Funky Hand Jive | Radiolab Podcast

From the Radiolab podcast: When we touch greatness, does any of it rub off onto us?
Back when Robert Krulwich was kid, he had a chance encounter with then President John F. Kennedy. The interaction began with a hello and ended with a handshake. And like many of us who have touched greatness, 14-year-old Robert was left wondering if maybe some of Kennedy would stay with him.
Back in 2017, when this episode first aired, Robert found himself still pondering that encounter and question. And so with the help of what was brand new science back then, and a helping hand from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, he set out to satisfy this curiosity once and for all.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Simon Adler, with help from the Only Human podcast team: Amanda Aronczyk, Kenny Malone, Jillian Weinberger and Elaine Chen.
EPISODE CITATIONS:
Videos:
The Handshake Experiment (zpr.io/buzgQeJ...)
Books:
Neil deGrasse Tyson's book is called "Astrophysics for People in A Hurry." (zpr.io/idRcrMu...)
Ed Yong, “I Contain Multitudes.” (zpr.io/ff5imFP...)
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[@KnightofSnowdonia]

It's annoying how you've put all the episodes behind a pay wall, and are just re-releasing old content. What's the point? There were so many cool episodes on Spotify that i used to share with people. Now I don't share anything cause it's just regurgitated content that Robert and Jad did.
Nothing new is coming out of Radiolab.
You guys haven't even made my Spotify rewind in 2 years. That's mad. You've gone from #1 every year to not even #5.
Please change the way you run it. Give us back all the old episodes again and come up with original content, faster.

[@sue-o8245]

Thanks y'all. Tons o' fun.