Double Blasted

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2012

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In early August of 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi had a run of the worst luck imaginable. A double blast of radiation left his future, and the future of his descendants, in doubt. In this short: an utterly amazing survival story that spans ... well, 4 billion years when you get down to it.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:01.1	Okay.
0:02.4	All right.
0:03.6	Okay.
0:05.0	All right.
0:06.5	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.4	Radio Lab.
0:10.1	Shorts.
0:11.5	From W. N.Y.
0:13.8	C.
0:14.7	See?
0:15.0	Yes.
0:16.5	And NPR.
0:18.8	Sam, are you there?
0:20.2	I'm here. Hello. Okay. Hey, Sam. Hello, how are you? Good. So, to begin with, we're talking to author Sam Keene. Radio Lab, regular. And he has just written a wonderful new book called The Violinist's Thumb. And in it, he tells a story, which is actually kind of...
0:38.5	Encouraging, I think?
0:39.8	Yeah.
0:40.3	But to get to that part, though, you have to make it through the worst luck imaginable.
0:45.1	And a thousand year curse.
0:46.9	Yeah.
0:47.8	Well, I don't even know where to begin with you, but...
0:51.2	Maybe just tell us the fellow's name.
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