Simon Adler

Senior Producer, Radiolab

Simon Adler appears in the following:

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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An Outsider Tries to Crash the Democratic Party

Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Father Khader El-Yateem is a Palestinian Christian trying to become the first Arab-American member of the New York City Council. 

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The Handshake Experiment

Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson and microbiome science help answer this question: when we touch greatness, how much of it stays with us?

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Funky Hand Jive

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Neil Degrasse Tyson and some new microbiome science help answer the question: when we touch greatness how much of it stays with us?
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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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Stranger in Paradise

Friday, January 27, 2017

Today we travel from the storage rooms of the Smithsonian to the sandy beaches of Guadeloupe, chasing the tale of one trash can tipping raccoon. 
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Playing God: The Broadcast

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god?

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Playing God

Sunday, August 21, 2016

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god?
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Wild Things

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

 What does conservation really means in the 21st century?   

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Reality Check

Wednesday, May 06, 2015

All the world's a stage, right?

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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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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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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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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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