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Political Junkie Minisode 6-10-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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He has the most money and the highest name ID. Next up for Jeb Bush: An official declaration of candidacy on June 15th. Jonathan Martin of the New...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 6-03-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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With the memory of California Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez's Indian war-cry gaffe still fresh, author Rick Robinson joins us to talk about famous ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 5-27-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Fox News thinks it has the right solution for how to handle the unprecedented number of Republican presidential candidates for their debate in Clev...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 5-20-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Progressives have been going through some rough times lately, especially with their ongoing battle with President Obama over trade policy. But the...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, KUER, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 5-13-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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One politician who tried to stand up for society's have-nots was George Wallace. The former Alabama governor was well known for fighting for the "...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie Minisode 4-29-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont and a self-styled socialist, announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination this...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2015
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie Minisode 3-18-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has a dilemma: a likely presidential candidate, his Senate seat is also up in 2016. And state law forbids a candidate fr...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 3-4-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Senator Barbara Mikulski's step-down from her Maryland seat has already started speculation about who could take her place in 2016. Washington Coll...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Jim Bell Welcomes "The Interstellar Age"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jim Bell's new book chronicles the Voyager mission to the outer solar system and beyond., Credit: Dutton Publishing
Planetary scientist and author Jim Bell has just written “The Interstellar Age—Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission.” He talks with Mat Kaplan abo...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie Minisode 2-11-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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As the 2016 race heats up and the polls begin, we turn to Iowa. We hear from former governor and presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty about which cont...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
Episode #32 – November 2014
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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Hosted by Dave Seastrom, Pam Raider, Vera Grubbs, Rick Fettig & Jeff Foster. First aired Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 9 AM on WFHB

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
Political Junkie Minisode 2-4-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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In Illinois, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is spending millions on re-election bid on Feb. 24. Some think there is a possibility he might fail to brea...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 1-21-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Many of us are still stunned over the announcement that Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential hopeful in 2008 and his party's unsuccessful nominee...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Recipe for a Small Planet
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of exoplanet Kepler -186f., Credit: Wikipedia
Astronomer and planetary scientist Courtney Dressing is the lead author of research that may have found the formula for the mass and composition of...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WYAP, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 4
Show #9: To Grandmother's Tent We Go...
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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Phyllis Allen is Kaitie Marshall?s grandma. She recently spent three months as an aid worker in Darfur for Doctors Without Borders. In this intervi...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 13:29
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 1-14-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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While things may not be getting accomplished in Washington, there's plenty going on in the states. Reid Wilson of the Washington Post talks about s...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie 12-10-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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There is still the specter of the shutdown of the George Washington Bridge that may ultimately damage New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's hopes of get...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WRKF and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie 11-19-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Even though the Democrats suffered major losses on November 4, they returned Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to their respective House and Senate leade...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, KUER, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
A MESSENGER From Mercury-Principal Investigator Sean Solomon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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MESSENGER is the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging mission that has been orbiting the innermost planet for more than thr...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 10-22-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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It's not just candidates whom we're voting for (or against!) this year. It's also hundreds of ballot initiatives, propositions and referenda that ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
That Water in Your Glass May be Older Than the Sun
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Researchers have theorized that up to half of Earth's water is older than the sun. It likely formed in the cold molecular cloud that spawned our solar system., Credit: Bill Saxton, NSF/AUI/NRAO
Ilse Cleeves is lead author of a paper that concludes up to half of our solar system’s water is older than the solar system itself. The implication...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
96 Acres: A Micro-Economy Built Around the Cook County Jail
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Interviews with Darryl Jones and Juan Rodriguez. Darryl was an Assistant State's Attorney based at the jail, and Juan Rodriguez has run a food tru...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 14:05
Political Junkie 10-15-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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If politics can get you sick, and Ebola can get you very sick, then what happens when Ebola and politics collide? Both parties are pointing finger...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and KUER


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
Planetary Radio Live! We See Thee Rise: The Canadian Space Program
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: "We See Thee Rise" University of Toronto Convocation Hall, October 1, 2014, Credit: The Planetary Society
We welcomed 1,600 Canadian space enthusiasts to the University of Toronto for our October 1st celebration of Canada in space! Join Mat Kaplan and ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 10-1-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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With five weeks (and counting) to go to the November midterms, one Senate race that was not supposed to give the Democrats heartburn -- the one in ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4