November 14, 2008, 4:50 p.m. - TMN Talks

Question 12: Are there plans for getting Radio Lab into schools or as an education tool? How long does it take to make 1 episode, on average?

This is something we’ve discussed a lot internally. We’ve gotten a bunch of emails from teachers saying they’ve used the shows as teaching aids, which is a better compliment than money. We make ten shows a year at our current pace, so each show takes about a month and a half. But we work on five at once…

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The son of a scientist and a doctor, Radio Lab Co-Host Jad Abumrad did most of his growing up in Tennessee, before studying creative writing and music composition at Oberlin College in Ohio. Following graduation, Abumrad wrote music for films, and reported and produced documentaries for a variety of local and national public radio programs, including On the Media, PRI’s Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and WNYC’s “24 Hours at the Edge of Ground Zero”. The Ring & I, an insightful, funny, and lyrical look at the enduring power of Wagner’s Ring Cycle which he produced and hosted, aired nationally and internationally and earned ten awards, including the prestigious 2005 National Headliner Grand Award in Radio.

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