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The US Supreme Court is again considering whether universities can make an applicant’s race part of the decision to admit or reject.

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Astronomers using JWST detected the oldest and most distant complex organic molecules yet in the galaxy SPT0418-47. The galaxy is over twelve billion light-years away but from our perspective on Earth, it is directly behind a foreground galaxy that is onl, Credit: J. Spilker / S. Doyle, NASA, ESA, CSA
Justin Spilker joins Planetary Radio to talk about his team’s detection of the oldest organic molecules in the known Universe.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Will Aldrich Quintet, Credit: Benny Moreno
They’re calling themselves the Will Aldrich quintet, with Will and Gabe Hartnett playing saxophones, Rafi Karpowitz on the piano, Callum Schultz on...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Will Aldrich Quintet, Credit: Benny Moreno
They’re calling themselves the Will Aldrich quintet, with Will and Gabe Hartnett playing saxophones, Rafi Karpowitz on the piano, Callum Schultz on...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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.

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
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We cherish the right to free speech in America. But words can also cause real harm. Where is the balance between free expression and protecting the...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 10
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Many children in America are really struggling. We are dealing with kids that are in a different space mentally than we've ever experienced before....

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: NASA’s Biomass Production Chamber at the Kennedy Space Center replicates the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or on other planets to grow fresh crops. NASA scientists Bill Knott, left, and Tom Dreschel examine the growth of crops., Credit: NASA
The second round awardees in a Planetary Society grant program will explore extreme life in super-salty lakes, and study how future Martians will g...

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  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
A group of prominent music North Side Minneapolis music people are creating a Minneapolis Sound Museum. Sure there is Paisley Park which documents ...

  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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Why do some people help when others stand by? Every heroic act starts with paying attention to what other people need. Resisting the urge to stand ...

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  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: This artist’s conception shows the gas giant TOI-5205b transiting, or passing in front of its host star. This world has been called the “forbidden planet” because of its size and proximity to its small red dwarf star, which goes against our current unders, Credit: Katherine Cain/Carnegie Institution for Science
Shubham Kanodia, the lead on a paper about a so-called “ forbidden planet,” TOI 5202 b, joins us to talk about this strange world and why it's upen...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: SWHS Jazz Band, Credit: Sara Johnson
The Southwest High School of Minneapolis showcases its Jazz Big Band and Jazz Combos, Thursday June first at the school. The show features not only...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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In this week's episode of Planetary Radio, we're honoring the educators who inspire young, curious minds to explore the marvels of the Cosmos.

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  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: The VERITAS mission would map Venus with radar and infrared spectroscopy., Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Darby Dyar, Deputy Principal Investigator for NASA's VERITAS mission to Venus, joins Planetary Radio to share the human story behind the spacecraft...

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  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
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Our nation’s laws about marijuana are remarkably inconsistent. What are the effects of marijuana criminalization?

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  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: The Planetary Society, a co-sponsor of the biennial Planetary Defense Conference, hosted a screening of the movie "Planet Hunters" at the 2023 conference in Vienna, Austria. This image shows the crowd at the event, which senior communications advisor Mat , Credit: Alex Karl
Planetary Radio creator Mat Kaplan shares a look behind the scenes at the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference in Vienna, Austria.

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
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Today we explore the art of broadcasting with Joe Kendrick, WNCW’s program director, as well as the creator and host of Southern Songs and Stories-...

  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:26
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Hollywood has been slow to include climate in its stories. Executives fear it won’t sell – that it’s too overwhelming or depressing. Apple TV+ has ...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
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Hollywood has been slow to include climate in its stories. Executives fear it won’t sell – that it’s too overwhelming or depressing. Apple TV+ has ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
Caption: The Nashville Celts on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Irish Americana band The Nashville Celts plus Kentucky-based Celtic trio ...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 36
Caption: An image of Ganymede obtained by the JunoCam imager during Juno’s June 7, 2021, flyby of Jupiter's icy moon., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Join us as we celebrate the successful launch of the European Space Agency's Juice mission with project scientist Olivier Witasse.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: 331 Poster, Credit: Siri Marie Beckmen
Sherry Minnick has been singing since childhood. She’s sung just about every style, but rarely with a percussionist, until now. Sherry’s new challe...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe by Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, was released on April 18, 2023. The book takes the reader on an imaginary journey to 10 spectacular locations in space and shares the strange and beautiful experienc, Credit: W. W. Norton & Company
Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, joins Planetary Radio to discuss his new book, “Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Tawny Newsome interviews astronaut Jessica Watkins and SpaceX Inspiration4 pilot Sian Proctor at the 2023 LA Yuri's Night celebration at the California Science Center, discussing their unique journeys to space and their meaning for the future of explorati, Credit: David Pinsky
Join us as we delve into the heart of LA's 2023 Yuri's Night party, a celebration commemorating Yuri Gagarin's pioneering 1961 voyage into space.

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
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When Romans put down a Judean rebellion in 73 AD, they also extinguished the Judean date palm. Two thousand years later, an unlikely pair of scient...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2