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Feeling Our Way Forward: How A Biological Understanding of Feeling Will Change the World
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Max Henning, Neuroscientist and President of Novus Think Tank [https://www.maxahenning.com/], sheds light on why the future of humanity depends upo...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
The FDA Super Bowl
From: Tradeoffs
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Every 5 years, the FDA has to renegotiate billions of dollars in user fees with the drug and medical device companies it regulates. Congress has to...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 18:33
Spectrum/ Science unscripted 08/18/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Schools open, antibodies fall & horses and llamas help - In this episode, co-host Gabe returns from the worst-hit coun...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
No Face Masks On Mars
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
There will be no coughing on the spaceship. The quarantine lasts for many months. If everyone's healthy, well then the spaceship may be allowed to ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Planetary Radio Live: Near Earth Objects—The Killer Asteroid Threat
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Comet 67P compared to Los Angeles
Leaders of the quest to find, understand and protect ourselves from the asteroids and comets called Near Earth Objects gathered with host Mat Kapla...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
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
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
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
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
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
Planetary Radio Live: MAVEN Arrives at Mars!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Radio Live celebrates MAVEN's arrival at Mars in Southern California Public Radio's Crawford Family Forum, Credit: Loren Roberts
The latest guest of the Red Planet arrived in orbit on the evening of September 22, 2014. Planetary Radio Live was watching with fingers crossed in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 57:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Search for Extraterrestrial Polluters?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Earth-like planet In this artist's conception, the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet displays a brownish haze - the result of widespread pollution. New research shows that the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope potentially could detect certain polluta, Credit: Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Harvard’s Henry Lin led work that determined the soon-to-be-launched James Webb Space Telescope may be able to detect an alien civilization by anal...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
The Problem with Internet Search Engines: A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Internet search engines have no way of taking context into consideration. The closest Google has come is to hone the search by user’s zip code, wh...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:37
Neil deGrasse Tyson of COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Neil deGrasse Tyson
The host of COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey, returns to our show with a behind the scenes look at the spectacular television series. Neil also tells u...

Bought by WMNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
Two Guys on Your Head: Why Being Put On Hold is So Frustrating
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Horrible music, incredible wait times and an inscrutable labyrinth of phone prompts: We've all experienced the frustrations of being on hold. Even ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Things to Come: Previewing 2014 Solar System Exploration With Emily Lakdawalla
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Evangelist Emily Lakdawalla
24 spacecraft are either busy exploring the solar system or speeding toward an exciting destination. The Planetary Society's Senior Editor takes u...

Bought by WMNF, KSKQ, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
Comet ISON's Spectacular Science Legacy
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Karl Battams, Comet ISON Observer
Maybe it wasn’t “the comet of the century,” but ISON has left a scientific legacy that is beyond compare. That’s according to Karl Battams of NASA’...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, WESM 91.3 FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrating Bruce Murray, The "Admiral of the Solar System"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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The life of explorer and teacher Dr. Bruce Murray was celebrated last November 10th at Caltech. This week we present a few excerpts from the tribu...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Alyssa Rhoden and the Rise of the Europa Underground
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Alyssa Rhoden studies Jupiter’s moon Europa…from a distance. She, many other scientists and millions of space exploration fans around the globe wan...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
SpaceUp LA Unconference: What would you do with an extra $13 Billion for space?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: 2013 SpaceUp LA, Credit: Mat Kaplan
What would YOU do with $10 Billion for space exploration and development? That’s what Mat Kaplan asked the passionate space enthusiasts at the 201...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Juno Mission to Jupiter Swings Past Earth
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter From Voyager 2, Credit: Jonsson
Juno Principal Investigator Scott Bolton reviews the spacecraft's Earth flyby and previews its long stay at our solar system's king of planets. Bil...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Living with Hypochondria: The Real Costs of Imagined Illness
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Sheila Murphy
Woody Allen made hypochondria famous as a source of self-deprecating humor, but this clinical condition can be seriously debilitating for individua...

Bought by PRX Remix and Jazz 91.9 WCLK


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Hot Math -- Groks Science Show 2010-09-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Danica McKellar discussed hot math.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 2
Scientific Phenomenalist -- Groks Science Show 2010-07-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
David Lovering discussed his endeavors as a scientific phenomenalist and as the drummer for the Pixies.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 25:07
  • Purchases: 2
Little Strings -- Groks Science Show 2010-06-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Steven Gubser discussed the little book of strings.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:15
  • Purchases: 2