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kingmudsy  ·  1971 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographer

Truth. Imo they hit their peak right before that, though. Episode 114: Ten Thousand Years is probably my favorite. It's the one where they talk about designing warnings for a nuclear waste dump-site that even stone-age tribes of humans would understand as meaning 'Danger!'

I used to like Radiolab as well, but I can't say I have any particular set of episodes I love. I checked out during an episode on high school debate, and never checked back in.

That sounds interesting, but I've never really been a John Green fan! Is it different than his usual content? If so, I might check it out.





veen  ·  1971 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That may have also been the episode I quit Radiolab, funnily enough.

AR strikes for me a very good balance of interesting facts and personal stories. The weight is on the latter, for the better. My favorite episode is the one about Indianapolis / Love at first sight, which is pretty representative of the rest. I like John as a person too much to properly judge if it’s also a good listen for someone who isn’t me, I’ll admit.