How Does Radiolab’s “Colors” Hold Up Ten Years Later?

1x speed. Check. Good headphones. Check. Let’s do it.

Erik Jones

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Drawing of mantis shrimp with white light entering its eyes and coming out as a spectrum. Bottom of spectrum has arrow pointing to below violet, and labeled “super duper ultraviolet.”
The mighty mantis shrimp, hero of Radiolab’s “Colors” episode and see-er of super duper ultraviolet. Illustration by author.

It’s late 2014, early 2015, and this is my impression of every message board that discussed podcasts.

“Hey I just finished Serial and loved it. What else should I listen to?”

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Erik Jones

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