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115-Ballistic Capture
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A new plan for a space trip to Mars will be able to deliver a steady stream of supplies to a human space colony on the red planet.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Trash Talk: The Persistence of Waste
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Buckhorn Mesa landfill., Credit: courtesy of Flickr user Alan Levine.
During our short time on Earth we humans have created a lot of stuff. Some of it's life-altering, like the device you’re using right now and some o...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 39:39
  • Purchases: 2
111-Green Meteors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Green Meteors which have long been attributed to alien spacecraft or spy devices are in reality beautiful natural events.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Maxey Carpenter: "It was a good job. So it was like: Move out, kid."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Maxey B. Carpenter achieved the rank of full colonel in the U.S. Army in a career that spanned nearly 30 years. He was deployed to Panama, the Phil...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Charlotte Schnase: "Coming home was a big letdown."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Charlotte Schnase was an E-4 in Iraq, a postal worker who got the mail where it needed to go. It's an overlooked job that took its toll on her, esp...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
Adam McCaw: "It's too dangerous to leave things without being smoothed over."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Part of Adam McCaw's job with the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry 7th Special Forces Group was to train Afghanis to be police officers. He had to fire a f...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:02
107-Mining Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Mining asteroids may seem farfetched, however, some on our planet are actively pursuing this goal.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KMXT, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
101-Navigating The Earth-Moon Dance
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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We are discovering many small asteroids which pass closer to us than the Moon. Very rarely one of them crashes into the Earth or Moon.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, Radio Newark, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Babies on Demand: Reproduction in a Technological Age
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: In vitro fertilization (IVF) in progress. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
At the beginning of the 19th century women in the United States had an average of seven or eight children. By 1900 they had only three or four, and...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 40:27
99-Peppered By Space Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It appears that the human population is at more at risk from smaller rather than larger Earth impacting asteroids.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Jeremy and Nicole Olivier, With Love from South Africa
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Frank Lenselink and Jeremy, Credit: Anton F.
Jeremy Olivier, a musician from the Southern African region and his songwriter wife Nicole introduce us to the inspiring and touching story behind ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 17:31
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: How Can You Tell When Political and Moral Ground Are Too Different From Each Other?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
With the election season over, the next phase of elected politics has settled on our plates like a bowl of jello. How can you tell when the age-old...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
95-Phantom Meteor Shower
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Observations of what appeared to be different objects, over the time span from 1819 to the present, are likely to be manifestations of the same tra...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Referendums on Arrogance- A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: An old clutch replaced might work better..., Credit: Susan Cook
In politics, arrogance can be hired, purchased or -in volunteer organizations- a gratuity that comes with volunteer labor.- or elected. In Maine ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
A Citizen's Guide to the "Fear of Gotcha" in American Political Life
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In the 1950’s and 1960’s American citizens and the stalwart among them who were brave enough to run for political office had to learn to live with...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
91-Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small meteoroid traveling faster than a rifle bullet has more kinetic energy than a locomotive.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KMXT and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Space, Stars and Satellites (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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Songs related to Space, Stars and Satellites

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Herman the Ice Skating Cat
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A phoned-in short story about Herman, the cat.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1
85-Obscuring The Cosmos
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 10 years there will only be a few places in the United States to see the Milky Way clearly or view a meteor striking across the night sky.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KMXT, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Passages: Treasures of the Bible
From: Kristen Eicher
Caption: PRX default Piece image
“Passages: Treasures of the Bible,” currently is in Springfield, Mo, the fifth stop on a national tour. Learn more about the traveling exhibit here...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:16
80-Rocks From Space Tell A Tale
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The small asteroid which entered the Earth's atmosphere and injured nearly 1500 people in February of 2013 had a history which can be traced back t...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KMXT, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
83-Two Space Rocks Come Close To Planet Earth In A Week
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Two Earth approaching asteroids were discovered on the same night.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KMXT, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Sound Advice for Helping Young Women Going to College #3
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Sound Advice for Young Women
Two young women, Victoria and Carolyn, who are about to go off to college share their goals, hopes and concerns and get sound advice from Gail Syri...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 52:30
The Teeth Beneath Your Feet: Oddities in Urban Archaeology
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: URS Corporation archaeologists excavate at a site beside I-95 in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia., Credit: Mariel Carr
Where can you find a teacup, the molar of a goat, and an arrowhead all in one place? At an urban archaeology site, that’s where.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 36:50
  • Purchases: 1
Compassion and Empathy Thwart a School Shooter (29:00 Version)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Antoinette Tuff
The story of Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper who was filling in at the front desk of an Atlanta Suburban elementary school of about 800 students on A...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4

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