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253: Discovering America's Black DNA / 254: Short Stories, 3/10/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Visiting the Birthplace of PlanetVac
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: 3D-printed PlanetVac prototypes at Honeybee Robotics., Credit: Bruce Betts
Space is hard. Sample collection and return is harder still. That’s why the radically-simplified PlanetVac system from Honeybee Robotics is so in...

Bought by KDNK, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
2018 Spring Fundraiser: Experiencing More With Less / Predicting Success
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about simplicity ...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:21:32
  • Purchases: 6
Experience A Message From Earth—Inspired by the Voyager Gold Record
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: • The cover for the Voyager Golden Record, headed into interstellar space on Voyagers 1 and 2, Credit: NASA/JPL
It has been 40 years since Carl Sagan and others shared the best of humanity with the stars. A new online multimedia project has been created as a ...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Eyes of a New Mars Rover: Mastcam-Z
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist Concept of the Mars 2020 Rover, with Mastcam-Z, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mat Kaplan attended a meeting of the science team for the zoom lens camera that will be atop the Mars 2020 rover mast. Planetary Scientist Jim Bel...

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
A New Congressional Caucus Backs Planetary Science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Starman in his Tesla Roadster bids farewell to Earth after being launched by the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy., Credit: SpaceX
Republican Randy Hultgren and Democrat Derek Kilmer celebrate formation of the new bipartisan, bicameral caucus of US representatives and senators....

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
02152018: Faithful, Healthy, and Wise: Get Well and Get Smart Being a Spiritual Being , 2/15/2018
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on spirituality. Gu...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2018
  • Length: 46:01
245: Imagining Climate Change / 246: Love + Evolution (Live) , 2/10/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Imagining Climate Change" - We have lots of facts about climate change. What we need is more stories. Can imagination save the planet? ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Space, SETI, the Singularity and Shostak
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array in northern California searches the sky for radio signals from an alien intelligence., Credit: The SETI Institute
Where is everybody? That was the question physicist Enrico Fermi asked when he wondered why we hadn’t yet met ET. What will happen if we do? Will ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Friendship on the Brain
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Close friends show similar brain patterns., Credit: Pexels/CC0
Close friends show similar brain patterns.

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Living in Space!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Will humans in the distant future build and live in tremendous space habitats like the one picture here? The first steps are being taken by NASA, SpaceX and many other organizations., Credit: Skyframe Research & Development/Peter Rubin, Iron Rooster Studios
Mat Kaplan talks with participants in the National Space Society’s recent Space Settlement Summit about human destiny in space. There’s a consensus...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
229: The Art of Reinvention / 230: Peak Performance, 12/16/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Art of Reinvention" - Feeling stale? Four artists tell us how they reinvented themselves and how you can too. HOUR TWO: "Peak Perf...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
A Visitor From the Stars: ‘Oumuamua
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's impression shows the first detected interstellar asteroid: `Oumuamua. This unique object was discovered on October 19, 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawai`i. `Oumuamua seems to be a dark red highly-elongated metallic or rocky object,, Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
The first confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system is a needle-shaped asteroid given the Hawaiian name ‘Oumuamua. Karen Meech leads the ...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Bob Richards and Moon Express
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of Moon Express MX-9 Sample Return Ascent, Credit: Moon Express
Moon Express Founder and CEO Bob Richards shares an inspiring vision for a return to the Moon. It includes introduction of a sophisticated line of...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
221: Burnout / 222: Getting Jazzed, 11/18/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Burnout" - Ever get the Sunday Night Blues? This hour, how to take back your weekends and the culture of overwork. HOUR TWO: "Getting ...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Andy Weir’s New Novel Puts a City on the Moon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Andy Weir’s Artemis is the new novel set in a city on the Moon. , Credit: Crown Publishing
The author of #1 bestseller The Martian is back with Artemis, a superbly-researched, rollicking adventure in the first city on the Moon. You might ...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
217: The Echo Chamber / 218: Repeat When Necessary, 11/4/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Echo Chamber" - Conservative pundit Charlie Sykes criticized Donald Trump, becoming a left-wing darling. How'd that happen? Welcome ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
André Bormanis and Emily Lakdawalla on Life, the Universe and Everything
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This beautiful view of the Lagoon Nebula was acquired in May–June 2015. It’s about 55 light years wide, and is just over 4,000 light years from our solar system., Credit: Adam Block / Mount Lemmon SkyCenter / University of Arizona
Join us for a wide-ranging, salon-style conversation about space exploration, science, art and more. Mat’s guests are astronomer, television produ...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Michael Moskowitz, MD - Change the Brain; Relieve the Pain
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Michael Moskowitz, MD - Change the Brain; Relieve the Pain. Dr. Moskowitz is a founder and director of Neuroplastix w...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Searching for ET With Pete Worden
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array in New Mexico, Credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Are we alone? The nearly sixty-year effort to answer that question has gotten a big boost from the Breakthrough Initiatives, funded by Yuri Milner ...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Pamela Gay and the Image Detective
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Night image of Italy from space, Credit: NASA/GSFC
Astronomer Pamela Gay is probably best known as co-host of the Astronomy Cast podcast, but she is also Principal Investigator for the CosmoQuest vi...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Dawn: Ten Years of Exploration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Occator Crater on dwarf planet Ceres, with its now less mysterious bright spots or areas., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
Dawn Mission Director and Chief Engineer Marc Rayman helps us salute the ion-engine powered spacecraft that first orbited asteroid Vesta in the mai...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Celebrating Cassini…Live!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the Cassini spacecraft struggling to keep its antenna pointed at Earth in the moments before it burns up in Saturn's atmosphere., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
More than 1,100 fans of the just-completed 20-year mission to Saturn joined us for a live tribute. The Planetary Society’s Mat Kaplan and KPCC Scie...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Interview w/ naturalist DIANE ACKERMAN about her book "The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us"
From: Out of Bounds
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Award-winning naturalist, poet & author discusses her most recent book "The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Science Fiction Greats on Humanity’s Destiny in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: (L to R) David Brin, Geoffrey Landis, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven and Robert Zubrin at the 2017 Mars Society Convention, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Robert Zubrin of the Mars Society talks with Gregory Benford, David Brin, Geoffrey Landis and Larry Niven about terraforming Mars, the origin of li...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7