my name is mwd

Like a lot of commuters, I listen to podcasts on my way to and from the office, and I’m always on the look out for something new and interesting. I though I’d share a new one, Radiolab, to which I was introduced by my good friend Dan.

I often feel I don’t know enough about the world – I listen to some of my friends talk and realise that although I know a lot about technology, there’s lots of other things out there that I know nothing about. Radiolab helps fill that gap, at least on a general science front, covering three related topics in each hour long show.

Some particular good episodes I can recommend include: speed, which covers topics from human reaction times to slowing down light to 15 mph; and colors, which talks about how different animals perceive colour, and why Homer’s Iliad doesn’t talk about blue.