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13-17: Who Is an American? Is Our Democracy As Unequal As Our Economy?, 7/5/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Heather McGhee, Credit: Hardy Wilson
By around 2044, the U.S. will become a majority-minority nation. This seismic demographic shift has triggered a cultural earthquake, provoking a ra...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Starstruck with Sarafina El-Badry Nance
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sarafina El-Badry Nance’s Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark debuted on June 6, 2023. Starstruck shares Sarafina’s emotional and inspiring journey to becoming an astrophysicist, and the powerful role space science can play , Credit: Penguin Random House
Sarafina El-Badry Nance joins Planetary Radio to discuss her new book, Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KVSC, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Portrait of a Scientist: A Conversation with Psyche mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman is the great new memoir by Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Credit: William Morrow
Psyche asteroid mission principal investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton returns with her excellent new memoir, “A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young W...

Bought by KMUN, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Legendary Space Physics Pioneer Margaret Kivelson
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Margaret Kivelson at JPL with a model of the Jupiter-orbiting Galileo spacecraft., Credit: NASA
A fascinating conversation with a space science and policy leader who is still hard at work in her 10th decade.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WYAP, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Sally Ride: Our 2005 Conversation
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sally Ride in orbit aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Credit: NASA
A first-ever encore of our wonderful conversation with the first American woman in space.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Amazing Technology at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Here’s our sampling of the leading edge research presented by NIAC Fellows at NASA’s 2021 virtual gathering.

Bought by KIYU-FM, WFHB, WJCU, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
African Eyes Look to the Cosmos
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomers Without Borders founder Mike Simmons, AWB National Coordinator for Nigeria Olayinka Fagbemiro and host Mat Kaplan after their conversation at the Planetary Society, Credit: Mat Kaplan/The Planetary Society
The founder of Astronomers Without Borders brings the organization’s leader in Nigeria to the Planetary Radio microphones.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KCNP, WYAP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Natalie O'Brien - Costume Designer - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ingrid Goes West, The Bad Batch, Lizzie, and Honey Boy
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Honey Boy
Natalie O'Brien - Costume Designer - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ingrid Goes West, The Bad Batch, Lizzie, and Honey Boy

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
02-12: Escaping Control: Linking Gender, Democracy and Social Change Movements, 8/28/2019
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Gloria Steinem
World-renowned feminist, writer and change-maker Gloria Steinem connects the dots among disparate social movements to reveal the common patterns of...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
WoodSongs 972: Si Kahn & Friends
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Folk legend Si Kahn on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes folk icon Si Kahn to celebrate his legacy with special appearances from T...

Bought by KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, WETS, Radio Bristol and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 22
02212019: Love and Desire: The Juiciness of Passion at Work, Play, and at Home with Saida Désilets Ph.D. & Dr. Lissa Rankin, 2/21/2019
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on passion. Guests ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 51:34
329: Is Anger A Useful Emotion? / 330: Yuck, 12/1/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Is Anger A Useful Emotion?" - What if being angry made you feel better? We'll see red this hour. HOUR TWO: "Yuck" - Rotten cheese, tun...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
03082018: Pussyhats and Other Symbols of Strength: Achieving and Maintaining Sexual and Civic Power with Krista Suh and Dr Jeanine Staples, 3/8/2018
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing feminism. Guests Kr...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 53:06
02082018: Hey, Mom! Burned Out? How to Recharge and Fall Back in Love with Your Life, 2/8/2018
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on motherhood. Gues...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2018
  • Length: 47:08
11022017: Forget About What Your Mother Said: Why Talking to Strangers is Good for You with Amy Morin MA and Kio Stark, 11/2/2017
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
Caption: Happiness [is an inside job]...
Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on why talking to s...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 46:35
A Cosmic Voyage with Astronomer Sandra Faber
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: • New Very Large Telescope image of galaxy Messier 77 , Credit: • European Southern Observatory
Veteran astronomer and cosmologist Sandra Faber has just been awarded the Gruber Prize for Cosmology, honoring more than forty years of pioneering ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTJU, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Thomas Edison, Eclipse Chaser!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: "American Eclipse" by David Baron, Credit: Liveright/W.W. Norton
The great inventor was just one of many men and women who made their way across the American West to view and document the total solar eclipse of 1...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WJSU, KISU, Kansas Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
02232017: The Art of Seduction: Charisma, Sensuality and Presence with Chen Lizra and Belle Linda Halpern, 2/23/2017
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on the success and ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2017
  • Length: 47:50
Ice, Snow and Lava: Exploring Antarctica’s Mount Erebus
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Rosaly Lopes on the slopes of Antarctica's Mt. Erebus, Credit: Michael Carroll
Earth’s southernmost active volcano may also be its most remote. Rosaly Lopes and Michael Carroll recently spent a few frigid days on the slopes o...

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


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan Leaves NASA
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Outgoing NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan, Credit: NASA
For well over three years, planetary scientist Ellen Stofan has worked directly with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to help coordinate and expan...

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


  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
09292016: Want change...VOTE: Why & How the Upcoming Election Needs YOU!, 9/29/2016
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on voting. Guests C...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 51:28
09012016: The Gifts & Challenges of Failure—How and Why We Learn from Our Mistakes, 9/1/2016
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on failure and moti...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 50:27
Never Too Young to Save Lives
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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At the mere age of 16, Jihana Mendu went on the adventure of a lifetime to Peru. While there to pursue her ambition of working in the medical field...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Mother of Invention
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A mother and a nurse created a device to help other breast-feeding moms.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 1
Pam McKissick Without Reserve: Small Companies Doing Big Business In Foreign Countries
From: Auction Network Productions
Caption: Pam McKissick Without Reserve
In this episode of "Without Reserve" host Pam McKissick takes a look at small companies doing big business in foreign lands. Her special guests in...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2014
  • Length: 51:40