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Yuri’s Night 2018!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Yuri’s Night founder Loretta Whitesides presents an award to Anousheh Ansari, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Host Mat Kaplan once again attends the worldwide party for space. Join him at the Los Angeles celebration under Space Shuttle Endeavour. You’ll h...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Visiting the Earth-Like Worlds of TRAPPIST-1
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the planets circling the star known as Trappist-1, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
We have begun to understand the composition of worlds that are hundreds of trillions of kilometers from Earth. Astronomer Nikole Lewis is co-leader...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
AI, Space, and Humanity’s Future—A Conversation with David Brin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Author and futurist David Brin, Credit: Cheryl Brigham
The multi-award winning science fiction author, futurist and speaker returns to Planetary Radio for a wide-ranging conversation about robots and hu...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Stephen Hawking: Spaceflight Pioneer!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Physicist Stephen Hawking enjoys zero gravity during a flight aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. (Zero G), Credit: Jim Campbell/Aero-News Network
He is known for his breakthrough physics and popularizing of science, but Dr. Hawking also wanted to fly in space. Erik Viirre led the medical team...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Amateur Astronomers Work To Save Earth From Asteroids!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Australian astronomer Julian Oey has just been awarded a second Shoemaker Near Earth Object grant., Credit: Blue Mountains Observatory
Seven astronomers have been selected to receive Shoemaker NEO (Near Earth Object) grants from the Planetary Society. They and their observatories ...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Visiting the Birthplace of PlanetVac
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: 3D-printed PlanetVac prototypes at Honeybee Robotics., Credit: Bruce Betts
Space is hard. Sample collection and return is harder still. That’s why the radically-simplified PlanetVac system from Honeybee Robotics is so in...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Experience A Message From Earth—Inspired by the Voyager Gold Record
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: • The cover for the Voyager Golden Record, headed into interstellar space on Voyagers 1 and 2, Credit: NASA/JPL
It has been 40 years since Carl Sagan and others shared the best of humanity with the stars. A new online multimedia project has been created as a ...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Eyes of a New Mars Rover: Mastcam-Z
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist Concept of the Mars 2020 Rover, with Mastcam-Z, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mat Kaplan attended a meeting of the science team for the zoom lens camera that will be atop the Mars 2020 rover mast. Planetary Scientist Jim Bel...

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
A New Congressional Caucus Backs Planetary Science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Starman in his Tesla Roadster bids farewell to Earth after being launched by the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy., Credit: SpaceX
Republican Randy Hultgren and Democrat Derek Kilmer celebrate formation of the new bipartisan, bicameral caucus of US representatives and senators....

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Space, SETI, the Singularity and Shostak
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array in northern California searches the sky for radio signals from an alien intelligence., Credit: The SETI Institute
Where is everybody? That was the question physicist Enrico Fermi asked when he wondered why we hadn’t yet met ET. What will happen if we do? Will ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Friendship on the Brain
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Close friends show similar brain patterns., Credit: Pexels/CC0
Close friends show similar brain patterns.

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Living in Space!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Will humans in the distant future build and live in tremendous space habitats like the one picture here? The first steps are being taken by NASA, SpaceX and many other organizations., Credit: Skyframe Research & Development/Peter Rubin, Iron Rooster Studios
Mat Kaplan talks with participants in the National Space Society’s recent Space Settlement Summit about human destiny in space. There’s a consensus...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 69: Becoming Chief Brown
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Shortly after David Brown was sworn in as the Dallas Chief of Police, his son shot and killed a police officer. Just before he retired as chief, 5 ...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 1
Plastics in Paradise: Wavelengths Podcast Episode 1
From: Betsy Brown
Caption: Papah?naumoku?kea partners pose with debris collected from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2017., Credit: NOAA
Hear how trash is affecting wildlife in one of the world's most remote places.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 13:56
A Glimpse into the World of Irish Dance
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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This piece offers insight into the lives and sacrifices of dancers who practice a unique form of dance.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:09
A Visitor From the Stars: ‘Oumuamua
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's impression shows the first detected interstellar asteroid: `Oumuamua. This unique object was discovered on October 19, 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawai`i. `Oumuamua seems to be a dark red highly-elongated metallic or rocky object,, Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
The first confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system is a needle-shaped asteroid given the Hawaiian name ‘Oumuamua. Karen Meech leads the ...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Bob Richards and Moon Express
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of Moon Express MX-9 Sample Return Ascent, Credit: Moon Express
Moon Express Founder and CEO Bob Richards shares an inspiring vision for a return to the Moon. It includes introduction of a sophisticated line of...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Sammy Roth: Desert Power Investigation
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Sammy Roth
With all the false claims about “fake news” and verifiable lies being proffered as facts by the president and others, it’s quite refreshing to be r...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
Andy Weir’s New Novel Puts a City on the Moon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Andy Weir’s Artemis is the new novel set in a city on the Moon. , Credit: Crown Publishing
The author of #1 bestseller The Martian is back with Artemis, a superbly-researched, rollicking adventure in the first city on the Moon. You might ...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
André Bormanis and Emily Lakdawalla on Life, the Universe and Everything
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This beautiful view of the Lagoon Nebula was acquired in May–June 2015. It’s about 55 light years wide, and is just over 4,000 light years from our solar system., Credit: Adam Block / Mount Lemmon SkyCenter / University of Arizona
Join us for a wide-ranging, salon-style conversation about space exploration, science, art and more. Mat’s guests are astronomer, television produ...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Searching for ET With Pete Worden
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array in New Mexico, Credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Are we alone? The nearly sixty-year effort to answer that question has gotten a big boost from the Breakthrough Initiatives, funded by Yuri Milner ...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Pamela Gay and the Image Detective
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Night image of Italy from space, Credit: NASA/GSFC
Astronomer Pamela Gay is probably best known as co-host of the Astronomy Cast podcast, but she is also Principal Investigator for the CosmoQuest vi...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Dawn: Ten Years of Exploration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Occator Crater on dwarf planet Ceres, with its now less mysterious bright spots or areas., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
Dawn Mission Director and Chief Engineer Marc Rayman helps us salute the ion-engine powered spacecraft that first orbited asteroid Vesta in the mai...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Celebrating Cassini…Live!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the Cassini spacecraft struggling to keep its antenna pointed at Earth in the moments before it burns up in Saturn's atmosphere., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
More than 1,100 fans of the just-completed 20-year mission to Saturn joined us for a live tribute. The Planetary Society’s Mat Kaplan and KPCC Scie...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Long Live Cassini!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's flashy Cassini Grand Finale poster!, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Join us at JPL and Caltech on the bittersweet morning the Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn. We’ll hear from several of the mission’s leaders...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7

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