Bug Highway in the Sky - an exemplar of science radio

Robert Krulwich is a master of storytelling.

He's one of those few people who can take almost any piece of information and turn it into intelligent, and fun, radio. As someone who hopes to continue in the radio craft, and one day actually get to focus on science storytelling, Krulwich is an example.

Take his radio piece "Bug highway in the sky." Krulwich crafts a five minute piece that not only brings the sky alive, but also brings the scientists who do the research alive. This a rare thing.

When science gets on tv or the radio, the research is prominent, like it should be. But the motivation of researchers are often left behind. This is a problem. As a veteran CBC radio doc producer once yelled at me, "People are the story." By combining the facts with the scientists voices of wonder, an echo of how we interact with the world comes alive. Why talk about the world if we do not include ourselves in it?

But enough of my radio pontificating - here's the story

And then there is this fancy little adaptation.



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