Falling

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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

4.6 • 43.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

There are so many ways to fall—in love, asleep, even flat on your face. This hour, Radiolab dives into stories of great falls.

We jump into a black hole, take a trip over Niagara Falls, upend some myths about falling cats, and plunge into our favorite songs about falling.

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0:00.0	Oh wait, you're listening.
0:07.0	Okay.
0:09.0	Okay.
0:10.0	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:12.0	Radio Lab.
0:13.0	From WNYC.
0:14.0	You're listening.
0:15.0	Hello, hello, hello.
0:22.0	How do I want to introduce this tape to you?
0:25.0	Okay, how much is it?
0:26.0	Have you heard this tape grow?
0:27.0	I have not.
0:28.0	This is actually one of my first radio pieces.
0:31.0	You're not going to hear what we're saying as we're in Frippa.
0:34.0	And I had two friends who were in love.
0:36.0	I want to take a picture of the two of you.
0:38.0	I've soon had a picture of your helmet.
0:40.0	I've since fallen out of love and fallen in love with other people.
0:43.0	But at the time they were very much in love and they decided they were going to go skydiving.
0:46.0	Together.
0:47.0	Together.
0:48.0	Everything looks good.
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