The video above entertainingly asks—and maybe answers—what seem like obvious questions until you think about it: What’s the function of music? Why is it so important to so many people, and how does it ...

Melissa Stanley went to school for music–or rather, Music Industry. The 26-year-old recalls “taking maybe one physics class in college, Melissa Stanley went to school for music–or rather, Music ...

When I get mad, I pretend I’m a director watching the me that’s mad on stage acting out a scene and really killing it. Director Me then claps and says, “Nice performance!” Tell us a little about your ...

Jad Abumrad is teaming with cellist Zoë Keating of Camp Meeker to tell the story of the popular public radio show ‘Radiolab.’ Who: Jad Abumrad with Zoë Keating When: 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28 Where: ...

Abumrad set out to compose film scores, but instead turned his focus to journalism. He has a new podcast miniseries called The Vanishing of Harry... How Jad Abumrad, 'Radiolab' Creator And Co-Host, ...

Why put a radio show onstage? This was the question knocking around my head recently as I slipped in among the milling crowd at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Gillman Opera House waiting to enter “In ...

What do Homer’s “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey,” Hindu scripture, the Bible, Norse mythology and nearly all ancient literature all have in common? According to a recent episode of public radio’s ...

In an episode called Animal Minds, the presenters of Radiolab, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, carefully tell the story of a female humpback whale tangled up in thick ropes and crab nets, just off ...