Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks
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Babe, where are the boogie boards? This summer... I have the cooler. Where's the sunscreen? ...as you stuff your car full of more crap than you could possibly use on a weekend trip to the beach... Oh, we have to go. Traffic's just gonna get worse from here. ...Radio Lab wants you to remember who you're sharing the water with. I looked down through pink water, which I realized was my blood. There was this great big head, these big white teeth.
50 years after Jaws struck fear into the heart of the entire nation. Never saw the shark coming. At the time, it was one of the worst shark attacks that was ever survived. It was the biggest shadow that I have ever seen under the water. Don't just look at their teeth because everybody's frightened of their teeth. We want to show you sharks. Look at the rest of the body. The beauty of them is far greater than not. In a way you've never seen them before.
But, you know, in a radio-labby way. These are like swimming fossils. But are they cloning themselves? I think so, yeah. Yeah, sharks are crazy. Yeah, Jaws turned sharks into monsters, so we're going to turn them back into animals. And we found so many wild stories that... We're going to need a bigger show. Yeah, we are going to need five days of sharks. A whole shark week.
We're not allowed legally to say that. A week of sharks. Let's just call it a week of sharks. A week of sharks. Okay, yeah. We have got stories about big sharks and small sharks. Baby sharks. Ancestral sharks. Sharks that fly. Sharks that glow. Sharks that might even cure cancer. And lots of people. People who fear sharks. Love sharks. Study sharks. Raise sharks.
Yeah, it is going to be a whole sharknado of big ideas, stories, surprises that make us completely rethink this amazing animal and our relationship to it. You don't want to miss it. It starts Monday, June 16th. We'll have a new episode on the feed every morning all week. It's called Swimming with Shadows. A Radiolab Week of Sharks. The water's sharky. Where's my swimsuit?