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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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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 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
GPS
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Hugo Fruehauf, one of the co-inventors of GPS, explains the nitty-gritty of what GPS is. He also details his critical engineering work on the GPS s...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 32:27
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
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
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
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
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
Code Girls
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Liza Mundy
The iconic image of Rosie the Riveter is cemented in America’s history and imagination. Meanwhile the book and movie Hidden Figures ignited an inte...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Innovators: Walter Isaacson In Conversation
From: Mateo Schimpf
Caption: Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, Credit: Patrice Gilbert
Walter Isaacson, author of "The Innovators", is in conversation with Janes Wales, President and CEO of the World Affairs Council.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:08
The Girls of Atomic City
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Denise Kiernan
In her new book, journalist Denise Kiernan shares the never before told story of the young women who played a crucial role in one of the most signi...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Promo 2.
From: Carl Stiansen
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
Wolves Return to Eastern Germany
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Certainly not wildlife lovers in eastern Germany...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Saving the Salton Sea
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Have you ever wondered where migratory birds get all the energy for such long, grueling flights? Well, there are pit stops along the way, like the ...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
THEY MADE AMERICA: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators, with Sir Harold Evans
From: Sarah Montague
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Sir Harold Evans looks at the lives, times and ideas of the innovators that shaped America.

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 11