Jad Abumrad
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Jad Abumrad is an American radio host, composer, and producer best known as the creator and former co-host of the innovative science and storytelling podcast "Radiolab."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jad Abumrad canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7536422 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jad Abumrad Context triple: [Robert Krulwich, hasCollaborator, Jad Abumrad]
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A.
Robert Krulwich
Robert Krulwich is an American journalist and broadcaster best known for his imaginative science storytelling on public radio and television, including co-hosting the show Radiolab.
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B.
Ira Glass
Ira Glass is an American public radio personality best known as the creator and longtime host of the narrative journalism program "This American Life."
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C.
Robin Ince
Robin Ince is a British comedian, writer, and broadcaster best known for his science-themed comedy and co-hosting the BBC radio show "The Infinite Monkey Cage" with physicist Brian Cox.
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D.
Tim Perell
Tim Perell is a film producer known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the romantic drama "Last Chance Harvey."
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E.
Raney Aronson-Rath
Raney Aronson-Rath is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker best known as the executive producer and editor-in-chief of PBS’s investigative series Frontline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jad Abumrad Target entity description: Jad Abumrad is an American radio host, composer, and producer best known as the creator and former co-host of the innovative science and storytelling podcast "Radiolab."
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A.
Robert Krulwich
Robert Krulwich is an American journalist and broadcaster best known for his imaginative science storytelling on public radio and television, including co-hosting the show Radiolab.
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B.
Ira Glass
Ira Glass is an American public radio personality best known as the creator and longtime host of the narrative journalism program "This American Life."
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C.
Robin Ince
Robin Ince is a British comedian, writer, and broadcaster best known for his science-themed comedy and co-hosting the BBC radio show "The Infinite Monkey Cage" with physicist Brian Cox.
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D.
Tim Perell
Tim Perell is a film producer known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the romantic drama "Last Chance Harvey."
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E.
Raney Aronson-Rath
Raney Aronson-Rath is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker best known as the executive producer and editor-in-chief of PBS’s investigative series Frontline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ podcast host ⓘ radio host ⓘ radio producer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
MacArthur Fellowship
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Peabody Award ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| coHostOf | Radiolab ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creatorOf | Radiolab ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1973-04-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Oberlin College ⓘ |
| employer |
WNYC
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linked to:
WNYC Studios
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| ethnicGroup | Lebanese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Abumrad ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
audio production
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podcasting ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
science communication
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ |
| givenName | Jad ⓘ |
| hasChild | two sons ⓘ |
| hasRole |
composer for Radiolab
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host of Radiolab ⓘ producer of Radiolab ⓘ |
| knownFor |
blending journalism with narrative storytelling
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distinctive sound design in radio ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
podcast
ⓘ
radio ⓘ |
| name | Jad Abumrad ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative audio storytelling
ⓘ
science-themed radio and podcasts ⓘ |
| notableWork | Radiolab ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
podcast host ⓘ radio host ⓘ radio producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Syracuse, New York
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linked to:
Syracuse
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| spouse | Karim Zuhri Abumrad ⓘ |
| studied |
creative writing
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music composition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jad Abumrad Description of subject: Jad Abumrad is an American radio host, composer, and producer best known as the creator and former co-host of the innovative science and storytelling podcast "Radiolab."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.