thanks to Allison Shaw, David Barrie, Auriel Fournier, and Moritz Matschke. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate.  And check out: The Truth about Animals by Lucy Cooke No Way Home: The Decline of the Great Animal Migrations by David Wilcove  The migration video Jad and Robert watch in this episode!

It’s Radiotopia fundraiser time! Once a year, we reach out to ask our listeners to donate to the network that makes this show possible. Make your mark by making a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate today! Here’s a very special episode of The Memory Palace in which Nate talks to CERTIFIED RADIO LEGEND, Robert Krulwich, of Radiolab and beyond, about the origins of the show and what makes The Memory Palace tick.

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This preview episode of the new podcast Eight for Five gives you the opportunity to put your earphones on, get walking and see what it's all about. We can connect! Newsletter (https://eightforfive.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=79834a83b4614869716cfc862&id=a94d767a2a) Website (https://eightforfive.fireside.fm) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/eightforfive/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/eightforfivepod) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EightforFive/?modal=admin_todo_tour) Segment One Jill gives a quick explanation of how Eight for Five is set up. The "What's Up?" segment section is all about 2019 and the stinkiest element on the Periodic Table. References in Segment One: An 80-Year Old Prank Revealed, Hiding in the Periodic Table by Robert Krulwich (http://www.mysteryofmatter.net/learn_more.html) Mystery of Matter (http://www.mysteryofmatter.net/learn_more.html) Indiana University. "Medical Myths For The Holiday Season: True, False Or Unproven?." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 26 December 2008. (www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218051243.htm) International Year of the Periodic Table (https://iypt2019.org) Segment Two Jill touches on the benefits of walking throughout your day. Word Challenge: Periodic-something that reoccurs in a period of time Elemental-pertaining to an element, simple or fundamental Compressibility-amount of pressure to reduce matter’s volume (Standardized Test Word) Pangram-a sentence that uses every single letter of the language (Standing on Your Head Word) Bonus: Get all 3 parts of an atom into a sentence Double Bonus: mispronounce the word epitome References for Segment Two: Merriam-Webster.com (https://www.merriam-webster.com) The Dangers of Sitting from Harvard Health (https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/the-dangers-of-sitting) Physical Activity, Any Type or Amount, Cuts Health Risk from Sitting from Dr. Keith Diaz and Columbia (https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/physical-activity-any-type-or-amount-cuts-health-risk-sitting) Why Sitting Too Much Is Bad For Your Health from WebMD (https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/ss/slideshow-sitting-health) Segment Three Isaac Asimov once predicted that in 2019 we'd be on the moon mining. While that prediction didn't exactly come true, that's not stopping some from attempting to get rick from moon rocks. Pretend you're an intern and decide to steal some rocks that are out of this world! Special thanks to Katherine Garbera! Check out her Space Cowboys series: ### No Limits (https://amzn.to/36bMJvw) *Some cowboys are outta this world… * Astronaut Jason "Ace" McCoy tried to escape Cole's Hill, Texas—and the memory of Molly Tanner's dark eyes and strawberry-scented hair—among the stars. Now he and Molly have jointly inherited her father's struggling ranch. And having failed his latest medical tests, Ace is on leave—maybe forever. He's determined to sort things out with the ranch and get back to Houston as soon as possible. What he isn't counting on is that Molly's only gotten more beautiful over the years. He can't promise anything as long as there's a chance to go on another mission. But even in orbit, this attraction has no rules…and no limits. ### Pushing the Limits (https://amzn.to/2NoTy4u) *"Houston, we have a hot-astronaut problem…" * Survival expert and control freak Jessie Odell has faced the most hazardous environments on earth. Training astronauts should be a cakewalk. Nope. Enter candidate Hemi "Thor" Barrett. Hemi isn't just some distraction. Jessie actually likes the guy—and that makes him more treacherous than an Everest ascent. It also means Hemi's that much harder to resist. With every hungry, heat-fueled encounter, Jessie skirts closer to that dangerous edge. Falling for this space cowboy is definitely high stakes…but could the payoff be worth the risk? ### Beyond the Limits (https://amzn.to/36m8jgT) This mission is out of control… Astronaut Isabelle Wolsten fought like hell to be one of the final candidates for the CRONUS mission to space. She can't afford to be distracted by teammate Antonio "Playboy" Curzon. When the two astronauts are put in direct competition for a top spot on the mission, they'll be tested beyond their limits. Getting involved with Antonio is dangerous—but not nearly as dangerous as the feelings Izzy's starting to have for him. With everything she's fought for on the line, falling for this space cowboy might just ground Izzy's dreams for good… You can find all of Katherine's books here (https://amzn.to/2PHdceT). Her website (http://www.katherinegarbera.com), Twitter (https://twitter.com/katheringarbera), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/KatherineGarberaAuthor/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katherinegarbera/) One randomly selected subscriber to my website will soon be enjoying these books. You can subscribe to my newsletter by going here (https://eightforfive.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=79834a83b4614869716cfc862&id=a94d767a2a). References for Segment Three: Isaac Asimov, you were no Nostadamus by Joseph Hall of the The Star (https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/12/27/isaac-asimov-you-were-no-nostradamus.html) How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks by Carmel Hagen of Gizmodo (https://gizmodo.com/how-an-intern-stole-nasas-moon-rocks-5242736) Moon Rock: Mare Crisium by Thad Roberts (https://amzn.to/2NmipFY) Eight for Five - the podcast that keeps you occupied while you're meeting step goals throughout your day. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases, which helps pay for producing this podcast. Thank you. BEFORE YOU BEGIN ANY NEW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, ALWAYS CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR!

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses his new book, Letters from an Astrophysicist, with Radiolab host Robert Krulwich. Every year, Tyson receives thousands of letters from people across the globe who have sought him out in search of answers to questions about science, faith, philosophy, life and, of course, Pluto. His replies are by turns wise, funny and mind-blowing. The conversation was recorded on October 11, 2019 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.

Award winning producer Robert Krulwich talks about storytelling techniques and his early career in radio and television as part of Talking Story, a panel hosted by The Kitchen Sisters at the first Third Coast International Audio Festival in Chicago in 2001. Robert Krulwich tells the improbable story of how he first got into radio covering one of the biggest stories of the decade — the Nixon impeachment. He deconstructs one of his early pieces — Kraslansky, and talks about the danger of creating radio Part of The Keepers series, this recording is part of the Third Coast Audio Festival Archive a vast — and ever-growing — collection containing thousands of carefully curated audio stories and Third Coast Conference sessions featuring work by makers from all over the world. Robert Krulwich, co-host of the Peabody Award winning show Radiolab, serves as a science correspondent for NPR. He has worked in television and radio at ABC, CBS, NPR and Pacifica. He has created pieces for ABC’s Nightline, World News Tonight, PBS’s Frontline, NOVA and NOW with Bill Moyers. Robert won an Emmy Award for his investigative work on privacy and the Internet, as well as for his ABC special on Barbie. He lives in New York with his wife, Tamar Lewin, a national reporter forThe New York Times.

Johan, Roman, and Daniel talk with RadioLab host and Oberlin alum Robert Krulwich about his time at Oberlin and his views on current campus culture. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-weekly/support

When a female animal is checking out her prospects, natural selection would dictate that she pay attention to how healthy, or strong, or fit he is. But when it comes to finding a mate, some animals seem to be engaged in a very different game. What if a female were looking for something else - something that has nothing to do with fitness? Something...beautiful? Today we explore a different way of looking at evolution and what it may mean for the course of science. This episode was reported by Robert Krulwich and Bethel Habte and was produced by Bethel Habte. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. 

Kate Dickerson is the founder and director of the Maine Science Festival. Featuring Robert Krulwich of the popular podcast Radiolab as keynote speaker (listen to the episode to hear of Robert's Maine connections!), this four-day event attracts 12,000 festival goers of all ages to Downtown Bangor and the Cross Insurance Center for more than 60 events and activities available free-of-charge. Featuring forums, workshops, hands-on activities, films, exhibits and presentations, there's no better place to find out about (and celebrate) Maine science. This episode is brought to you by The Dunham Group. They are commercial real estate brokers. If you're an entrepreneur, one of the best ways to control your own destiny is to own your own building. If that's not an option, structure the best lease you can. Get started with The Dunham Group. Back to Kate: did you hear about an idea so good that you had to drop everything you're doing? That's what Kate did with the Maine Science Festival in 2012. Taking three years to produce the inaugural event, she has built an ongoing success that highlights the 'you can do it here' spirit of Maine. The Maine Science Festival is proud to be an independently funded program of the Maine Discovery Museum, and a member of the Science Festival Alliance. Sign up to attend the Robert Krulwich event here.

  A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli at Foundry UMC, December 10, 2017, the second Sunday of Advent. Texts:  Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8   Foundry’s music-inspired annual theme gives us opportunity to lift up a little-known word and concept: anacrusis.  An “anacrusis” consists of the note or notes that are the “lead-in” or “pick-up” notes for a melody before what’s called the first “down beat” of the song. You don’t have to understand the music theory of it to appreciate the metaphor. A musical anacrusis is the beginning, the entry point into a song. Advent is the beginning, the entry point into the Christian year.    Last week we introduced a resource provided for you this Advent season, a weekly prayer card including a scripture verse and invitation to practice breath prayer. Our hope is that the prayer card will be an “anacrusis”—an entry point into moments of mindfulness with God.  This week’s prayer is…   Breathe…pray…silence…   + + + + +     Our worship today is filled with music and singing. I learned to sing in the children’s choir of First UMC, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. I learned about harmony and creating a “blend” of sound with other voices. I learned that singing depends on breath and was taught how to use my breath to create and sustain sound.  Brass and woodwind instruments also make sound only with breath—and to make the music we’re hearing today requires highly developed use of the breath!  Some who may not be singers or musicians but practice yoga will have experience with what I’m talking about through chanting “OM”—always preceded by an intentional, deep in-breath… The out breath carries the sound; the deeper the inbreath, the more sustained the chant. The precursor for chanting, singing, for speaking, for crying out is breath. Without breath, there’s no sound, no music.  So the first thing you need to do if you’re going to sing is take a breath IN. //   Today we hear the first lines from what is believed to be the oldest account of Jesus’s life—the Gospel of Mark.  And in Mark’s story of Jesus, there’s no Bethlehem or heavenly host or glowing starlight.  As I’ve said before, Mark’s drama is less Hallmark Channel and more independent film.  And the scene picks up with a character whose appearance must have been odd even for his own day.  It’s rare that someone’s attire or menu selection is mentioned in scripture—and yet the characteristically spare language of the author of Mark includes these details.  So it’s unlikely that John’s wildness and weirdness are described only for entertainment value.  Instead, I imagine, it’s part of the point, part of the message.  Just to look at John heralds something different, something jarring, something uncomfortable. And then he cries out. And what does he cry? Repent! Confess! John’s voice is even more alarming than his appearance, it’s a voice crying out for things to change, for hearts and lives to change, for people to get ready for something—someone—who is coming, one who will be even more disruptive still.   John is the fulfillment of the prophecy from Isaiah, is the voice crying out, the one sent to prepare the way of the Lord.  But to cry out with such power requires a deep in-breath. Before John cried out, “Repent!” what did he breathe IN?  Well, in addition to a big gust of the Holy Spirit (in Hebrew and Greek Spirit also means “breath”)--I contend that the “in breath” fueling John’s proclamation, the thing John breathed in is the vision of a changed world, the prophetic vision of God’s reign of peace. The inbreath is the vision of God’s Kindom we pray comes to earth as it is in heaven. The vision is of a reality in which bodies—black and brown bodies, female bodies, trans bodies, bodies of every gender, shape, and ability—are treated with tenderness and respect and not as objects to be used or violated or abused; the vision is a reality in which earth, sea, sky, and all that dwell therein are nurtured in interdependence instead of exploited for financial gain or cheap comfort; the in-breath fueling John’s proclamation is a vision of a reality in which people share their gifts so that children and the most vulnerable are fed and safe, a reality in which provision is made for the stranger and sojourner, a reality in which families are not ripped apart by bad and unevenly applied laws, a reality in which the healing arts are extended to those who are sick regardless of whether they are rich or poor; the in-breath fueling John’s cry is the vision of a reality in which people are not afraid of difference, but delight in the rich variety within the human family, a reality in which guns are transformed into farming tools, a reality in which slavery and the violence that roams in the night is a thing of distant memory.   This vision of peace and care is a vision of God’s Kin-dom fulfilled; it’s a certainly incomplete composite of prophetic promises and when the vision will come to fruition is known only to God.  This vision of God’s future is the metaphorical in-breath of John and every prophet before and since. John breathed in the vision of God’s Kin-dom of peace and love and justice.  And then—only then—could he cry out with such strength and clarity: “repent!” Because the wilderness John inhabited is much like the one in which we stand today. And where we stand today doesn’t look like God’s reign of peace.   John’s proclamation is not a buttoned up, status quo, eggnog and cheeseball, bought-with-a-credit-card kind of thing. It is, rather, a cry reaching for something very, very different. For a world, for people, to be very, very different. Repentance, a dramatic turn from all that is wrong and a turn toward the ways of God’s love and peace—that is what’s clearly needed. Things need to change. And the prophetic vision—then as now—is both the fuel and the goal, both the inspiration and the focal point for that change.   Pastor Ben Roberts, our Director of Social Justice Ministries, shared a fascinating phenomenon with our worship team as we began thinking about how we would celebrate Advent at Foundry this year.  Here’s the upshot: A human being who is blindfolded can’t walk in anything remotely resembling a straight line.  When blindfolded, people end up going in circles and often end up where they started.  Studies show this is true when folks are placed in any context—an open field, a forest, a beach.  Without blindfolds, weather conditions affect the outcome. When the sun is shining, folks go in a straight line; cloudy, foggy days result in more circles. Researchers have yet to find any biological reason for this. As one author writes, “Humans, apparently, slip into circles when we can't see an external focal point, like a mountain top, a sun, a moon. Without a corrective, our insides take over and there's something inside us that won't stay straight.”[i]  So it seems that in order to get to a destination, we need to have a clear vision of where we want to arrive in the future. Having that vision affects each step we take in the present.   Our external focal point is the Kin-dom of God, the vision of a world at peace and living with love and justice. That is what gives us direction and a sense of peace—or at least encouragement that going in circles in the wilderness isn’t the only option.  The Kin-dom is our preferred destination and that vision affects the steps and direction of our lives today.  We have a fancy word for this in Christian metaphysics: “eschatology” is the study of how the vision of the future shapes the present.   John—in his appearance and his words—won’t let us forget that reaching the future vision requires change, requires repentance—and not just from others.  Unless you have already arrived at the perfect love and peace of life in God’s Kin-dom, free of any temptation, resentment, or apathy then you—like me—need to repent, to change.  But you can count on this: God wants to help you and God’s love and mercy are eternally present.  So breathe deeply today the hopeful vision of God’s reign of peace and love, and allow that in-breath to fuel your life and hope and grant you the ability to lift up your voice with strength, to sing God’s song of humility, justice, generosity, and love.   Perhaps we don’t have voices like our soloists today, or the breath and skill to play the instruments we hear; perhaps you don’t have the wild charisma of John the Baptizer; but as people who have taken in the good news of God’s love and the promise of a world transformed, our lives and voices and choices just might become what points others in a direction that gets us all where we want to go.     [i] Robert Krulwich, “A Mystery: Why can’t we walk straight?” https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/06/01/131050832/a-mystery-why-can-t-we-walk-straight

Daniel Duke joins Jack and Freddie to talk about WTF with Marc Maron, Radiolab and Switched on Pop.

More than 50 years ago, Robert Krulwich met President John F. Kennedy and shook his hand. For decades, Robert wondered how much of President Kennedy might have stayed with him. Now, thanks to the new science of the microbiome, he can find out. We partnered with Radiolab and Dr. Jack Gilbert, a microbial ecologist and author of the upcoming book, "Dirt is Good," for an experiment. President Kennedy is no longer with us, so we recruited a stand-in: astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Together, we tried to find an answer to this question: when we touch greatness, how much of it stays with us?    

In this special election episode of Live Wire, Radiolab hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich provide a cautionary tale of civic strife, comedian Baratunde Thurston speculates how the election has come to this divisive point, coder and artist Roopa Vasudevan explains what social media can show us that the polls can't, and subway performer Mike Yung demonstrates why his powerful voice went viral and reassures us that “A Change is Gonna Come.”

Alex Hofeldt is host of the inspirational science podcast, Beautiful Dust Specks. Alex is a science teacher, tennis coach, yoga and crossfit instructor, and today we discuss his podcast, his own journey, and his two rescue dogs, Cosmo and Hubble. We also touch upon topics he’s discussed, such as whale poop and carbon! If you want to learn more about Alex Hofeldt and Beautiful Dust Specks, go to our show notes at http://www.thisispawprint.com/58. Resources Website http://beautifuldustspecks.com Alex’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alex.hofeldt.3?ref=br_rs Beautiful Dust Specks https://www.facebook.com/beautifuldustspecks/ Yobility https://www.facebook.com/yobility/ Alex’s episode 11, when he discusses whale poop http://beautifuldustspecks.com/podcast/e11 Cool article on the “Power of Whale Poop” from Robert Krulwich, co-host of the Radiolab podcast http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/04/03/298778615/the-power-of-poop-a-whale-story Calvin and Hobbes is the beloved cartoon series by Bill Watterson Website http://www.calvinandhobbes.com The “Screamed the Dust Speck” cartoon that Alex mentioned http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/10/14 The four podcasts I mentioned at the beginning of the show Pawcast: Friends of the Animals Baton Rouge http://friendsoftheanimalsbr.org Sleep with Me http://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com The God Zone Show http://godzoneshow.com Alter Ego http://bealterego.com If you want the two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/ All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is a musician based in Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000 Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

There are two sides to every surveillance story. On one side, security; on the other, privacy. Ross McNutt is an innovator in the field. During the Iraq War in 2004, McNutt and his team developed technology to use a plane and a cluster of cameras to capture an entire city, all day. So when a roadside bomb detonated, McNutt's technology could zoom in and scroll back in time, and find out how it happened. In a way, McNutt had a superpower. So back to the debate. For people who believe that security should be our top priority, having an eye in the sky can save lives. But for those worried about privacy, without regulation, surveillance could limit our freedom. Cue the Orwellian fear, panic and "What Ifs."  That's the conversation that took place, and is still happening over McNutt's superpower. Like a lot of technology, it might be developed for one purpose (in this case, the military), but what happens when it's used in a different context? Like Dayton, Ohio — that's one of the many places where McNutt is trying to implement his surveillance technology to help fight crime, and save cities money. If only it could be that simple. This week, we see how McNutt's technology plays out in Juarez, Mexico vs. Dayton, and look at the Great Surveillance Debate from different angles. We tap into the how and why of using technology to live better as individuals and a society, which is exactly the kind of conversation that we think is important to have.  This episode originally aired last year as part of a partnership with Radiolab (Heard of it?). We also did our own episode about surveillance, but realized that we never actually shared this one with you. So we gave it a face lift — including an update from McNutt — and are presenting it to you in all its glory. Better than ever. Special thanks to Alex Goldmark, former Note to Self producer (now of Planet Money) who helped report this episode. Also, thanks to Jad Abumrad, Robert Krulwich, Andy Mills and the whole team at Radiolab. ***UPDATE: After our episode first aired, the Baltimore Police Department contracted Ross McNutt's company, Persistent Surveillance Systems, to conduct aerial surveillance over the city to help with criminal investigations. Read more about Baltimore's Eye in the Sky in Bloomberg Businessweek.   One last thing: For the past few weeks we've been compiling a list of female-hosted podcasts for you to check out and share with the Internet. [Insert whatever deity you do or don't believe in here] knows there aren't enough, but, as a show proudly hosted by a wonderful woman, we're doing our part to help spread the word. Make sure to sign up for our newsletter here to get a weekly update from us sent straight to your inbox. Subscribe to Note to Self on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, or anywhere else using our RSS feed.  

Our first ep is our first podcast love: Radiolab. We discuss a classic episode about the world without words and marvel at the mastercraft of hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich. Start Listening Ahead with us and soon you'll love it as much as we do!

Ask Roulette is the conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions live on stage. You come with a question you want to ask a stranger, then get randomly paired. The catch is you can't ask a question until you've answered a question first. This is an excerpt from our regular live shows. For more information about how to attend a live show, subscribe to the newsletter at AskRoulette.net. Ask Roulette is hosted by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight) with house band Eli Bolin (Story Pirates; Sesame Street)  

How many people does it take to start a family? Well, if you are a gay Israeli couple, both men, and you’d like your children to be biologically related to you, it may take the two of you, plus a Ukrainian egg donor, an Indian woman to serve as the surrogate, and a Nepali safe house to shelter the surrogate, who is not allowed to perform this service in her home country. Sound complicated? It is. It’s also very, very expensive and raises sticky questions about the complex relationship between a paid surrogate and the people who hire her services. In this very special episode of Israel Story, producers Yochai Maital and Maya Kosover team up with Radiolab’s Molly Webster, Jad Abumrad, and Robert Krulwich, and reporters Nilanjana Bhowmick in India and Bhrikuti Rai in Nepal, to tell the story of Tal and Amir. The two are an Israeli couple who went to Nepal to pick up their three babies from two surrogates and then discovered that the transaction is not as straightforward as they’d believed. The journey is further complicated by the terrible earthquake that struck Nepal during the weeks that Tal and Amir were living there, learning to care for their infants. Here’s how it all went down. Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and by signing up for our newsletter at israelstory.org/newsletter/. For more, head to our site or Tablet Magazine.

In this episode of 92Y Talks, astrophysicist, cosmologist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses black holes and other cosmic quandaries. The conversation, moderated by NPR science correspondent Robert Krulwich for the Giants of Science series, was recorded in front of a live audience on February 1, 2007 at New York's 92nd Street Y.

Curiosity. Obsessions. Serial. Hermaphroditic snails. The “shape” of a radio show. When you sit down with Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, creators and cohosts of the innovative, hugely popular podcast Radiolab, you never know where the conversation will lead. As millions of listeners know, Abumrad and Krulwich regularly blur the boundaries between storytelling, science, and philosophy in their sound-rich show, which airs on more than 450 NPR stations around the country. Hold That Thought’s Claire Navarro and Rebecca King were thrilled to meet and interview both Abumrad and Krulwich earlier this year, when the duo visited Washington University in St. Louis as the culmination of a week-long celebration of curiosity and the liberal arts.

Radiolab, a radio show and podcast hosted by Jad Ambumrad and Robert Krulwich, is a huge influence on the Agent of H.E.LM. Like radiolab, each week we dive into a different subject, from time travel to mortality to comic book conventions. This week host Lorenzo takes on Radiolab itself. Each agent picked an episode and breaks it down. Malik explores "The Bad Show;" McKenna looks at "Time;" Johanna talks "Words;" and Joe grapples with "La Mancha Screwjob." If you haven't listened to Radiolab and/or the Agents of H.E.L.M. before then prepare your mind because-like a sailer during Fleet Week-it's about to be blown.  

Jesse Ventura, a former Navy Seal and fan of Aristophanes' play "The Birds," went into pro wrestling because he loved drama and competition. For Ventura, the political ring seemed like a reasonable next step. But for those in the two-party establishment, his victory in Minnesota's 1998 gubernatorial election came as a total shock. How'd it happen? Nate Silver, the data guru behind FiveThirtyEight.com, has answers. He spoke with Radiolab's own Robert Krulwich about the cause of Ventura's improbable rise. This discussion followed a screening of FiveThirtyEight's short documentary, Shock the World.

Get show via iTunes, direct, or just Huffduff It via our website ♦Featuring Clay (@CWDaly & photography), Ty (@TY09), Dick (@Dick_Daly & DalyBeast.com), and Tosh Polak (@ToshPolak & ToshiroPolak.com, also his a cappella group Singer G) Our 33rd installment: Radiolab No Agenda Cookie-Dough music Daring Fireball … Cybrcast 033: The magic number episodeRead More »

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage.  The best of Ask Roulette year three! Featuring, among many others: W. Kamau Bell, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of Radiolab, John Dickerson of Slate, Jay Smooth, Anna Holmes of Fusion, Rembert Browne of Grantland, Lizzie O'Leary of Marketplace, Chuck Klosterman, Kurt Andersen of Studio 360...and lots more. More podcasts and info about the live show on the website: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Ask Roulette Outro Theme: "Credible Threats" by The One AM Radio

Robert Krulwich is best known these days as the co-host of WNYC's Radiolab, but his career in journalism stretches back decades. From the heady early days of NPR to reporting for CBS and ABC News, Krulwich has broken ground and throughout his career proved a truly distinctive voice in the journalistic landscape. He's also picked up some rather incredible stories along the way... which makes this an interview you won't want to miss. 

This week we talk to Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of the popular WNYC show Radiolab. The guys open up in a fascinating conversation about faith, science and their method of great storytelling. We also go inside the new issue of RELEVANT (featuring Nick Offerman/Ron Swanson on the cover!!!), give Eddie a new segment, unpack another Hot Pocket story (see what we did there?) and recap Tyler’s wedding.

This week we talk to Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of the popular WNYC show Radiolab. The guys open up in a fascinating conversation about faith, science and their method of great storytelling. We also go inside the new issue of RELEVANT (featuring Nick Offerman/Ron Swanson on the cover!!!), give Eddie a new segment, unpack another Hot Pocket story (see what we did there?) and recap Tyler's wedding.

(Episode 320) Brooklyn's oldest opera house is the stage for a new song from special guests They Might Be Giants, and WNYC's Radiolab hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich spar over who has to have the last word.

We know you listen to Radiolab becuase of its fascinating stories and explorations, but also because its hosts, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, have a palpable friendship. In this bonus clip from our upcoming episode, host Ophira Eisenberg talks to them about first impressions, mind-melding, and the one argument that'll never end.  Hear the full episode with VIPs Jad and Robert starting Thursday, June 26th.

A music composer, Jad Abumrad began freelancing in radio when film scoring wasn't scoring high on either the personal fulfillment or financial fronts. NY's flagship public radio station WNYC saw Jad's potential and enabled him to spend a couple years quietly building a radio show to pose philosophical questions about science and its practical applications (and impractical ones). Robert Krulwich came on as a co-host. NPR entered into a joint partnership. With the resources and time, these great minds could create a show that garnered duly deserved praise, like a Peabody Award and MacArthur Genius grant, and a rabid fan base. Today, RadioLab has over 1.8 Million Listeners. In the wonky, truly nerdy radio world, Jad is rockstar. Our interview was taped live at Joe's Pub. If you enjoyed it, please come to the next live taping Wednesday March 5th at 9:30 pm at Joe's Pub. I will also post, for a LIMITED TIME, a glimpse into Jad's editorial process on www.lazarusrising.com.

This hour: a purple hotel, a family who argues over their skin color, a singing rainbow and more. Rainbow Squared by Katie Mingle (Re:sound debut, 2013) The original color palette is of course, the rainbow. And though the rainbow has been appropriated by many over the years, Re:sound producer Katie Mingle will (for better or worse) always associate the rainbow with "the double rainbow guy," Paul Vasquez. Rippin' The Rainbow A New One (excerpt) by Radiolab (Radiolab, 2012) To make sense of the science of color, it turns out that rainbows are the perfect teaching tool. In this excerpt from Radio Lab, Robert Krulwich, Jad Abumrad and researcher Mark Changizi discuss whether color comes from within or without, with help from the Young New Yorkers Chorus. After You Left by Margy Rochlin and Bob Carlson (Unfictional, 2012) For writer Margy Rochlin, the absence of color was the main feature of her ancestral home in Nogales, Arizona. It looked the same for decades... until the day it didn’t. As... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trevor Dann travels to Radiodays Europe 2013 in Berlin where he speaks to BBC Radio 1 Controller Ben Cooper, Radiolab host Robert Krulwich, Radio Futurologist James Cridland, CBC's Managing Director Susan Marjetti, RadioToday’s managing editor Roy Martin and various others including the hosts of Radiodays Europe. The Radio Today Programme with Audioboo is available every Wednesday. A TDC Production for Radio Today. Voiceover - emilychiswell.com Music - Euro Star from ostinatomusic.com

Ask Roulette is turning one year old! Over the last year, we did seven shows at Housing Works Books, with 22 special guests, and (we think) 63 audience members live on stage, asking questions. And all twelve episodes of the Ask Roulette podcast add up to 2:32:20... This supercut features, alongside audience members: Negin Farsad, Brooke Gladstone, Baratunde Thurston, Dan Rollman, Dave Hill, David Carr, Eli Bolin, Robert Krulwich, Kurt Braunohler, AJ Jacobs, Chris Gethard, Starlee Kine Thanks to all of you who attended a show, subscribed to the podcast, or just said hello. If you're in New York City on Wednesday, January 9th, come to our one-year birthday show at Housing Works. More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net Subscribe (please rate and review!) to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-roulette/id527319855 Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette

Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of RadioLab fame stop by Burbank studios.

Kevin Allison from The State joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Las Vegas, Robert Krulwich, bicycle safety, and Kevin's storytelling podcast and newest member of the Maximum Fun podcast family, RISK!.

Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich from Radiolab stop by Burbank studios to talk about science, footwear, and Dr. Steve Brule.

Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions on stage. This excerpt is from our August event at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, and features Robert Krulwich of Radiolab and several audience members. Topics covered: Crying, Aliens vs. God, Truth, and Killer Time Travel More information about Ask Roulette, including future events: www.askroulette.net  Follow us Twitter.com/askroulette | Facebook.com/AskRoulette Music: Cot Dam by Clipse | Credible Threats by One AM Radio

Robert Krulwich's stories are always ear-catching and dramatic whether they're on radio, television, or in person at conferences. He practically forces you to want to know what happens next. How the heck does he do that?! I asked him.

SUMMARYEver eaten golden catheads for breakfast? Yum! A listener shares this Southern term for big, fluffy biscuits. Also, how did people greet each other before "hello" became a standard greeting of choice? What does it mean if someone's fair to middling? How do you pronounce the word bury? Is the phrase whether or not redundant? Should we use try to or try and? And if Sam and them are coming, who exactly is "them"? Plus, Grant and Martha share some classic riddles, and Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a game of animal name mash-ups.FULL DETAILSWhat happens when you throw a yellow rock into a purple stream? It splashes. (Ba-dump-bum.) Grant and Martha share this and other favorite riddles, some with deceptively obvious answers.Why do we pronounce bury like berry and not jury? The word originates in the Old English term byrgan, and the pronunciation apparently evolved differently in different parts of England. Grant explains why many terms go mispronounced if we read things without hearing them out loud.What do you say when you answer the telephone? On the NPR science blog, "Krulwich Wonders," Robert Krulwich notes that hello did not become a standard greeting until the mid-19th Century, when the Edison Company recommended the word as a proper phone greeting. Before that, English speakers used a variety of phrases depending on the circumstance, from hail to how are you? One thing's certain: If we'd followed Alexander Graham Bell's recommendation, we'd all be greeting each other with "Ahoy!" http://n.pr/gscLCAA riddle, a riddle, I suppose, a thousand eyes and never a nose. Nothing shakes up the dinner table conversation like a good potato riddle!Greg Pliska, musical director for the Broadway show War Horse and our very own Quiz Guy, has a puzzle about Animal Hybrid Phrases combining two common expressions involving animals. For example, what do you get when stuffed animal stocks go down? A Teddy Bear Market.Here's a link to Greg's musical bio on the Lincoln Center website:http://bit.ly/gt9h84Ever had golden catheads for breakfast? A native of Tennessee wonders about the origin of this term meaning "biscuit"--specifically, ones that are light, fluffy, and about the size of, well, a cat's head. Martha explains how the names of many foods derive from their resemblance to other things--a head of cabbage, for example.A listener has spent the last 30 years looking for the origin of the playful phrase "you're the berries." This affectionate expression first appears in literature in the 1908 book Sorrows of a Showgirl, then made its way into popular slang by the 1920s. However, it seems to disappear during the next decade, and it remains only as a relic heard in the vernacular of those who lived during the era. http://bit.ly/gyF9TVShould we use try and or try to? Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage says it's grammatically permissible to try and go to the store, or to ask someone to try and speak up. However, a fan of formality ought to stick with try to. Still, Grant warns against trying to force logic on the English language by creating rules that don't exist.http://bit.ly/cQrxPxhttp://bit.ly/eydxnNWhoever makes it tells it not. Whoever takes it knows it not. Whoever knows it wants it not. What is it? Martha shares this old riddle.The question of how children acquire language has long intrigued parents and scholars.  MIT cognitive scientist Deb Roy recently found a novel way to study what he calls "word birth."  He wired his home with cameras and microphones, and recorded his infant son's every utterance as he grew into toddlerhood. He then combined the 90,000 hours of video and 140,000 hours of audio into some astonishing montages. Dr. Roy shared his findings at a TED conference.http://bit.ly/eaKVBSMore visuals and audio from the study in this article from Fast Company:http://bit.ly/hOOf3ZIf you're fair to middling, you're doing just fine. A native of the Tennessee mountains wonders about the origin of this phrase her good-humored grandfather used. As it turns out, fair to middling was one of the many gradations a farmer would hear in the 19th Century when they'd bring in their crop--usually cotton-- to be priced and purchased. Is the phrase whether or not redundant? Well, take this sentence: "Whether or not you like it, Martha is dressing as a ballerina." Would that sound right without the or not? Now, the or not is technically redundant, but depending on the case, it's best to pick the wording that won't distract the reader or listener. http://bit.ly/91hA3JOnly the grass dies when elephants fight. This Liberian proverb is a reminder that it's the powerless who suffer when governments or factions fight. If Sam and them are going to be here after while, can the "and them" mean just one additional person? In some parts of the country, it could be Sam's wife, or Sam's entire softball team. A listener from Texas shares this charming colloquialism. What goes 99, clump? If you woke up at night and scratched your head, what time would it be? Grant has the answers to those riddles.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2011, Wayword LLC.

Robert Krulwich discusses his unlikely rise as a reporter covering the Watergate hearings, his adventures in science and business reporting and his ongoing search for great stories that are hidden in plain sight.

Luke is on his way to NYC, but not before he ponders a questionable idea for his friend's wedding toast. Plus, a special replay of 2009's conversation with Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad of Radio Lab.

What happens when Dr. Biology sits down to talk with science reporter Robert Krulwich? He learns why the reporter is one of the best at communicating complex subjects. Listen as the two talk about the craft of radio, film, and new media formats.

Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich are the hosts of the public radio program RadioLab. It's a boldly artful show about big ideas, seen largely through the lens of science. The program's aesthetic combines Krulwich's extensive reportorial background with Abumrad's history as an experimental radio producer and music composer. (If you got a partial download of this show last week, delete that file and re-download.)