The Smell of Hell
Oct 16, 2026
What if the smell of death is actually the smell of life?
AT&T iPhone 18 Pro ad, Amiga Insurance ad
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Read review →Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
PodSkip has analyzed 29 episodes of Radiolab, averaging 5.3 ads per episode (10% of runtime).
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Math Vs Machine
Oct 09, 2026
Machines are answering our hardest problems... Does it matter if we don’t understand how?
End credits
A 4-Track Mind
Oct 02, 2026
A neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor, then the impossible happens.
AT&T iPhone sponsor read, RadioLab membership/fanny pack promo
Grass Apes
Sep 25, 2026
A tiny ode to grass, for its epic role in human history.
Progressive insurance ad read, RadioLab membership/fanny pack promo
The Sweetest Thing
Sep 18, 2026
What is the sweetest thing in the world?
Membership/donation drive, BetterHelp sponsor read
23 Weeks 6 Days
Sep 11, 2026
A tiny baby, born at 23 Weeks and 6 days—roughly halfway to full term. And a whole universe of medical and moral questions.
Membership/donation drive, BetterHelp sponsor read + Austin Tice promo
60 Words
Sep 04, 2026
It’s been 25 years since 9/11. Today we talk about the 60 words that ushered in everything that came after.
Staff credits and funding
Dolly Parton's America: Sad Ass Songs
Aug 28, 2026
We will always love you, Dolly.
Cross-promo – Death of an Artist podcast, End credits
Patient Zero
Aug 21, 2026
The greatest mysteries have a shadowy figure at the center, Patient Zero. We hunt for Patient Zeroes from all over the map.
Live event promo - Radiolab at Caveat NYC, Capital One ad
Nigel and the Real Gannet
Aug 14, 2026
A love story about a rogue bird and his concrete lover.
Vrbo ad, Capital One ad
Red Herring
Aug 07, 2026
A deep-sea Cold War mystery with subs and bombs and science.
promo - You Could Make This Beautiful podcast, Staff credits and funding
The Shoe Thrower
Jul 31, 2026
The world around you is falling apart, and no one is listening. How far do you go to be heard?
Capital One ad, BetterHelp Ad
Return of Alpha Gal
Jul 24, 2026
Tuck your napkin under your chin. We’re about to serve up a tale of love, loss, and lamb chops - with a side of genetic modification.
Cross-promo WNYC On the Media, Cross-promo New Yorker Radio Hour
Neither Confirm Nor Deny
Jul 17, 2026
Whether it comes from government spokespeople or celebrity publicists, the phrase “can neither confirm nor deny” is the perfect non-denial denial.
BetterHelp ad, ProPublica PaperTrail promo
The Holy Shiver
Jul 10, 2026
What your body knows that your brain doesn’t … yet.
Progressive insurance ad read, Visit Denver Ad (garbled)
Atomic Artifacts
Jul 03, 2026
America represents many different things to many different people. What if you could only choose one thing, one physical object, to represent it all?
Cross-promo: The New Yorker Radio Hour, Staff credits and funding
The Gondolier
Jun 26, 2026
What happens when doing what you love means giving up who you really are?
Fundraising appeal (Radiolab membership drive), Ad - Marketplace Morning Report
This is Your Brain on Hormones
Jun 19, 2026
We don’t have hormones, hormones have us.
Fundraising appeal (Radiolab membership drive), Ads (Capital One
Bonus: Wild Animal Dads from Terrestrials
Jun 18, 2026
Father nature.
AT&T WiFi Ad, Fundraising appeal (Radiolab membership drive)
On the Media: American Emergency
Jun 12, 2026
A little while back, our friends over at On the Media released a gripping and immersive reporting series about FEMA, the agency that is supposed to be there for all of us in the wake of disaster. In…
Odo business software ad, Sponsor ad (Allen Institute)
Oliver Sipple
Jun 05, 2026
One morning, Oliver Sipple went out for a walk. A couple hours later, to his own surprise, he saved the life of the President of the United States. In a story we reported back in 2017, we explain how…
Pre-roll ad - Odo, Mid-roll ad - AT&T iPhone 17 Pro + NPR Shortwave
This American Roach
May 29, 2026
A couple summers ago, Radiolab reporter Alex Neason got out of the shower and almost stepped on her worst nightmare: an American Cockroach. It was flipped onto its back, struggling, and for a split…
Live show promotion, Sponsor/underwriting message
Worth
May 22, 2026
This episode makes three earnest, possibly foolhardy, attempts to put a price on the priceless. We figure out the dollar value for an accidental death, another day of life, and the work of bats and…
Live show promotional announcement, Sponsorship message
Your Friendly Neighborhood Hookworms
May 15, 2026
For most of human history, people went about their daily lives with a worm or two (or fifty) in their guts. Only in the past century, with pharmaceuticals and sanitation practices, have we made…
Tribeca Film Festival Live Show Ad (repeat), Funding Credits and Sponsorship
The Bad Show
May 08, 2026
With all of the black-and-white moralizing in our world today, we decided to bring back an old show from 2011 about the little bit of bad that's in all of us...and the little bit of really, really…
Tribeca Film Festival Live Show Ad, Tribeca Film Festival Live Show Ad (repeat)
What is a Pig Worth?
May 01, 2026
In 2017, Wayne Hsiung and a crew of animal rights activists from Direct Action Everywhere broke into a Utah pig farm run by Smithfield Foods, one of the largest pork distributors in the world. They…
Blood and Water podcast promo
Forests on Forests
Apr 24, 2026
For much of history, tree canopies were pretty much completely ignored by science. It was as if researchers said collectively, "It's just going to be empty up there, and we've got our hands full…
Listener survey promo, Show return bumper
The Resistance of a Cow
Apr 17, 2026
There’s something rotten in the cows of Denmark. And Minnesota. And Wisconsin. And Idaho. What could cause a previously thriving herd of majestic dairy cattle to stop drinking water and start…
The Builders
Apr 10, 2026
In an episode first aired back in 2025 on our sister show, Terrestrials, we take you on a musical journey all about beavers. Few mammals have a bigger positive impact on the planet than the beaver…
Life in a Barrel
Apr 03, 2026
This week, in an episode we first aired in 2022, we flip the Disney story of life on its head thanks to a barrel of seawater, a 1970s era computer, and underwater geysers. It’s the chaos of…