This is Your Brain On Love

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2007

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Radiolab is given the charge to put on a Singles Night. That's right. 'Jad,' they said, 'stand on a stage and make strangers fall in love! Or, at least, you know, exchange a few phone numbers with each other.' So obviously, we turned to science. Jad consults a few experts on the chemistry of a 'brain on love.' For more information about this episode go here.

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0:00.0	I sh quite.
0:03.3	You're listening to Radio Lab, the podcast from New York Public Radio,
0:07.7	Public Radio, WNYC, and NPR.
0:16.8	Hey, everyone, Jad here from Radio Lab.
0:20.4	This summer, WNYC, the station that I work for, asked me to host a singles event.
0:27.4	I kid you not. The singles event, I mean, the idea they had, and this didn't start with me, is that people love public radio, and they could find love through public radio. An interesting idea,
0:40.8	and it made for an interesting event. The Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was kind
0:46.1	enough to loan us their space. It was an amazing space. About 250 people showed up, ready to mingle,
0:53.4	and it was great to meet fans of the show, people who love public radio, and also gave us a chance to explore the biochemistry of love in typical radio lab fashion.
1:05.3	We thought for this podcast, perhaps we would play you a bit of that event.
1:09.9	Oh, you're saying this is your brain on love.
1:13.6	I chat.
1:15.6	Cheers to make it out.
1:16.6	It's not an easy for making it out. It's not an easy. I salute you all for coming tonight.
1:30.6	I cheers to everyone for making it out.
1:37.0	It's not an easy thing to come and put yourself in a room full of attractive strangers.
1:40.9	And you're all very brave for doing this.
1:43.5	We are so, so excited that you've turned out.
1:44.5	Let me just take a quick poll of the audience to see who we've got here. How many people in this room have never
1:51.2	done anything like this ever in their lives? Ah, thank God. I'm so glad to know I'm not alone there.
2:02.5	Okay, and how many people know Radio Lab have heard the show?
2:06.8	All right, my people!
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