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Oct 2023
41m 33s

Jad Abumrad

Design Matters Media
About this episode
MacArthur Fellow, Peabody Award winner, iconic public radio host and creator of one of the most successful shows, Radiolab—Jad Abumrad joins a studio audience in New York for the Design Matters live tour.

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