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The Honorable Adam Schiff—Another Congressional Space Enthusiast
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: California Congressman Adam Schiff , Credit: Adam Schiff
They may disagree about nearly every other issue, but many Republican and Democratic congressional representatives find common ground where there i...

Bought by KDNK, WTJU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Artificial Pancreas (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Doctors often suggest managing diabetes through diet and exercise, but that’s primarily for type 2 diabetes. Those who suffer from type 1 diabetes ...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSFR, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
Winging It
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Winging It, Credit: Seth Shostak
We look at the evolution - and the future - of flight. Bats may flit around eccentrically, but they are actually more efficient fliers than birds....

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KTSW 89.9, WMUU-LP, XRAY.fm, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Communicating Science Effectively
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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We hear from two experts in science communications, and talking about climate change. Edward Maibach is a widely recognized expert in public health...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Renewables and Solar are the Future
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Featuring interviews with Stanford Professor, Mark Z. Jacobson about efforts to go 100% renewable by 2050, and CEO of NEXTracker, Daniel Shugar abo...

Bought by KZYX, KFOI Radio, Radio Catskill, and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
How Ecosystems Change Due to Climate Change
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Two UCSC professors discuss their research into how water resources and whole ecosystems are changing and adapting to climate change.

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
How Plants Adapt to Our Changing Climate
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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In this episode, Dr. Michael Loik, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at UCSC discusses how plants adapt to changing climates, based on s...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Eating Microbes Make Fish Food
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Merc Martinelli and Brian Sefton, owners of Oak Bio, discuss their company's plans to use carbon from the atmosphere to create products like fish f...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Cooling the Planet with Ocean Currents
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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In this show we interview Dr. Alan Miller of "Cool it, Earth!", a company working to use ocean thermal energy technology (OTEC) to produce clean en...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Alan Stern and a Triumph at Pluto
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New Horizons enhanced color image of Pluto, Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Alan Stern of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond was in Pasadena for the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division f...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Best of 2016: Insiders vs. Outsiders in Medicine
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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A look back at how outsiders have influenced medicine throughout time.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 13:51
Do You Need that Kidney?
From: Distillations
Caption: Advertisement encouraging people to donate a kidney., Credit: Science Museum, London, Wellcome Images
Rethinking the ethics of organ transplants.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 21:10
A Small, Distant World: Kepler 138b
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An artist’s conception of what Kepler 138b, its sister planets and its star might look like., Credit: Danielle Futselaar, SETI Institute
SETI Institute scientist Jason Rowe returns to tell us about the smallest exoplanet so far that has had its size and mass determined. Jason also ta...

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


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Humans Orbiting Mars: Can It Be Done?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's pathways to the Red Planet., Credit: NASA
A human mission to orbit Mars might be possible by 2033, and it might be accomplished at reasonable cost and with existing or nearly-ready technolo...

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


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
The SpaceShipTwo and Antares Disasters: Special Coverage With John Logsdon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: First powered flight of SpaceShipTwo, Credit: Virgin Galactic
It was a terrible, tragic week for commercial space development. Historian and space policy analyst John Logsdon helps up understand the greater m...

Bought by KMUD, WYAP, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Going Viral
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

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  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Second that Emotion
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Second that Emotion, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why flies in milk gross you out and other voyages through human emotion.

Bought by KSKQ and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Bug Off!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bug Off!, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans have been battling viruses and bacteria since the beginning of time; stories from the frontier of epidemiology.

Bought by WVTF, KSKQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Guardian's Science Weekly: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: The AAAS website, Credit: AAAS.org
The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: A world without oil; plus 30 years of the space shuttle
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: betterplace.com website, Credit: betterplace.com
Shai Agassi's vision of a green future; plus, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the shuttle

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2011
  • Length: 37:05
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Philosophy -- Groks Science Show 2010-04-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marcelo Gleiser discussed a Tear at the Edge of Creation.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Recycling -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Byron Elton discussed carbon recycling technology.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
Eco Barons -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Edward Humes discussed the new generation of Eco Barons.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Cold Fusion -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Michael McKubre and Dr. Irving Dardik discussed the advances in cold fusion research.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, and KVSC


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 3
Accelerating Evolution -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Gregory Cochran discussed how civilization accelerated human evolution.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1