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The MacArthur Foundation has announced their new crop of ‘Genius Grant’ recipients, and among the beneficiaries of the $500,000 is Jad Arumbad, host and producer of indie-darling public radio program RadioLab. Despite a very loyal, if not cultish following, RadioLab hasn’t received a ton of media attention apart from some brief mentions here and there. Hopefully this reward will bring some much deserved attention to the under-the-radar program.

While the freedom of the press guaranteed by the First Amendment has never been successfully challenged politically, it is now being challenged economically: as a practical matter, the press is not so free. So, how to pay for the vital probings on behalf of the entire polity, in this time of forced deprivation?