Pat Walters

Senior Editor, Radiolab

Pat Walters appears in the following:

Virtual Reality Starts Getting Real

Thursday, December 03, 2015

Virtual reality is finally here. What will that mean for the future of storytelling?

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To See Or Not To See

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Should the last moments of life be captured, seen, and shared? This hour, we ask that question from three very different perspectives.

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3 Questions

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

What do the world's fastest runners, New York City's poop and quicksand have in common? We're not sure either.

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Poop Train

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Ever wonder what happens to all of New York City's poop? So did we.

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What's Right When You're Left?

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

What's right when you're left?

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Heimlich's Maneuver

Thursday, October 31, 2013

In the 1970s, choking became national news.

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Of Men and Myths

Thursday, October 31, 2013

A hat that goes viral, an idea that gives birth to computer science, and a life-saving maneuver.

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Poop Train

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

We decided to pay a visit to the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant to solve the mystery of what happens to poop in New York City.
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Blame

Thursday, September 12, 2013

We've all felt it, that irresistible urge to point the finger. But why do we need blame and how is new technology complicating accountability? 

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Fault Line

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Fault Line

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Inner Voices

Thursday, June 27, 2013

How the voices in our heads shape us—for better and for worse.

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An Illustrated History of Heimlich

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Check out a timeline of key moments in the history of the Heimlich maneuver, plus a list of celebrities who've been Heimliched.
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The Man Behind the Maneuver

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

In the 1970s, choking became national news: thousands were choking to death, leading to more accidental deaths than guns. 
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Inheritance

Monday, November 19, 2012

Stories of nature and nurture slamming into each other and shaping our biological blueprints.

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What If There Was No Destiny?

Monday, November 19, 2012

When Barbara Harris was 37, she started wishing she could have a daughter.

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Yellow Rain

Monday, September 24, 2012

Producer Pat Walters brings us a detective story from the Cold War.

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Grumpy Old Terrorists

Monday, June 04, 2012

Things can get really murky when you try to fix a clear line between empty threats and concrete criminal plans.
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Crossroads Music

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

We discovered a ton of amazing music while putting together our story about the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson (which you can hear in our show The Power of Music). Check out the l...
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The Great Escape Artist

Monday, February 20, 2012

Can a legendary escape artist—a folk hero who's broken out of jail more times than anyone else alive—break the cycle of running and getting caught?

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Escape!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Stories about traps and getaways ... about getting stuck, and breaking free.

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