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477-Hannes's Discoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently, my newest Catalina Sky Survey Teammate, Hannes Groeller, had an excellent training night, working with Greg Leonard, on our 60 inch teles...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
476-Lost Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On July 1, 1770 Comet Lexell passed about 6 times the moon's distance from planet Earth, the closest a comet has ever come to humanity. After tha...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
473-Ryugu Bound
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is conducting a six year flight from Earth to a potentially hazardous asteroid, Ryugu, and return a sample ...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, Bandon Community Radio, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
471-Botswana Bound
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small space rock with a diameter less than the height of an NBA basketball player had just crossed the orbit of our Moon on a collision course wi...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM, KRWG, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
470-Martian Asteroid Hunters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The life of an asteroid hunter on Mars will be interesting and exciting. The double planet, our Earth and Moon, in the Martian night sky will be a...

Bought by KENW, KRWG, WTIP, KKRN, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
469-Flying Couch
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My birthday present from outer space was the opportunity to use the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Az to discover a tiny ...

Bought by KENW, KRWG, WTIP, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
462-Our View
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Modern technology provides us with stunning views of objects in the Universe in wavelengths invisible to our eyes, however, nothing is as moving an...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
457-30 Years of Fireballs
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Fireballs are meteors which become brighter than the planet Venus and can sometimes be seen in the daytime. If you are lucky to see a fireball send...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Yoga Pant Problem
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The rise of synthetic fibers and the war on cotton

Bought by WSGE


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Man, the Myth, the Laser
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The disputed origin story of one of the 20th century’s most important inventions.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Integrative Cancer Care on A Hospital Campus is Now. The Sari Center at Good Samaritan Hospital is impacting lives one therapy at a time.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Future of Integrative Cancer Care on A Hospital Campus is Now. The Sari Center is compassionately supporting cancer patients and their loved on...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ep. 20: Reinventing the Wheelchair
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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MIT-graduate Tish Scolnik is using the power of business to give people with disabilities a new sense of freedom.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:28
  • Purchases: 1
Tristan Gooley author How To Read Water interview
From: Doug Miles
Series: Book Talk with Doug Miles
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Doug Miles talks with Tristan Gooley author "How to Read Water"

  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 08:42
Amy Greeson - Medicine Hunter
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
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Pharmacist Amy Greeson (www.healingseekers.com) travels to the remote corners of the earth to find healing plants to cure disease. Join host Richa...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
The Evolution of Writing
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Learning to read and write rewired our brains in fascinating ways. But where and when did writing and language originate?

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 18:38
Andreas Merkl and Ocean Conservancy: Detecting and Preventing Damage to the Ocean
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our latest Innovate podcast with Andreas Merkl, CEO of Ocean Conservancy, and learn about his mission to educate and empower citizens to ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 46:08
End of the Road for the Tumbleweed?
From: Lana Straub
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USDA has found a fungi to kill the tumbleweed

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:58
Learning from the Uncivilized
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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We tend to view our hunter-gatherer ancestors with pity for their primitive ways. But what if they employ strategies for leading a depression-free ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:13
Welcome to the future, Sir: At the cusp of virtual reality
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Programmers show off their virtual reality experiments.
Cris Miranda believes in the promise of virtual reality. After decades of hype, 2015 may be the year that it breaks into homes around the country.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 11:41
Black folks in nature
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, leads a group on a white water adventure, Credit: Outdoor Afro
There's a mountain of statistics that suggest black Americans don’t go out in nature as much as people of other ethnicities, but one Bay Area organ...

Bought by KSKA and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Asleep: Does Gender Make A Difference?
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Dr. Monica Mallampalli, Society of Women's Health Research, Credit: Today Show
This month I talk to professionals from a variety of backgrounds to try and understand what it takes to get a good night’s sleep. Whether it’s ins...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:21
Saving the Bay starting with the Clapper Rail
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A California Clapper Rail at Arrowhead Marsh, MLK Regional Shoreline, Oakland, CA., Credit: Len Blumin
The California Clapper Rail is a bird that likes to be heard, but not seen. But today, on this windy morning at Arrowhead Marsh in Oakland, they ar...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:13
EdX, Orphaned Black Bear Cubs, Tissue Engineering, Cosmic Evolution - and more!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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This ThoughtCast hour is devoted to innovation, the intellect, and the environment: from the creation of artificial skin; to new theories about bla...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 2
Orphaned Black Bear Cubs and the Man Who Reads their Minds
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: 4 month old bear cub, Credit: Ben Kilham
You’re about to hear a story about the bear whisperer of Lyme New Hampshire, Ben Kilham, and the abandoned black bear cubs he has rescued, rehabili...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 27:53
  • Purchases: 1
Fracking: a small town deals with big oil
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Pennsylvania farmer sees fracking's effects on farms., Credit: Credit Under CC license from Flickr user Public Herald
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” could be a revenue bonanza for California. The nation’s largest reserve of deep-rock oil is in ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 08:33