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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...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Pieces of Mars: How We’ll Get Them to Earth
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover., Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-CalTech
Getting precious Mars rocks into Earthbound labs is an unprecedented challenge. We’ll hear how a lander, a rocket, a big solar-powered transfer veh...

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU, WMUU-LP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Top of Mind - WAVES Project, Koji, McDonalds and Black America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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WAVES Project, Koji, McDonalds and Black America

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KTNA and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:47
  • Purchases: 7
A Venus Phosphine Scoop! The Return of Jane Greaves
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This false color radar image allows us to see through Venus' thick clouds to the broiling surface below., Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
Delightful astronomer Jane Greaves is back with the latest evidence for phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KMUN, KCNP, WJCU and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Top of Mind - Smokejumper, Cosmic Queries, Love the Wasp
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Smokejumper, Cosmic Queries, Love the Wasp

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Comets Stink! The Chemical Zoo Found at Comet Chury
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Rosetta and the Philae lander approach comet Chury., Credit: ESA
Scientists have found a menagerie of complex organic compounds on the comet visited by the Rosetta spacecraft that connect it with the birth of our...

Bought by KIYU-FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
Top of Mind - Lautenwerck, Ghost Detective, Antarctic Forest
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Lautenwerck, Ghost Detective, Antarctic Forest

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


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Art & Artifacts with Tim Gordon
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week’s guest is Tim Gordon, master appraiser of art and antiques. Tim has been a leading authority in the appraisal business for over 25 years...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 2
Citizen Science: Join the search for Martian clouds
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's Curiosity rover captured the images used to create this mosaic of Martian clouds over Mont Mercou on 19 March 2021., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Scientists need your help identifying clouds high above the surface of the red planet. The goal is figuring out where Mars’ water went.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Top of Mind - Magic in Prisons, Chestnut Resurrection, Cold Tube
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Magic in Prisons, Chestnut Resurrection, Cold Tube

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSTK and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
New Jet Propulsion Lab Director Laurie Leshin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Laurie Leshin formally assumes her roles as director of NASA JPL and vice president of Caltech in May., Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Laurie Leshin has just become the tenth director of JPL and the first woman to run the fabled center for space science and robotic exploration.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWIT, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Former NASA chief scientist Jim Green looks back
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Former NASA chief scientist Jim Green, Credit: NASA
The former director of NASA’s Planetary Science division, Jim Green, retired as the agency’s chief scientist in January. This episode opens with a ...

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
The JWST: An Awesome New Window on the Universe Opens Wide
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) captured this stunning view of the Carina Nebula, located about 7,500 light-years from Earth. Nicknamed the "cosmic cliffs," it is essentially a nursery for young stars., Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
NASA and its partners have revealed the first stunning images from the new space telescope. We’ll talk about them with Bill Nye and members of the ...

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KUT, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
A Hero of the New Space Age: Lori Garver and Escaping Gravity
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cover of Lori Garver's great new book., Credit: Diversion Books
Lori Garver went up against powerful forces inside and outside NASA to create the hugely successful commercial cargo and crew programs.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Talk Music With Me - Bonnie Raitt: JUST LIKE THAT (2 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Bonnie Raitt takes listeners on a track-by-track tour of her 2022 album release JUST LIKE THAT, offering a fasc...

Bought by WDDE, KNCT FM, WPVM 103.7, WVIA, KUHF and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 12
Asteroid Day! Earth Plays Defense
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Asteroid Day serves as a reminder of the threat posed to our planet by near-Earth objects, and the campaign to protect ourselves from them., Credit: Asteroid Day Foundation
A co-founder of the annual, worldwide event, and the leader of the European Space Agency’s planetary defense program mark the 114th anniversary of ...

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Top of Mind - The Agitators, GPS and Memory
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The Agitators, GPS and Memory

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KTNA, GCR (Global Community Radio), Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Sail on! Bill Nye and others celebrate LightSail 2’s three years in space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This image taken by The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft on Feb. 27, 2021 shows the Red Sea, Nile River, the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and surrounding areas. North is approximately at top right., Credit: The Planetary Society
Celebrate the third anniversary of LightSail 2’s launch with Bill Nye and other leaders of The Planetary Society.

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Ice Cold on the MPC with Houston's DJ John Lacy
From: Aisha (Ms. Roni) Robinson
Series: Indie Artist Music Hustle with Blonde Intelligence
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Welcome to Indie Artist Music Hustle with Blonde Intelligence. This episode we speak with DJ John Lacy. We speak about his skills on the drums and ...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:14
National Writers Series: Brad Meltzer
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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John Searles talks with author Brad Meltzer about his latest book "The Lightning Rod."

Bought by WNMU-FM and WKAR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 2
Portrait of a Scientist: A Conversation with Psyche mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman is the great new memoir by Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Credit: William Morrow
Psyche asteroid mission principal investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton returns with her excellent new memoir, “A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young W...

Bought by KMUN, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Planetary Radio at the Humans to Mars Summit
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Red Planet beckons., Credit: NASA
Mat Kaplan helped host the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington D.C., where much of the community that is working to get us to Mars gathered.

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Planetary Radio Live in London: The Moons Symphony
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Under the baton of Marin Alsop, the London Symphony orchestra records The Moons Symphony in its grand St. Luke's facility., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Join us for Planetary Radio Live at Imperial College London!

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KIYU-FM, WFHB, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Novelist Lisa See
From: New Letters on the Air
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Lisa See discusses CHINA DOLLS, a novel that traces a decade of nightclub life for Asian Americans from 1938 to just after World War II. See reveal...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 1
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3

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