AV Smackdown . . . The Podcast

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Natural Sciences, History, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2009

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On May 6th, at WNYC's new Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, we opened up an age old can of worms. Jad and Robert faced off over which medium is superior -- television or radio. This American Life's Ira Glass was the referee. There were stunning jabs, wicked uppercuts, and even the occasional low blow.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Chad Abumrod.
0:01.1	And I'm Robert Krollwick.
0:02.2	This is Radio Lab, the podcast.
0:03.8	Ladies and gentlemen, we are here for a historic confrontation.
0:08.6	And on today's podcast, we'll start with a little combat.
0:12.0	I want to tell you about an event Robert and I did recently, right here in WNYC's new green space.
0:16.6	We built a little boxing ring with ropes and everything.
0:19.9	We asked Ira Glass, who you're hearing to be our boxing referee, about 250 people showed up.
0:24.6	Top gloves.
0:25.6	Robert and I decided to go head to head.
0:27.6	To settle once and for all the debate.
0:30.6	Radio versus television.
0:34.6	Which is superior. So let's get started.
0:41.3	In this corner, Robert the Crusher, Crowsh!
0:48.3	I got to wear a blue silk kind of boxing gig.
0:54.4	In the opposite corner, the one, the only,
0:58.7	Chad, boom, boom, abraham.
1:01.1	Ladies gentlemen, put your hand together.
1:05.0	And I got to wear the very stylish red boxing trunks.
1:07.9	With a hood.
1:08.4	With a hood.
1:09.0	And real boxing does.
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