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113-A Dwarf Water Planet In Our Solar System
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Ceres is a small dwarf planet in our solar system which contains a large proportion of water. NASA is about to begin to explore it.

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


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
How one Oakland school is getting kids to class
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A board encouraging attendance greets students and parents as they walk into Garfield Elemantary School, Credit: Isabel Angell
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
112-A Banner Year For Asteroid Hunters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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2014 was a record year for the asteroid hunting community with more than 1,450 new objects being discovered.

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


  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
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.

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
110-Asteroids Accessible By Human Space Flights
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters have discovered nearly 100 small objects which are accessible by astronauts.

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


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
109-Eighteen Sleeps Later
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The NASA New Horizons Spacecraft is on a voyage of discovery to the distant parts of our solar system.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Radio Newark, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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.

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
104-Jupiter Trojan Confusion
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Jupiter Trojan asteroids can masquerade as near Earth Objects.

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


  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
102-Little Asteroid On An Inside Track
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid will make close approaches to Earth, our Moon, and Venus.

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
http://kalw.org/post/reentry-two-men-seek-homes-after-prison-release
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Bennett and Porter do their cooking in a shared kitchen that’s part of a transitional house in West Oakland. But they met many years ago. “Well, w...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 10:42
A survey of Mission District families tries to discover why kids are falling behind
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Amelia Martinez and Elizabeth Montiel hit the streets to survey Mission residents, Credit: Melanie Young
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
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.

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
98-Small Objects Visiting Our Neighborhood
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Every month we discover small asteroids which come closer than the Moon.

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  • Added: Nov 20, 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...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
94-You Are Close To Outer Space
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: NASA
Outer space is not far from you, it just takes a lot of energy to get there.

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
93-Name That Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A unique program allows students to discover and name asteroids.

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Earthquakes: Why and When
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses earthquakes with John Dvorak, Ph.D., a geophysicist and author of “Earthquake Storms:  The Fascinating History and Volatile...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
92- An Earth Approaching Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A recently discovered Earth Approaching comet reminds us that there are objects like this out there and how they could influence human activity.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
Chinatown Tenants Gather Strength
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Chinatown resident Lee Ming Dang in her 7 by 7 foot home., Credit: Melanie Young
Tenants are facing a tough time in San Francisco. The city has some of the nation’s highest rents and laws like the Ellis Act have made evictions f...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 1
89-Witnessing An Asteroid Impact
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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What would it be like to witness an asteroid impact similar to what happened at Tunguska, Russia in 1908.

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
88-Space Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Space rocks have been observed hurtling between planets, flying through our atmosphere, and lying on the surface of planet Earth.

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 007
From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to!
Brand new Dub, Deep House, Dubstep, Electronica, Tech House, and Trance. Plus, Mongo Speaks.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00