Radiolab is a radio program broadcast on public radio stations in the United States produced by WNYC

WNYC

WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...

. Hosted by Jad Abumrad

Jad Abumrad

Jad Abumrad is a Lebanese-American radio host and producer. He has reported and produced documentaries for a number of local and National Public Radio programs, including On the Media, PRI's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Democracy Now!, and WNYC's "24...

 and Robert Krulwich

Robert Krulwich

Robert Krulwich is an American radio and television journalist whose specialty is explaining complex topics in depth. He has worked as a full-time employee of ABC, CBS, National Public Radio, and Pacifica. He has done assignment pieces for ABC's Nightline and World News Tonight, as well as PBS's...

, each hour-long show focuses on a topic of a scientific and philosophical nature, through stories, interviews, and thought experiment

Thought experiment

A thought experiment or Gedankenexperiment considers some hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences...

s. The show's current format is oriented around a biweekly podcast

Podcast

A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...

, with a full-length episode appearing between two "Shorts" of varied lengths. Each season comprises four full-length podcasts, plus a fifth one compiling some of the previously released Radiolab Shorts made available on the show's website. The program also airs in syndication to various NPR

NPR

NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...

 affiliates around the country.

Prior to Season One

Before the idea for a show featuring Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, which did not emerge until November 2003, Abumrad produced radio documentaries that featured himself and others. Some of this material has been re-packaged and broadcast under the Radiolab banner.

2002

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