Fritz Haber's a professor, small university, he's working with chemicals; it's about 1880. And now that we're sort of just on the other side of that. He has such great faith in me." Thanks to all our great storytellers. But what if something's happened to the man. He could have never imagined that. Okay, so what happened to David that night with his friend got him really curious about murder, and badness, and all these things we're thinking about. "Just wanted to kill them, I just needed to kill them." No, but there's part of me says, "You know, here's a guy who just wanted to do everything better than had ever been done before." I'm not going to give you what you want. Finally acknowledging, "Yeah, that's true." My dorsal hair stood up when I read the end of this. And a mysterious past. The subjects range in occupation from corporation presidents to good [inaudible 00:12:29] and plumbers. Next, we meet a man who scrambles our notions of good and evil: chemist Fritz Haber, who won a Nobel Prize in 1918around the same time officials in the US were calling him a war criminal. SciShow Tangents He's bald, he has a potbelly, he has these pince-nez spectacles, he's chomping on a Virginian cigar, he was always smoking these Virginian cigars and he's wearing a fur coat. I'm [Clemmy Buttonhill 00:26:56], I'm here to tell you about the Open Airs Project, the new podcast form WNYC studios and WQXR, in which people share stories about the classical music that gets them through their lives. They were gagging, they were choking. His was the first generation when a young Jewish boy could truly imagine that he could just be a regular part of that society, he could do anything. And what makes a bad person so bad that he's different from the rest of us? ", "Even- even when their sorrows almost were forgot. But he does it with a kind of, uh, amoral athleticism. With help from Shima Oliaee, Carter Hodge, and Lisa Yeger. But there's been a fellow, I've been thinking about him for the better part of year, as you know-. Was it nice day, nice sky, nice job, or nice chair? "The experiment requires that you continue.". It's a pretty big thing to miss (laughs) isn't it? He was doing his great science work right around the turn of the 20th century; so right around 1900. "Have you ever thought about killing someone?" He would say over and over again. This episode was produced with help from Carter Hodge. This is Jeff Jensen and he's a reporter in LA. Uh, generates electric shocks. Yeah. And so, I went up to the bedroom and he was, you know, in a rage. Sort of unsportsmanlike. Radiolab is supported by Audible. And it gets even more disturbing for my father as the conversation suddenly pivots to another victim. Well, have you ever been blackmailed the way this woman was being blackmailed? Some- some people described it as a cloud, and then, others described it as this kind of 15 foot wall kind of hugging the land. Our food source then moves into our bodies. Does everybody, at some point, have something dark in them that just tiptoes out, from time to time? I mean, that was make believe. We just got to get ov- get out of it where-. But we will do it on our own if we think it's good.". Then the executioner castrates you, cuts you open, and takes out your internal organs, and then separate your head; which is put on a post. This is basically what Stanley Milgram set out to test. Thousands of people have done it before you. Yeah. But I mean, he's up to 195 volts. Did members of Haber's family die in the concentration camps? Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience. It's a graphic or an illustrated novel. He has these pince-nez spectacles. [2] Haber finds himself in a little town in Belgium called Yp-. It comes to us from our reporter, Aaron Scott. The questionnaires they filled out are part of the Milgram archive at Yale. And oddly enough, we got a really interesting take on the true nature of badness from this guy-. Yes, and he did too. You know, just because of a mathematical summing up. And in the trial, when the prosecutors, essentially, ask him how you came to commit genocide he would say, over and over again-. Okay, one of those very tiny old fashioned pair of glasses that would pinch on your nose. But Haber saw it as a wonderful success and wished- wished that the Germans had been better prepared to exploit it because he felt like they really could have made a terrific advance if they had had more confidence. I'm really proud of Job, he believes in me, and he trusts me in so much, and he has such great faith in me. "Definitely yes.". I'll go along with this.". In December of 2001, my father and his colleagues-. He goes straight to the German high command, and he pitches this idea. And while David's sitting in the bedroom with this friend, the guy looks up at him, and he says-, Like through his teeth, "I'm going to kill her.". They start disagreeing with each other. So wait. Ear drums, God. And he goes home for a few days. Okay. But we ended up walking this question around different people-. Yes. Terms and conditions apply. With higher and higher voltage. He was in this state of fury, he said, and instead of hitting his wife, he smashed his fist into the bathroom mirror, and then realized that he had to leave the house, or he was going to do damage to her. In that moment, my father, he stands up and he says-. The subjects of 40 males between the ages of 20 and 50. Wow. No, because if you couldn't afford a ticket for a play, you'd seen all the plays, in the 1500s, you could always go to a public hanging. We, as- as onlookers to this study, we have this kind of god-like, uh, sort of vision of, like, well of course what they're doing is wrong. And one of the first acts that the Nazis do is to basically issue an order that says there shall be no Jews in the civil service. Suspected that it could be upwards of 75. What makes boys boys and girls girls. And this is was the difference between Kaiser Wilhelm and, of course, Hitler's Germany. "This was a moment in German history," he says, "When Jews had a decent amount of freedom.". And he goes home for a few days a hero. The use of it, he couldn't have imagined. Prince-nez? Radiolab is supported by Casper. The first victims of the Green River killer were found in the summer of 1982. Go. The son, eventually, after he emigrates to America kills himself. I'm going to take a break. But you know, we ended up walking this question around to different people. I don't know, I would rather have scientists who carry doubt with them as they proceed, I-. We begin with a chilling statistic: 91% of men, and 84% of women, have fantasized about killing someone. If this is the singular moment in Shakespeare where he gives you un-understandably evil man. So, how do you feel about him now? Do you think that more studies of this sort should be carried out?" "When I picked them up I was going to kill them." Um, although there's some (laughs) [crosstalk 00:02:19]. It's about 1880. And then it was several hours later, in the middle of the night, that I got the call. I dated her several times a year. And my views about human nature are that it affords infinite potential for lightness and dark. And they're saying, "Have you checked out Job? This story made us wonder, "Is David's friend-". We should say that this next section of the program has some references which are extremely graphic and not to everybody's tastes. And as soon as it did, soldiers began to convulse. Now what you need to understand about Alex Haslem is that he hates it when interviewers only want to talk about the baseline study. And, "Because women have stepped on me all my life." The Bad Show.ogg download. When you call someone, "Evil." And the infinity of gray spaces in between. He's standing there on the front pushing the gas into the lungs of other human beings. Milgram staged the whole thing like it was some experiment about memory and punishment, but of course it wasn't about that. Even now. plus-circle Add Review. There's lots and lots of lessons here, but one is I think, you know, when you are enjoying to do something for the greater good, maybe ask yourself the question, what is greater and what is good? Well, I mean, I know that sir, but I mean, he's up to a 195 volts. What you know-". Which was sort of asking these questions like, "What makes a person inherently good or bad? Maybe this is the time they tell them to go brush their teeth or something. That's like an adult blue whale of chlorine. I think they have to be extreme in the extreme. Although, clearly, on some level they know it isn't. So, basically at 6:00 pm at April 22nd. And that was a question that had haunted my father for decades. Does he- is he saying what I think he's saying? WNYC is America's most listened-to public radio station and the producer of award-winning programs and podcasts like Radiolab, On the Media, and The Brian Lehrer Show. Let's go into our instructions. You know, he's a man adrift. By the ocean of breath twice, I remember I carried your oxygen. Hmm. You know, he does it without humility, without- without a lot of doubt. Is that like a- like a green cloud? Haber, it's unknown what happens for the rest of the evening, but it is a well documented fact that the very next morning-. There's trench warfare. But the questions in the air, at the time, were very real. I got it in front of me, I've just got the data from the Milgram study. So basically, at 6 p.m. on April 22nd-. And we end with the story of a man who chased one of the most prolific serial killers in US history, then got a chance to ask him the question that had haunted him for years: why? We realize this is hard work, but what you are doing is for the good of Germany. With all of the black-and-white moralizing in our world today, we decided to bring back an old show about the little bit of bad that's in all of us.and the little bit of really, _really _bad that's in some of us. Fast forward 10 years. Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. He was in this, um, uh, uh, state of fury, he said, and, um, and instead of hitting his wife, he smashed his fist into the bathroom mirror. Now what you need to understand about Alex Haslam is that he hates it when interviewers only want to talk about the baseline study. An mlsconsumeraccess.org number 3030. No one has ever said about a sex tape that I've ever, so no. We take a look at one particular fantasy lurking behind these numbers, and wonder what this shadow world might tell us about ourselves and our neighbors. And Hitler takes over. Radiolab is supported by Casper. Really, that story has been told a million and one times for the last 50 years. I mean, you know, it's just one of those things we've been bringing back shows that we think are just vibrating still in the world. Why does God allow this to happen? Uh, he's a master plotter. We didn't really come into any kind of agreement with the Haber thing. I just needed to kill because of that. And then, the final one. Mm-hmm (affirmative). And they ask for it to be reformulated to take out the warning smell, and it becomes zyklon B, the killing gas of the concentration camps. He was trying to repeat this masterstroke. And not just because he was vain, which everyone agrees he was, but because he loves his country. Why did you do this?" Well, we'll have to discontinue the experiment then. So, during World War I Haber's institute had developed a formulation of, um, insect killing gas called zyklon. I knew she had a daughter and-. Well, Sam, what happened to this guy after World War I? Only then does God speak up and kind of say like, "You're going to question me? It's a graphic or an illustrated novel. And he says, "Because of the rage." The story of Job is that one day God and Satan were having a conversation. He buried them, or left their bodies in these little clumps in the woods-. One of those very tiny, old fashioned, uh, pair of glasses that would pinch on your nose. Tell us anything about [inaudible 00:58:03]-. What my father and his colleagues know is that something was done to these bodies. He figures out a way to take a lot of air that's filled with these little nitrogen bonds clinging to each other, and pump it with big iron tank. In that why, in that one simple why that he asked Gary, there was a lot of questions he was asking. He's chomping on a Virginian cigar. Meanwhile later that night, the other side of town. The Bad Show Listen Transcript Image credits: Adam Cole Cruelty, violence, badness. Look, the participants, it's not just blind obedience, "Oh you tell me so, yes sir, no sir, three bags full, sir.". Stanley Milgram had four scripted prods that he wrote out for his experimenters for when the subjects didn't want to continue. They're not doing something because they have to, they're doing it because they think they ought to. And I just sat at my desk and started reading these. Because actually, he studied between 20 and 40 different variants of this same paradigm. Well the thing that haunts me about the why question is that I'm reminded of one of the oldest stories in the Bible, which is the story of Job. Was he trying to make a commentary, and so was he grappling with something? She just burst my eardrums (laughs). So, Jeff wrote this book because his father, Tom Jensen, was one of the lead detectives tracking Gary Ridgeway. Which is a- a fairly small, you know, a small sort of town. We need to put it under a lot of pressure. This is what totally pulled me into the story. But he organizes soldiers, he organizes whole gas units. In a lab at Yale University with a bunch of regular Americans. Our main story is the haunting tale of a chimp named Lucy. He believes in me and he trusts me and so much. Now, of course, you could find some nitrogen out in the world. No reason. And it's just sort of approaching. 'cause actually he studied between 20 and 40 different variants of this same paradigm. Our thanks to Ben Walker, whose podcast he has a podcast and it's a good one. Just a little glimmer. Clara, also from Breslau, also from a Jewish family. Visit our website. Trim, nice mustache. Yeah, necrophilia. Wow. This is just a tsunami of evil-, And at the very end of the play, when everyone finds out what Iago's done, Othello asks him, "Why? ", Yeah, we just need a whole lot more of one simple-. It immediately became apparent that there was going to be difficulties. That's my thing and that's where I'm going to stand on it. I mean it's a fact, of course, that they're administering pain to a stranger, that's what's horrifying about it, but imagine they were administering pain to themselves. I actually did the first thing, but he saw my intentions and ran away." Right? And "Because women have stepped on me all my life." I would rather have scientists who carry doubt with them as they proceed. Also from Breslau. Visit our website terms of use at www.wnyc.org for further information. "I need to kill because of that." Iago. Right. It has enough what they used to call then solar energy. Suddenly I'm thinking this is actually a darker interpretation. They're going to record it okay. Speaker 2: If the experimenter is not a scientist, but is an ordinary man. And he throws himself at one of the central issues facing Germany at that time. Gary says, "I needed to kill." I mean, I'm going to record it here too. That's my opinion that's where I'm going to stand on it. Um, "Demand me nothing. Is that how you say that thing-. When you call someone then you're kind of done with them. When I said, "Goodbye." Just push the button that corresponds to the right word. And then Othello goes and kills his own wife, smothering hew with a pillow. Go on please. I'll give you bad. What follows is this ongoing conversation between Job and his friends about why does this happen? I thought about grabbing a knife quickly and stabbing him in the chest repeatedly until he was dead. He recruited a bunch of subjects-. And my father was recruited to the task force. Yeah, me too. His wife went into hiding. They're not doing something because they have to. A box of ashes. And while you're doing that, just give me your finger. He walked out of the room and just started weeping. Would you really think that this guy's a good guy? I-. Well, let's talk about Fritz Haber. Today's date is, uh, June 17th. Well there's something distasteful about the fact that he was too into it, but I do think on some level, you have to divorce the man from his deeds, and you got to ask, "Is the world better with him or without him?" And she takes a service revolver-. Radiolab. He stirs up hatred between friends, between lovers. Only 10% under those circumstances go on. You're going to keep giving what? I've been thinking about him for the better part of a year as you know. And Christensen, I dated her several times bef- three times- two times before. And he believed it. He said that if I ever had a relationship with another man, he was going to send videos of us having sex to all the people in my university. Time's up. People like director Sam Mendez, musicians Jean Batiste, and Wynton Marsalis, Call Your Girlfriends [inaudible 00:27:12], and our very own Alec Baldwin. The killer seemed to have placed the bodies as if they were mannequins. This is Radiolab and today we're going to get bad. A hero. And the number of chemical reactions. These are- these are people who are incredibly noble. Test the outer edges of what you think you know, Copyright 2019 New York Public Radio. It was a warning smell so that people didn't inadvertently breathe it in and get sick. But the weird thing is that he decides not just to take down Othello, but everybody. Although, I don't know if that's the right word for this next thing 'cause it's sort of more complicated. Like, how do you tell the real baddies from the rest of us? I'm going to give you a little, uh (laughing). And then, Othello goes and kills his own wife, smothering her with a pillow. Is that nitrogen is [tryvalent 00:31:48]. I've just got the, uh, the data from the Milgram. And I think what we want out of the why is meaning. He is a soldier. Like, you walked into the room, what- what do you find? Fat- commit them to memory? Uh, we ask "Who did you think about killing?" My name's Benjamin Walker and here are some RadioLab credits. Radiolab weaves stories and science into sound and music-rich documentaries. Okay, well actually the one thing that the study really doesn't show is that people obey orders. And he was someone who had very big ambitions. The participants that are there in this study-. 'cause this room's echo-ey and you know there's nothing like a closet full of clothes to, like, help balance that out. I'm not going to go ahead with it. There's something deeply, deeply wounding, stressing, upsetting a thought that he had anything to do with Zyklon B, but he did. And not just 'cause he was vain, which everyone agrees he was, but because he loves his country. He figured maybe 1% of these men would keep flicking these switches up to the highest voltage, but that's not what he found. A liquid that has captured the nitrogen right out of the air. That's Fritz Haber's wife. Now, we're seeing about a 100 million tons of synthetic fertilizer produced industrially each year and that tonnages then moves into our food source. There's a pause and my father just says-. You know what? Yellow mucus was frothing out of their mouth, those who could still breathe would turn blue. Pat, go ahead. It's absolutely essential that you continue. They couldn't deploy it, they couldn't deploy it. Want to talk about bad people in Shakespeare. I invited him for dinner and as he was in the kitchen looking stupid peeling the carrots to make salad, I came up to him laughingly, gently so that he wouldn't suspect anything. But if you look at Milgram's work closely. They couldn't deploy it. You know [crosstalk 00:10:58]. And so I expanded the sample where we asked about 5,000 people-. Thank you Ben. And they would circle yes or no. He knew about it. This is, uh, I just want to take a shower. Zyklon A, which was originally just a pesticide-. I killed her. And-. Terms and conditions apply. And every scenario produced a different result. But the guy is cut to shreds, he's allowed to confess. Visit our website. What you know you know. The most common source of nitrogen is in the air around us. Again, it's a pretty big thing to miss. No. All right. You know [crosstalk 00:25:00]. Well if the idea is that people will do bad if they think it's good, if it's a good noble cause. Within minutes, the gas reached the allied side. Radiolab for Kids Presents: Terrestrials A show where we uncover the strangeness right here on Earth Romeo y Julieta A World Premiere Bilingual Audio Play. Radiolab is supported by Audible. There are hints of reasons. Or nice chair? In the best of your memory, which word was matched with nice? I mean, yes, I did lie about that. He said that if I ever had a relationship with another man, he was going to send videos of us having sex to all the people in my university. And that's all the difference in the world. To find page after page of yeses. And once again, another nitrogen compound. And to bring a few other of our storytellers in. What's the noble cause in this case? Be right back. And on their skins, as on the bark of trees, have with my knife carved in Roman letters, 'Let not your sorrow die, though I am dead.'". And so, Satan basically systematically destroys Job's life, takes away his wife, his children, all his material possessions. Let's just finish this. It is, arguably, the most significant scientific breakthrough of them all. Hey wait! In fact, his chemist had given this particular pesticide a smell. To find page after page of yeses. Like, is that something that's universal? 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