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749-Earth Glow(537)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Earth Glow, Credit: NASA/ESA
In 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts took an ultraviolet image of the Earth from the Moon which shows that like the Sun ,the Earth too, has a faint corona ...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Conspiracies, Disinformation, and the Fall of Democracy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As the US prepares for its own transfer of power, what cautionary lessons can be drawn from Africa’s largest democracy?

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  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Overtone Singing
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
The Free Press Held Hostage
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Journalism is under fire in more ways than one.

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  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
744-Teddy’s Debut(532)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Opening the 60 Inch on Mt. Lemmon , Credit: CSS/U. Arizona
On a recent training night with Teddy Pruyne at the controls of our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, this duo discovered six new Earth App...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
789: Decolonizing The Mind / 790: Living In Skin, 4/29/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Decolonizing the Mind' - Colonization in Africa was much more than a land grab. It was a project to replace — and even erase — local cul...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Why is America So Afraid of China?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Have the US and China given up on engagement?

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
743-Alex’s Catch(531)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroids, Credit: NASA
On a cold windy night, with clouds frustrating his search, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors while obs...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
742-Cuban Meteorites(530)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A large fireball meteor which exploded over Cuba produced a number of interesting results.

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
War Games: The High Stakes of North Korea’s Nuclear Armament
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Does anyone win in nuclear war?

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Triangle of Sadness
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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Ruben Östlund’s satire on the ruling class takes us on a luxury cruise headed for disaster.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:33
Banning TikTok: The Latest Viral Dance in the US-China Trade War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Can we find common ground with China in the face of escalating tensions?

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
740-Asteroid Billiards(528)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Vega's Asteroids, Credit: NASA
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART for short will test methods to make a dangerous asteroid miss Earth

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
781: The Year Of Return / 782: Listen To Your City, 4/1/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Year Of Return" - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
A Few Good Women -- in the French Pantheon At Last
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The French Pantheon was created in 1790 to honor those who have done great service to the country. The motto over the door reads "To great men, a g...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:58
A Woman’s Seat at the Table
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How can women level the playing field, and what happens when one woman takes matters into her own hands?

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Pandemic Lessons We Haven’t Learned (And Why It’s Not Too Late)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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It’s been three years since the lockdowns of COVID-19. How can we make up for lost time?

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
RESCUE, part 10: UNCLOS and Biological Diversity
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a continuation of UNCLOS, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In early Mar...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 04:58
How Long Can Ukraine Hold On?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we look at the remarkable resilience of Ukraine, and the complex geopolitical stakes for Russia, the US, and China as Putin’s war drags on.

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Putin’s Folly: Russia, One Year After the Invasion of Ukraine
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Unpacking the psychology of Putin's war games and how it affects Russians fleeing conscription.

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Why China Can’t Forget the Century of Humiliation
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Authors Orville Schell and John Delury join Ray to discuss China’s quest for global dominance.

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Sacred Sueños Reforestation Project: Off-Grid and Off-Road in the Andes - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Yves Zehnder tells how he ended up off-grid, off-road and offline in a quest to live simply as a homesteader with a far smaller than average footpr...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
The NRA Takes Aim In Brazil
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How did Brazil’s love of guns lead to an attack on its Congress earlier this year?

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Should We Be Worried About the Great Global Slump?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What does inflation mean for our pocketbooks, and for our mental health?

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 7
730-Busy Night(518)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid, Credit: -Dieter-Spannknebel-Getty-Images
On Halloween night while observing with the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona I discovered 21 space rocks streaking th...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10

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