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Meteorite!
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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The first meteorite to crash land into Earth - and have its date recorded - impacted the hamlet of Ensisheim (in modern-day France, then Austria) o...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 09:33
Where They Built the Bomb
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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If you want to cool off in this brutal desert summer, you need to get up someplace higher, around 7,000 feet up — the high-desert plateau around Lo...

Bought by KSJE and KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
BD - Remembering America's space station: Skylab @50 Pt. 2
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Skylab 4 astronaut Ed Gibson operating the space station's solar telescope in orbit, Credit: NASA, 1973
Dave concludes our two part look back at the first and only exclusively American space station, Skylab, which was crewed by three teams of astronau...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
BD - Remembering America's space station: Skylab@50 Pt. 1
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Skylab after repairs done by Skylab 2 crew , Credit: NASA
Blue Dot host Dave Schlom is joined by space journalist Emily Carney and Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart in part one of our look back at the onl...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bad Blood, Bad Science
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
2023-02-12 The Philosophical Legacy of Darwin
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Charles Darwin (born February 12, 1809) fundamentally changed our understanding of human life—for better or for worse?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, and KMUN


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
BD - Apollo 17@50 Part 2: the final lunar voyage of the Apollo program
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Apollo 17 image of the Earth "The Blue Marble." NASA
We conclude our Apollo@50 series of looks at the Apollo missions to the Moon with looks back and forward. With the recent success of the uncrewed A...

Bought by KUHF and KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
BD - Apollo 17 at 50 Part 1
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Night Launch of Apollo 17, December 7, 1972(NASA)
Blue Dot's Apollo@50 series nears its conclusion with part one of our look back at the final lunar mission, Apollo 17. The final of three spectacul...

Bought by KUHF and KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
BD - Celebrating 45 years of the epic Voyager missions
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave gets a chance to revisit one of his favorite topics -- the twin Voyager spacecraft that began their explorations of the outer solar system and...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
BD - Apollo 16 Part 2: Mission to the lunar highlands
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Blue Dot's Apollo@50 series continues with part two of our look back at the flight of Apollo 16 in April of 1972. This ambitious mission to explore...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Apollo @50 Part 1: The flight of Apollo 16 to the lunar highlands
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Apollo 16 crew: Thomas K. Mattingly II, John W. Young, Charles M. Duke Jr.
Blue Dot's signature Apollo@50 series continues with the fifth lunar landing mission, Apollo 16. In April of 1972 the crew of Commander John Young,...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The So-called Mystery of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called "Easter Island," and ever since, the statues there have been a mystery. B...

Bought by WKSU, KWIT, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 18
Pulse of Performing Arts in a Pandemic: No Name Bar
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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KQAL's Matt Drewry checks in with the owners of local music venue, No Name Bar in Winona during the COVID-19 pandemic. Original air date: 12/08/20

  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 22:18
Blue Dot - EXPLORING THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON: The Flight of Apollo 15
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Apollo 15Commander Dave Scott with the Lunar Rover at Hadley Rille., Credit: Photo taken by Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin.
Our Apollo@50 series continues with the first truly scientific exploration of the Moon -- the Apollo 15 mission. With new hardware including an orb...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mr. Yuk
From: Elaine Vitone
Series: Pitt Medcast
Caption: Mr. Yuk, the poster child for poisoning prevention, debuted in 1971., Credit: The Mr. Yuk logo is a registered trademark of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Used with permission
He's mean. He's green. He's the poster child for poisoning prevention. And he's turning 50!

  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 16:40
Blue Dot: Apollo 14 Pt. 2 -- Commander Al Shepard and Mission Control
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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We continue our Apollo@50 special with part two of our look back at Apollo 14. In this episode we focus on the Commander and America's first astron...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: The Flight of Apollo 14 Part 1
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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In the latest of Blue Dot's Apollo@50 series we look back at the third successful lunar landing mission, Apollo 14, which took place during early F...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: Apollo 8 on Christmas
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Blue Dot celebrates Christmas with a repeat of the the look at the very first mission to the Moon -- Apollo 8 - which overlapped Christmas Day. Con...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Mt St. Helens 40 Years Ago with Donald Swanson
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave visits with legendary United States Geological Survey volcanologist Donald Swanson in this look back at the eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May ...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: THE EPIC STORY OF APOLLO 13 Pt. 2
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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In the conclusion of our look back at the Apollo 13 mission 50 years ago, Dave is joined by Barbara Lovell Harrison, John Aaron and Andrew Chaikin....

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach and KCNP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dot: LEADERSHIP, PROBLEM SOLVING, SURVIVAL: The epic story of Apollo 13
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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In a time of global crisis, it's good to look to the lessons of history, to help us understand that we do have the ability to overcome terrible adv...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KCNP, and KUHF


  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
This Week in Water for October 27, 2019
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Climate Catastrophe Is Coming and Americans Could Face a Grim Future, Says the U.S. Army. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report abo...

Bought by WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKFI, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 7
Bell Museum celebrates moon landing anniversary
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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This weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 crew launch. The Bell Museum, Minnesota’s official natural history museum, is observing t...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 13:43
Houston, We have Dippin' Dots
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Over 50 years ago, humankind went to the moon. This episode is all about how astronauts, space enthusiasts, fictional explorers and future Mars res...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 21:53
Intertwined Legends: The Passing of Chris Kraft and the Restoration of Mission Control
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: The newly restored Mission Operations Control Room 2 and the view from where Dr. Kraft would sit.
In this very special episode, we pay tribute to two legends: Dr. Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr. and NASA's historic Mission Operations Control Room...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:00