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?
Zeroworld
Friday, December 29, 2023
In mathematics you’re allowed to do everything, for the most part, except for this.
The Interstitium
Friday, November 17, 2023
A human body part hiding in plain sight—and the mysteries it might help us solve.
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.
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?
Born This Way?
Friday, September 08, 2023
The origin, rise, and uncertain future of an unraveling belief.
The Cataclysm Sentence
Friday, June 30, 2023
What’s the one thing you’d pass on if we all disappeared tomorrow?
The Flight Before Christmas
Friday, December 23, 2022
Tales of the endurance test that is flying on a commercial airliner with your fellow human.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Breath
Friday, June 11, 2021
Stories of first ones, last ones, and a whole bunch in between.
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.