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How much can you jam into a human brain? How far can you push yourself past feelings of exhaustion? In this hour of Radiolab, we examine human limits. We talk to Ironman triathletes and hear the memorable tale of a man who couldn’t forget. Are we limited by the size of our brain and the strength of our muscles—or will there always be a way to push ourselves just a little bit further? And what about human comprehension? As science barrels forward, will we reach the limit of human understanding?
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How much can you jam into a human brain? How far can you push yourself past feelings of exhaustion? In this hour of Radiolab, we examine human limits. We talk to Ironman triathletes and hear the memorable tale of a man who couldn’t forget. Are we limited by the size of our brain and the strength of our muscles—or will there always be a way to push ourselves just a little bit further? And what about human comprehension? As science barrels forward, will we reach the limit of human understanding?
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Timing and Cues
Radiolab Show 703 - Limits
TRT 59:00
LANGUAGE ADVISORY:
One of our guests refers to losing control of her bowels in a triathlon:
9:50 " I pooped my pants on national tv . . . Wendy teases me all of the time, you were a chocolate mess one way or the other."
*Breaks: Two 1:00 minute Station ID Breaks. There is music under the break. *
Seg A: 00:00 - 30:17
Incue: (bleep, bloop)
Outcue: NPR (click)
Break One: 30:17 - 31:17
Seg B: 31:17 - 47:58
Incue: Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad. And I'm Robert Krulwich.
Outcue: dot org (click)
Break Two: 47:58 - 48:58
Seg C: 48:58 - 59:00
Incue: Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad
Outcue: Bye Bye, (click)
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