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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
343-Mars Window
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The path to Mars will be very busy in 2020.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
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
340-Carson's Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In the distant future, Carson's first comet discovery is likely to impact a planet or be ejected from the solar system.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
S2 Ep. 1 Mauna Kea
From: Honolulu Civil Beat
Series: Offshore
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Atop one of the world’s most sacred mountains, a battle over science, culture — and the future of Hawaii.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 31:06
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
Unconscious Addiction (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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America is facing a opioids crisis of epic proportions. In the southeastern United States, there are more opioid prescriptions than there are peopl...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
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
332-Greg's Destination
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters are discovering asteroids which can be visited by human astronauts.

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
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
326-Asteroids 2016
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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2016 was another record year for asteroid hunters during which we discovered 1,894 new Earth approaching objects.

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • 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
322-Dust Stories
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Tiny messengers from outer space enter our atmosphere every day.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
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
Brightening the Shadows of Dementia
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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As we approach the shortest days of the year, we take a longing look at the therapeutic aspects of daylight. One researcher found that light therap...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
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
302-Sensing A Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Combining Art and Science gives us a new way to appreciate the wonders of the Universe.

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9