Radiolab

Quantum Refuge

November 14, 2025·48 min·8-min readnarrativescience
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This episode of Radiolab centers on Qasem Walid, a 28-year-old physicist from Gaza, who uses the language of quantum mechanics to articulate the surreal, suspended reality of living through Israel’s war in Gaza, which the UN and other bodies have described as genocidal. His personal narra

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Qasem Walid

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Qasem WalidDr. Sufjan TayaLulu MillerAlan Adams

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I Am Stuck in a Box like Schrodinger's in Gazaby Qasem Walid

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Criminal Justice ReformGeopoliticsLong Form JournalismMental HealthTrue CrimeUs Politics

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