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// Emergency Medicine Physician
// Radiolab Contributor
// Musician
// Meek Mill’s Former Algebra Tutor 🤷🏽‍♂️

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UPDATE: This show is sold out! But you can still RSVP for the livestream at our link in bio.

NYC, we have another LIVE SHOW for ya! It’s on Thursday, Nov 5, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. and you can get tickets at the link in our bio.

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For years, we have been trying to replace parts of ourselves, from our beating hearts and other organs to the skin on our bodies to the hair on our heads. Nearly every part.

In the latest Viscera, ER Doctor Avir Mitra and Senior Correspondent Molly Webster take us into the rapidly evolving world of transplants. Then we’ll kick it with New York Times bestselling science writer Mary Roach, who spent the last couple of years traveling all over, from Sichuan Province in China to Tbilisi, Georgia, to Massachusetts General Hospital, to understand just how far we’ve come, and how far we’ll go, to replace our parts. Avir talks with his dear friend, Alin Gragossian, about one of the scariest days of both of their lives. And we ask: After all our years of trying, how close are we to convincing our bodies to accept what isn’t us?

📍 The Greene Space at WNYC in Manhattan. by @avirmitra

Throughout human history, there’s been one element we’ve always associated with death. Just the smell of it is an alarm bell that says, “something here is dangerous.” But what if our noses have been wrong all along?

In this week’s episode, we take you to a live performance in Boston where we reveal how this much-maligned element might be better understood as the smell of life.

Listen at the link in our bio, or wherever you get your podcasts. by @avirmitra

The smell of hell, new radiolab out today! #chemistryinreallife by @avirmitra

Mary Amdur discovered that industrial air pollution was damaging people’s lungs.

The company funding her research didn’t like the answer.

She was threatened. Pressured to withdraw her work. And ultimately lost her position.

But her research helped lay the foundation for how we understand air pollution and respiratory health today.

You probably never learned her name. You should have.

#ScienceHistory #WomenInScience #pollution #stemgirls #environmentalscience by @avirmitra

Next stop: Boston.

Radiolab sold out in NYC. And now we’re taking the show on the road.

Join Radiolab in Boston on September 25th at WBUR CitySpace (@wburcityspace) for the newest and most pungent installment of Radiolab presents Viscera: Gripping tales of the human body.

The world around us can be… smelly. Rotten eggs. Volcanic gas. Decay. These are smells we usually avoid. But on Friday, September 25th you can join Radiolab LIVE to learn how the stench known throughout history as an oracle of death, might actually be the surest sign of life. Featuring special guest, historian and best-selling author Jennet Conant.

Fear not, we’ll have good smelling things too.

Tickets via link in bio.

📅 FRI, SEPT 25th, 7:00 PM
📍 @wburcityspace | Boston, Massachusetts
🎟️ Link in bio / get your tickets at wbur.org/events

Thank you to The Olfactory Contractor (@olfactorycontractor) and perfumer (gusromero1) for scent development and production. by @avirmitra

Haircuts are expensive so come to caveat this Wednesday to learn about science please! by @avirmitra

Despite being literally disgusting, this mysterious element can be…life-affirming? Or even life-saving (if you can find a matchbook after using the bathroom).

Radiolab Presents: Viscera uncovers gripping tales from the human body. On Wednesday, August 26, we’re presenting you with stories about this insanely powerful thing that warns us of death and decay, is used in warfare, and yet somehow makes everyday life possible.

Join us for stories from the E.R. and beyond, featuring Radiolab contributor Dr. Avir Mitra and senior producer Matt Kielty. And yes, there will be smells.

📅 WED, AUG 26, 7:00 PM
📍 @caveatnyc
🎟️ Link in bio / get your tickets at caveat.nyc/radiolab
🍺 21+ by @avirmitra

———SOLD OUT!——— You can still get live stream tickets or come see out second show in Boston!

Smells like Radiolab Live. From the bowels of hell, comes an odor of death and decay, a scent that has long been known throughout human history as the sign of doom.

Join us for a live taping of Radiolab Presents: Viscera on Wednesday, August 26th at Caveat (@caveatnyc). We’ll experience a horrid mystery element from the hospital room to the battlefield, and from inside your head to the farthest reaches of space. You’ll see, hear, and, yes, even smell, how something we’ve always thought was bad, may in fact be very, very good.

Radiolab Presents: Viscera is a series of gripping stories about the human body, hosted by Radiolab correspondent Dr. Avir Mitra and Senior Producer Matt Kielty. Get your tickets now.

📅 WED, AUG 26, 7:00 PM
📍 @caveatnyc
🎟️ Link in bio / get your tickets at caveat.nyc/radiolab
🍺 21+

(Photos from Radiolab Presents: Viscera “The Elixir of Life.” Live at Caveat 2025.) by @avirmitra

Is AI really better than ER doctors at diagnosing patients?

No — but you probably saw some headlines this week suggesting exactly that. Here’s the real story of where these headlines came from and what the data actually says explained by @kmpanthagani by @avirmitra

A new tool in the war against antibiotic resistant bacteria: Phage therapy.

If you want to learn more, listen or watch the full live show at the link in our bio.

Explained by @chngin_the_wrld and @avirmitra
Animation and editing by @si_mon_allen by @avirmitra

Bacteria have a sneaky little trick…

If you want to learn more about bacteria, check out our full show! by @avirmitra

@radiolab presents Antibiotic Apocalypse. Bacterial resistance is coming. What can we do about it? #biology #antibioticresistance #sciencepodcast by @avirmitra