Anyone prone to introspection (most of us) will find this show fascinating. Self-identity is one of the most important concepts in all of human society, yet this show is a powerfully engaging reminder that there are many things we do not know about our selves.
vicar
Posted on October 13, 2005 at 09:00 AM
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I knew this would be good - I mean with the question: WHO AM I ? ROBERT KRULWICH? JAD ABUMRAD??
so I'm downloading for the Sunday Show, minding my own business and all of a sudden I hear these voices and I'm inside this guy's body looking at what adrenaline would look like on a bad joke and what the brain sorta looks likes when it responds to bubbly water or revolutionaries. I am bolt upright, staring stunned. Jad's script is absolutely the most different sort of voice on radio. you simply cannot turn away.
I feel so giddy, I haven't been this excited to listen to radio, o my, in a long time. I weirdly have to keep myself from fast forwarding because I WANT TO KNOW what they're going to tell me ! and then there's Krulwich who is smarter than we are but knows how to act like us....and ask those questions that might seem clogged with playdoh like: where is the real inner me? how does the self know it's the self ? - bless him, so we're chanting: yes yes, how DOES the self know its self? There is the playful, yet elegant dance between entertaining and serious exploring, a sweet soft shoe that only Krulwich could choreograph. I'm struggling to categorize the Abumrad/Krulwich persona but they switch off so perfectly and unexpectedly...I just can't. You go listen - you won't be sorry.
I want to tell you everything but really I HAVE to get back to work. This is radio that'll make you late for work but excited when you get there. HOORAY !
Comments for Radiolab, Show 101: Who Am I?
This piece belongs to the series "Radiolab"
Produced by Jad Abumrad
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David Everling
Posted on May 04, 2010 at 11:13 PM | Permalink
Truly thought-provoking
Anyone prone to introspection (most of us) will find this show fascinating. Self-identity is one of the most important concepts in all of human society, yet this show is a powerfully engaging reminder that there are many things we do not know about our selves.
vicar
Posted on October 13, 2005 at 09:00 AM | Permalink
Review of Show 101: Who Am I?
I knew this would be good - I mean with the question: WHO AM I ? ROBERT KRULWICH? JAD ABUMRAD??
so I'm downloading for the Sunday Show, minding my own business and all of a sudden I hear these voices and I'm inside this guy's body looking at what adrenaline would look like on a bad joke and what the brain sorta looks likes when it responds to bubbly water or revolutionaries. I am bolt upright, staring stunned. Jad's script is absolutely the most different sort of voice on radio. you simply cannot turn away.
I feel so giddy, I haven't been this excited to listen to radio, o my, in a long time. I weirdly have to keep myself from fast forwarding because I WANT TO KNOW what they're going to tell me ! and then there's Krulwich who is smarter than we are but knows how to act like us....and ask those questions that might seem clogged with playdoh like: where is the real inner me? how does the self know it's the self ? - bless him, so we're chanting: yes yes, how DOES the self know its self? There is the playful, yet elegant dance between entertaining and serious exploring, a sweet soft shoe that only Krulwich could choreograph. I'm struggling to categorize the Abumrad/Krulwich persona but they switch off so perfectly and unexpectedly...I just can't. You go listen - you won't be sorry.
I want to tell you everything but really I HAVE to get back to work. This is radio that'll make you late for work but excited when you get there. HOORAY !