Radiolab
WNYC Studios
Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Radiolab podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The land of open graves
Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail
Jason De León
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
How Far the Light Reaches
Sabrina Imbler
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Death Interrupted
How Modern Medicine is Complicating the Way We Die
Blair Bigham
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Oliver Sacks
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Butts
A Backstory
Heather Radke
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Whales of the Southern Ocean
Yuri Mikhalev
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Dinner with King Tut, How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
Sam Kean
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Jaws
Peter Benchley
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Notes on Complexity, a Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
Neil Theise
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
Paul Hoffman
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Born This Way
Joanna Wuest
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Birch Bayh
Making a Difference
Robert Blaemire
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Distance of the Moon
Italo Calvino
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Huangdi Neijing
The Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor
Anonymous
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The violinist's thumb
Sam Kean
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
Alexander Keyssar
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Butts, a Backstory
Heather Radke
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
In the Land of Invented Languages
Arika Okrent
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
Sam Kean
