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Radiolab

Update: New Normal?

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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

4.644.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2015

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

An update: Peacenik baboons, a man in a dress and cuddly tame foxes. Stories of adaptation, and reframing ideas about normalcy. 3 stories where choice challenges destiny.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Jad, Radio Lab.

0:03.5

So what you're about to hear is a show we originally released about six, seven years ago.

0:09.9

We decided to revisit it recently because it's been on our minds a lot.

0:15.5

Let's just, I'll start it off, and then I'll say more about it in a second.

0:19.1

Wait, you're listening.

0:20.2

Okay.

0:21.5

All right. Okay. All right.

0:22.7

Okay.

0:24.1

All right.

0:25.5

You're listening to Radio Lab.

0:28.5

Radio Lab.

0:29.0

From W. N.Y.

0:31.0

C.

0:31.8

See?

0:32.2

Yep.

0:36.4

Okay, you ready?

0:37.3

Yep. All right, let's open the show today. Test, test, test. On a sunny street corner in New Jersey. So where are we now? We are on Washington Street, which is the main thoroughfare in Hoboken. It's a nice day in Hoboken. People are out and about after work. Is that Sangria? What are you guys? And we're here with a guy.

0:54.8

His name's John Hogan.

1:10.9

I'm a science journalist. He's also a teacher. Oh, it is hot. And John is out today with our producer, Lulu Miller, doing what he often does. Here comes someone. Which is to go up to someone he doesn't know. Give me, sir. We're doing a survey. It only take a minute at most. A minute I can give you.

1:12.2

And he asked them this one question.

1:14.3

Here's the question. No. Excuse me, sir. We're doing a survey. It only take a minute at most. A minute I can give you.

1:11.6

And he asked them this one question.

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