Sarah Sandbach

Executive Director, Radiolab and Executive Producer, Terrestrials / Radiolab for Kids

Executive Director, Radiolab

Sarah Sandbach appears in the following:

The Fuzzy Ruckus: The Power of Lichen

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Artist Ashley Eliza Williams was so shy growing up that they found it hard to speak to people.  Instead, they withdrew from the world of humans and found comfort in the forest, where ...

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The Bullseye: Treasure Hunt to Recursive Islands

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Have you ever seen an island on a lake? On an island? On a lake? On another island? Josh Calder has. Working in a dusty room of a library, he first saw one on a map, and has been fasc...

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An Ocean in Space

Thursday, October 17, 2024

BLAST OFF! NASA just sent a spacecraft to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, and on the side of that spacecraft, they included a poem. Not just any poem — a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ad...

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The Sea Troll: An Everlasting Shark?

Thursday, October 10, 2024

The Greenland shark is ugly. Its eyes look cloudy and dead. Its snout and fins are stubby. Its meat is poisonous. And that may be part of why most people have overlooked these sharks ...

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The Crystal Ball: Giant Honeybees Who Predict the Future

Thursday, October 03, 2024

The honeybee. The ever-important pollinator for our plants is disappearing. Some call it the silence of the bees, others call it colony collapse disorder. Dr. Sammy Ramsey, our offici...

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The Snowball: Extreme Squirrels in the Arctic

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Middle schooler, Aanya, has an up-close encounter with a squirrel in the school yard, which leads her to an obsession with one of North America's most common critters. She tells host ...

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The Stumpisode: The Wild World of Tree Stumps!

Thursday, September 19, 2024

As dead as they seem, tree stumps are hubs of life and relationships. From stumps to snags, deadwood provides habitat for rodents, falcons, insects, and even humans! Stumps hold toget...

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The Hybrid: A Miracle Mule

Thursday, October 27, 2022

WNYC Studios
A fantastical mix of two beasts comes together, thrives, and does something scientists thought it could never do

The Water Walker: One Surfer’s Epic Escape

Thursday, October 20, 2022

WNYC Studios
A muscly earthling figures out a way to stand on the waves.

The Trio: A Bald Eagle Love Story

Thursday, October 06, 2022

WNYC Studios
Look up in the sky! It is something that scientists thought could never happen.

The Guardian: Tsetse Fly Defenders

Thursday, September 29, 2022

WNYC Studios
A winged creature frightens countless villagers but may be a kind of protector.

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The Mastermind: An Octopus Heist

Thursday, September 22, 2022

WNYC Studios
A color-changing creature many people assumed to be brainless outsmarts his human captors.

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Richard II: Episode 4

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Richard is imprisoned and Bolingbroke is now King Henry. But the new king immediately faces new challenges.

Richard II: Episode 3

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Bolingbroke’s power increases, and his men urge him to claim more than just his stolen inheritance. He confronts Richard at Flint Castle, and the king agrees to return to London.

Richard II: Episode 2

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

King Richard’s wealthy uncle, John of Gaunt, is on his deathbed, heartbroken over the banishment of his son, Bolingbroke.

Richard II: Episode 1

Monday, July 13, 2020

The Duke of Gloucester has been murdered. Now the young King Richard must settle a dispute between two members of his court over who is responsible for the killing.