RadioLab Host Jad Abumrad Embraces The 'Gut Churn'

By Steve Kraske,

Published June 6, 2016 at 1:56 PM CDT

Jad Abumrad, co-host and producer of RadioLab, says when he got his start, he didn't know what good radio was supposed to sound like. Maybe that explains how his program was able to transform the medium. Whatever your project, it's important to embrace the anxiety — Abumrad calls it "gut churn" — that comes along with the creative process.

Jad Abumrad will speak about the creative process as part of the Free State Festival in Lawrence, Kansas, at Liberty Hall on Saturday, June 25. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit FreeStateFestival.org.

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