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It's the End of an Era for Radiolab
Vulture | Nicholas QuahMarch 13, 2019
Radiolab is moving into a radically new era. Earlier today, Jad Abumrad, who created and led the legendary WNYC Studios podcast for almost two decades, announced that he’s stepping away from the show...
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THIS IS HOW I WORK
Wirecutter | Jad AbumradMarch 13, 2019
As the creator of Radiolab, Jad Abumrad is not just responsible for one of the most highly regarded radio shows and podcasts, but for a style of sound design that influenced many of today’s most popular audio shows...
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THE CREATOR OF RADIOLAB, A LAPSED COMPOSER, RETURNS TO MUSIC
New York Times | Joshua BaroneJune 28, 2017
When Jad Abumrad, cohost of the on-air amazingness that is Radiolab, wants to prep a show for broadcast, he uses WNYC’s studio. But he’s most productive when left alone in his home studio...
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MORE PERFECT, A SPINOFF OF RADIOLAB, COMES TO WNYC
New York Times | Joshua BaroneJune 2, 2016
“Radiolab,” the popular and influential documentary podcast from WNYC, began its first spinoff on Thursday with “More Perfect,” a series about untold stories of the Supreme Court....
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SOUND SCIENTIST: INSIDE THE HOME STUDIO OF RADIOLAB’S JAD ABUMRAD
WIRED | Joe BrownFebruary 11, 2014
WHEN JAD ABUMRAD, cohost of the on-air amazingness that is Radiolab, wants to prep a show for broadcast, he uses WNYC’s studio....
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ON ‘RADIOLAB,’ THE SOUND OF SCIENCE
New York Times Magazine | Rob WalkerApril 7th, 2011
Jad Abumrad was talking about “tension” —the tension between the certainty of science and mysteries that inspire wonder; between authenticity and artifice; between a sound that feels carefully constructed and one that feels anarchic and alive.
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Jad Abumrad: Lover Of Sound CNN | The Next ListMay 7th, 2012 A biographic look at "genius" grant winner and radio show host Jad Abumrad of "Radiolab."
228 Minutes With Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich
New York Magazine | Eric BensonJuly 22nd, 2012
I feel like we need to do something for these people,” Jad Abumrad, creator and producer of the hit WNYC show “Radiolab,” says to his co-host, Robert Krulwich, as they sit in the back of a big black SUV.
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Radiolab's Jad Abumrad Tries Something Completely Nuts
Mother Jones | Maddie OatmanJuly/August 2012
Not five minutes after I sit down with Jad Abumrad for chorizo eggs and a cappuccino at a hotel near the University of California-Berkeley campus, he's helping me to digest what his molecular biologist mom does for a living.
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Jad Abumrad: The man who made public radio sexy
Globe And Mail | Susan KrashinskyJanuary 25th, 2012
Jad Abumrad, the most talked-about person in public radio right now, is staring at the culprit to blame for his own exhaustion.On the computer screen in his cramped office at WNYC in New York’s SoHo neighbourhood is a picture of the mix of a recent episode of Radiolab, his nationally syndicated show about science and big ideas.
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Radio That's Close To Filmmaking CNN | The Next ListMay 12th, 2012 Radio host Jad Abumrad describes how his uniquely innovative' show, "Radiolab," is constructed.
Jad Abumrad, Radiolab’s ‘genius’ storyteller, on what public radio needs now: ‘more joy, more chaos
Nieman Journalism Lab | Andrew PhelpsSeptember 21st, 2011
First thing’s first: Jad Abumrad does not know how he will spend half a million dollars, but it’s probably going right into his labor of love, the mind-bending radio show that earned him a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant this week.
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“RADIOLAB” ON STAGE
The New Yorker | Sasha WeissJune 29th, 2012
Why put a radio show onstage? This was the question knocking around my head recently as I slipped in among the milling crowd at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Gillman Opera House waiting to enter “In the Dark,” a live performance of WNYC’s beloved show “Radiolab.”
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'Radiolab' live: Spending an evening 'In the Dark'
USA Today | Whitney MathesonJune 27th, 2012
Radiolab might be the only radio show/podcast where I absolutely can't miss a single episode. It's so good, in fact, that most other shows sound pretty shabby by comparison.
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Review: 'RadioLab' show brings light to the darkness
Salt Lake Tribune | Sean P.MeansApril 6th, 2012
There was an early hint that "RadioLab Live: In the Dark" wasn't going to be your typical theatrical experience: Instead of being handed a program, audience members received a tiny plastic bag containing a hearing-aid battery and an LED lightbulb.
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