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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
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome a Connective Tissue Disorder is on the Rise, Maximum Health talks with experts: Mayo Clinic Medical Director of the Ehlers- Danlos Syndrome department, Dr Dacre Knight and Shelly EDS patient for over 30 years.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome a Connective Tissue Disorder is on the Rise, Maximum Health talks with experts: Mayo Clinic Medical Director of the Ehlers- ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 26:30
  • Purchases: 1
BD - NASA's first nurse: a conversation with Dee O'Hara
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Dee O'Hara
As part of our ongoing Apollo@50 series, Dave visits with Dee O'Hara, the "nurse to the astronauts." Hired by NASA in November 1959, Dee was a pivo...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Portrait of a Scientist: A Conversation with Psyche mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman is the great new memoir by Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Credit: William Morrow
Psyche asteroid mission principal investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton returns with her excellent new memoir, “A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young W...

Bought by KMUN, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Legendary Space Physics Pioneer Margaret Kivelson
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Margaret Kivelson at JPL with a model of the Jupiter-orbiting Galileo spacecraft., Credit: NASA
A fascinating conversation with a space science and policy leader who is still hard at work in her 10th decade.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WYAP, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Women Scientists Get Respect (At Last) for Covid Vaccines
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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Listen to the inspiring story of BioNTech’s Kati Kariko, who may just win the Nobel Prize for her heroic effects despite years of setbacks.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2022
  • Length: 20:40
Sally Ride: Our 2005 Conversation
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sally Ride in orbit aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Credit: NASA
A first-ever encore of our wonderful conversation with the first American woman in space.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Amazing Technology at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Here’s our sampling of the leading edge research presented by NIAC Fellows at NASA’s 2021 virtual gathering.

Bought by KIYU-FM, WFHB, WJCU, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
The Women in AI Are Talking
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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We sit down with three female founders who are running AI startups -- and they tell us exactly what it's like to be a woman in artificial intellige...

  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 20:57
Women in Artificial Intelligence: Ugly Sexist AI
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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Yes, artificial intelligence has incredible potential. But it's also reproducing all the gender bias and inequality that currently exists in the wo...

  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 27:04
DecodeHer
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: DecodeHer, Credit: Seth Shostak
They were pioneers in their fields, yet their names are scarcely known – simply because they didn’t have a Y chromosome. We examine the accomplishm...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Covid: The Threat Is In The Air (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As the world waits for a coronavirus cure, attention is focused on vaccines.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KRZA, WJCT, WYAP, WFHB and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Covid: The Threat Is In The Air (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As the world waits for a coronavirus cure, attention is focused on vaccines.

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WTJU and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 12
Covid: The Threat Is In The Air (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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As the world waits for a coronavirus cure, attention is focused on vaccines.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
AMOS 20.165: Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?, 8/18/2020
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
African Eyes Look to the Cosmos
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomers Without Borders founder Mike Simmons, AWB National Coordinator for Nigeria Olayinka Fagbemiro and host Mat Kaplan after their conversation at the Planetary Society, Credit: Mat Kaplan/The Planetary Society
The founder of Astronomers Without Borders brings the organization’s leader in Nigeria to the Planetary Radio microphones.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KCNP, WYAP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Science Profile: Health Physicist Hattie Carwell
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Hattie Carwell
Close your eyes and imagine a physicist. What does this person look like? Was it a white guy? Well, if it was, you might be guilty of reaffirming s...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Measuring Pain, Augmented Reality for the Blind, Motherhood in Political Campaigns
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Using brain scans to make pain objectively measurable. Topic 2: Augmented reality for the blind. Topic 3: The evolution of motherhood in p...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:02
  • Purchases: 1
95: Rat Operated Vehicle
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Can living in a more enriching environment increase your ability to learn and make you more relaxed? Dr. Kelly Lambert set out to answer this quest...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Answer Machine
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 4
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Who knows you best? It’s probably not a person.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 27:05
  • Purchases: 1
08012019: Sound Sleep and Sacred Rest: How to Restore Your Sanity and Sustain a Healthy Lifestyle with Dr. Meir Kryger & Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, 8/1/2019
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 sleep hygiene. G...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 48:11
S1 E7 Missing It
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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The electronic medical record and a list of to-dos distract family medicine resident Milana Pebenito from her patient's impending death.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 30:04
05092019: Finding Your Tribe: The Importance of Building Strong Connections to Help Our Communities Thrive with Radha Agrawal & Dr. Ann Steiner, 5/9/2019
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 the importance o...

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 53:42
The Feather Detective
From: Smithsonian
Series: Sidedoor
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In 1960, investigators found dark bits of feather stuck inside a crashed airplane's engines. They needed someone to figure out what bird they belon...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KSFR, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 5
Gender & STEM Achievement
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Girls get slightly higher grades in science and math worldwide than boys, but fewer enter STEM professions.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5