Latif Nasser

Radio researcher

Latif Nasser is the director of research at Radiolab, where he has reported on such disparate topics as culture-bound illnesses, snowflake photography, sinking islands and 16th-century automata.

Why you should listen

The history of science is "brimming with tales stranger than fiction," says Latif Nasser, who wrote his PhD dissertation on the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic of 1962. A writer and researcher, Nasser is now the research director at Radiolab, a job that allows him to dive into archives, talk to interesting people and tell stories as a way to think about science and society.

Latif Nasser’s TED talks

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Latif Nasser

The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief

Posted Jul 2015

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Latif Nasser

You have no idea where camels really come from

Posted Mar 2016

5:51

Al Roker, Al Gore, David Biello and Latif Nasser

The science of extreme weather — and how to reduce the harm

Posted Nov 2021

6:04

Xiye Bastida, Shiv Soin and Latif Nasser

Dear world leaders, these are our climate demands

Posted Nov 2021

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Pop-Up Magazine: The engrossing talks of Session 8 of TED2015

March 19, 2015

Pop-Up Magazine is “something like a reading,” only not. This unique show brings the glossy pages of a general interest magazine to life, telling real-life stories in a vortex of sight, sound and spectacle. And they have curated Session 8 of TED2015. A tour of the 11 stories woven on the TED stage: Believe in Magik*. The lights […]