Pat Walters

Senior Editor, Radiolab

Pat Walters appears in the following:

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.

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G: The Miseducation of Larry P

Friday, June 07, 2019

More than a million American kids a year get IQ tested, but in the state of California, if your kid is Black, they almost surely won’t be given one.
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G: Problem Space

Thursday, June 06, 2019

Can IQ tests ever be used ... for good? This episode, we meet a few people who think they can be.
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G: Relative Genius

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

When Albert Einstein died, someone stole his brain — and kicked off a scavenger hunt for genius that won’t seem to let us go.
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G: Unfit

Tuesday, June 04, 2019

A journey to one of the darkest sides of humanity’s attempts to measure the human mind and put people in boxes.
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G: The World's Smartest Animal

Sunday, June 02, 2019

What’s the smartest animal in the world? We figure it out the best way we know how... an animal game show.
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Asking for Another Friend

Thursday, March 07, 2019

Parasitic genes, public poop, and the eerie sound of a subway train. What is ... the answer to your stupid question?
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Breaking Bad News Bears

Friday, September 28, 2018

We decided to shake things up at the show...bear with us.
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Rippin’ the Rainbow an Even Newer One

Thursday, March 15, 2018

The creature with the world’s most complex visual system seems to be terrible at telling colors apart.
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Saving Animals

Wednesday, December 06, 2017

One place you absolutely, positively do not want to be if you're a healthy, middle-aged American lobster: trapped in a suburban grocery store in western Pennsylvania. 

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Revising the Fault Line

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

A fresh look at how, why, and who we blame. 
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Threat Level

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

When should we consider someone a threat?

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Virtual Reality Starts Getting Real

Thursday, December 03, 2015

Virtual reality is finally here. What will that mean for the future of storytelling?

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To See Or Not To See

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Should the last moments of life be captured, seen, and shared? This hour, we ask that question from three very different perspectives.

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3 Questions

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

What do the world's fastest runners, New York City's poop and quicksand have in common? We're not sure either.

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Poop Train

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Ever wonder what happens to all of New York City's poop? So did we.

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What's Right When You're Left?

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

What's right when you're left?

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The Power of Music

Thursday, November 28, 2013

The physical and psychological power of music... from a Disco hit that saves lives, to Beethoven's drive to push listeners to the brink.  

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Of Men and Myths

Thursday, October 31, 2013

A hat that goes viral, an idea that gives birth to computer science, and a life-saving maneuver.

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Heimlich's Maneuver

Thursday, October 31, 2013

In the 1970s, choking became national news.

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