7 Targeted Intentions: Radiolab

As Jad Abumrad sees it, journalists are obliged “to not know anything.”
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But in the absence of knowledge, what remains? A methodology for learning, a structure for presenting what has been learned, and a style for presenting that information. This is where Radiolab, the radio program and podcast hosted by Jad and Robert Krulwich, has made its mark: It is a striking combination of a methodology driven by deceptively simple questions, a conversational structure that models the learning process, and a style driven by illustrative and evocative sound design.