The First Radiolab | Radiolab Podcast

From the Radiolab podcast: Jad Abumrad, our founder, is stepping aside from the show to focus on being. We look back at the very first Radiolab, and look forward to what is yet to come. Jad started Radiolab in April 2002 — roughly 20 years ago. And now he is stepping aside from hosting and producing the show to replenish, to think, to rock in his chair and be with his kids and wife, and maybe make some music. The news has been all over Twitter and there’s a letter from Jad and our hosts Latif and Lulu here: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/... In this episode, Jad talks through his decision to leave and the future of the show with Lulu and Latif. And then, as a parting gift, we play him the very first episode of Radiolab (“The Radio Lab” as he called it then). He tells us about biking the CDs over the Brooklyn bridge just before the show was supposed to air, reading the news and weather between segments, and then we just sit back together and listen to where it all began. Jad, for those of us who have been radically changed by the thing you put out into the world, we are both sad to lose you in our ears and endlessly grateful for what you’ve given us. 🎧 Subscribe to Radiolab wherever you listen to podcasts: https://bit.ly/3p3BO2q 🔎 Subscribe to Radiolab on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3I9KI53 🌱 Check out Radiolab's Starter Kit Playlist: https://bit.ly/3sX8f4P 👍 Like this video ✏️ and leave us a comment! Episode Segments: 0:00 Intro 12:43 What's That In My Underwear?: First Period Stories 24:36 Ghetto Life 101 55:51 When All Else Fails [CONTENT WARNING: This segment contains conversations about depression and suicide.] 1:18:53 Outro Follow Radiolab: Instagram —   / radiolab   Twitter —   / radiolab   Facebook —   / radiolab   Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/... Photo by Video by Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.