Radiolab

This episode makes three earnest, possibly foolhardy, attempts to put a price on the priceless. We figure out the dollar value for an accidental death, another day of life, and the work of bats and bees as we try to keep our careful calculations from falling apart in the face of the realities of life, and love, and loss.  In this story you’ll hear references to some of the issues that were on our minds when it first came out in 2014: wars in the middle east, drug costs and health care practices. Even as the exact shapes of these issues have evolved over the past dozen years, we feel the underlying questions are relevant and timeless: What is life worth? What about the earth? EPISODE CREDITS:  Reported by - Molly Webster, Simon Adler, Tim Howard, and Matt Kielty with help from - Shahib Al-Masawa  Produced by - Matt Kielty, Tim Howard Fact-checking by - Michelle Soraka EPISODE CITATIONS: Books -  Memoir of A Debulked Woman (https://zpr.io/WJz2Ybvq3HmT) by Susan Gubar Being Mortal (https://zpr.io/8J47trRc