Radiolab is a cutting-edge show about curiosity, produced in New York at WNYC, and heard on over 300 radio stations across the country. Radiolab uses state-of-art sound design, mind-bending story-telling, and a sense of humor to ask big questions and blur the boundaries between science, philosophy, and human experience.
This live, theatrical preview of an upcoming Radiolab episode will examine the notion of symmetry, puzzling at its power everywhere from human relationships to physics and chemistry. Radiolab hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich take you on a trip to diverse destinations, including ancient Greece, the very beginning of the universe, a brain-scanning fMRI machines at Princeton University, and the oval office in the 1970's. The evening is scored live by Zoe Keating, whose evocatively layered cello performance perfectly illuminates the ideas explored by Radiolab's hosts.
The son of a scientist and a doctor, Jad Abumrad studied creative writing and music composition at Oberlin College. Abumrad has written music for films, and reported and produced documentaries for a variety of local and nation public radio programs, includingOn The Media, PRI's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and WNYC's 24 Hours at the Edge of Ground Zero.
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NPR Science Correspondent Robert Krulwich joins Jad Abumrad in studio as co-host of Radiolab, his specialty being explaining complex subjects - science, technology, economics - in a clear, compelling and entertaining style. A Special Correspondent forABC News, Krulwich appears appears regularly on Nightline and other news programs, including ABC News Tonight and Good Morning America.
Zoe Keating uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling musics. As a cellist and arranger, Zoe has worked with a wide range of artists, including Imogean Heap, Mark Isham, Curt Smith, Amanda Palmer, DJ Shadow, Rasputina, Pomplamoose and Paolo Nutini.