I think it’s time to retire the show name. This isn’t the same, it isn’t as good and and it isn’t as engaging. Jad provided an unique presentation and Robert gave some seriously insightful, and sometimes profound reporting. I haven’t felt that for a long time here.

Since Jad and Robert left, the content and production has suffered; so many recycled shows with hardly any new content. I used to look forward to this podcast…not so much now. Time to say goodbye.

The classic episodes, the ones that where the only mission was pursuing truth and feeding curiosity, are all lock behind a paywall. The folks who took the reigns ought to be ashamed of themselves for riding the coattails of a once truly great podcast.

Feeds my quirky intellectual curiosity!!

Can’t wait for Lulu’s hiatus! Consider not being on the show anymore? Ok great, you are obnoxious

Hi there. Love the subject matter as always but dang. Is it really necessary to say “like” over and over and over again? The Aphantasia episode is one example. I know you can’t control the way the guests speak (like, like, like), but good grief. Sindu peppers literally every sentence with the word, often multiple times. Yikes. Latif does it, too. Makes you sound like inarticulate teenagers. Like, what’s the deal? Srsly, go back and listen to the episode. (Don’t read the transcript. Some smart transcriber edited all of the likes out.) I keep hearing this on NPR shows. It’s almost as irritating as that other verbal tick: interviewees punctuating virtually every sentence with “Right?” As if it makes them sound hip and cool. (It doesn’t.) Thank goodness most hosts and reporters don’t do this. Or they do it to a lesser extent. I don’t know why the like thing has become a thing — it wasn’t the case with Jad and Robert, at least not that I recall. The deteriorating ability of your hosts and producers to speak intelligently is disappointing.

First heard of this podcast during a freshman Biology class at Oregon State University, have been enthralled ever since! Favorite episode was detailing how HOV crossed over from apes to humans. Chills!

I sometimes miss the content and editing style of the old reporting from Jad and Robert. I pay some money a month because I think the questions asked and pursued are often wonderful but often lean far too dark of late. The lightness yet thorough reporting of the old stuff (less the animal experimentation and when the current show revives similar subjects: distant moons, bugs, curious brain science etc) is a delight.

Just really enjoyed this podcast!

Classics only

This show has changed a lot over the years and I don't like it . For instance, they are now playing not one but two advertisements for Black Rock. Also, for the record I had a life insurance policy as a child and so did my sister. When my children were born, I paid for the life insurance policy for both my kids. This is something that people without a lot of money routinely do and $10,000 is routine. Having two men on a show question a family for getting a life insurance policy on an infant shows your privilege.

Recent ep about Alfred plea cuts off randomly at the end. Incomplete story

Radiolab has a unique format that always makes me think. Some times it is a wild ride. Some times it is a deep dive. But every time they show me solid journalistic work. Every time they engage me emotionally and intellectually. “How have I lived for so long and have not known this?” Just like they say in their advertisement.

I love RadioLab. Thank you to everyone who makes this amazing mind opening podcast. I see the world in whole new ways thank to you.

Used to be such an amazing show

Radiolab used to be my favorite podcast and public radio production. Unfortunately, since Jad Abumrad left (and Robert Krulwich before him), the show has degenerated into a juvenile, trivial, self-indulgent platform for the hosts and producers. In fact, the new content can sometimes be downright idiotic. (See: Small Potatoes episode). Radiolab always had an irreverent element to it, and I appreciate that content must evolve or risk going stale. But Latif Nasser and Lulu Miller have basically turned this once great show into a frivolous Gong Show. What a shame.

New episodes are mostly woke. For example, they think square dancing is racist. Sigh. Like it or not, everyone learns square dancing in elementary school. (Yes, even black kids.) That means more Americans know how to square dance than any other dance. Get over it.

This is one of those informative, quirky, “there are at least a few episodes to fit everyone’s taste,” wonderful podcasts. I enjoy listening to previous episodes, as well as current, and find the questions they ask are insightful and timeless. If I could give them a rating higher than five stars, I would.

I left a five star review about ten years ago. This was one of the original great podcasts before the explosion of podcasts. Latif and Lulu have done some really good things before taking over the show, but the show has seriously suffered since they were given the reins. It’s just not good or it’s recycled content.

Lulu absolutely single handily ruined this show

The show was my introduction into podcasts back in the day. I love it! Jad and Robert were magical together. But now…. I have a hard time listening to this . It’s not interesting . Please get it back on track .

When it started and for many years I would tell everyone that it was the best storytelling/learning podcast I’d ever heard…I still believe that and listen to the older episodes again and again…I’m so very bummed to say but honestly(and with love) want to share that I do not feel that way anymore with the new hosts…the stories/education now is not compelling, does not bring us along with energy and anticipation, and is not contagious in the way it is with jad and robert.

Listened for too long to innumerate. Loved every show. So well researched and produced. Now the episodes are half old Jad/Robert shows and half idk. I’m so sorry but I can’t keep trying. Y’all gotta figure your stuff out. Won’t unsubscribe, but I’ll wait for you to make sense of the magic and find your wind. Maybe humble yourselves and ask Jad back.

Man-it pains me to write this. I’ve been a RL listener since it started. But recently I couldn’t with the mixtapes episodes. I gave them a listen, hoping it would be more than what it appeared to be but it was not good. On the other hand-there have been amazing episodes, such as the interstitium. I sent that around to so many folks bc of how incredible it was. I said it needed to be awarded a prize! So while I do miss the old hosts-I think the new hosts can and do make great episodes. However, as a creative person, I BEG of you to keep it to science-not science ish or philosophical takes on scientific history. Finding out that the Walkman was brought on board Apollo was not groundbreaking not actually-even very interesting. It was just an uninteresting anecdote. Please stick to the science, interesting research and interesting anecdotes related that relate to science. It’s really killing me. 🙏🏻 And for all the consistent YEARS of amazing episodes prior more recently history; thank you for that.

Gave it a go. The episode was from 2007. Sucky quality: the voices are low, but the sound effects are ear-piercingly loud. No trigger warning about out-of-nowhere violent themes.

Always great content and always so well produced! Just finished listening to Mixtapes from the Moon. The description of Michael Collins flying alone in the dark, cut off in complete isolation, knowing he was the only return home for Armstrong and Aldrin, and the three of them thinking they had a 50/50 chance of a successful rendezvous, was just poignant.

This is my first review because I felt it important to give these folks credit where it’s due. Narrators have a knack for building a compelling storyline while also remaining sincere and they are analytical and ask the kind of questions that are not typical fluff. Every Radio Lab prompts you to ask yourself questions. Is this okay? How do I feel about what they said? It’s wildly removed from the mundane political banter. If you are a free thinking analyzer of what is or appears to be, definitely give this podcast a listen.

This show just isn’t the Shane since Jad and Robert left. There are far more reruns than new content. Hoping they can get it back on track.

I can’t believe how bad this show has gotten. The new hosts have really run it into the ground. Please, NPR, do something to save it, or cancel it. After 10+ years of following the show I finally unsubscribed today.

One of the best shows out there. The Small Potatoes episode was banal to the extreme. I couldn’t take it after 20 minutes and I really wanted to like it. But it made me glad that I don’t financially support the show because if I did, I would’ve pulled my funding. I can’t believe actual money was spent to talk about a guy’s toothpaste habits for 20 minutes. Radiolab is at its best when it’s fascinating. Please keep to that. Thank you.

Radio lab has been my favorite for years. I used to get stuck in my car, sitting in the driveway until the episode was over. Jad and Robert were the best. I just want some fresh episodes that are as creative and fresh as the old radiolab.

This used to be the best produced and most thought provoking podcast out there, since new management took over, the depth, quality, diversity and regulatory of the show has been going downhill. I hope they get better soon!

Remember, when Radiolab wasn’t just reruns of earlier episodes?

This show used to be one of the best, if not the best, podcast. The stories and journalism has taken a severe nosedive in the last few years. I used to be so excited for every episode but now it tends to be only for rewind episodes, which far exceed any new originals.

New hosts have mangled what was once a work of art. Latif mansplains and there's an immaturity about the show now that's incredibly irritating. Jad and Robert, come back!!

I love your content but your sound effects are annoying and distracting and I often don’t finish listening to the episode.

it’s excellently produced and love the old episodes but the new people they have on that are talking a little more are a little too much to bear now. old episodes are great but the new ones have a lot of giggling and annoying parts. so basically like a lot of the other podcasts out there. great content but broken up by a panel of people laughing n giggling here n there

It’s all facts and science delivered in a entertaining and engaging way, it’s hard to describe how amazing this is

I loved Radiolab before I knew what a podcast was, listening to it on public radio, I have been, in turn, fascinated, inspired, moved, astounded, comforted, challenged, and constantly amazed. Currently in transition, I can’t wait to listen to what’s on the other side! 🖤

good grief - just say you stopped making your show and every episode is jus a replay

Some people seem annoyed by all the reruns but those are the only ones I listen to since the new ones are truly bad quality. Less Latif/Lulu, more reruns please.

Every new episode feels phoned in. I’ve followed for over a decade and I’m officially done.

Radio Lab has an annoying amount hosts. Every episode starts with two hosts who react to a third host telling them what the subject of the episode will be. It seems like they are trying to mimic This American Life but TAL manages to insert a smaller story into the intro. So the intro is always a needless excess of the two hosts reacting to the third host’s choice of story and the reactions are always annoying. A lot of preciousness and fake “I guess I’m just weird”. Then the third host goes into each one of the stories which has another intro to each story host and the story host then presents the “radio experiment” which usually entails the story host being sweetly ignorant. They are always like “wow! I didn’t know that! Did you know that? No! I didn’t know that! Wow! Yes, wow! So often if my curiosity is aroused it is quickly doused by the fact that they play so stupid. I wish they would be a tad more inquisitive. So many times I have listened frustrated at questions they didn’t ask.

I love this show, but please do not eat on tape again.

I’m a scientist. I used to listen to every episode. I stopped years ago after it started introducing identity identity identity. Show lost its substance and traded science for politics. Another lost NPR treasure

I am a long-time listener - and for the last couple of years whenever I listen to Lulu and Latif start the show I think - these people HATE each other, what is going on? Everything seemed fine until Jad and Robert “retired” (but that doesn’t mean they get off) Every show starts with Lulu’s negative reaction to whatever that days show is about - she acts bored/confused/dismissive/quizzical about the topic - and then Latif responds defensively, followed by awkward forced laughter - it seems like the other hosts do their best to ignore that weird dynamic - I think most of the negativity is driven by Lulu (she is very unhappy personally and spiraling - I remember when she used to be the most curious, excited person on the show!) but Latif is an expert at needling her and doesn’t hold back - I’m hoping maybe they will read this and KNOCK IT OFF - they could even make a spin-off series about how to heal a dysfunctional workplace - I bet Adam Grant has some wisdom to share…. anyways, I will keep listening, but it seems really stupid for these two smart, talented people to have these awesome dream jobs, and instead of being happy and healthy leaders and mentors, they are petty and jealous and sniping and not even thinking about how uncomfortable it makes their coworkers and their listeners - 🌈 Dinaaaaaah

That was weird.

I’m speculating that…I don’t know but I’m concerned Allan got tossed aside like a used up sheet of drawing paper.

This pod used to be interesting and illuminating about topics that Jad and Robert discover by living interesting lives then dive deeper into that subject and connect it the wider audience. Now it just seems like “Story time with Lala and Lulu: A Children’s Book” where they talk about their trauma and how they were wronged in place of having interesting stories from lived experiences.

Keeps getting better and better as the years go by for me. Only podcast I donate money to! Negative reviews about new hosts reads like *very* thinly veiled misogyny, to me. Who wants those listers anyway?! Keep up the good work!