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Kristina Wong with Rebecca Solnit: The Power of Art and Aunties
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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“Had the government stepped in and done its job, had they not advocated against vaccines and mask mandates, we wouldn't have been frantically gathe...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Constant Wonder - Whitman and Alabama, America in Maps
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: Whitman's poetry sheds light on human connections and national identity; Topic 2: How we can use maps to view American history differently.

Bought by WLRH and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:45
  • Purchases: 2
Return to the Moon: Preparing for splashdown in the Pacific
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Host Mat Kaplan talks with USS John P. Murtha captain Gervy Alota next to the Orion capsule test article aboard the ship., Credit: Mat Kaplan
A shipboard update on how the Artemis 1 Orion capsule will be recovered from the Pacific Ocean.

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


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Brad Ricca discusses "True Raiders"
From: Steven Nester
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This book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a rogue British nobleman who, after being dared to do so by Ava Astor, the so-called "most b...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 27:35
211231: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Naomi Oreskes: The Schneider Award, 12/31/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Each year, Climate One gives an award to a natural or social scientist for excellence in science communication. This year’s recipient of the Stephe...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
Discovering Mars with Jim Bell and William Sheehan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A mosaic of 102 Viking orbiter images of Mars, showing a hemisphere of the planet centered on the immense Valles Marineris canyon system. Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey., Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
“Discovering Mars” is the new chronicle of humanity’s long relationship with the Red Planet, assembled by space historian William Sheehan and Mars ...

Bought by KUT, KIYU-FM, WFHB, WMUU-LP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Halloween in Santa Fe, NM
From: Radio Eruption!
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Radio Earuption youth producers explore all things Halloweenie, including the psychology of fear and local creepy haunted stories

  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 32:54
Incubating the Extraordinary with Turtle River Montessori Head of School Bubli Dandiya
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Incubating the Extraordinary with Turtle River Montessori Head of School Bubli Dandiya. A Holistic approach to educating, Enriching and helping to ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2021
  • Length: 25:18
JWST is ready for launch and amazing science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope seen being prepared for transport to French Guiana for launch later this year., Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
Three astronomers share what they hope the James Webb Space Telescope will reveal about our universe after its launch this month.

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


  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Constant Wonder - Octopus Personalities
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness

  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 52:52
A conversation with the director of “Don’t Look Up”
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio are astronomers trying to save the world from a comet in Don't Look Up., Credit: Netflix
Director Adam McKay and planetary defense expert Amy Mainzer join us for a conversation about the film and the science behind it.

Bought by KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KIYU-FM, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Discovering life elsewhere: How can we be sure?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the surface of exoplanet Trappist-1f, a world that may be capable of supporting life., Credit: NASA
NASA’s Jim Green and Mary Voytek want the science community to develop tools that will help us evaluate potential evidence of life beyond Earth.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Surprising Double Bills Every Monday Night this December at the Icehouse in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Guitarist Zacc Harris curates Monday nights this December at the Icehouse in Minneapolis. Doors open at 6 with music starting at 8PM. Each show is ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Into the anthropocosmos with Ariel Ekblaw
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's depiction of TESSERAE self-assembling structures in orbit around Mars., Credit: Artist Rendering of TESSERAE (TU Dortmund)
“Into the Anthropocosmos” is MIT Space Exploration Initiative director Ariel Ekblaw’s collection of innovations that will improve life in space and...

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KCNP, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
The Write Question - Laura Kolbe
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Doctor and writer Laura Kolbe talks about her new collection of poems, "Little Pharma."

Bought by WETS, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The DART asteroid impact mission begins, with Nancy Chabot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Illustration of DART, from behind the NEXT–C ion engine, Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
The DART mission begins its journey that will end when it smashes into an asteroid, demonstrating how we might save Earth from a devastating impact.

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


  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Spacecraft communications and navigation with Badri Younes
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) is one of three Deep Space Network (DSN) facilities. Each of the facilities is located approximately 120 degrees of longitude apart so that at least one station is able to downlink and uplink signals , Credit: NASA
Spacecraft need a navigation and communication infrastructure to carry out their missions. Learn how NASA does it and what’s in store for the future.

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Constant Wonder - What Really Happened to Sodom, Ancient Mural of Jonah
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: An archaeologist makes the case that a cosmic air burst destroyed a major city near the Dead Sea. Could it have been Sodom? Topic 2: The s...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Lana Harper Gets Witchy Revenge in Her New Novel Payback's a Witch
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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What do you get when you mix a revenge plot, but everyone is witches? And two of them fall for each other? You get Payback's a Witch, a sizzling, w...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2021
  • Length: 10:17
William Kotzwinkle discusses "Felonious Monk"
From: Steven Nester
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American novelist William Kotzwinkle is a two-time recipient of the National Magazine Award for Fiction, a Book Critics Circle award nominee, a win...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:04
Sarah Al Amiri and the new UAE mission to the asteroid belt
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An artist's impression of the future UAE asteroid mission spacecraft flying over an object in the main belt., Credit: UAE
The head of the United Arab Emirates space agency announces a new mission to explore seven asteroids.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
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
Leaders of the Lucy asteroid mission
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Lucy spacecraft observes one of the Trojan asteroids in Jupiter's orbit in this artist concept., Credit: Southwest Research Institute
Principal investigator Hal Levison and colleagues prepare us for the launch of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in an exclusive interview.

Bought by KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials., Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
The ion engine-powered Dawn spacecraft will orbit Ceres for many years. Could it have touched down on the surface of the dwarf planet?

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


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13

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