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From Mars to the Stars With Lou Friedman
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Lou Friedman’s new book offers an inspiring view of our future in space., Credit: University of Arizona Press
The founding Executive Director of the Planetary Society has just written “Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars,” an optimistic view of humani...

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Right Site: Choosing A Landing Spot on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's sketch is based on the Curiosity rover in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, with proposed modifications based on the science definition team's recommendations. , Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The 2020 Mars Rover may be years away, but determining where it will land is already a hot topic among scientists and engineers. Many of the former...

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


  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Ann Druyan and the Breakthrough Initiatives for SETI
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Green Bank Telescope is the world's largest, fully-steerable telescope. It will be used in the Breakthrough Listen SETI initiative over the next 10 years., Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF
The Breakthrough Initiatives will pump $100 million into the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the next 10 years, vastly expanding humani...

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


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Emily Lakdawalla's Pluto Preview
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: July 6, 2015 color image of Pluto from New Horizons., Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Two visits with the Planetary Society Senior Editor this week, as Emily first provides an update on the Rosetta comet mission and then returns with...

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


  • Added: Jul 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Girl Power -- Groks Science Show 2015-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Rachel Swaby discusses women in science.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPVL, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 4
A Cassini Update, and LightSail Spreads Its Wings
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini's last close-up view of Saturn's "creepy" moon, Hyperion., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Our most frequent guest, Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker, returns with another update on the magnificent mission at Saturn, including evide...

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


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Robert Bigelow and His Expandable Space Habs
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Towering mock-up of Bigelow Aerospace's Olympus space habitat., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Bigelow Aerospace’s BEAM expandable/inflatable space module will be attached to the International Space Station later this year. Mat travels to the...

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


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides on LauncherOne and the Return of SpaceShipTwo
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Elected officials hear about Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne rocket and WhiteKnightTwo air launch vehicle., Credit: Virgin Galactic
6,000 job-seekers came to the new Long Beach, California home of Virgin Galactic’s LauncherOne rocket on a recent morning. We sit down with CEO Geo...

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


  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Jim Bell Welcomes "The Interstellar Age"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jim Bell's new book chronicles the Voyager mission to the outer solar system and beyond., Credit: Dutton Publishing
Planetary scientist and author Jim Bell has just written “The Interstellar Age—Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission.” He talks with Mat Kaplan abo...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Found! Beagle 2 Lander is on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orbital image of what is believed to be the Beagle 2 lander on surface of Mars., Credit: HiRISE/NASA/JPL/Parker/Leicester
The Beagle 2 Mars lander disappeared after it separated from the Mars Express orbiter on Christmas Day, 2003. Eleven years later, it has been foun...

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


  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To (With Guest DJ Spoon)
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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This week is quite possibly the BEST week of the year for music releases. Perfume Genius, Leonard Cohen, SBTRKT, Alt-J, and King Tuff are all comin...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 18:54
Folktale of Simplicty
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktales of Simplicity, Credit: Julia Meek
If you stop to take a breath in this fast-paced world, you may get run over! If you can spare an hour, and put life on hold, this week's edition of...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
2014: The Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orion spacecraft is recovered by the USS Anchorage, Credit: NASA
Our annual review of the greatest events and accomplishments over the last year features analysis and commentary by Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily...

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


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
The Areng Valley Listening Project with Kat Eng
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this episode of "Don't Cha Know", we visit with a former Winonan who is traveling to the Areng Valley in the Cardamoms Protected Forest in south...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 09:56
The Happiness of Pursuit
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chris Guillebeau
Compulsive goal seeker and best-selling author Chris Guillebeau set out to visit every country on the planet by age thirty-five.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sara Seager's Quest for Earth's Twin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: MIT Astrophysicist and Planetary Scientist Sara Seager, Credit: Sara Seager/MIT
MIT planetary scientist and astrophysicist Sara Seager is on a quest. She wants to find a warm, wet exoplanet with signs of life. It could be Earth...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Digging Deep With Planetary Deep Drill
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Business end of Planetary Deep Drill, Credit: Mat Kaplan
If there’s life on Mars, it’s probably deep beneath the surface. That’s just one reason we need a tool like Planetary Deep Drill on the red planet ...

Bought by WYAP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KFCF FM, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
The Camino de Santingo
From: WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Host Peter Kreten welcomes to the Program Sister Kathy Thornton, RSM. Sister Kathy is a Sister of Mercy and recently completed the Camino de Santin...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 30:19
Dr David E. Kirkland, Transforming the world with more inclusive education methods
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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Dr David E. Kirkland, Transforming the world with more inclusive education methods

  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
Planetary Radio Live! We See Thee Rise: The Canadian Space Program
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: "We See Thee Rise" University of Toronto Convocation Hall, October 1, 2014, Credit: The Planetary Society
We welcomed 1,600 Canadian space enthusiasts to the University of Toronto for our October 1st celebration of Canada in space! Join Mat Kaplan and ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
48th Annual Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Traditional Pow Wow - 2
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Powwow Trail
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August 15th, 16th and 17th

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:06
Smashing Holes in Mars to Find Life
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Explore Mars wants to look for life on the Red Planet. Not past life. Life thriving under the Martian surface right now. Chris Carberry will tel...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Latin Waves Interviews Indigenous Bolivian leader Marcelo Saavedra
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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Marcelo on the notion of rights/role of languages and women in paradigm shift thats happening

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 27:33
Rhythm Lab Radio | August 8, 2014
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: Rhythm Lab Radio
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This week's show featured new music from Atlanta rapper/singer Raury, Brooklyn's Salt Cathedral, Gold Panda, FKA twigs, Mr. Twin Sister, and Ibeyi,...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:03:22
Trevor Paglen: Seeing the Surveillance State (Excerpt)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We're living in a surveillance state, in the eerie transparency of our words and deeds, 24/7, all of us, under suspicion or not; the presumption of...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1

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