Simon Adler

Senior Producer, Radiolab

Simon Adler appears in the following:

G: Unnatural Selection

Monday, June 03, 2019

A scientist launches a controversial genetic test for intelligence: what does it really tell us?
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Bit Flip

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

What do a hacked Belgian election, a falling airplane and a fleet of runaway cars all have in common? The answer just might lie in the stars.
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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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Asking for a Friend

Thursday, February 28, 2019

This might be a stupid question, but...
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Apologetical

Friday, December 21, 2018

When someone hurts you, what do you really want from them? From the Canadian House of Commons to a California hospital, we go looking for the right way to say you’re sorry.  
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Tweak the Vote

Monday, November 05, 2018

On the eve of the midterm elections, we look at one tweak to voting that could help bring democracy back from the brink …
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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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Post No Evil

Friday, August 17, 2018

Breastfeeding, beheadings and bombings, Facebook has rules to handle them all. Today, we explore those rules and ask what they tell us about the future of free speech.  
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More or Less Human

Thursday, May 17, 2018

As the line between technology and humanity becomes blurrier, we wonder, are we becoming more or less human? 
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The Curious Case of the Russian Flash Mob at the West Palm Beach Cheesecake Factory

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

When Robert Mueller released his indictment a few days ago, alleging that 13 Russian nationals colluded to disrupt the 2016 elections, we had a lot of questions.
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Bigger Little Questions

Friday, December 22, 2017

Today, we're back with Part 2 of our questions episodes. This time, we're chasing down answers to some bigger, little questions.  
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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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Stereothreat

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Today, we look back at a story we ran almost a decade ago, run into an unfolding upheaval in the field of social psychology, and wonder what might happen to one of our favorite ideas.
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Father K

Thursday, October 12, 2017

What happens when a Palestinian American Lutheran minister runs for office in one of the most divided and most conservative neighborhoods in all of New York City?
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An Outsider Tries to Crash the Democratic Party

Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Father Khader El-Yateem is a Palestinian Christian trying to become the first Arab-American member of the New York City Council. 

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The Handshake Experiment

Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson and microbiome science help answer this question: when we touch greatness, how much of it stays with us?

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Funky Hand Jive

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Neil Degrasse Tyson and some new microbiome science help answer the question: when we touch greatness how much of it stays with us?
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Stranger in Paradise

Friday, January 27, 2017

Today we travel from the storage rooms of the Smithsonian to the sandy beaches of Guadeloupe, chasing the tale of one trash can tipping raccoon. 
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Playing God: The Broadcast

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god?

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Playing God

Sunday, August 21, 2016

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god?
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