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13 podcasts that will make you smarter

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46 million Americans listen to a podcast every month.

Podcasts are gaining in popularity for a number of reasons: You can listen in the car or on the train to work, you can dig deep into a topic, and you don't have to burn your eyes out on a screen.

'Radiolab' will help you appreciate how mysterious science is.

While it may seem normal, existence is weird. 

WNYC's "Radiolab" — the brainchild of topflight journos Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich — investigates that weirdness with a blend of science, philosophy, and music. 

You probably want to start with the "Colors" episode.

Start listening here > 



'Invisibilia' will lead you on a journey to the frontier of psychology.

Radiolab spun off 'Invisibilia," whose name is Latin for all the invisible things.

It's a podcast about the unseen, unconscious forces that guide our lives: biases, dreams, quirks of perception.

The first episode tells the story of a boy who couldn't communicate for 12 years. His only company was his thoughts — until, one day, it wasn't. 

Start listening here > 

 

 



'StartUp' chronicles the glorious challenge of founding a company.

NPR veteran Alex Blumberg wanted to make a podcast startup. 

So he made a podcast about it.

The result is StartUp, and it's deliciously entrepreneurial listening.

Start listening here > 

 

 



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