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The Great American Eclipse Crossroads: SIU Carbondale
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomer and artist Tyler Nordgren’s poster for SIU Carbondale’s Eclipse Celebration, Credit: Tyler Nordgren/SIU Carbondale
Our ongoing coverage of preparation for the Great American Eclipse takes us to Southern Illinois University Carbondale where a huge celebration is ...

Bought by KISU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WTJU, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Clinical Trials and Tribulations: Steve Hauser's quest to cure MS
From: Carry the One Radio
Caption: A B Cell, Credit: NIAID
In this episode, a team of researchers disprove a decades-old dogma. The result? The first ever FDA-approved drug for primary-progressive multiple ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 38:45
Bill Nye Saves the World…With Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bill Nye at the March for Science in Wasington, Credit: Navid Baraty/Planetary Society
It was a big week for the Science Guy, and for science. Bill Nye served as honorary co-chair of the March for Science in Washington DC. His new ...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
McDonald Observatory and the Quest for Dark Energy
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: McDonald Observatory Hobby-Eberly Telescope, Credit: Mat Kaplan
The University of Texas at Austin’s observatory is high in the hills of west Texas. In this special episode, Mat Kaplan joins the tens of thousands...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Aerospace Corporation President and CEO Steve Isakowitz
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of Brane Craft about to wrap itself around space debris. The paper-think spacecraft will then slow and deorbit the potentially dangerous object., Credit: The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation has been innovating since 1960. Now it’s headed by a former leader of “New Space” company Virgin Galactic. President and...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Mars’ Atmosphere…Lost in Space!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of MAVEN orbiting Mars with Earth in the background (not to scale!), Credit: NASA/GSFC
Mars was once a warm and wet world. Then its dense, protective atmosphere mostly vanished. Learning why was one of the greatest mysteries in planet...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Nancy Atkinson’s Incredible Stories from Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Nancy Atkinson's Incredible Stories From Space, Credit: Page Street Publishing
The longtime editor of outstanding online space news source Universe Today has just written about nine robotic missions of exploration in Incredibl...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Ready for Space: LightSail 2 Update
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of LightSail in space, Credit: The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 solar sail spacecraft is ready to be packed away for its ride to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Mat Kap...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
C-HIT The WorkUp: The Dope on Cannabis
From: Lynne DeLucia
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Is marijuana a harmless way to relax or a dangerous gateway drug? The science says “No” and “We don’t know,” respectively.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 07:56
Hope for Pluto—Should We Re-Redefine Planets?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Enhanced-color image of planet (?) Pluto, Credit: JHUAPL/SWRI/NASA
Planetary geologist Kirby Runyon is lead author of an abstract that proposes a new, geophysical definition of what a planet is. It would grant our...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Lethal Doses (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The author of Dreamland on the opioid crisis rocking America - A new study shows that opioid addiction may begin on the operating table - One fathe...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: :29
Lethal Doses (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The author of Dreamland on the opioid crisis rocking America - A new study shows that opioid addiction may begin on the operating table - One fathe...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 13
Lethal Doses (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The author of Dreamland on the opioid crisis rocking America - A new study shows that opioid addiction may begin on the operating table

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Worlds of TRAPPIST-1
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the surface of TRAPPIST-1f, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The discovery of seven, Earth-sized planets in a nearby solar system was announced last week. Astrophysicist and planetary scientist Sara Seager wa...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Earth Microbes! Welcome to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bacteria samples in the Pegasus Mars chamber., Credit: University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas grad student Rebecca Mickol and her team have demonstrated that some Earth bacteria can survive in the extremely thin atmosp...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Local Legislators Discuss Renewable Energy Bills
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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About 75 area residents turned up Saturday morning for the League of Women Voters' annual Legislative Update, held at Bloomington City Hall.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:33
The Final Countdown at Saturn
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini was able to capture its closest-ever view of Daphnis toward the end of its mission, during its F-ring orbit phase, when it passed between the F and G rings once per orbit. Daphnis is only about 8 kilometers across., Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Ian Regan
Planetary Radio’s most frequent guest, Project Scientist Linda Spilker, returns with another update on the Cassini mission that is approaching its ...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Up In Smoke (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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E-cigarettes are growing more popular, and now being used for illicit drugs - Menthol makes cigarettes more addictive and more harmful

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Ben Miller Says The Aliens are Coming!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Ben Miller's The Aliens are Coming, Credit: The Experiment Publishing Company
British physicist turned comedian and actor Ben Miller has written The Aliens are Coming-- The Extraordinary Science Behind our Search for Life in ...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Our Semi-Biannual Public Service Wine Show!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
A Special Wine Show geared towards helping the public with wine-related issues and other dilemmas. Alex comes on the show to discuss Ridiculously ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
Marvelous Martian MAVEN
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of MAVEN orbiting Mars, Credit: Lockheed Martin
MAVEN, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution orbiter, has gone a long way toward solving the mystery of the Red Planet’s missing water and air...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Running Before the Sun: Astronomer Jay Pasachoff
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff, Credit: Jay Pasachoff
No one is more excited about eclipses than famed solar astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff. He looks forward to the total solar eclipse in August ...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Leading the Search: Bill Diamond of the SETI Institute
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array, Credit: SETI Institute
The SETI Institute is about much more than the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. President and CEO Bill Diamond of the Institute explains. ...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Pluto and Titan and Iran, Oh My!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The liquid methane lakes of Titan, Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Back to the annual meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences this week, where Mat Kaplan visited with experts on worlds of ice including T...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
TEP 03 - Organic and Local
From: Warren Miller
Series: The Empowered Patient
Caption: Dr. Kalpana DePasquale and Warren Miller
On the third segment of "The Empowered Patient" pilot program -- the organic revolution has changed how we buy food, where we buy it, and our relat...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 24:31