Annie McEwen

Producer, Radiolab

Annie McEwen appears in the following:

How to Win Friends and Influence Baboons

Saturday, October 31, 2020

How important is the way you walk? Well, if you’re a baboon it can flip the entire power structure of your troop on it’s head. At least when it comes to breakfast.
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Bringing Gamma Back, Again

Friday, September 11, 2020

What can flashing lights and an eerie reverberating sound do for the brain of someone suffering from Alzheimer’s? We update one of our favorite episodes.
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Invisible Allies

Thursday, July 30, 2020

From the brightest star, to the most elemental particle, scientists are considering strange solutions for covid-19.
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Baby Blue Blood Drive

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Horseshoe crabs harbor a half-billion-year-old secret: a superpower that helped them outlive the dinosaurs. But it hasn’t just been saving their butts, it’s been saving ours too.
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Slippery Mystery

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

From a sound rising from a marsh in South Carolina to the estuaries of New York to the darkest part of the ocean, we go in search of the limits of human knowledge.

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Octomom

Friday, May 15, 2020

WNYC Studios
A mile under the ocean, we get to watch an octopus perform a heroic act of heart and determination.

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Octomom

Friday, May 15, 2020

A mile under the ocean, we get to watch an octopus perform a heroic act of heart and determination.
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The Other Latif: Episode 6

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Despite being cleared for transfer home in 2016, Abdul Latif Nasser is still stuck at Guantanamo. Why? Latif digs for answers, and spoiler: it goes all the way to the top.
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Episode 6: The United States of America

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Despite being cleared for transfer home in 2016, Abdul Latif Nasser is still stuck at Guantanamo. Why? Latif digs for answers, and spoiler: it goes all the way to the top.

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Episode 4: Afghanistan

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Latif investigates Abdul Latif’s classified time in Afghanistan, and amidst the explosions and rubble, finds a jailhouse interview that changes how he sees his namesake.

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Episode 1: My Namesake

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Radiolab’s Latif Nasser is stunned to find he shares his name with detainee 244 at Guantanamo Bay. This man was cleared to leave Gitmo in 2016, so why is he still stuck there?

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The Other Latif: Episode 4

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Latif investigates Abdul Latif’s classified time in Afghanistan, and amidst the explosions and rubble, finds a jailhouse interview that changes how he sees his namesake.
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The Other Latif: Episode 1

Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Radiolab’s Latif Nasser is stunned to find he shares his name with detainee 244 at Guantanamo Bay. This man was cleared to leave Gitmo in 2016, so why is he still stuck there?
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Body Count

Friday, January 24, 2020

When you run the math, who comes out on top, the living or the dead?
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Birdie in the Cage

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Can you fit the identity of a whole nation into a dance? Of course not. But we tried anyway.
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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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For Whom the Cowbell Tolls

Friday, March 29, 2019

What if citizenship was a popularity contest... and you just lost?
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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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