WNYC; Radiolab; This is Your Brain On Love
- Collection
- WNYC
- Series
- Radiolab
- Episode
- This is Your Brain On Love
- Contributing Organization
- WNYC (New York, New York)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/80-63fxqd33
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- Description
- Description
- Radio Lab is given the charge to put on a Singles Night. That's right. "Jad," they said, "stand on a stage and make strangers fall in love! Or, at least, you know, exchange a few phone numbers with each other." So obviously, we turned to science. Jad consults a few experts on the chemistry of a "brain on love." Dopamine, Norepinephrine, and Oxytocin (Oh my). Jad turns to Washington Post writer Neely Tucker and Rutgers anthropologist Helen Fisher to explain the chemistry of love. With their help, we are introduced to three different brain chemicals (Dopamine, Norepinephrine, and Oxytocin) that play a part in concocting Romantic Love. Musical signatures by "i am jen". Your Brain on Love, in Space The emotional state of love is a very physical one too. Ann Druyan-- widow of astronaut Carl Sagan--tells the story of a physical record of love, her love, that makes its way through space. Can the fleeting moment of new love--heart pulses, jittery senses--be imprinted into a physical eternity? This piece was originally broadcast as part of a Radio Lab hour on Space. Extra, Extra And if you haven't gotten your fix of "Your Brain on Love," take a peek at what others said about it. For some reason, the press was eager to cover our night of science, love, public radio, and nervous singles.
- Genres
- Magazine
- Media type
- Sound
- Credits
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- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WNYC-FM
Identifier: 60939.1 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
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- Citations
- Chicago: “WNYC; Radiolab; This is Your Brain On Love,” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-63fxqd33.
- MLA: “WNYC; Radiolab; This is Your Brain On Love.” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-63fxqd33>.
- APA: WNYC; Radiolab; This is Your Brain On Love. Boston, MA: WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-63fxqd33