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 20, 2026
What happens when you combine an axe-wielding microbiologist and a disease-obsessed historian?
You and Me and Mr. Self-Esteem
Friday, January 23, 2026
Most of us spend some part of our lives feeling bad about ourselves and wanting to feel better. But this preoccupation is a surprisingly new one in the history of the world.
The Punchline
Friday, January 16, 2026
One of the worst players in the NHL gets voted into the All-Star Game.
Screaming Into the Void
Friday, September 05, 2025
A live show from the edge of New York City … and the world.
Growth
Friday, March 14, 2025
The mysterious, awe-inspiring and sometimes uncontrollable forces that make things get big.
Probing Where the Sun Does Shine: A Holiday Special
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
A holiday tour to our neighborhood star and an ocean in space.
The Unpopular Vote
Friday, October 25, 2024
The closest we ever came to abolishing the electoral college and why we probably never will.
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.
Human vs Horse
Thursday, August 08, 2024
The Summer Olympics are in full swing. Humans are racing against other humans from all across the globe. But you know the one race they don’t have? The one where a human competes agai...
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.
The Alford Plea
Friday, June 28, 2024
In 1995, a tragic fire in Pittsburgh set off a decades-long investigation that sent Greg Brown Jr. to prison. But, after a series of remarkable twists, Brown found himself contemplati...
Small Potatoes
Friday, April 19, 2024
An ode to the small, the banal, the overlooked things that make up the fabric of our lives.
The Moon Itself
Friday, April 05, 2024
There’s a total solar eclipse coming. On Monday, April 8, for a large swath of North America, the sun will disappear, in the middle of the day. Everywhere you look, people are talking...
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.
