Radiolab Presents: TJ & Dave

Radiolab

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

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🗓️ 2 April 2013

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Improv comedy puts uncertainty on center stage -- performers usually start by asking the audience for a prompt, then they make up the details as they go. But two actors in Chicago are taking this idea to its absolute limit, and finding ways to navigate the unknown.

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0:00.0	Oh, wait, you're listening?
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0:07.4	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:10.4	Radio Lab.
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0:17.5	And NPR.
0:19.8	321. Hey, I'm Jad I Boomrod.
0:22.0	I'm Robert Crilwich.
0:23.2	This is Radio Lab.
0:24.0	The podcast.
0:25.0	Okay, so last week, we just did a thing about certainty.
0:28.9	And doubt.
0:29.5	Yes.
0:30.0	And, you know, one of the questions that was silently lurking there was like, what are the mental tricks that can help a person walk through a period of intense doubt?
0:39.3	And while we were researching that show, I was trying to think where I have seen the most
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