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The Gemini Planet Imager: Making Worlds Visible
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Gemini Planet Imager first light image of exoplanet Beta Pictoris a
Principal Investigator and physicist Bruce Macintosh joins astronomer Franck Marchis to celebrate first light from the most powerful instrument for...

Bought by WMNF, Marfa Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
Amy Mainzer Hunts Killer Asteroids With NEOWISE
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NEOWISE Mission Principal Investigator Amy Mainzer
Take a spacecraft that can no longer survey the realm of galaxies and repurpose it to discover thousands of much nearer asteroids and comets. Put i...

Bought by KSKQ, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Comet ISON's Spectacular Science Legacy
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Karl Battams, Comet ISON Observer
Maybe it wasn’t “the comet of the century,” but ISON has left a scientific legacy that is beyond compare. That’s according to Karl Battams of NASA’...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, WESM 91.3 FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
The Institute on Ecosystems at the University of Montana
From: Katie George
Series: Cores of Discovery
Caption: Ric Hauer, Credit: University of Montana
Ric Hauer, the Director of the Institute on Ecosystems at the University of Montana, discusses how a community of researchers, educators, and manag...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:04
Juno Mission to Jupiter Swings Past Earth
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter From Voyager 2, Credit: Jonsson
Juno Principal Investigator Scott Bolton reviews the spacecraft's Earth flyby and previews its long stay at our solar system's king of planets. Bil...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
A Pre-Historic Brain In The 21st Century
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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How to live with the brain of a cave-man in the 21st century, is the subject of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversation with Rick Hanson, P...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Science versus Religion -- Groks Science Show 2010-11-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Ron Frost discussed the scientific and religious debate over evolution

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 22:23
  • Purchases: 3
Heavy Weather (Part II)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we’ll hear part two of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll look at how climate c...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Heavy Weather (Part 1)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tillamook Floodplain, Credit: Barbara Bernstein
On this edition, we’ll hear part one of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll explore the connection...

Bought by WUAL and The Neighborhood


  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Serenity -- Groks Science Show 2010-01-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Steve Pavilanis discussed methods for achieving a Life Less Anxious.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 24:35
  • Purchases: 1
Cranioklepty -- Groks Science Show 2009-11-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Colin Dickey discussed the practice of Cranioklepty

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 23:02
  • Purchases: 1
Best Science Writing -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jesse Cohen discussed the Best American Science Writing for 2009.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2009
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
Clean Foods -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
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
Evolutionary Truth -- Groks Science Show 2009-02-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Jerry Coyne from the University of Chicago discusses why evolution is true.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 3
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Telepathy- Is it possible to read minds?
From: Michio Kaku
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Science can begin to read people's minds

Bought by KFCF FM and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 16, 2008
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2
Save the Whales
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One of the most successful conservation campaigns in history was launched back in the 1970s, when bellbottoms were still in style.

Bought by KMXT and KUAC


  • Added: Sep 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
Up the Creek!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Have you ever wanted to help "green up" your town, but the project seemed too daunting? This inspiring story is about how a handful of folks in Tac...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Planetary Population Explosion? Dava Sobel Hopes So
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Do we now live in a solar system with twelve or many more official planets? Galileo's Daughter author Dava Sobel was the only non-scientist on the ...

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


  • Added: Aug 30, 2006
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 3