This podcast stands out as pretty much constantly astounding. As someone who writes about science for a living, the 'scientific' concepts here are rendered in an enviably fascinating and pretty much idiot-proof way. It's a testament to the skills of the hosts in their use of the audio format that they can cruise through really complex stuff and give the ordinary listener entertainment and learning in a single scoop. This is the best. Now if they would only get season one on itunes....

What can I say? It’s a winner! Lastly, I understand the acknowledgement for agendered people comes from compassion. NYC is a great place with great people, it’s not a stretch to imagine friends and colleagues that don’t adhere to genders who also plan families. But also know, to the rest of us in other parts of the country, that acknowledgment sounds flatly ridiculous, if only because it makes people seem very fragile and offended by default. It destroys the pacing of the already struggling story. It strains credulity a reasonable person who has borne children would be offended by being called a “mother”, this is a sentence I never imagined I could write. This whole audio clip is like a sound bite that’s going to be played at every MAGA rally and no I’m not happy about it.

Especially helpful in today’s world, Radiolab brings joy, knowledge, and laughter. I start conversations with things I’ve learned. I share it widely to bring a bit of happiness to friends and family!

Best science podcast

When I was in the 7th grade, I had a science teacher who would make us listen to Radio Lab while working on labs in class. The first podcast I ever listen to was The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Listening to this story sent me on a whirlwind. Wanting to learn everything about Lack’s and peaking my interest in other podcast. Since that moment in 2013, I have listened to every radiolab podcast since. Listening to it doing chorus around the farm and now today. Thank you for helping this little boy grow and dream past the tiny town in Oklahoma I called home💛💛💛

The show is great but Lulu’s fake overreaction and goo goo ga ga talk is so annoying. Please stop.

A shell of its former self. Sad to see the decline.

This show has become so tedious to listen to that I can’t even make it through an entire episode lately. Why is every idea posed as some naively-inquisitive thought? Who is the targeted audience for this type of format, K-5? I thought this show had a spin-off for kids—are they getting their shows mixed up? The new hosts—though lovely people, I’m sure—just don’t have the chops to carry this once-great show. Truly a shame…

Longtime obsessed listener with radiolab and LOVE the new radiolab for kids - incredible. Learn, grow, laugh, be in awe, connect— superb. Problem— since the original hosts left, every other week is a re-run and it’s so annoying. It just too much. Your new content is good and it’s slow to come out or is drowned by y’all essentially being an archive show now. Cut back frequency in general? maybe every 4th or 3rd is a re-run? You’re losing us. We love you Love you, much respect

This show never recovered from losing Rob. You could tell Jad's heart wasn't in it afterwards, and the current hosts just read old essays they wrote as undergrads and say 'quantum' a lot. It's a shame.