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Discovering Mars with Jim Bell and William Sheehan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A mosaic of 102 Viking orbiter images of Mars, showing a hemisphere of the planet centered on the immense Valles Marineris canyon system. Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey., Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
“Discovering Mars” is the new chronicle of humanity’s long relationship with the Red Planet, assembled by space historian William Sheehan and Mars ...

Bought by KUT, KIYU-FM, WFHB, WMUU-LP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
SF is strengthening its buildings for the next big quake
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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While hundreds of soft-story buildings in San Francisco have been upgraded by their owners to survive a major quake, city officials said 700 such b...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:33
JWST is ready for launch and amazing science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope seen being prepared for transport to French Guiana for launch later this year., Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
Three astronomers share what they hope the James Webb Space Telescope will reveal about our universe after its launch this month.

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
This Week in Water for December 12, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Zapping the Ocean with Electricity to Fight Climate Change? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 4
A conversation with the director of “Don’t Look Up”
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio are astronomers trying to save the world from a comet in Don't Look Up., Credit: Netflix
Director Adam McKay and planetary defense expert Amy Mainzer join us for a conversation about the film and the science behind it.

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
This Week in Water for December 5, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Is a Snowless Future a Possibility in the West? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 05, 2021
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 4
Discovering life elsewhere: How can we be sure?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the surface of exoplanet Trappist-1f, a world that may be capable of supporting life., Credit: NASA
NASA’s Jim Green and Mary Voytek want the science community to develop tools that will help us evaluate potential evidence of life beyond Earth.

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
This Week in Water for November 28, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Will We Lose Our History to Climate Change? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KGNU Community Radio, KKFI, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 5
Into the anthropocosmos with Ariel Ekblaw
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's depiction of TESSERAE self-assembling structures in orbit around Mars., Credit: Artist Rendering of TESSERAE (TU Dortmund)
“Into the Anthropocosmos” is MIT Space Exploration Initiative director Ariel Ekblaw’s collection of innovations that will improve life in space and...

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  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
How Inmates Are Saving an Iconic American Landscape—and Themselves
From: H2O Radio
Series: Conservation and Sustainability
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The Biden administration recently announced it's considering new measures to protect the greater sage-grouse—birds best known for their spectacular...

Bought by KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 3
The DART asteroid impact mission begins, with Nancy Chabot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Illustration of DART, from behind the NEXT–C ion engine, Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
The DART mission begins its journey that will end when it smashes into an asteroid, demonstrating how we might save Earth from a devastating impact.

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for November 14, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Eating Hamburgers Harms Coral Reefs. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 6
Spacecraft communications and navigation with Badri Younes
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) is one of three Deep Space Network (DSN) facilities. Each of the facilities is located approximately 120 degrees of longitude apart so that at least one station is able to downlink and uplink signals , Credit: NASA
Spacecraft need a navigation and communication infrastructure to carry out their missions. Learn how NASA does it and what’s in store for the future.

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
This Week in Water for October 17, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Wildfires Can Affect Caves. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Leaders of the Lucy asteroid mission
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Lucy spacecraft observes one of the Trojan asteroids in Jupiter's orbit in this artist concept., Credit: Southwest Research Institute
Principal investigator Hal Levison and colleagues prepare us for the launch of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in an exclusive interview.

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for October 10, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Last Summer’s Monsoons Awakened Prehistoric Creatures. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 3
Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials., Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
The ion engine-powered Dawn spacecraft will orbit Ceres for many years. Could it have touched down on the surface of the dwarf planet?

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Mars Beckons: The 2021 Humans to Mars Summit
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Highlights of the annual gathering of leaders and experts who are building toward humans walking on the Red Planet.

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
The Wonderful: a new documentary about the International Space Station
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronaut Cady Coleman, ISS-27 flight engineer, looks over two of four flutes brought with her to the International Space Station in her small allotment of personal items. She is in the Cupola., Credit: NASA
Director Clare Lewins and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman discuss the new documentary “The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station.”

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
The Case for a Return to Enceladus
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An artist's impression of the late Cassini spacecraft approaching the giant water plumes emanating from the icy surface of Enceladus., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Flying a spacecraft through geysers spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus might reveal the building blocks of life or even life itself.

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for September 12, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Wildfire Burn Scars Create Thunderstorms. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 4
An ESCAPADE to Mars, on the cheap
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The ESCAPADE Mars mission will consist of two identical satellites — “Blue” and “Gold” — that will study how the planet’s ionosphere and magnetic field interact., Credit: Rocket Lab
Can NASA send robotic explorers to Mars for a tiny fraction of what most missions cost?

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Liquid Water Under the Martian Polar Ice? Maybe Not
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft captured the infrared, green, and blue-light images used to make pictures of the Martian south pole., Credit: ESA / G. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin) / Bill Dunford / Edited by The Planetary Society
New research indicates that what appeared to be liquid water hiding under Mars’ polar ice may actually be a form of clay.

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
This Week in Water for August 29, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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No Fluke, Whales Walked on Land. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 4
Europa Clipper Sails Toward Launch
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: We are on the cusp of exploring what may be the best place in our solar system to look for life beyond Earth. That place is Jupiter’s moon Europa., Credit: NASA/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech
Mission system manager Al Cangahuala says the robotic explorer of Jupiter’s ocean moon is making steady progress toward a 2024 launch.

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12