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The Voyager Mission: A 45th Anniversary Celebration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: On board each Voyager spacecraft is a time capsule: a 12-inch, gold-plated copper disk carrying spoken greetings in 55 languages from Earth’s peoples, along with 115 images and myriad sounds representing our home planet., Credit: NASA/JPL
It’s a party for Voyager and the team of scientists, engineers and others who have followed it across our solar system. Then we’ll visit with Ann D...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
The High Frontier: A New Documentary About Gerard K. O’Neill
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of a giant O'Neill cylinder space settlement., Credit: NASA, Art by Rick Guidice
Gerard K. O’Neill envisioned vast, magnificent human settlements in space. His followers, including Jeff Bezos, are working to turn his vision into...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, WFHB, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
The First Space Shuttle Pilot: Bob Crippen on the 40th Anniversary of STS-1
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: THE BOLDEST TEST FLIGHT IN HISTORY John Young (left) and Bob Crippen pose for a crew portrait prior to STS-1, the first flight of space shuttle Columbia, in April 1981., Credit: NASA
Robert Crippen and John Young became the first humans to fly a space shuttle into orbit when Columbia launched on April 12, 1981.

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
The Big Book of Mars: Our Obsession with the Red Planet
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Marc Hartzman's fascinating and entertaining book about Mars in popular culture and more., Credit: Quirk Books
Author Marc Hartzman’s new book celebrates the wonder of the Red Planet and how it entered popular culture.

Bought by WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Frederick Kaufman: Voices Inside Our Heads
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
When faced with something overwhelming, terrifying, or incomprehensible, the human mind can get pretty creative. This week on Sea Change Radio, we ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Royal Astronomical Society at 200
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Burlington House, the home of the Royal Astronomical Society on Piccadilly, London., Credit: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK - Burlington HouseUploaded by tm, CC BY 2.0
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Genuine Fakes
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Genuine Fakes, Credit: jacket cover by Rob Ehle
There are fakes all around us. No, this isn’t about “fake news.” In fact, the overuse of that term as given real fakes a bad name. That’s right. We...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Wonder and Meaning in a Book by Carl Sagan’s Daughter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sasha Sagan and Mat Kaplan enjoy a moment in the Planetary Society studio., Credit: Planetary Society/Merc Boyan
Bill Nye says of Sasha Sagan’s new book, “Sagan finds the meaning of life everywhere—with her family, around the world, and especially among the st...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Doris Kearns Goodwin: Leadership In Turbulent Times
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doris Kearns Goodwin
What makes a great leader? This week on Sea Change Radio, we are honored to have Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Earthrise! The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The timeless "Earthrise" image captured by the Apollo 8 astronauts as they circled the Moon., Credit: NASA/Sean Doran
This is the 50th anniversary of the most audacious space mission in history. Apollo 8 blazed a path for the first moon landing seven months later, ...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Moon Mission 3D from Queen Guitarist Brian May and David Eicher
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Moon Mission 3D: A New Perspective on the Space Race, Credit: MIT Press
You haven’t seen the best pictures from the Apollo era and other great space achievements till you’ve seen them in 3D. Queen guitarist and astroph...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Space, Rockets, and a Senatorial Conversation in Huntsville, Alabama
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Saturn V moon rocket on display inside the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Host Mat Kaplan begins a two-episode visit to Huntsville and the Marshall Space Flight Center, recorded this week at the US Space and Rocket Center...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Chasing New Horizons to Pluto with Alan Stern
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New Horizons PI Alan Stern, Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan and astrobiologist/science communicator David Grinspoon , Credit: Alan Stern
The New Horizons mission was a triumph, revealing Pluto as an utterly unique and beautiful world. The entire, surprisingly dramatic tale has now b...

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  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Jeremy Lent: Human History and the Climate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeremy Lent
As we move into a new year, and try to square 2017 in our rear view mirrors, it's an opportune moment to contemplate how we avoid repeating the mis...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:40
Ed Stone and Forty Years of Voyager in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Voyager image of Jupiter's moon Io taken as the volcano called Loki erupted., Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
It is most space fans’ favorite planetary science mission, and with good reason. We visit with the man who has been in charge of Voyager mission sc...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Nazis in Space? Rod Pyle’s Amazing Stories of the Space Age
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Declassified artist's concept of the 1960s Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Credit: National Reconnaissance Office
Rod Pyle reveals bizarre yet fascinating space projects of the past in his new book. Pyle also exposes previously classified information about mis...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Larry Nielsen: Environmental Trailblazers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Larry Nielsen
There’s no denying that the current moment is grim, for the environment, civil rights, and plain old human decency. But I once heard a wise man say...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Giant Telescope and Remembering John Glenn
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: John Glenn on his historic Friendship 7 orbital mission., Credit: NASA
Space historian John Logsdon remembers American hero John Glenn. Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye was a big fan of the Friendship 7 astronaut. Then w...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
John Fleck: Colorado River Riddles
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Fleck
As the temperature and population continue to rise in the southwestern United States, water becomes scarcer than ever. How did we get here? Will th...

Bought by KVNF, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 3
Could the Soviet Union Have Won the Space Race?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Scale rendering of the Soviet LK moon lander next to the US Lunar Module., Credit: Eberhard Marx
Space historian and policy expert John Logsdon joins Mat Kaplan for a fascinating conversation about how the US could have lost the race to the moo...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Don't Lose Your Cool: Katie Herzog on A/C
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Katie Herzog
Who doesn't enjoy that refreshing feeling when you walk in from 90 degree heat to the cool blast of an air-conditioned room? Last month extreme hea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bob Marshall: Louisiana Encroachment, Pt. I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Marshall
With so much focus on the BP oil spill and the havoc it has wrought on the Gulf Coast, it's easy to overlook the broader, more long-term environmen...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Computer Talk Radio (54 minutes) for December 29th, 2012 to January 4th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting December 29th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, our nerd host, opens with the latest news o...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 53:57
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for December 29th, 2012 to January 4th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting December 29th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, our nerd host, opens with the latest news o...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Furious Love
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. Plus, a satire of college football. And, a conversation with the son of a scienc...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1