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WNYC Studios

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

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🗓️ 12 September 2013

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

We've all felt it, that irresistible urge to point the finger. But new technologies are complicating age-old moral conundrums about accountability. This hour, we ask what blame does for us -- why do we need it, when isn't it enough, and what happens when we try to push past it with forgiveness and mercy?

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:03.1	Okay.
0:04.4	All right.
0:05.6	Okay.
0:07.0	All right.
0:08.5	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:11.4	Radio Lab.
0:11.9	From W. N. Y.
0:13.9	C.
0:14.8	See?
0:15.1	Yeah.
0:16.6	And NPR.
0:19.4	Maybe all of us can sit on the caps.
0:20.9	You know, I can rug and pull that chair over. So we're going to start with a... and NPR. Maybe all of us can sit on the catch. Oh, you know?
0:21.5	I can rug and pull that chair over.
0:23.3	So we're going to start with a story from our producer, Pat Walters, about a couple.
0:27.5	Oh, my word.
0:29.3	That's the lady.
0:30.2	I'm Janet.
0:31.0	This is the guy.
0:32.6	So I don't need you to introduce yourself.
0:34.4	That's usually the thing we do, but we're not telling people who you are.
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