The Primordial Journey | Radiolab Presents: Gonads Episode 1

Radiolab Presents: Gonads is a miniseries that plunges into the mysterious world of human reproduction.
In the first episode we meet the human embryo, which has only just begun its months-long journey to become a baby. At two weeks old, the embryo is tiny, still invisible to the naked eye. But inside it, an epic struggle plays out, as a nomadic band of cells marches toward a mysterious destiny, with the future of humanity resting on their microscopic shoulders.
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Radiolab Presents: Gonads is a multi-episode journey deep into the parts of us that let us make more of us. Senior Correspondant Molly Webster explores the primordial roots of our drive to reproduce, introduces a revolutionary fertility procedure that sounds like science fiction, reveals a profound secret about gender that lives inside all of us, and calls on writers, educators, musicians, artists and comedians to debate how we’re supposed to talk to kids about sex.
This episode was reported by Molly Webster and produced by Jad Abumrad. Scoring and original composition by Alex Overington and Dylan Keefe. Additional production by Rachael Cusick and editing by Pat Walters. The “Ballad of the Fish” and “Gonads” was composed and sung by Majel Connery and produced by Alex Overington.
Special thanks to Ruth Lehmann and Dagmar Wilhelm.
Radiolab is supported in part by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science. And the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.
Illustration by Jasu Hu [www.jasuhuart.com]
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.

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Great music!

[@Optithra]

music and effects used a bit too heavily and often for me but really enjoyed the content. Go gonads!

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Annoying music but Molly rules.