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This Week in Water for October 30, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Skip This Chore to Help the Climate. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 30, 2022
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 4
Meet the new Planetary Radio host!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New host Sarah Al-Ahmed is introduced by current host and Planetary Radio creator Mat Kaplan in this week's episode.
After 20 years at the helm, Mat Kaplan introduces the person who will take over Planetary Radio when the new year begins.

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


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for October 23, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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A New Water Supply for Colorado? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2022
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 4
The ‘Wild West’ of Health Workforce Policy
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Debates in state capitols over how to fill gaps in the country's COVID-weary health workforce are reigniting long-standing turf wars among professi...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 18:42
Eyes on the Sky: Spacewatch and the Catalina Sky Survey
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: One of the Catalina Sky Survey/Steward Observatory telescopes on Mt. Lemmon prepares for another night of asteroid hunting., Credit: CSS/Steward Observatory
Meet leaders of two of the most successful Earth-based searches for asteroids, including many thousands that could threaten Earth.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for October 16, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Blowhole Energy Could Be the Cheapest Renewable. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 4
Innovate! NASA’s leading-edge fellows share their amazing projects
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of an advanced, spaceship., Credit: NASA/MSFC
Join us at the 2022 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium for a taste of projects that just might change the world.

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for October 9, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How a Town Survived Hurricane Ian Without a Scratch. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 09, 2022
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 5
Grounded: The director of the SOFIA flying observatory on its termination
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: With its giant infrared telescope open to the sky, SOFIA flies toward another night of observation, Credit: NASA/DLR
Director of SOFIA Science Mission Operations Margaret Meixner joins us to lament the end of the giant flying observatory and to celebrate its treme...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for October 2, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Solar Panels Save Water. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2022
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 7
Bull’s-eye! DART impacts Dimorphos
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Asteroid Dimorphos imaged by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft seconds before the probe impacted., Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
Listen as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft closes in on asteroid Dimorphos, followed by a triumphant conversation with DART Coordina...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Dale Stout is one of the first people to benefit from the additional housing supports in California’s new Medicaid initiative, CalAIM. , Credit: Ryan Levi
California is in the early days of one of the most ambitious initiatives ever to address Medicaid patients’ social needs in hopes of improving thei...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 30:48
And That’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Bob Berwyn on European Glacier Melt
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Berwyn
Ice caps, or the apex of glaciers, are delicate things. As the earth warms, they respond by rapidly thawing into their oceanic homes. This week on ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Countdown to DART: Will We Move an Asteroid?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The DART spacecraft races toward its impact on asteroid Dimorphos in this artist's concept., Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
The DART spacecraft’s impact on asteroid moonlet Dimorphos is set for Sept. 26. We’ll get a preview of this historic smackdown from the mission’s c...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
This Week in Water for September 18, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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A Car That Captures Carbon As It Drives. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 5
A Space Coast Conversation with European Space Agency Leader Josef Aschbacher
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An Artemis astronaut collects a promising rock on the Moon., Credit: NASA
Host Mat Kaplan spends a few minutes talking with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency, at the first attempt to launch A...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
This Week in Water for September 11, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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A Sea Creature That Lives Forever. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2022
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 6
711-First One(497)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: HST-Galaxies, Credit: NASA
Asteroid hunters were able to discover a small Earth approaching asteroid after 57 nights of continuous rain and clouds.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, RADIOLEX, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Countdown to Artemis, The Return to the Moon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Sun rises on the morning of August 29, 2022 at the Kennedy Space Center as the countdown continues toward launch of Artemis 1., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Join Mat Kaplan and Planetary Society colleagues in Florida for the first attempt to launch the Space Launch System rocket on a mission to the Moon.

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


  • Added: Sep 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
This Week in Water for September 4, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Powering Your Car with a Lobster. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 04, 2022
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 5
710-Boomer(496)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fireball, Credit: Arne Danielsen
The fireball meteor streaking across the sky the early evening of January 17, 2018, witnessed by 700 observers in 11 States and Canada was also rec...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, RADIOLEX, KKRN, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Voyager Mission: A 45th Anniversary Celebration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: On board each Voyager spacecraft is a time capsule: a 12-inch, gold-plated copper disk carrying spoken greetings in 55 languages from Earth’s peoples, along with 115 images and myriad sounds representing our home planet., Credit: NASA/JPL
It’s a party for Voyager and the team of scientists, engineers and others who have followed it across our solar system. Then we’ll visit with Ann D...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
This Week in Water for August 28, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Turning Wind Turbines into Gummy Bears. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KICI Iowa City, WYAP and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2022
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 6
709-Catching Asteroids(495)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Chariklo, Credit: NASA
It might be possible to catch an asteroid, place it into Earth orbit, and thus provide a ready source of precious metals and water for space coloni...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Pieces of Mars: How We’ll Get Them to Earth
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover., Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-CalTech
Getting precious Mars rocks into Earthbound labs is an unprecedented challenge. We’ll hear how a lander, a rocket, a big solar-powered transfer veh...

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU, WMUU-LP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13

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