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The First Exoplanet of James Webb Space Telescope
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
The Webb Space Telescope observed this planet as it passed between the telescope and the host star, LHS 475. By watching the spectra of that star ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Exoplanet that Shouldn't Exist
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Astronomers have found a planet around a red giant star that should have been destroyed, yet it still exists, leaving astronomers to wonder why the...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
Proxima Centauri b: The Closest Exoplanet To Us
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Did you know that the closest star to us has a planet around it that may be habitable? In 2016 astronomers discovered a planet around the red-dwarf...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
How Many Exoplanets Are There?
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Thanks to the remarkable achievements of space telescopes like Kepler and TESS, we have discovered over 5,000 exoplanets – planets beyond our solar...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
JWST Measures Temperature of Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Of all the exoplanets we’ve discovered so far, the most exciting when it comes to finding life elsewhere, reside in the system known as TRAPPIST-1.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Exoplanets Are Everywhere
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Did you know that the discovery of other planets in orbit around other stars is a very recent one? Only 25 years ago, we had no idea there were an...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Promise of Kepler-22b
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Today, we are going to explore a remarkable world that lies beyond our solar system: Kepler-22b. This planet is one of the first confirmed exoplane...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
What is an Exoplanet?
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
There are many types of planets around other stars

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome to Exoplanet Radio
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Exoplanet Radio takes you on a journey to the farthest and coolest planets in the galaxy. Every day we will share with you some of the most amazing...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 1
Sound Ecology: Apapane
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Harriet Tubman, Global Warming, Library Fines
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Harriet Tubman; Topic 2 - Global Warming; Topic 3 - Library Fines

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 6
Sound Ecology: three-spined stickleback
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An Audio postcard highlighting the tiny, beautiful and behaviorally unique three-spined stickleback fish.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 2
Jack London Got Game
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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American turn-of-the-20th century author Jack London was one of the founders of serious American sport fiction. Stemming from his own love of spor...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
The 1968 World Series Version 2 Times are Changing
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The 1968 World Series featured two of the finest pitchers of the day, The St. Louis Cardinal's Bob Gibson (1.12 ERA) and Detroit Tiger's Denny McLa...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Lawrence Albert Payton (Four Tops) June 20, 1997
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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If the sound of his name isn't familiar, the sound of his voice certainly is. This is the unlikely story of four Detroit kids who went to a birthda...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Donald Jeffrey Herbert (Mr. Wizard), June 13, 2007
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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If his name doesn't ring a bell, it's because we knew him ... millions of television viewers ... from the 1950s all the way through to the Nickelod...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson (Casablanca), May 30, 1953
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Although he appeared on stage and in more than 20 motion pictures, Dooley Wilson won immortality for his role as "Sam" in the 1942 film Casablanca....

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Jack Dunn (Discovered Babe Ruth), October 22, 1928
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His was a life that nearly didn't happen. He fell under a boxcar, his left arm mangled as a child, yet went on to own and manage one of the greates...

  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Charles Gates Dawes, April 23, 1951
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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From great grandson of William Dawes, midnight rider with Paul Revere, to U.S. Vice President under Calvin Coolidge ... to co-writer of a number on...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
George Raymond Wagner, December 26, 1963
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The Greeks may have invented wrestling, but it took one man ... Gorgeous George ... to really put the shine on it.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Erroll Garner, January 2, 1977
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His friends called him "Hoochie Coo," and he was one of the great jazz pianists ... composer of hundreds of songs, but best known for writing the t...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Jack Norworth, September 1, 1959
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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You may not know his name, but chances are good you could sing, hum or whistle one of his tunes.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -8: American As Apple Pie--How Terrorism Lost (1940-55)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Paul Robeson testifies
Equality under the law became viable for African Americans only after hard, dangerous work turned public opinion and federal policy against the whi...

Bought by WCPN and KSJD


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
jet - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "jet"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:03
genial - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "genial"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:45