We're really proud of the work we do here at Radiolab. And this past year, if you've been listening to the podcast, you've heard stories that we fought with and fell in love with and coaxed into being.

We experimented with furbies, met a monkbot, battled our muses, and went on a hunt for the very first AIDS patient. And we reported a real-life love story--the story of Emilie Gossiaux and Alan Lundgard--that smashed our hearts and put them back together again better than they were.

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