Pat Walters

Senior Editor, Radiolab

Pat Walters appears in the following:

Poop Train

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

We decided to pay a visit to the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant to solve the mystery of what happens to poop in New York City.
Read More

Comments [67]

Fault Line

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Fault Line

Comments [17]

Blame

Thursday, September 12, 2013

We've all felt it, that irresistible urge to point the finger. But why do we need blame and how is new technology complicating accountability? 

Comments [113]

Out of Sight

Thursday, August 01, 2013

John Hull and Zoltan Torey are both blind, but they deal with the world in completely different ways.

Comments [3]

Hidden Truths

Thursday, August 01, 2013

Surprising truths hidden in plain sight.

Comments [8]

Inner Voices

Thursday, June 27, 2013

How the voices in our heads shape us—for better and for worse.

Comments [29]

Reasonable Doubt

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

A woman faces her own doubt.

Comments [106]

An Illustrated History of Heimlich

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Check out a timeline of key moments in the history of the Heimlich maneuver, plus a list of celebrities who've been Heimliched.
Read More

Comments [25]

The Man Behind the Maneuver

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

In the 1970s, choking became national news: thousands were choking to death, leading to more accidental deaths than guns. 
Read More

Comments [88]

What If There Was No Destiny?

Monday, November 19, 2012

When Barbara Harris was 37, she started wishing she could have a daughter.

Comments [106]

Inheritance

Monday, November 19, 2012

Stories of nature and nurture slamming into each other and shaping our biological blueprints.

Comments [121]

Seeing in the Dark

Monday, October 22, 2012

While John finds truth in darkness, Zoltan sees an emotional void. And as they argue, they reveal some very powerful truths about how we connect to one another. 
Read More

Comments [46]

The Fact of the Matter

Monday, September 24, 2012

We start with the story of Errol Morris' obsessive search for a straightforward answer about a photograph.

Comments [235]

Secret Skelly

Monday, September 24, 2012

Tim's friend Skelly was a private guy, and his friends didn't push him on the details of his personal life, even when they discovered the little lies he told to impress them.

Comments [16]

Yellow Rain

Monday, September 24, 2012

Producer Pat Walters brings us a detective story from the Cold War.

Comments [451]

Grumpy Old Terrorists

Monday, June 04, 2012

Things can get really murky when you try to fix a clear line between empty threats and concrete criminal plans.
Read More

Comments [55]

Crossroads Music

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

We discovered a ton of amazing music while putting together our story about the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson (which you can hear in our show The Power of Music). Check out the l...
Read More

Comments [28]

Crossroads

Monday, April 16, 2012

In this short, we go looking for the devil, and find ourselves tangled in a web of details surrounding one of the most haunting figures in music.
Read More

Comments [68]

The Great Escape Artist

Monday, February 20, 2012

Can a legendary escape artist—a folk hero who's broken out of jail more times than anyone else alive—break the cycle of running and getting caught?

Comments [46]

Escape!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Stories about traps and getaways ... about getting stuck, and breaking free.

Comments [111]