Annie grew up in Dunrobin, Ontario, headed east for school and ended up in St. John's, Newfoundland. It was there that she fell under the patient mentorship of Chris Brookes at Battery Radio who taught her about sound and tape. She furthered her studies in radio at the Transom Story Workshop and then, under a series of confounding and improbable events, she ended up at Radiolab. She loves it here. When she's not cutting tape she likes to be outside.
Annie McEwen appears in the following:
Poison Control
Friday, September 29, 2023
What can the birth story of an invisible network of poison experts tell us about our relationship to our poisonous planet?
Little Black Holes Everywhere
Friday, July 28, 2023
Today, one of the strangest things ever to hit planet Earth. Maybe.
Family People
Friday, May 19, 2023
Is a name just something you’re stuck with, or the only way to get UNstuck?
New Normal
Friday, December 30, 2022
Maybe “normal” exists. Maybe it doesn’t. Maybe the only “normal” thing is change.
The Weather Report
Friday, October 28, 2022
The story of how one man and one woman changed the weather forever.
Frailmales
Friday, May 13, 2022
This week, we bring you two stories about little guys trying to do big big things.
Hello, My Name Is
Friday, April 29, 2022
This week, we're talking names. They're some of the first labels we get, and they can both reveal and conceal. Do they shape us? Or the other way around?
Forests on Forests
Friday, February 04, 2022
Join us—along with a surprise guest—as we grab a branch, pull ourselves up off the forest floor, and climb through into a secret garden in the sky.
Return of Alpha Gal
Friday, December 10, 2021
Tuck your napkin under your chin. We’re about to serve up a tale of love, loss, and lamb chops - with a side of genetic modification.
Oliver Sipple
Friday, October 01, 2021
In a flash of heroism and humanity, Oliver Sipple saved a life and became something he never wanted to be.
Breath
Friday, June 11, 2021
Stories of first ones, last ones, and a whole bunch in between.
Red Herring
Friday, February 19, 2021
A deep-sea Cold War mystery with subs and bombs and science.
The Ashes on the Lawn
Friday, December 18, 2020
A global pandemic. An afflicted, angry group. A seemingly indifferent government. When nothing seems to work, how do you make change?
How to Win Friends and Influence Baboons
Saturday, October 31, 2020
How important is the way you walk? Well, if you’re a baboon it can flip the entire power structure of your troop on it’s head. At least when it comes to breakfast.
Bringing Gamma Back, Again
Friday, September 11, 2020
What can flashing lights and an eerie reverberating sound do for the brain of someone suffering from Alzheimer’s? We update one of our favorite episodes.
Invisible Allies
Thursday, July 30, 2020
From the brightest star, to the most elemental particle, scientists are considering strange solutions for covid-19.
Baby Blue Blood Drive
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Horseshoe crabs harbor a half-billion-year-old secret: a superpower that helped them outlive the dinosaurs. But it hasn’t just been saving their butts, it’s been saving ours too.
Slippery Mystery
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
From a sound rising from a marsh in South Carolina to the estuaries of New York to the darkest part of the ocean, we go in search of the limits of human knowledge.
Octomom
Friday, May 15, 2020
A mile under the ocean, we get to watch an octopus perform a heroic act of heart and determination.
