Death Mask

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2011

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Near the end of the 19th century, a mysterious young woman with a beguiling smile turned up in Paris. She became a huge sensation. She also happened to be dead. You'd probably recognize her face yourself. You might have even touched it.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
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0:05.0	All right.
0:06.4	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.4	Radio Lab.
0:10.1	Shorts!
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0:14.7	See?
0:15.0	Yes.
0:16.5	And NPR.
0:18.6	Hey, I'm Chad. I'm Omrod.
0:20.2	I'm Robert Krollwich.
0:21.0	This is Radio Lab. The podcast. And today on the podcast, something from our producer, Sean Cole. You've been out doing something. I've been doing many things. Yes, but I mean, in particular, with regard to this podcast, you have a story for us. I do. Don't tell us about those other things. Nope. What's the story? So this is a story about a woman.
0:38.4	Good.
0:39.1	You've probably seen her.
0:40.7	Really?
0:41.2	You've seen her.
0:40.7	Really? You've seen her face. Oh. You may have even dated her. Well, put your mouth on her.
0:46.3	Ew. Explain. So, you know when you got to bring somebody back to life?
0:52.1	One, two, three, four, they make you take a class, yeah, and they make you practice to bring somebody back to life? Yeah. Yeah.
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