Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Science
Radiolab
by WNYC Studios
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| Date | Spotify | Pocket Casts |
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| Oct 1 | #144 | #3 |
About the show
Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
Latest episodes
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Grass Apes
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The Sweetest Thing
September 18, 2026 · 31 min“What is the sweetest thing in the world?” After co-host Latif Nasser’s sons ask him this deceptively simple question, he goes on a quest to find it. Is it a West African Katemfe berry? Or an industrial sugar substitute cooked up in a lab?…
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23 Weeks 6 Days
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60 Words
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Dolly Parton's America: Sad Ass Songs
August 28, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minThe world lost a legend recently, and we wanted in some small way to pay tribute to the great Dolly Parton. So we’re playing you an episode from a series we had a small part in back in 2017, Dolly Parton’s America. The series kicked off…
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Patient Zero
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Nigel and the Real Gannet
August 14, 2026 · 26 minIn 2016, Chris Bell, a ranger with New Zealand’s Department of Conservation, was the sole human inhabitant of a small island off the west coast of the country, called Mana Island. He was there to take care of the island’s fragile and…
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Red Herring
August 7, 2026 · 36 minIt was the early '80s, the height of the Cold War, when something strange began happening off the coast of Sweden. The navy reported a mysterious sound deep below the surface of the ocean. Again, and again, and again they would hear it…