Tim Howard appears in the following:
You Are The Judge
Friday, January 17, 2014
As a young man, producer Jesse Cox learned that his grandparents, Sydney and Lesley Piddington, had been enormously popular radio performers of the 1950s.
Black Box
Friday, January 17, 2014
We examine three very different kinds of black boxes—those peculiar spaces where it’s clear what’s going in, we know what’s coming out, but what happens in-between is a mystery.
John McCluskey’s Brain
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
In our Blame episode, we asked whether the condition of a criminal’s brain should lessen the punishment for his crime. Now there’s a headline-making story about this very question.
Known Unknowns
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Stories of trying to chart the unknown by measuring and making sense of things just beyond our grasp.
Plotting a Pain Scale
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Pain is a fundamental part of life, and often a very lonely part. Doctors want to understand their patients' pain, and we all want to understand the suffering of our loved ones. But pinning down another person's hurt is a slippery business. Is your relentless lower back pain more or ...
Sink Your Teeth Into Our Rabies Quiz
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Did you know the phrase "hair of the dog" comes from an old remedy for rabies? Take our rabies quiz for more factoids on the deadly virus.
Rodney Versus Death
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
In the fall of 2004, Jeanna Giese checked into the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin with a set of puzzling symptoms ...
Ally's Choice
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
The complex racial history of two towns in Ohio leads members of the same family to disagree strongly about whether they're black or white.
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Thursday, May 30, 2013
This case puts one little girl at the center of a storm of legal intricacies, Native American tribal culture, and heart-wrenching personal stakes.
Speedthoven
Thursday, February 21, 2013
One blizzardy February afternoon, Jad and a handful of Radiolabbers headed to midtown Manhattan to meet a fleet-fingered string quartet.
Bliss
Monday, December 17, 2012
Stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and Bliss.
Inside "Ouch!"
Monday, August 27, 2012
Pain is a fundamental part of life, but pinning down another person's hurt is a slippery business.
Why Isn't the Sky Blue?
Monday, May 21, 2012
What is the color of honey, and "faces pale with fear?"
The Perfect Yellow
Monday, May 21, 2012
Jad and Robert wonder if maybe they could add to their color palette.
Into the Abyss
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
For our Guts episode, producer Tim Howard bravely headed to Rutgers University to see, feel...and smell...a fistulated cow firsthand. Check out his pictures here.
Escape Artists
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tim Howard shares a couple of great getaway stories (including one that didn't actually work) that caught our attention while we were putting together our Escape! show.
Radiolab Reads: Innocent When You Dream
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Lately the only song I want to hear is "I Don't Want To Grow Up" by Tom Waits.
Radiolab Reads: Cryptonomicon
Monday, July 11, 2011
Cryptonomicon - what a beast! This is a novel that's hard to actually describe but a joy to read.