Pat started out at the show in 2010 as a production assistant, became a producer, and spent about five years on staff making stories about all kinds of things, from a brain tumor that may have turned a man into a pedophile to the greatest comeback in the history of basketball to the reason 90 percent of humanity is right handed. He left for a few years to edit Pop-Up Magazine, the world’s first “live magazine;” host a podcast at Gimlet Media called Undone; and help create the Peabody Award-winning podcast Uncivil with Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika. Pat’s delighted to be back at his radio birthplace.
Pat Walters appears in the following:
The Moon Itself
Friday, April 05, 2024
There’s a total solar eclipse coming. On Monday, April 8, for a large swath of North America, the sun will disappear, in the middle of the day. Everywhere you look, people are talking...
G: The World's Smartest Animal
Friday, February 16, 2024
What’s the smartest animal in the world? We figure it out the best way we know how ... an animal game show.
G: Relative Genius
Friday, February 02, 2024
When Albert Einstein died, someone stole his brain — and kicked off a scavenger hunt for the origin of genius.
Escape
Friday, August 05, 2022
Whether to defy death or just to slip out of an awkward situation, we all need to sneak away now and again. Here’s your escape!
Neanderthal's Revenge
Friday, June 10, 2022
A tale of guts, genes, and gratitude. Also, watching videos on your phone while on the toilet.
Inheritance
Friday, April 01, 2022
Is our genetic fate sealed the moment we're born? Or can we change the future spelled out by our DNA?
The Right Stuff
Friday, March 25, 2022
We’re sending more and more people to space every year. But are we sending the right ones?
The Dirty Drug and the Ice Cream Tub
Friday, May 21, 2021
This episode, a tale of a wonder drug that will make you wonder about way more than just drugs.
Brown Box
Thursday, May 13, 2021
It used to be, when you ordered something on the Internet, you waited a week for it to show up. How is this Internet voodoo possible?
Sight Unseen
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
We try to contain the stream of photos coming at us in the last week and ask a question about an image that few of us get to see: a soldier fatally wounded on the battlefield.
A Terrible Covid Christmas Special
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
A terrible Christmas special befitting a terrible year.
Dispatch 13: Challenge Trials
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Would you volunteer to get infected with COVID-19 to save someone’s life? Thousands of people already have.
Bloc Party
Monday, November 02, 2020
Who are the soccer moms of the 2020 election? We set out to find them.
No Special Duty
Friday, October 02, 2020
A look at what happens when the police don’t do the one thing you expect them to.
Insomnia Line
Friday, September 25, 2020
It’s the dead of night, you’re wide awake. And you’re not alone. So we put a phone number on twitter, and spent all night talking to the sleepless among us.
Invisible Allies
Thursday, July 30, 2020
From the brightest star, to the most elemental particle, scientists are considering strange solutions for covid-19.
Dispatches from 1918
Friday, July 17, 2020
Thinking about our future, we look back on the aftermath of a century-old pandemic.
Why Fish Don't Exist
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
A conversation with Lulu Miller about chaos, science, and her new book, Why Fish Don’t Exist.
