Lulu Miller appears in the following:
Brooke speaks with Lulu Miller about her new book, "Why Fish Don't Exist"
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
The story of a long-heralded, lately-demoted taxonomist of fish and then, notoriously, people.
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.
Falling
Thursday, September 17, 2020
We plunge into a black hole, take a trip over Niagara Falls, and upend some myths about falling cats.
Lulu Miller on 'Why Fish Don't Exist'
Friday, April 17, 2020
Lulu Miller, Peabody Award–winning science reporter and co-founder of NPR’s Invisibilia, discusses her book, Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life.
Opossums, Hydras And Hummingbirds: What We're Learning About Aging From Animals
Monday, April 06, 2020
Some animals live longer than they should for their size. Some have shorter lives. And others don't appear to age at all.
'Invisibilia': Tiny Creature Revolutionizes Our Understanding Of Life
Monday, April 06, 2020
From NPR's podcast Invisibilia, the story of a tiny aquatic creature called the Hydra that could provide a clue to staving off some major diseases of aging.
The L Word is Back
Monday, January 13, 2020
A decade after The L Word ended, The L Word: Generation Q is finally here, so this week we're revisiting the time Kathy watched the original series.
It's Mother Fudging BD Wong!
Monday, January 06, 2020
Consider this episode a gift to start your 2020 off RIGHT: It’s our conversation with the one-and-only BD Wong. Dreams do come true.
Chani Nicholas + Joel Kim Booster
Monday, December 30, 2019
Our holiday gift to you: Chani Nicholas and Joel Kim Booster (our conversation with them, that is, not the actual people...though we wish we could)!
What's Left When You're Right?
Thursday, September 05, 2019
From the stage to the cage, a series of showdowns that leave us wondering about the price of being right ... or coming from the left.
Are Humans Biologically Programmed To Fear What They Don't Understand?
Thursday, April 05, 2018
In a world increasingly drawn to the black-and-white of defined categories, Allie n Steve Mullen has found living in between those categories to be invigorating. They switch between male and female throughout each day, based on their activities.
Can You Psych Yourself Into Running A 4-Minute Mile?
Thursday, June 23, 2016
NPR's Lulu Miller tells the story of one runner who always believed he could break the four-minute mile. Then a terrible accident made him question if he would ever be the same runner.
Can A Computer Change The Essence Of Who You Are?
Friday, February 13, 2015
The latest episode of NPR's Invisibilia takes us online. Some people think interacting with these machines is changing us all — for better and worse.
Being With People Like You Offers Comfort Against Death's Chill
Friday, February 06, 2015
Iggy Ignatius bet that immigrants from India would long to live with other Indians in his Florida condos. He was right. Psychologists say intimations of mortality make us want to be with our own kind.
A Blind Woman Gains New Freedom, Click By Click By Click
Friday, January 23, 2015
Blind since birth, Julee-anne Bell learned to get by better on her own with echolocation, a method explored in this week's Invisibilia. But along the way, she found that independence came with costs.
Trapped In His Body For 12 Years, A Man Breaks Free
Friday, January 09, 2015
Martin Pistorius spent more than a decade unable to move or communicate, fearing he would be alone, trapped, forever. NPR's new show Invisibilia tells how his mind helped him create a new life.
The Blind Woman Who Sees Rain, But Not Her Daughter's Smile
Monday, May 26, 2014
When Milena Channing was 29 years old she was blinded by a stroke. But the injury left her with connections from her eyes to the part of the brain that detects motion.
Contagious Aphrodisiac? Virus Makes Crickets Have More Sex
Thursday, May 01, 2014
Researchers have stumbled upon a virus that makes crickets horny before it kills them. Inducing your host to mate more is a great way for a virus to spread its own genes.
