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Caption: Marc Hartzman's fascinating and entertaining book about Mars in popular culture and more., Credit: Quirk Books
Author Marc Hartzman’s new book celebrates the wonder of the Red Planet and how it entered popular culture.

Bought by WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
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We revisit Sarah Aronson's interview with Doug Chadwick from 2017. Wildlife biologist and author Doug Chadwick engages in a lively discussion aroun...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ben Miller's The Aliens are Coming, Credit: The Experiment Publishing Company
British physicist turned comedian and actor Ben Miller has written The Aliens are Coming-- The Extraordinary Science Behind our Search for Life in ...

Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KMUD and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Saturn and Cassini, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The great Cassini spacecraft has a year to go before it plunges into the ringed planet. Project Scientist Linda Spilker returns with more amazing m...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Artistic rendering of Planet 9 with the distant Sun in the background., Credit: Caltech / R. Hurt (IPAC)
Our live conversation about “Planet 9” and the amazing diversity of our solar system, featuring Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown of Caltech, Senio...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Nichelle Nichols presents the Cosmos Award to Neil deGrasse Tyson, Credit: Navid Baraty/The Planetary Society
It was a grand night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. CEO Bill Nye led the Planetary Society’s 35th anniversary party with guests including Neil d...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, KFCF FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Matt Damon as "The Martian", Credit: 20th Century Fox
It was the #1 New York Times bestseller, and as this week’s Planetary Radio premiered it was once again the most popular movie in the USA. “The Ma...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: In this laser frequency comb, colorized for illustrative purposes, the solid lines are the star spectrum and the dots are the artificial laser spectrum. The dark gaps in the star spectrum represent different chemical elements in the starlight. Long-term s, Credit: European Southern Observatory
It’s terribly hard to find exoplanets that look like our homeworld. The search requires development of astoundingly powerful and precise instrumen...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Planetary Radio Live at the 2014 USASEF, Credit: Loren Roberts
Join thousands of space and science geeks at the world’s biggest public science event in Washington DC. On the Einstein stage to talk about dirty ...

Bought by WMNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
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We discuss work-life balance with Dr. Michelle Au, an anesthesiologist and acclaimed author. Since medical school, she has penned “The Underwear Dr...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
David Lovering discussed his endeavors as a scientific phenomenalist and as the drummer for the Pixies.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 25:07
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Colin Dickey discussed the practice of Cranioklepty

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 23:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Terry Walters discussed establishing a clean food diet.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 30:07
  • Purchases: 2