Matt Kielty

Senior Producer, Radiolab

Matt started at Radiolab as an intern. Now he works here as a Senior Producer. Around and in-between those two things, he lived in Minnesota, attended school in Arizona, tried to find himself, lived in Washington D.C., learned radio from Rob Rosenthal at the Salt Institute for Documentaries Studies, hung around This American Life, was awarded the Above the Fray fellowship to report in Uganda, and had a metal plate screwed into his wrist. 

Matt Kielty appears in the following:

Staph Retreat

Friday, March 08, 2024

In the war on devilish microbes, our weapons are starting to fail us. What if the only way forward is backward?

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Zeroworld

Friday, December 29, 2023

In mathematics you’re allowed to do everything, for the most part, except for this.
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The Interstitium

Friday, November 17, 2023

A human body part hiding in plain sight—and the mysteries it might help us solve.
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Border Trilogy Part 1: Hole in the Fence

Friday, October 13, 2023

An anthropologist finds something macabre in the desert. High schoolers challenge the Border Patrol. Part One of our Border Trilogy.
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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?
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Born This Way?

Friday, September 08, 2023

The origin, rise, and uncertain future of an unraveling belief.
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Man Against Horse

Friday, July 07, 2023

How butts make us human.
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The Cataclysm Sentence

Friday, June 30, 2023

What’s the one thing you’d pass on if we all disappeared tomorrow?
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The Flight Before Christmas

Friday, December 23, 2022

Tales of the endurance test that is flying on a commercial airliner with your fellow human.
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The Gatekeeper

Friday, July 15, 2022

How a U.S. Supreme Court decision made judges the ultimate gatekeepers of what makes good science in the courtroom.
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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?
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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?
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Life in a Barrel

Friday, March 04, 2022

This week, we flip the Disney story of life on it’s head thanks to a barrel of seawater, a 1970s era computer, and underwater geyser. It’s the chaos of life.
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BONUS: Museum of Failure

Friday, December 31, 2021

What is a flop you ask? In case you want a little more clarity, senior producer Matt Kielty made this definition.
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Flop Off

Friday, December 31, 2021

This year was a flop. Here at Radiolab we wanted to flip that flop, so we dredged up the most mortifying, most cringeworthy, most gravity-defying flops as a Flop Off to 2021.
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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.
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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. 
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60 Words, 20 Years

Friday, September 10, 2021

It’s been 20 years since 9/11. We bring you a story about the 60 words that ushered in everything that came after.
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Breath

Friday, June 11, 2021

Stories of first ones, last ones, and a whole bunch in between. 
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Escapescape

Thursday, March 18, 2021

To ease the claustrophobia of our locked-down lives, we put out the call to listeners to take us to their secret escape spots. What rolled in was a mesmerizing journey around the planet.
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