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899: Being body conscious / 900: Secrets of alchemy, 5/18/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Being body conscious" - When you look at your body in the mirror, do you love what you see? Do you pick out the things you don’t like? M...

  • Added: May 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Humanity at an Inflection Point with Christine Barrington
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Will we make it to a safer age? Humanity balances between two paths: self-destruction or self-revelation. Our guest, Christine Barrington describes...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 57:16
893: Giving up / 894: Hope: How do you make it?, 4/27/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
885: Does AI dream? / 886: Why do we have so much stuff?, 3/30/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Does AI dream?" - Say you're an artist and you want to paint something you can't see. What if AI can? Are you dreaming together? HOUR ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
873: Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying? / 874: Traveling By Book, 2/17/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying?" - Could psychedelics change the way we approach death and dying? We'll explore th...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Season 1, Episode 14 - 'Cosmic Consciousness' feat Brian Thomas Swimme
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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We are the universe experiencing itself, as told by a world class student of the cosmos.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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What can turtles teach us about what it means to be human?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Snorkeling Right in Your Own Backyard
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Is snorkeling just for a tropical vacation? Well, Keith Williams wants people to look into their local freshwater, literally look into that water w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
859: Out Of The Anxiety Box / 860: Plants As People , 12/30/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Out Of The Anxiety Box" - It's 7 a.m. You're not even out of bed and you're already worrying. So let's talk about it: How anxious we are...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:59
Constant Wonder - A Pediatric Neurosurgeon Shares Stories of Triumph and Resilience
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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This pediatric neurosurgeon has saved the lives of countless children–from fetuses in the womb to teenagers. Here are their stories.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
857: Cultivating Wonder / 858: The World Is A Laboratory, 12/23/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Cultivating Wonder" - Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover you...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
853: Off The Map / 854: Thinking With Animals, 12/9/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Off The Map" - Remember what maps were like when you were a kid? Well, Google Maps now makes finding everything from an obscure coffees...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
851: How Should We Tell Our History? / 852: Searching For Order In The Universe, 12/2/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "How Should We Tell Our History?" - Debates over history are front-page news, from critical race theory to AP history classes. How should...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
Constant Wonder - Can Iceland's Elves Save the Planet?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A belief in elves–or in the possibility of elves–could change the way we care for our planet.

Bought by KUHF, GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Constant Wonder - Death-Defying Botanists Brave the Colorado
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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How a pair of courageous botanists became the first women to run the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 2
Subsurface granite on the Moon? The anatomy of a lunar hot spot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Matt Siegler from the Planetary Science Institute shares his team's surprising findings about the granite formation that might lie beneath Compton-...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
An essential ingredient for life in the oceans of Enceladus
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Chris Glein, a lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, joins Planetary Radio to talk about the discovery of phosphorus in the oceans of...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WJCU, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Mars' Axial Tilt: A Key to Gully Formation
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Caltech and Brown University’s Jay Dickson joins Planetary Radio to discuss the mysterious formation of gullies on Mars.

Bought by KVSC, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Comparing the rivers of Earth, Mars, and Titan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Sam Birch, an assistant professor at Brown University, explores what we know about the alluvial rivers of Earth, Mars, and Saturn's moon Titan.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KVSC, KIYU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Humans to Mars by the 2030s? NASA Associate Administrators weigh in
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's Curiosity rover captured this view from atop Mont Mercou, a rock formation at the base of Mt. Sharp on Mars, during its 3086th sol, Martian day, of exploration., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Planetary Radio, Mat Kaplan, senior communications adviser at The Planetary Society, takes us to the 2023 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KVSC, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
2Fast 2Curious: Finding the source of the fast solar wind
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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James Drake from the University of Maryland joins Planetary Radio to talk about the latest results from NASA's Parker Solar Probe as it soars close...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KVSC, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
The disappearing act of Saturn's young rings
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Richard Durisen and Paul Estrada join Planetary Radio to discuss their research on the surprisingly recent formation of Saturn's rings and why they...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KIYU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
The oldest organic molecules in the known Universe
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomers using JWST detected the oldest and most distant complex organic molecules yet in the galaxy SPT0418-47. The galaxy is over twelve billion light-years away but from our perspective on Earth, it is directly behind a foreground galaxy that is onl, Credit: J. Spilker / S. Doyle, NASA, ESA, CSA
Justin Spilker joins Planetary Radio to talk about his team’s detection of the oldest organic molecules in the known Universe.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KPRG, KIYU-FM, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Starstruck with Sarafina El-Badry Nance
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sarafina El-Badry Nance’s Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark debuted on June 6, 2023. Starstruck shares Sarafina’s emotional and inspiring journey to becoming an astrophysicist, and the powerful role space science can play , Credit: Penguin Random House
Sarafina El-Badry Nance joins Planetary Radio to discuss her new book, Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KVSC, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
The Science You've Enabled
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA’s Biomass Production Chamber at the Kennedy Space Center replicates the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or on other planets to grow fresh crops. NASA scientists Bill Knott, left, and Tom Dreschel examine the growth of crops., Credit: NASA
The second round awardees in a Planetary Society grant program will explore extreme life in super-salty lakes, and study how future Martians will g...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KIYU-FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13