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115-Ballistic Capture
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A new plan for a space trip to Mars will be able to deliver a steady stream of supplies to a human space colony on the red planet.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
111-Green Meteors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Green Meteors which have long been attributed to alien spacecraft or spy devices are in reality beautiful natural events.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
107-Mining Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Mining asteroids may seem farfetched, however, some on our planet are actively pursuing this goal.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KMXT, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
101-Navigating The Earth-Moon Dance
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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We are discovering many small asteroids which pass closer to us than the Moon. Very rarely one of them crashes into the Earth or Moon.

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
99-Peppered By Space Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It appears that the human population is at more at risk from smaller rather than larger Earth impacting asteroids.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
97-A Large Strange One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The discovery of a small cold world far from Earth.

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
95-Phantom Meteor Shower
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Observations of what appeared to be different objects, over the time span from 1819 to the present, are likely to be manifestations of the same tra...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
91-Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small meteoroid traveling faster than a rifle bullet has more kinetic energy than a locomotive.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
85-Obscuring The Cosmos
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 10 years there will only be a few places in the United States to see the Milky Way clearly or view a meteor striking across the night sky.

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
80-Rocks From Space Tell A Tale
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The small asteroid which entered the Earth's atmosphere and injured nearly 1500 people in February of 2013 had a history which can be traced back t...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
83-Two Space Rocks Come Close To Planet Earth In A Week
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Two Earth approaching asteroids were discovered on the same night.

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
47- Earth Approaching Space Rocks Collected Over 6 Nights
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey 60 inch telescope was used to discover 29 potentially Earth Approaching objects.

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  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Dr. Carlos Reijnen, de Academicus uit Amsterdam
From: Anton Foek
Series: Polen Nederland Polen
Caption: UvAmsterdam, Credit: UvA
In een kort exclusief gesprek vertelt dr. Carlos Reijnen over de sociaal economische consequenties van de migratie uit Oost naar West Europa

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 12:47
Virtuoso Voices - Zuill Bailey (Nocturne)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Zuill Bailey, Credit: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
The Nocturne by Tchaikovsky lives at the intersection of melancholy and beauty – you can hear and feel both. And for cellist Zuill Bailey, it’s mu...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Anna Netrebko (Russian Romance)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Anna Netrebko, Credit: Annie Leibovitz
In soprano Anna Netrebko’s recording of Russian Romances, she introduces us to the not-as-well-known sides of two well-known composers – Rimsky-Kor...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Piotr Anderszewski (Justice)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski champions two composers from his country – Frederic Chopin and Karol Szymanowski. Like Chopin, Szymanowski’s mus...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Carol Wincenc (Baby Mozart)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Carol Wincenc, Credit: Cori Wells Braun
Call it precocious or simply amazing, Mozart wrote some remarkable music when he was 8-years old. Flutist Carol Wincenc says age is truly relative...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Herbert Blomstedt (8 vs. 9)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Herbert Blomstedt
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is subtitled the “Ode to Joy.” His Symphony No. 8 doesn’t have a subtitle or nickname, but conductor Herbert Blomstedt ...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Oboe Love Sounds)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
Thomas Stacy was the long time English horn and Oboe D'amore player with the New York Philharmonic. The Oboe D'amore is a longer, deeper sounding ...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Spivakov (Difficult Success Recipe)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vladimir Spivakov, Credit: Valery Plotnikov
What's the key to a successful and highly creative performing career? Violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov explodes one myth and reveals his ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :19
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - John Corigliano (Brain Power)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: John Corigliano
If you ever enter into a friendly competition over which art form is the most powerful, or holds the greatest potential, you might want to consider...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Leif Ove Andsnes (Grieg's Intimate Confessions)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Leif Ove Andsnes, Credit: Simon Fowler
One of composer Edvard Grieg's best known works is his Piano Concerto. While Grieg speaks on a mostly grand scale in the concerto, Leif Ove Andsne...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Helene Grimaud (Revel Without a Cause)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Helene Grimaud
Bach's music for organ, harpsichord and violin is among the most frequently transcribed and re-adapted music of our time. On pianist Helene Grimau...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Helene Grimaud (Invincible Sense)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Helene Grimaud
What are the secrets of Bach and his music's ability to reach a wide variety of musical tastes? He had all the skills, technique and other musical...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Vadim Repin (Russian Violin Tradition)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
Even though online access has brought different parts of the world closer together, there are still distinct continental approaches to playing spec...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :24