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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

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


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Driftless Sanctuary
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we talk to local artist Lyon Smith about his latest work, Driftless Sanctuary. The piece has been on display at Public...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 16:08
Three Kings: Agents of Radical Christianity
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Today we highlight exemplars: A. J. Muste, Mister Rogers, and Benjamin Lay. These were men who lived lives that challenged the expectations of thei...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
133: Gail Collins and the Adventures of Older Women in American History
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Gail Collins & Lauren Schiller
When the colonists first came to America their ideal wife "was a woman who was civil and under 50 years of age." In the early seventies an ad decla...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WNIN, KWIT, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
WoodSongs 993: The Kingston Trio and Allie Colleen
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Kingston Trio on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the legendary Kingston Trio plus Oklahoma Americana Folk Country Artist A...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KTRL, KMUN, KDLG, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 32
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...

Bought by KCNP, KDNK, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Oscar-winning Steadicam - Rocky, The Shining, Philadelphia, Bulworth, La Traviata, The Forgotten
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Oscar-winning Steadicam - Rocky, The Shining, Philadelphia, Bulworth, La Traviata, The Forgotten

  • Added: Oct 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
RDD: The First Public Parks
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The weather has been nice to The Rough Draft Diaries so we're heading outside yet again for this week's episode. We're at Woodlawn Cemetery and Arb...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 06:16
121: Author Jennifer Weiner Writes a Radical "Beach Read"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jennifer Weiner
The times, they are a’changin’. This week on Inflection Point, Lauren Schiller talks to author Jennifer Weiner, about her newest bestselling book “...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
07042019: The Mind and Body in Balance: What Modern Medicine Must Learn from Ancient Science with Tiffany Cruikshank & Ed Harrold, 7/4/2019
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 the balance of m...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 48:25
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...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 22
117: The End of Human Trafficking May Begin With Radical Empathy -Julia Flynn Siler
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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In 19th Century San Francisco's Chinatown only 1 in 10 people were women, and most of them were forced into prostitution, trafficked by criminal to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KCSB-FM, KWIT and more


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
W.S. Merwin: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We kick off National Preservation Week and continue our celebration of National Poetry Month by pulling from our audio archives to look back on the...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
112: How Radical Change Happens - Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl, Credit: Casey Orr
Times like these call for radical ideas. But is being a radical a positive thing? And if so, why are so many radicals seen as dangerous? In this...

Bought by KWIT, Louisville Public Media, KCSB-FM, KWIT, WNIN and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Spectrum 03/19/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today. So...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
City of a Million Dreams
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jason Berry
In 2018, New Orleans celebrated its 300th year. The colorful tapestry that make up its history is like no other in America. Likewise, the dichotomy...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Finding Peace, Sustaining Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we talk with Noga Harpaz, an Israeli, and Raed al-Hadar, a Palestinian, who are part of “Combatants for Peace...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
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...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KDNK, KCSB-FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Learning From a Master
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Richard J. Berstein
She didn’t like being called a philosopher, but that is how she’s recognized. And, as far as philosophy professor Richard J. Bernstein is concerned...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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...

Bought by KDNK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Healing Trauma
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it's soldiers returning from war or youngsters recovering from mass shootings, or any other kinds of sudden or on-going trauma, the need fo...

  • Added: May 14, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
263: Hip Hop Future / 264: Traditional Knowledge, 4/14/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Hip Hop Future" - "Straight Outta Compton" turns 30 this year and hip hop has more influence than ever. What will it change next? HOUR...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
88: Why Rosie the Riveter is "not my icon" - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Betty Reid Soskin
For the past decade, 96-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Riveter/WW...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, KUT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12