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How to Get Booked on Radiolab
Radiolab is a science podcast hosted by WNYC Studios with 855 episodes. Your strongest route into Radiolab starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
Radiolab is not affiliated with Let's Make A Podcast. We cannot book its guests.
What Radiolab is about
Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Publishes
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Jul 10, 2026
- Catalogue
- 855 episodes
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- The Holy Shiver
- Atomic Artifacts
- The Gondolier
- This is Your Brain on Hormones
- Bonus: Wild Animal Dads from Terrestrials
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-07-16.
3 show-specific steps to pitch Radiolab
- 1
Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of Radiolab, which publishes weekly, currently “The Holy Shiver”. Listen for how the host frames the conversation, then make your angle fit Radiolab.
- 2
Use the guest form Radiolab publishes
Radiolab takes guest pitches through a submission form on its own site, at radiolab.org. That is the process the host chose, so it is where they actually look. Use it instead of a cold email, and paste in the pitch you wrote. Open the Radiolab guest form.
- 3
Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want a researcher or communicator who can make a complex finding clear and vivid. Open with one sentence on why you fit Radiolab and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for Radiolab, then grade the draft against Radiolab.
Pitch basics: read the complete guide. Radiolab is listed from Apple Podcasts (iTunes Search API), public directory data; its host can manage it below.
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