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418-Fireball II
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A thousand meteors brighter than the planet Venus enter the Earth's atmosphere every day. The record of one of them on your dash cam can reveal whe...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, KSFR and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Narwhal Great Escape
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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These mysterious single-tusked denizens of the Arctic have a paradoxical response to danger.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
416-Odd Ball
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system.

Bought by KENW, KKRN, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
415-Well Done
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A three football field sized asteroid survives on a harrowing path around our Sun.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Maureen
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Sparx is a rat terrier Chihuahua, and he doesn’t let people get too close to me, I think for fear that they’re going to hurt me. He’s a good boy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
NOLA vs Nature: The Other Biggest Flood In New Orleans History
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: The Crevasse, viewed from the levee., Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection
For the next few episodes TriPod dives into the city’s messy relationship with water through a new series called NOLA vs. Nature. First up: a look ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
414-Enormous Visitor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The impact of a 1,200 foot diameter asteroid would produce devastating earth quakes and wind blasts over many square miles on the Earth's surface.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
413-Fission Rocket
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To cut the mission time to Mars, the risks, and the mass of supplies required for such a prolonged space mission NASA is looking at alternative mea...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Sheep Face Recognition
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Sheep can recognize human faces.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
408-Earth's Pet Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On it's gravitational leash, Earth's pet space rock, 2016 HO3, accompanies us at a distance of between 38 and 100 times the Moon's distance from Ea...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Geese vs. Hunters
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Geese are holing up in the big city during the winter to avoid hunters.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Male Mammoths
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Mammoths that left remains in Siberia were overwhelmingly male. Scientists want to know why.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Prohibition Swing of the Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Gentlemen's Anti-Temperance League, Credit: Aaron Davidson
The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League calls what it does Prohibition Swing. It’s a collection of styles nearly a century old with a lot of cool. ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
403-Double Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A strange object consisting of two mile diameter asteroids surrounded by a gas cloud is orbiting our Sun.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KSFR, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Predictably Irrational: Dan Ariely #114 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Do we behave rationally? You might be surprised how often our decision-making deviates from what is in our best interest. Behavioral economist Dan ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Bird Play & Tools
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Birds, like humans infants, learn about the world around them through play.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
400-Roving Venus
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the surface air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, NASA and JPL engineers are exploring the ...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
399-Moons of Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years has two moons.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 17.258: Goldfish Make Alcohol to Live without Oxygen, 12/27/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Goldfish Make Alcohol to Live without Oxygen

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Poison Frogs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Why don’t poison frogs poison themselves?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pumpkin Toadlet Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Tiny orange frogs called pumpkin toadlets can’t hear their own calls.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
AMOS 17.239: The End of the World, 11/30/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The End of the World

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.234: Why Cannibalism Is Sometimes a Good Thing, 11/23/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Cannibalism Is Sometimes a Good Thing

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.233: Taste and Touch vs. Sight and Sound, 11/22/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Taste and Touch vs. Sight and Sound

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
392-Dragon Delivers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The SpaceX 11 Dragon mission is the first time an American spacecraft has visited the space station since the NASA Space Shuttle Program ended in A...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KRWG and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9

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