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315-See Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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2017 will be a good year to view comets with your unaided eye or a pair of binoculars.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KENW, KRWG, WLPR and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Ted Conover and “Immersion. A Writer’s Guide To Going Deep”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Ted has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, and sliced beef in a meat-packing plant. Considered the master o...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
Gus' Wild Side: He is the walrus
From: WTIP
Series: Gus' Wild Side: Stories from Minnesota and Beyond
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In this edition of Gus' Wild Side, we learn about the marbled murrelet....and also hear about Gus and his wife's encounter with a biologist who see...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:52
298-Rosetta
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Rosetta spacecraft visited a comet and obtained interesting unique data and images.

Bought by WTIP, Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
297-White Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Millions of children will never see the Milky Way or a meteor streaking across the night sky.

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
293-From Luna
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A rock blasted from the Moon by the impact of an asteroid or comet may be on its way to Earth.

Bought by WTIP, Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
285-Mars Impactors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A given piece of ground on Mars is more likely to be hit by a space rock than is an equal sized area on planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, Radio Newark, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
284-Dark Trails
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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After a meteor is no longer visible to the human eye it leaves a dark trail which can be followed by Doppler Weather RADAR. Researchers are using ...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
283-Micro-Astronomy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The history of our spot in the Universe is written in the composition of meteorites and other samples of materials we have obtained from space. Ev...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
281-Starlight Walking
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Experience the age old sense of wonder which happens when a human looks into deep space and thinks about what might be out there.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
278-Nope
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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This is the story of the big one that got away.

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Soundtracker
From: Generation Anthropocene
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Listen up, because you never know when a sound will change your life. Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton tells us the story of how he became “The S...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 48:45
276-Big 3
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large potentially dangerous asteroids are still out there.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
275-No Place Like Home
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Astronomers are finding thousands of planets orbiting distant stars. Your home the Earth is still the only one where you could live without a space...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
270-Space Opals
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Opals from space are likely to have brought some of the water we drink to planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
268-Mars Weather Report
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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You will need long woolies and a spacesuit to survive on Mars.

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
267-Hiding From ET
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Should humans hide from ET or should ET hide from us?

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
265-Dancing with Earth
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid has become a third partner in the Earth-Moon dance.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Virginia's Restless Archipelago, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Hogg Island moorings., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands, and the waters and salt marshes that surround them, are among the most pristine coastal regions on the entire Eastern S...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 25:17
261-Cool Star Homes
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Nearby Earth like planets may orbit cool red stars.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Virginia’s Restless Archipelego Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Barry Truitt at the helm., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 27:59
260-Gliding to Space
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An engineless glider will take two humans and scientific gear to the edge of space.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
255-Earth Venus Express
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid makes frequent visits to near Earth and Venus.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
254-Blinded
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Viewing the wonders of the night sky is bound to be good for your soul.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
251-Fresh Lunar Craters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Fresh lunar craters tell us about objects which enter the Earth-Moon system.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6