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Radiolab Show 905: Desperately Seeking Symmetry

Series: Radiolab
From: WNYC
Length: 00:59:00

This hour of Radiolab, we set out in search of order and balance in the world around us, and ask how symmetry shapes our very existence - from the origins of the universe, to what we see when we look in the mirror. Read the full description.
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Rl_wnyc_org_small This hour of Radiolab, we set out in search of order and balance in the world around us, and ask how symmetry shapes our very existence - from the origins of the universe, to what we see when we look in the mirror. Along the way, we look for love in ancient Greece, head to modern-day Princeton to peer inside our brains, and turn up an unlikely headline from the Oval Office circa 1979.

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This hour of Radiolab, we set out in search of order and balance in the world around us, and ask how symmetry shapes our very existence - from the origins of the universe, to what we see when we look in the mirror. Along the way, we look for love in ancient Greece, head to modern-day Princeton to peer inside our brains, and turn up an unlikely headline from the Oval Office circa 1979.

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Timing and Cues

Radiolab Show 905 - Desperately Seeking Symmetry
TRT 59:00

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

Seg A: 00:00 - 19:37
Incue: Wait wait, you're listening (laughs). Ok. All right.
Outcue: ...and distributed by NPR. Thanks (laugh). Ok. Bye. Bye! (click)

Break One: 19:37 - 20:37

Seg B: 20:37 - 46:07
Incue: Chirality, take 30...
Outcue: This is NPR.

Break Two: 46:07 - 47:07

Seg C: 47:07 - 59:00
Incue: OK, hey, I'm Jad Abumrad. I'm Robert Krulwich.
Outcue: End of mailbox.

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