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Radiolab

Words

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

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

4.644.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2010

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without words. But this hour, we try to do just that.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Wait, you're listening.

0:03.6

Okay.

0:04.9

All right.

0:05.9

Okay.

0:07.5

All right.

0:08.9

You're listening to Radio Lab.

0:11.4

Radio Lab.

0:11.9

From W. N. Y.

0:14.0

C.

0:14.8

See?

0:15.1

Yeah.

0:16.1

And NPR.

0:18.5

Okay. Let us begin.

0:20.4

Hello, hello.

0:21.3

With an unusual encounter, which comes from this lady here.

0:25.0

I'm Susan Schaller, and where do you want me to start?

0:28.9

Her story starts, actually, it starts kind of abruptly.

0:31.6

I was, indeed, riding a bicycle to high school.

0:38.2

And, bam, a catering truck hit me.

0:43.0

Oh, yeah, yay.

0:44.0

And I was put in the hospital with a concussion.

0:46.4

I was 17 years old.

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