Fetal Consequences

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2012

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Mother's day is nigh. Sort of. Anyway, without knowing it, you might have already given your mom a pretty lasting gift. But whether it helps or hurts her, or both, is still an open question. In this Radiolab short, Robert updates us on the science of fetal cells -- one of the first topics he covered as an NPR science correspondent.

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0:18.8	Hey, I'm Chadabumrah.
0:20.2	I'm Robert Crilwich. This is Radio Lab. The podcast. And before we really get rolling, I just want to say one thing, we're going to be in L.A. next week, May 8th, 9th, and 10th. We're going to be at the Royce Theater for three nights with our live show in the dark, which includes polybolas and dance troupe, the singer-songwriter Tao Wyn, and the comedian
0:39.5	Dmitri Martin. Awesome lineup. You can still get tickets at RadioLab.org slash in the dark.
0:45.1	Folks who've seen this show, tell your L.A. peeps to come check it out. Yeah. I don't know what we're
0:51.4	doing today, so you go. Well, because here's what we're doing. Maybe six years ago, I just returned to National Public Radio, and for the first story I did. Can we just put that in context? I mean, you started National Public Radio. You did kind of start. I was at it near the beginning. And then you went away to do great things on TV. For 23 years I was missing. And then I just popped back again.
1:11.4	Okay.
1:12.0	So when I popped back, I brought this puzzle back with me.
1:15.5	It was about motherhood, actually.
1:17.6	And it's, well, you'll hear, when I just play you the piece that I aired back in, gosh.
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