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Presence Mechanism
From: Emily T Griffiths
Series: Device
Caption: Still from PC game Auralux: Constiellations , Credit: E McNeill
In Time Out Of Joint, Phillip K. Dick envisioned the same future that NASA did, even if we didn't get there. San Diego Air and Space Museum provide...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 24:08
199: Cyberspaces / 200: Automate It, 9/2/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Cyberspaces" - When does a robot become real? This hour, some cautionary tales about how digital technology is changing our society. H...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:00
Career Advice from Amy Odell, editor of Cosmopolitan.com
From: Coffee Break w/NYWICI
Series: Coffee Break w/NYWICI
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On this episode, Amy Odell, the editor of Cosmopolitan.com and director of Editorial Strategy for RedbookMag.com, chats with Julie about how to fin...

  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:36
Saving the Planet: Voices From the Planetary Defense Conference
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Some of the attendees at the 2015 Planetary Defense Conference in Frascati, Italy., Credit: ESA CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
We’ve already brought you Planetary Radio Live from the 2015 PDC near Rome, Italy. Now you’ll hear a small sampling of the scientists, engineers, p...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Spiraling Closer to Ceres With the Dawn Mission's Marc Rayman
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Image of Ceres and its mysterious “bright spots” taken by the Dawn spacecraft from 13,600 km (8,400 miles) above the surface., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
It’s the biggest dwarf planet between here and Pluto, and it has a new permanent resident. The Dawn spacecraft is orbiting Ceres in the asteroid be...

Bought by KMUD, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 4
Alan Stern and the Rise of Pluto
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015., Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI
Humankind’s arrival at Pluto is barely two months away. The science and images have already started to flow from New Horizons, according to the mis...

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  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Dr. J and the World's Biggest Telescope
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of the completed European Extremely Large Telescope, Credit: ESO
Joe Liske, host of Hubblecast, is also the top scientist on the European Southern Observatory’s European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), now und...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 4
The Exciting Year Ahead on the Final Frontier
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of the Dawn spacecraft approaching Ceres in the asteroid belt., Credit: NASA/JPL
The Planetary Society’s experts look forward to a great year of firsts in the solar system and beyond. Bill Nye the Science Guy provides a status ...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Breaking the Rulers: The Neoliberal University
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In this episode we try to make clear what the term Neoliberal means and see how it can be applied to the world of the American University, and in ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 55:53
Cassini is Safe! Mission Update From Project Scientist Linda Spilker
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mighty Saturn and its rings, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft., Credit: JPL/NASA
Project scientist Linda Spilker returns with a regular update on Saturn, its moons and rings not long after learning that the mission is funded thr...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Alan Stern and a Big Milestone on the Way to Pluto
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of New Horizons passing through the Pluto system., Credit: NASA/Thierry Lombry
New Horizons passed through the orbit of Neptune on August 25th. By cosmic coincidence, it was the 25th anniversary of Voyager 2’s flyby of that b...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Death-Defying Climax for Venus Express
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Venus Express Enters the Venusian Atmosphere, Credit: European Space Agency
Venus Express Project Scientist Håkan Svedhem tells us about the spacecraft’s harrowing descent into the Venusian atmosphere, what it is currently ...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Jay Barbree on "Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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In his 55 years as NBC’s space correspondent, Jay Barbree has won the respect and friendship of many astronauts. Neil Armstrong stands above them a...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Keith Cowing and the Outrageous ISEE-3 Rebooters
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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They have generated excitement, enthusiasm and support throughout the world. The ISEE-3 Reboot Project has succeeded in gaining control over the 36...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Starlight Festival Cassini Mission Update
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker joins us at the first Starlight Festival in Big Bear Lake, California. The science leader of the ongoing Sa...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Living and Working on Mars—A Conversation at the International Space Development Conference
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: First humans on the Red Planet, Credit: NASA
Planetary Radio visits the 33rd ISDC to talk with three explorers who’ve set their sights on the Red Planet: MD and space medicine researcher Susan...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WMNF


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Microbes in Orbit--Cheryl Nickerson's Pioneering Biomedical Research
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cheryl Nickerson in her ASU lab, Credit: NASA
You may have heard that the sometimes deadly Salmonella bacterium becomes stronger in microgravity. That was just one of the promising results of e...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5 ~ 3D Modeling and Animation
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Graphics in video games are undoubtedly one of the most talked topics in gaming. By speaking with Dr. Dennis Woytek, I hope to give the audience a ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:56
The Gemini Planet Imager: Making Worlds Visible
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Gemini Planet Imager first light image of exoplanet Beta Pictoris a
Principal Investigator and physicist Bruce Macintosh joins astronomer Franck Marchis to celebrate first light from the most powerful instrument for...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
Amy Mainzer Hunts Killer Asteroids With NEOWISE
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NEOWISE Mission Principal Investigator Amy Mainzer
Take a spacecraft that can no longer survey the realm of galaxies and repurpose it to discover thousands of much nearer asteroids and comets. Put i...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
10 Years A Roving-Salley Rayl on the Mars Exploration Rovers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Endurance Crater
What a long, wonderful trip it has been for Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rovers. Planetary Society reporter Salley Rayl has been wr...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Computer Talk Radio (54 minutes) for June 22nd-28th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 22nd, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the guy behind the microphone (and glasses), st...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for June 22nd-28th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 22nd, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the guy behind the microphone (and glasses), st...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Computer Talk Radio (54 minutes) for March 30th-April 5th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting March 30th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the show host, opens with the not so startling...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Computer Talk Radio (November 10th-16th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting November 10th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the friendly nerd, opens with the latest ne...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:01