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Molly Webster (host)

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185 total appearances

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Radiolab
The Spark of Life

I mean, it is really crazy, because literally after we have this conversation, I'm going down to South Carolina, where my dad is in hospice, like near the end of his life.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

you do have all these questions about just like what's happening, what's unfolding, like a notion that, I mean, I'm sure I'm not going to see like a flash of light happen.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

I mean, I'll keep my eyes peeled, but you know, just like the notion of like a signal out into the world, like that's so

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

visual even if we can't really see it but like light is so meaningful to us you know that it could that like it is a signature of of us and that that it's like a final salute or something you're letting the energy that was patterned into this architecture that we are out back to be transformed into something else

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

Yeah, it's like it is.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

Yeah, it's really pretty.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

Thank you to Narosha Murugan.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

You can find her at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

This episode was produced by Sara Khari with help from me.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

It was fact-checked by Natalie Middleton.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

For those of you who are gonna go check out that life flash video, one thing to note, you're gonna see a big flash of light in the video.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

That is not the biophotons.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

That is a fluorescent dye that researchers added to the experiment so they could see it better.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

But beneath that dye, the thing that it's very much illuminating is a very quiet, gentle light.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

And I'd like to dedicate this episode to my dad.