Radiolab is a radio program broadcast on public radio stations in the United States produced by WNYC. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, each hour-long show focuses on a topic of a scientific and philosophical nature, through stories, interviews, and thought experiments.
The show’s current format is oriented around a roughly biweekly podcast. For a few years, Radiolab featured a full-length, hour-long episode every six weeks (announced by the show’s hosts as “Radiolab: The Podcast”), with two shorter pieces (known as “shorts”) appearing in-between. Many of these shorter pieces would later be packaged into full-length episodes not released on the show’s podcast feed, but available through Radiolab’s website. In recent years, Radiolab has de-standardized its podcast format, with full-length episodes being compiled almost entirely from previously-released podcast shorts. The program airs in syndication to over 450 NPR affiliates around the country.
Radiolab’s first nine seasons (February 2005-April 2011) consisted of five episodes each. Subsequent seasons have contained between nine and ten episodes. Season 15 is currently airing.
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