Jad Abumrad, a Peabody Award-winning producer and 2011 MacArthur Fellow, is the creator and co-host of WNYC's Radiolab. Jad has been called "a young master of the radio craft" as well as "a hurler of radio missiles that leave welts on the backsides of listeners everywhere." (That last quote is his own). Prior to joining WNYC, Abumrad worked as an independent reporter, producer, and documentarian for a variety of local and national programs. Prior to radio, Abumrad wrote music for films and studied music composition and creative writing at Oberlin College.
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
By Jad Abumrad
Drawing from radio and beyond, Jad Abumrad shares the stories, sounds, people and projects that have most inspired him over the years, and talked about some of the creative challenges he's faced (and embraced) along the way. (more)
Finding Emilie
By Jad Abumrad , Robert Krulwich & Soren Wheeler
While in college, Alan fell hard for a fellow art student, Emilie. (more)
A Lucky Wind
By Soren Wheeler & Jad Abumrad
Do we live in a world where there is magic and meaning, or is it all just chance? (more)
Goat on a Cow
By Laura Starecheski, Jad Abumrad & Ellen Horne
Laura Starecheski finds herself figuratively falling down a rabbit hole (microphone and all) as she embarks on a journey that begins with the story of a goat, a cow, and a box of old letters. (more)
The Ring & I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania
By Jad Abumrad , Aaron Cohen & Elena Park
The grandeur and power of Wagner’s monumental work, The Ring Cycle, has permeated our culture to the point that “Wagnerian” is used as an adjective. (more)
Music: A Force for Good (and Sometimes Evil)
By Jad Abumrad
Radio makers have many techniques at their disposal for crafting each story they tell, including one in particular that gets used and abused more than any other: scoring. (more)
