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670-Laser Surfing(364)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Laser Sail, Credit: Project Breakthrough
Laser propelled ultra light space probes could be sent to explore nearby worlds.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
669-Seeds(356)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Voyager Leaving Solar System, Credit: NASA
What plant seeds will be left for interstellar travelers to take with them?

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
Let's Make a Deal...on Drug Prices
From: Tradeoffs
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Democrats are on the brink of passing a historic set of drug price reforms. How will they impact patients, insurers and the drug industry?

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 18:21
668-Dry Sands(420)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mars, Credit: NASA
Intriguing features which change with the Martian seasons mimic flows of liquid water on the Earth's surface.

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 11/02/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: COVID-19 vaccines are getting refined and retested as we speak — and in the meantime, why not start your day ⁠with an extr...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Has Medicaid Managed Care Delivered On Its Promise?
From: Tradeoffs
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Letting private insurers offer Medicaid coverage was supposed to lower costs and improve care. We dig into the research on Medicaid managed care.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 3, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Troubling Signs of Inaction from the Jan. 6th Insurrection Investigation; ...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WKPW


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
666-Red Dwarf Planets(417)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Gliese 887C, Credit: Mark Garlick/ University of Göttingen
Earth like planets are being discovered circling the most common type of star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy.

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
665-Odd Ball(416)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Shattering, Credit: NASA
A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system.

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
664-Extraterrestrial Whales(410)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Europa, Credit: NASA
Perhaps the reason that we have not detected alien civilizations on distant worlds is because they exist in oceans covered by miles of radiation ab...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
COVID's Push and Pull on the Public Health Workforce
From: Tradeoffs
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A conversation between two people pushed in different directions by the pandemic — one who felt she had to walk away from her job in public health ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 17:42
Can Democrats Reconcile Their Health Policy Differences?
From: Tradeoffs
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Democratic lawmakers face tough compromises as they struggle to secure votes for their blockbuster spending bill and its sweeping health care provi...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 12:49
663-Alien Rock?(409)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Illustration, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A rock from another solar system is likely to have streaked by Earth before heading back into interstellar space.

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
662-Earth's Pet Rock(408)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Eros, Credit: NASA
On it's gravitational leash, Earth's pet space rock, 2016 HO3, accompanies us at a distance of between 38 and 100 times the Moon's distance from Ea...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for September 29, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Global COVID Vaccination Inequity Crisis Demands Urgent Action; Indian Sch...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, and WKPW


  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
661-Roving Venus (400)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: An illustration of a concept for a possible wind-powered Venus rover., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
To survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the surface air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, NASA and JPL engineers are exploring the ...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
660-Double Comet (403)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Neat observed At Kitt Peak, Credit: NASA
What at first appeared to be an asteroid turned out to be a double comet.

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
659-Martian Debris(382)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mars, Credit: NASA
Martian Trojan asteroids have stable orbits around the Sun, leading and trailing the red planet by 60 degrees, where the Sun's and Mars's gravity a...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
658-Fireball II(418)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: The Phoenix CityCam caught the flash of light around 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 14, 2017, Credit: City of Phoenix
Recently there were four fireball meteors, brighter than the planet Venus, which exploded over Germany, France, Ohio, and Arizona within the space ...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
657-Plant Companionship(407)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson happily displays the progress of the Advanced Astroculture experiment aboard the International Space Station in July 2002., Credit: NASA
On Earth, human life is enabled by plants which provide us with calories, vitamins, fuel, medicines, and oxygen to breathe. In addition, recent sci...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 25, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Afghan-American Community, Allies Demand Biden Ensure Safety of Afghanista...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KVNF, and WKPW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
656-Moons of Florence(399)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years has two moons.

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 11, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Investigating Trump’s Attempted Coup, Protecting Democracy; World Must Uni...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WKPW


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
654-Night Vision (401)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Experience the wonders of the Universe first hand using your night vision.

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 4, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: CDC Issues Federal Eviction Moratorium Extension, But Millions of Renters ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WKPW, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3