Latif Nasser

Co-Host, Radiolab

Latif Nasser appears in the following:

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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Border Trilogy Part 3: What Remains

Friday, April 20, 2018

Part Three of our Border Trilogy, in which we hear the story of a woman from Ecuador who died in the Arizona desert. And we ask: what could stop migrants from risking so much?
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Border Trilogy Part 2: Hold the Line

Friday, April 06, 2018

Part Two of our Border Trilogy, in which one Border Patrol agent changes the entire agency’s enforcement strategy, and one anthropologist tries to measure its deadly consequences.
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How America's Border Policy is Designed to Kill

Wednesday, April 04, 2018

A three-part Radiolab series examines the evolution of America's border policy, known as Prevention Through Deterrence. 

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Border Trilogy Part 1: Hole in the Fence

Friday, March 23, 2018

Part One of our Border Trilogy, in which we chronicle an unlikely legal showdown between high schoolers in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country and the US Border Patrol.
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How Border Patrol Pushed Migrants to the Deadly Arizona Desert

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Radiolab reporters Latif Nasser and Tracie Hunte and Dr. Robin Reineke explain why new border patrol tactics lead to an upsurge in migrant deaths along the Arizona-Mexico border.

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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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Match Made in Marrow

Thursday, November 09, 2017

If you donate bone marrow, you might save a life… or you might land a starring role in the greatest story ever told.
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Nukes: The Broadcast

Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Is there is anyone that can say “No” if the president orders a nuclear strike?

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Oliver Sipple

Tuesday, October 03, 2017

On Sept. 22, 1975, Oliver Sipple went for a walk. The rest is history.

'Now What Am I Known For?' Trying to Find Oliver Sipple's Legacy

Monday, September 25, 2017

Our recent episode about Oliver Sipple got us thinking about what his story meant to others. 
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Nukes

Friday, April 07, 2017

A look up and down the US nuclear chain of command to find out who gets to authorize their use and who can stand in the way of Armageddon. 
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Defying Odds

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Being the first (and best) at something means taking on a big hunk of risk and pushing yourself to dangerous limits.

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On the Edge

Thursday, April 21, 2016

This week, we lace up our skates and tell a story about loving a sport that doesn’t love you back, and being judged in front of the world according to rules you don’t understand. 
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Buttons Not Buttons

Friday, December 12, 2014

A trio of buttons that may just leave you stuck, rich, ugly, or dead. Confused? Push the button marked “Play”.
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The Meter: The Measure of a Man

Wednesday, July 09, 2014

About six and a half billion people use the metric system every single day.  That's more than the citizens of any single nation, the followers of any single religion or the speakers of any single language.  Sociologist Hector Vera has called the metric system “more popular than Jesus.”

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≤ kg

Friday, June 13, 2014

In this short, we meet a very special cylinder. It's the gold standard (or, in this case, the platinum-iridium standard) for measuring mass.
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Bliss

Monday, December 17, 2012

Stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and Bliss.

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Crystal Bliss

Monday, December 17, 2012

It's snowing!

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