Ellen Horne
Ellen, promptly after reading the "How to Make Radio" comic book, set out to learn how to do just that. She’s still learning, although in the course of the last decade she has worked as a spot news producer, a features reporter, a talk-show booker, a montage maker, an announcer, a podcast consultant, and a news editor. She joined Radiolab in 2003 as a volunteer, and is now the Executive Producer. Lately, she’s been obsessed with transposing Radiolab into more visual places – like theaters and apps. She’s overwhelmed with gratitude for the amazing team she gets to play with every day at Radiolab.
Comments [98]
I vote t-shirt as well, which is how I picked the design. If it is the tote bag, the Firefly design is more appealing.
Cow and goat + t-shirt.
P.S. Please and THANK YOU.
The Microscope!
And a T-SHIRT!
Now!
love from Australia.
If you're going the t-shirt direction, we females demand women's sizes and cut -- no shapeless beefy Ts!
Ok, the micrscope is cool but the Goat on Cow is hands down the coolest design for a tshirt (which is what I hope you go with, rather than the tote bag)! Goat on Cow is an inside joke and us Radio Lab geeks will be so happy to spot eachother with it. Plus the design is simple and well executed. I would like to order a women's medium please (female fit please)!
The microscope on a t-shirt for sure.
It has high symbolic values and will be a great conversation starter, but keep it small, upper left, like it was a club or organizational T. Then it's wearable in more situations and will lead to spreading the RL word more. I'll take 2!
i love radio lab because it shares so much amazing trivial facts like how a squirrel has a twenty-five year life span, and how goats like to climb things.
it makes the perfect conversation starter.. goat on a cow.
"Detective Stories" was the very first Radiolab that I heard.. so I had to go with the Goat on the Cow.
T-Shirt is a much much better option!
No brainer. T-shirts. Goat & Cow on front. Microscope & 'Radiolab' on back.
The microscope is perfect.
Goat on the cow made me smile, though.
Goat on cow for sure. Microscope is an awesome overall logo, but for a tote bag the goat/cow is wonderful and unsubtle conversation starter - perfect for ensnaring new listeners.
Torn between the goat on top of the cow and the radioscope...
So, I vote for both ;)
And ditto on the women's cut t-shirt!
I say a giant image on my chest is the only way to display my profound and undying love for RadioLab.
Cheers!
It would be more fair if the options shared the first spot on the page.
I would buy a T-shirt the instant they are available. Also, vote goes to microscope.
OK, a compromise-- Microscope on the shirt pocket and a big Goat & Cow on the back!
How come the instellar cryptology design has the probe originating from Mars? An inside joke, I presume?
Another woman listener here, please remember us if you're doing t-shirts.
BUT! Bring back the prints! I can't believe they are sold out.
(And I voted for the Atomic Radio - Frank Chimero is a neat artist.)
None of the above. All I want is the simple Radiolab logo, the orange ball with the "r" in it. These others are too busy. If I HAD to pick one, I'd say the "Golden Record CD" one. But again, just the logo would be best!
I voted for the atomic radio one, but I love the goat and cow too. Really a toss up for me. For some reason the view results link isn't working for me though?
For the sake of transparency: my vote goes to Goat on a Cow, with radioscope a close second!
GOAT ON COW! GOAT ON COW! GOAT ON COW! PPLLLEEEAASSEE! I
T-SHIRTS! =)
I love them all! Here is what I think you should do...sell them as T-shirts and offer every design (in limited editions) so people can choose their favorite. And definitely offer a smaller cut for women.
please make a gold record t shirt for me
Regarding M's comment...
I disagree. These designs are all wonderful! I had a hard time picking one. However, I do agree that the T-shirts (if they're made) should be on a gray (of the dark variety) base color or something else that fits... Not white.
Here here on the t-shirts, I would buy one today! And I'm glad to see that radio-labers have such good taste (reference the micradio)
Come on those designs don't measure up ANYWHERE near the quality of RadioLab. Somebody's gotta come up with something LEAGUES better. I mean LEAGUES!! Apologies to the designers!
And yes I would definitely buy and sport a RadioLab T. Not in white, though.
goat on the cow t-shirt!!!!!!
I tried to vote for alien crypto but the vote button does not work, Tried with both Internet Explorer and Google Chrome...
Also I vote for a T-Shirt, much better than the other options.
Thanks, and great program , I love it!
I'm adding my informal vote to the T-shirt option....and as long as I'm asking, please please please offer a version specifically for girls (feminine tee or tank). Thank you!!
I love the fireflies. So pretty! Looks like I'm in the minority, though. Ah, well-- I'll get the tote bag no matter what design is chosen.
After listening to the Detective Stories episode I voted for the Goat/Cow. What a great story.
Christmas is coming up fast. Please put this on a t-shirt or something before the holidays! My sister loves Radiolab and this would be a great gift. :)
I've been listening to too much NPR, I thought the cow/goat story was from This American Life. Love the image, and can't wait to ad another tote or tee to my collection.
bah its not even close anymore =/ goat on cow got owned
Goat on Cow on a T-Shirt PLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE!!! Ill order as many as you want.
Goat on Cow! Put it on a tee shirt too.
Also, according to the multiverse theory, in another universe the cow is standing on the goat.
There needs to be a chicken on the goat on the cow. I would've voted for it then. Instead I voted for the microscope. It portrays a lot of information about the show very simply. It's elegant.
Man, that was a hard one! I picked the microscope even though I really felt like being unique and going with something else. I knew the microscope would be the most popular, it instantly conveyed radiolab to me. I vote for the non-tote. Looks like radiolab needs to have a an online store Ellen...;)
Goat & Cow was the first episode I heard too! I didn't realize that was Radiolab, maybe that's why it stuck with me so much! But I have got to vote Microscope, because that captures EVERY radio show that has been cast at Radiolab. Intense scrutiny of the most interesting, mundane and fantastic things!
Love the microscope with the radio antena - it's exactly what you do...take a topic, put it under the "microscope" and brodcast!
Mini buttons!
Upon doing some thinking, I like the cow and goat one on a shirt and using the microscope as the show's logo on mugs, cups, etc. as part of the Radiolab brand. I am reminded of the RSS feed box logo. Imagine the podcast logo is the Radiolab microphone.
by the way, love the show guys, can't wait for the next episode.
i want the microscope and the goat on the cow. i voted for the goat/cow pick but both would be nice. i'm thinking 'RADIOLAB' spelled across the chest with the microscope as the 'I' and then the goat and cow image on the back. that would just make my day.
Yah... I have to agree with most everyone.
I want the microscope because it captures everything of what the show represents... but... well, I want the goat on a cow t-shirt as an inside joke... Can I have both? By both, I mean both T-shirts...
I want to tell everyone what I like at this given moment by having it emblazoned on my chest in cotton... or a polyester blend...
Fabulous to see this project and some lovely indie artists! Cannot wait!
Tshirts and tote bags are going to make fabulous gifts for all the people I've converted to the World of RadioLab!
long-sleeve t's!!!!
I was hoping that you'd have a picture of someone killing their baby in order to save the world. Isn't that what this show is all about?
Is it just me, or does the microscope signal resemble XM Satellite Radio's logo? bc of this resemblance, I am forced to go with goat on cow.
T-shirts people!!! We all already have our eco-friendly NPRish totes. (Also, perhaps use a t-shirt source that is OK with your viewership - i.e. sweatshop free)
The microscope will reproduce across the widest range of options. This icon also has a relationship to the show name and existing brand ID. T-shirt would be amazing.
The goat standing on the cow was the first radio lab episode I heard on the radio. Since then I've been hooked. I love the way you tell stories in a way that consistently blows my mind.
T-Shirt!
o definitely Atomic Multiverse Radio! an image not tied to a specific episode and WAY WAY cool!
My $0.02: I voted for the goat and cow-what a better way to inspire curiosity about Radio Lab. A t-shirt would be great. I don't know what I could do with another tote (although it would be my favorite one)
It was a toss up for sure - the microscope won. One more tally for a female style shirt please! A devoted listener from sunny southern california.
Oh, this is so difficult! Microscope is simplest, most straightforward, the Fireflies one is just beautiful and I'd love to have it, but goat on cow! I loved that episode, I loved how the whole thing was all because of a goat standing on a cow....it was so poignantly random, or something.
Make them all available! (And another vote for tees, including women's cut tees).
T-shirt. Preferably with "Goat on Cow" (my vote). But I'll buy any RadioLab T, honest.
Actually, like some others pointed out, non-white T-shirts would be good – how about inverting the colour of the microscope for a black t-shirt?
Love to Radiolab! Fantastic prints! Pleeeease do T-shirts and yes, please consider the girls/ladies version for sizing -- I would definitely buy one, and in fact have gone to your site looking for Radiolab T-shirts in the past.
If you use Cafe Press you can get almost anything with the design on it, Radio Lab will make less money per item, but the variety of options might allow quantity to make up for it.
AWWWWWWW they are all really neat, but I adore the firefly design!!!!
PLEASE please please tell me, either way, that you'll ship overseas? I promise to purchase lots and lots of Merch if you would consider getting it to us in Australia.
Pretty please?
I LOVE you guys. The show is just the absolute best!
GOAT ON THE COW, GOAT ON THE COW, GOAT ON THE COW!!!
They are all so wonderful and if all of these designs were available on t-shirts I'd probably buy at least two or three different ones.
But if that doesn't happen, how can I get Jez Burrows to make me a Goat on the Cow t-shirt???
Please!!!!! A fireflies Tshirt!!!! If you don't make them, I'd like to talk to the artist! You guys are wonderful.
I really like the microscope design. The radio waves coming out from the microscope remind me too much of XM satellite radio, however. I can also see the gray/orange RADIOLAB logo from the front page on a bumper sticker.
I voted for the Goat and the Cow - I would ADORE the design with "Radiolab" on the back on a t-shirt.
The Multiverse is fantastic. Will all y'all come to Chicago please?
I like the limited edition idea. They're all so cool!
Just another overseas listener chiming in with hopes that whether it be a T-shirt or tote bag, that it can be shipped outside of the US :-)
Definitely a T-shirt, please.
I wish I could do a first and second choice because I love the Microscope, but I think the Multiverse is also very good. The others represent a single show well, but not the program as a whole. --I agree with the T-Shirt idea.-- You could also do some Radiolab Parties outside New York, (like maybe Dallas)
Suzie, the goat on a cow is from the Detective Stories episode (July 2007).
Like many people, I was torn between that and the microscope. I think it just depends if you want something more straightforward or more of an inside joke...I do like the idea of using two designs!
I would totally buy the goat on top of a cow if it was on a shirt!
t-shirt, t-shirt, t-shirt!
(pretty please?)
My rational brain wanted Microscope but my emotional brain won out with the Goat on Cow image.
Here's a thought, why not do limited edition t-shirts in a few different styles then you wouldn't have to choose!
ah i figured the microscope would win.. but a goat on a cow would inspire questions anywhere
I too would get a shirt, and second the call for women's styles. It would also be awesome to have a color other than white.
Although I voted for Instellar Cryptology, both that one and Microscope on a tee shirt would be worn on a regular basis (read: all the freaking time!).
Love you guys!
Although I voted for Instellar Cryptology, both tht one and Microscope on a tee shirt would be worn on a regular basis (read: all the freaking time!).
Love you guys!
T-SHIRTS!!!!!!!! T-SHIRTS, T-SHIRTS, T-SHIRRRRRRTTTTTSSSSS!!!!
Hi, I voted the microscope. Is it possible to buy the tote bag from the UK? Thank you!
Noel, good idea! Two designs would be very nice.
Is it possible to have the winning on both a shirt and a tote bag? If only one option is available, I'd prefer the shirt.
Also, maybe you could put the first and second place winners on the front and back of a shirt or opposite sides of a tote bag?
Love the show, by the way.
I initially went with multiverse because I thought it would look great on a tote or T. It's retro which is what attracted me to it. However, I've changed my mind and I like the microscope better because it makes is a clean, simple & modern statement.
Come on people. It's RADIOlab. It's gotta be the multiverse (in more ways than one) radio design.
I originally was going to vote microscope, simple, identifiable, elegant. But the "alien cryptography" one is so damn cool!
I went for the microscope – for me the making-simple and elegance capture what Radiolab does :-)
tote bag! I can never get enough tote bags :D
Ah, that microscope really screams out "Radio Lab" :)
If you do decide to do shirts, please please make a tank top or girl-cut t-shirt option!
No more tote bags. I can only carry so much.
yes, t-shirts PLEASE!! w/ that microscope icon would be PERFECT and i'd be at least two of 'em!
Which episode is the goat on the cow from? I want to be the RadioLab fanatic who has every episode but obviously am not: are they available in collected format? I vote for a tshirt as well!
I voted for "Goat on the Cow" and is it possible to buy it from China? BIG BIG FAN HERE~~~
T-shirts!! Please!!
i'd vote for a t-shirt option too
I voted for The Goat on the Cow design, but I was so torn between it and The Microscope Icon.
And please - think t-shirt! I'd much rather have one of those than another tote bag.
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