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- One of my own most recent life-rhymes involves Robert Krulwich, actually.
My mother, while she was alive, liked Good Morning America, and one time, when I was a young lad, we were watching a science segment being presented by a particularly lucid man.
My mom commented, "I really like this guy."
I asked Mom, why because she was a very opinionated and, at times, judgmental person, and if she ever made it a point to admit that she liked someone, it meant something.
"Because he as such a pleasant and clear way of explaining difficult subjects."
I never learned his name, but I never forgot his voice, or his face.
Many many years later, as I was working on a podcast of my own that was trying to explain a difficult subject, I thought: "I wonder how that GMA science correspondent would explain this?"
But I had no clue what his name was, and so my attempts to find out who he was were met with nothing.
Less than one week after this, I was introduced to Radio Lab via a This American Life podcast.
As Robert was talking, I began to recognize his voice, and when I looked him up on the web and saw a picture, I recognized his face.
I had found my mom's favorite science reporter.
And the universe, knowing my name, was the biggest help of all.
