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:
The First Known Earthly Voice
Friday, May 09, 2025
How song can be key to survival, whether you're a cricket or a human.
Growth
Friday, March 14, 2025
The mysterious, awe-inspiring and sometimes uncontrollable forces that make things get big.
Nukes
Friday, January 24, 2025
A look up and down the US nuclear chain of command to find out who gets to authorize their use and who can stand in the way of Armageddon.
Smarty Plants
Friday, January 10, 2025
Do you really need a brain to sense the world around you? To remember? Or even learn? Well, it depends on who you ask.
Match Made in Marrow
Friday, January 03, 2025
If you donate bone marrow, you might save a life… or you might land a starring role in the greatest story ever told.
The Broadcast: A Little Pompeiian Fish Sauce Goes A Long Way
Friday, November 22, 2024
Today we follow a sleuth who has spent over a decade working to solve an epic mystery hiding in plain historical sight: did anyone survive the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD?
Octomom
Friday, September 27, 2024
A mile under the ocean, we get to watch an octopus perform a heroic act of heart and determination.
A Little Pompeiian Fish Sauce Goes a Long Way
Friday, September 20, 2024
The coldest of cold cases about a red hot explosion.
Big Little Questions
Friday, August 30, 2024
Here at the show, we get A LOT of questions—tiny questions, big questions, weird questions, poop questions. Today, we’re dumping the bucket out.
Lose Lose
Friday, July 19, 2024
This episode we look at a high-profile sporting event where, thanks to a quirk in the tournament rules, the best shot at winning was … to lose.
Birdie in the Cage
Friday, June 21, 2024
Can you fit the identity of a whole nation into a dance? Of course not. But we tried anyway.
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?
Ripples in Space
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
Today, two of the strangest things ever to hit planet Earth. Maybe.
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.
