Ledes, Nutgraphs, Arguments & Process.

Listener reaction to Radiolab after the 2004 debut. It replaced "Fresh Air" on WNYC.

• COMMENT #1:
• What have you done? Bring back Fresh Air to WNYC FM
• COMMENT #2:
• Sorry. I find Radiolab incredibly annoying and over produced
• COMMENT #3:
• This is distractingly over produced
• COMMENT #4:
• Esoteric and obtuse!
• COMMENT #5:
• Soulless.
• COMMENT #6:
• What happened to WNYC today? Radiolab vs Fresh Air? Big. Programming. Mistake. Just turned of the radio, again.
• COMMENT #7:
• SOMEONE got a digital work station for Christmas
• COMMENT #8:
• Please bring back Fresh Air!
• COMMENT #9:
• Why a cutey, slick yet boring program in it's place?
• COMMENT #10:
• I'm NOT liking Radio Lab
• COMMENT #11:
• I just think Radiolab is about the most boring show I've ever listened to despite Jad's great name and voice.
• COMMENT #12:
• Irritating. I also find it alienating.
• COMMENT #13:
• Radiolab is an infantile show.
• COMMENT #14:
• Down with Radiolab!
• Jad:
• So. There were some positive comments as well but when I first read the Excel spreadsheet that contained all of those listener comments, umm, that will live in my gut churn hall of fame.
• Forever.
• I mean it literally knocked me on my ass. I, uh, I was--just did not expect that. It was hard to bounce back from but um--Oh! And I should say that up until a couple of years ago, maybe three years ago, EVERY TIME we would come on the air we'd get some version of that.
• But I gotta hand it to (unintelligible--possibly Dean Cappello) "Yeah those people are hating on you. But it just means that you're doing your job. It means you're on the right track."