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....

Love love love the quality of the reporting and the topics! Despite the crew change, the quality is still top notch and I always look forward to seeing what the new episode will be about!

Ot was bad enough when Robert left the show and Jad obviously did not have his all into it anymore. Robert was the realistic anchor to Jad's naïve curiosity. Together, in combination with perfect editing, they let the story become itself. Now you have "producers" acting as hosts, even those of us who are Radiolab plus members are still hammered with requests for more money every single episode. Join the lab, donate 60 extra dollars just to get a poster, hear about the planet that the absolutely annoying voiced Latif can't shut up about. I remain a Radiolab plus member because it's the easiest way to go find old episodes with real hosts. A place where silence was one of the sounds found useful. A place where intelligent conversation happened and I didn't feel like, as other people have stated in their reviews, like I'm being talked to as a grade schooler even though I'm being marketed to constantly. Lulu was a good reporter and had some good articles that she contributed to the original show but is certainly not a host. And Latif has the worst possible voice for radio ever. And he seems to really like himself a lot. Really they're both super into how awesome they think they are and how awesome they think Radiolab is even though they did not make it or make it what it is by any means whatsoever and in fact they ruining it. Please stop begging for money and talking to us we're children. Please get new hosts!!!!!

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!

From the placenta episode where there’s this belabored disclaimer about motherhood. I understand the acknowledgement for agendered people comes from a place of 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.

Tried listening to a podcast on a roadtrip and the constant interjections from the podcasters over those talking had me considering driving off the road. I think in total I lasted 13 minutes in before I chose silence the rest of the way.

I used to adore this podcast. I am very disappointed with how capitalist the most recent episode was. It’s really unclear to me how you could feel okay acting like capitalism does all good things. For example, the example about China is obviously so much more complicated than this episode made it sound.

I rarely if ever write podcast reviews but Radiolab was one of my favorites. Latif is just way too enthusiastic and excited . He makes everything sounds like a revelation. Other reviewers have also mentioned that Lulu sounds like she’s addressing children and that’s the vibe I keep getting from them both. If the story is interesting and the production is good you don’t need to sell it so hard. It gets annoying. It isn’t PBS Saturday morning. Calm down.

I’ve listened to this podcast for years and years, but this particular episode was so off-putting that I couldn’t finish it. Latif, your exaggerated reactions were over the top. Ease up please.

Best science podcast