RADIO
I started working in radio way back in 1999.
In 2001, I created a show called Radiolab. The show has been downloaded over a billion times since, and it's still chugging along and continues to broadcast on over 600 radio stations across the country. I stepped aside from Radiolab in 2022. I continue to tell stories in audio and also teach people how to do it.
Here are a collection of radio stories I've made over the years.
Dolly Parton's America - Episode 5: Neon MossNovember 2019I created this series as a way to understand the place where I grew up. Really proud of this episode.Winner of a 2019 Peabody award.
60 WordsApril 2014This hour pulls apart one sentence, written in the hours after September 11th, 2001, that has led to the longest war in U.S. history. Winner of a 2015 Peabody award.
WordsSeason 6/Episode 1 | June 2009This episode contemplates a world without words.We meet a woman who taught a 27-year old man the first words of his life, hear a firsthand account of what it feels like to have the language center of your brain wiped out by a stroke, and retrace the birth of a brand new language 30yrs ago.
StochasticitySeason 6/Episode 1 | June 2009Stochasticity is a wonderfully slippery and smarty-pants word for randomness, chance. This episode explores all kinds of questions related to chance: What does real randomness look like? What is the mathematical likelihood of a 'miracle'?The first eight minutes, which tell the story of an extraordinarily bizarre coincidence involving two young girls, is one of my favorite passages from the show.
Lost & FoundSeason 9/Episode 2 | January 2011An episode exploring the experience of getting lost and getting found. The first few segments deal with questions around navigating physical space. How is it that our brains make mental maps?The final segment, a love story about a boy rescuing a girl from an unimaginable darkness, is hands down my favorite story we’ve ever aired.