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625-Record Year
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 2020 the asteroid hunting community discovered 2,946 Earth approaching space rocks orbiting our Sun. My team, the Catalina Sky Survey, led the ...

Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 14
624-In Coming
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard was asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he spotted a movi...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
623-Arecibo
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The National Science Foundation has announced that it will close and decommission the giant RADAR telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Ri...

Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
620-Interstellar Travelers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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For millennia humans have gazed into the night sky and have dreamed of traveling to the stars. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that one ...

Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WLPR , WTIP and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
605-Monsoon Nights
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: A lightning bolt strikes in the western part of the city, part of the second of two bands of monsoon storms to roll over the area, Tucson, Ariz., August 28, 2019., Credit: Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Every year the Monsoon summer rains come to the American southwest in July and August. After the threat of wild fires has been rained out, monsoo...

Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 08/25/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: listeners send in their theories on Gabe's viral infection. Also, what we know (or really don't) about the "Russian vaccin...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum/ Science unscripted 08/18/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Schools open, antibodies fall & horses and llamas help - In this episode, co-host Gabe returns from the worst-hit coun...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum (Science Unscripted) 08/04/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: I wish I could remember your phone number - Feeling forgetful? Then join us for a memory master class from a German world...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 07/28/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? - We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today....

  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
SpaceX, Antisemitism, Mental Health in the Workplace
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: How astronomers feel about SpaceX expansion plans. Topic 2: Why is antisemitism on the rise? Topic 3: Why do physical ailments seem more l...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 49:36
Spectrum/ Science unscripted 03/31/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: It feels good to do the right thing Germans really are moving less now, why it feels so good to help people (safely), and...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Political Ads, Mosquitoes, AI and Religions
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Political ads and social media. Topic 2: Why do some people attract mosquitoes more than others? Topic 3: What is AI's role in religion?

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
578-First PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Assuming the first potentially hazardous asteroid of 2020 has a chemical composition similar to the stony meteorites we find on Earth, it could co...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, Harford Community Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Spectrum 02/11/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: I wish I could remember your phone number - Feeling forgetful? Then join us for a memory master class from a German worl...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
575-Big, Dangerous, and Tough
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne, discovered a potentially dangerous and perhaps valuable asteroid with our 60 inch telescope ...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
NASA's Plan for Deadly Asteroids, Dealing with Dementia, Training Robots
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: NASA practices techniques for countering deadly asteroids. Topic 2: Exploring the tough decisions for end-of-life care involving dementia....

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
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
Music Ownership, Tweeting Tree, Video Game Music
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: How can a megastar like Taylor Swift not own the recordings of her hits? Topic 2: The tweeting tree. Topic 3: The author of "A Composer’s ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2020
  • Length: 50:04
Personalized Ads, Cat Training, Disability Bias
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Ads for you. Topic 2: Training cats. Topic 3: Prejudice against disabled persons.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 49:54
Spectrum 01/07/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Looking for evidence - Cyborgs are real, they're here already, and we'd love to introduce you to them. Also, if you like ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 08, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 11/19/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Sat up - As we enter the age of satellite mega-constellations, it’s time to celebrate an unsung satellite hero that’s wa...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
559-Farming On Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On Earth plants provide us with medicines, food to eat, and oxygen to breathe. In the future, in addition to providing treats like strawberries it ...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Spectrum 08/27/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Intercourse and the art of communication - People who are good with emojis have more sex, but hold your emoji horses befo...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 08/20/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Just imagine it - A new study shows you can "imagine" your way toward liking a place more than you do right now, how to i...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 05/21/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: You sound emotional - We human beings make a lot of strange sounds with our mouths, and if you listen carefully, a lo...

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 30:00