It Might Be Science
They Might Be Giants just came out with a new album, 'Here Comes Science.' So we invited them to come play with us at our season launch party last week at the Water Taxi Beach in Queens. And then we ambushed them with annoying little questions about science and about the tricky business of turning science into entertainment ... because of that whole, you know, 'getting the facts right' thing.
- Duration
- 37m
- Broadcast on
- 21 Sep 2009
- Audio Format
- other
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They Might Be Giants just came out with a new album, 'Here Comes Science.' So we invited them to come play with us at our season launch party last week at the Water Taxi Beach in Queens. And then we ambushed them with annoying little questions about science and about the tricky business of turning science into entertainment ... because of that whole, you know, 'getting the facts right' thing.
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Oh, wait, you're listening to Radio Lab from WNYC and NPR. Hi, could you guys hear us? I think our mic's around, but the gear is not on for some reason. Except for the guitar half. Hey everybody, Jad here. This is Radio Lab, the podcast. Good morning, everyone. Okay, so we have just released our latest season of shows. To the radio, I mean, it's already out on the podcast. But right now, across the country on NPR stations, our latest season of shows is airing, and we wanted to celebrate. So last week we had an event, which we want to play for you in this podcast, at this little patch of sand across the East River called the Water Taxi Beach. It's really cool. You could sit on sand and eat hot dogs and drink beer and pretend you're on the beach, but the skyscrapers are right there. Quite surreal. In any case, it was sort of a crappy day, weather-wise. So we didn't get too lucky on that account, but we were lucky to have a couple hundred people in the audience, and they might be giants. The music group, on stage with us. Now, for whatever reason, they might be giants has decided, you know, after a bizillion records, a bunch of hits, that they want to make a record for kids. About science. We thought, well, science. I mean, come on. That's what we do. Sort of. Well, then we want to welcome everybody who's brave. The clouds and the potential of downpour, which there hasn't been yet and probably won't be. No chance. So we decided to... Here's the deal. This is the beginning of our... 5th? 6th? 6th. Season on Radiolab. So we're going to be beginning right now. Last week was the first one. This Friday is the second one. But when we were trying to figure out how to do this, we realized that while we have been like the science people. You know, at this point, we kind of, we're kind of pros. We're kind of pro. We don't really like the hats. So then we heard that there were these musicians
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They Might Be Giants just came out with a new album, 'Here Comes Science.' So we invited them to come play with us at our season launch party last week at the Water Taxi Beach in Queens. And then we ambushed them with annoying little questions about science and about the tricky business of turning science into entertainment ... because of that whole, you know, 'getting the facts right' thing.