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Radiolab, Show 504: Diagnosis

Series: Radiolab
From: WNYC
Length: 00:58:55

Humans love to solve problems. Read the full description.
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Humans love to solve problems. In this day and age, we have astonishing technology available as tools to help us---chemicals and computers and machines that can pinpoint things imperceptible to humans. But humans aren't quite obsolete. Intuition and creativity still lead the way both in discovering that nature of the problem, and in dealing with that knowledge.

Putting Together the Puzzle A young woman's apartment goes up in flames and a dashing young man saves the day! But to firefighter Louis Garcia, evidence at the scene didn't quite add up....at least, they didn't quite add up to that. He hunts down the source of the blaze. Family X has suffered for generations from a deadly "curse." Most of the men in the family died, some at very young ages, from a particularly lethal form of pancreatic cancer. Seeking to break the batter, a father comes to Dr. Teri Brentnall and her research partner Dr. Mary Bronner for answers. Reporter Lu Olkowski follows their decade-long race to find the source of the disease, in which Teri and Mary find themselves drawing blood samples in the bathroom of a sandwich shop and pulling in other researchers to ferret out answers. A dream team of researchers, including Drs. Brentnall and Bronner , Dr. Ru Chen, Dr. Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic, Dr. Sally Down, Dr. Carol Otey, Dr. Kay Pogue-Geile, and Dr. Kara White Moyes, toiled until they could announce a powerful discovery.

The Frowners Meet Emanuel Frowner. Ever since he was a little boy, Emanuel was... different. He had trouble making friends. He had trouble looking you in the eye. His brother thought he needed psychological help, but his dad didn't think there was anything seriously wrong, and worried that a diagnosis would hold him back. Flash forward 25 years, Emanuel is now a grown man who has sought a psychological diagnosis. What he finds out will change everything. But the tough question remains, did his dad's attitude end up helping or hurting him in the end? Reporter Gregory Warner takes us on a search for answers.

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Timing and Cues

Radio Lab Show 504 - Diagnosis
TRT 58:58

*Breaks: Two 1:00 minute Station ID Breaks. There is music under the break. *

Seg A: 00:00 - 16:39
Incue: You're listening to, to, you're listening to Radio Lab...
Outcue: National Science Foundation. Click. (beep)

Break One: 16:40 - 17:40

Seg B: 17:41 - 36:29
Incue: Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad.
Outcue: End of Message.

Break Two: 36:29 - 37:29

Seg C: 37:30 -58:58
Incue: Hello, I'm Jad Abumrad.
Outcue: (click) End of message.

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