Simon Adler

Senior Producer, Radiolab

Simon Adler appears in the following:

La Mancha Screwjob

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

This episode we pierce the Spandexed heart of professional wrestling, and travel 400 years into the past to walk the line between reality and fantasy.

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The Montreal Screwjob

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Known as the Montreal screwjob, it ushered the real world into the scripted spectacle of professional wrestling. 

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The Real Don Quixote

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Everybody’s heard of the book Don Quixote, but we had no idea how totally insane—and how stirringly modern—Miguel Cervante’s masterpiece really was.

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How Do You Put a Price Tag On Nature?

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

What happens when humans figure out a cheaper, better way to do something that nature had been doing for eons? 

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Worth

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

We’ve gathered a handful of stories that show how every time we think we’ve settled on a price for something, it slips out of our grasp. 

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Containing Disease Like They Did in This Video Game

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Governments need to be able to predict how outbreaks spread and grow. But that's not so easy. Here's how one bizarre and totally accidental video game incident made the modeling smarter.

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