Jad Abumrad, a producer and co-host of WNYC’s Radiolab program, will give a lecture titled “Got Churn” on Monday at the Memorial Union.

During the lecture, Abumrad will tell a personal story about how he invented a new aesthetic and how the negative feelings during a creative process can “propel us forward.”

The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall. The event is free and open to the public and doors open at 6:15 p.m.

Abumrad, a 2011 MacArthur Fellow, has hosted “Radiolab,” a science and philosophy show syndicated by National Public Radio, since 2005. The program has won a peabody award and is carried on 437 public radio stations across the United States.

Since graduating from Oberlin College in 1995, Abumrad has worked for a wide range of local and national public radio shows, including NPR’s flagship programs “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.”

The lecture is sponsored by the College of Design, the College of Engineering, Engineers’ Week and the Committee on Lectures.