BONUS: Radiolab Scavenger Hunt

Radiolab

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

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🗓️ 28 December 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The question we get more than any other here at Radiolab is “Where do all those stories come from?” Today, for the first time ever, we divulge our secret recipe for story-finding. Veteran Radiolab story scout Latif Nasser takes our newest producer Rachael Cusick along for what he calls “the world’s biggest scavenger hunt.” Together, they’ll make you want to bake some cookies and find some true stories. But we can’t find, much less tell, true stories without you. Find it in yourself to donate and help us make another year of this possible. It's a choice only you can make. Radiolab.org/support Here are story-finding resources mentioned in this episode: The World's Biggest Scavenger Hunt: Latif's Transom post on story scouting Google Alerts: Set up your own! Wikipedia Random Article: Play wiki roulette by clicking "random article" in the far-left column WorldCat: to find where a book exists in a library near you ArchiveGrid: to search libraries' special collections and oral histories Trade Publications: Search for trade magazines by industry Cusick Cookies: Rachael's cookie recipe...you're welcome.

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0:22.3	Okay, so as promised in the last episode, a short end of the year gift for you, which I'll be honest, is a gift I hope will motivate you to make a gift back to us.
0:35.3	So let us call it a plea for a gift exchange. You know, we are, as you know,
0:39.2	raising money to fund Radio Lab through 2019 to help pay for all the stories. We have such big plans,
0:45.0	but we need your help. So if Radio Lab on your device is a thing that you cherish, please consider
0:50.7	helping us out. Go to RadioLab.org. Click that donate button or radio lab.org slash donate.
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1:12.8	talented team of producers and reporters and researchers and fact checkers and everybody's got
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