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Area Voices: Nevada Littlewolf
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Nevada Littlewolf, Credit: Bush Foundation
Nevada Littlewolf is the first Anishinaabe woman to serve on the Virginia, MN city council and a leader in in many respects. We spoke with Nevada ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: 17:35
Marvelous Martian MAVEN
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of MAVEN orbiting Mars, Credit: Lockheed Martin
MAVEN, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution orbiter, has gone a long way toward solving the mystery of the Red Planet’s missing water and air...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KMUD, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Seeking Peace on Earth: A PEACE TALKS RADIO Special (2016)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Our annual compendium of highlights from the past year's programs including reducing political polarization, the neuroscience of peacemaking, how m...

Bought by KUNM, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
How We Fight Back: Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Zack Exley and Becky Bond
All over the world people who care about the environment are watching the US President-Elect sketch out a blueprint for disaster. To head the EPA h...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pluto and Titan and Iran, Oh My!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The liquid methane lakes of Titan, Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Back to the annual meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences this week, where Mat Kaplan visited with experts on worlds of ice including T...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Poland
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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The topic of this month's episode is Poland. Let's Travel Radio discusses, with special guests, the key differences between Western and Eastern Eur...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:47
Matt Taylor Rocks Rosetta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Rosetta Mission Manager Patrick Martin and Project Scientist Matt Taylor simulate the spacecraft touchdown at Planetary Society HQ., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Last year it was New Horizons at Pluto. In 2016, the thrilling end of the Rosetta comet mission generated the greatest public interest and enthusia...

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


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Charley Kohlhase and the Greatest Voyage
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: James Blinn (l.) and a young Charley Kohlhase (r.) working at JPL on pioneering computer animations of the Voyager flybys., Credit: Charley Kohlhase
How did the Voyager spacecraft manage to weave their magnificent way through the outer planets of our solar system? Mission Design Manager Charley...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
55: Tracey Taylor & Lance Knobel, Berkeleyside; Arlie Hochschild "Strangers In Their Own Land"; Review of "Certain Women"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Tracey Taylor
Tracey Taylor and Lance Knobel are the co-founders of the "hyper-local" news site Berkeleyside.com and Uncharted, The Berkeley Festival of Ideas. W...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WRIR, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Farewell Rosetta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Comet 67P/Churyumov/Gerasimenko, Rosetta’s final resting place., Credit: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA
The European Space Agency’s magnificent Rosetta mission ended last week as the spacecraft gently touched down on the comet it has revealed. You’ll ...

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


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
OSIRIS REx: The Voyage to Bennu Begins, With Dante Lauretta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: OSIRIS REx departs for asteroid Bennu atop an Atlas V, Credit: Jason Davis/The Planetary Society
In two years a Near Earth Asteroid now known as Bennu will have a visitor from Earth. OSIRIS REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta reports on h...

Bought by KRZA, KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Leech Lake Legacy: Animal Rescue Organization
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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A conversation with Jenny Fitzer and Eileen Campbell about the Leech Lake Legacy group saving stray animals on regional reservations.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 1
Interstellar Dreams Turn Real
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Breakthrough Starshot, Credit: BreakthroughInitiatives.org
Philip Lubin and his former student Travis Brashears have had quite a year. Their bold plan to send tiny probes to nearby stars is now supported b...

Bought by KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRZA, WMUU-LP, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
The Eagle Has Landed: Remembering Neil Armstrong
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Neil Armstrong's official NASA portrait, Credit: NASA
We celebrate the 47th anniversary of the first moon landing with the reprise of a conversation with author and NBC space reporter Jay Barbree about...

Bought by KVSC, KUAF Public Radio, KSPB Pebble Beach, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
OSIRIS REx: Ready for a Voyage to Bennu
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: OSIRIS REx spacecraft at Bennu in artist's conception., Credit: NASA/University of Arizona
OSIRIS-REx will launch toward Near Earth Asteroid Bennu soon. In an early celebration of Asteroid Day, mission leader Dante Lauretta tells us how l...

Bought by KRZA, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
JunoCam, The People’s Jupiter Camera
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter's Great Red and Great White Spots, Credit: NASA
The Juno spacecraft will enter orbit at Jupiter on July 4th. It carries a camera that will send back spectacular images from just above the swirlin...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
ALLAN WOLPER TALKS TO DAVID ROZENHOLC
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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David Rozenholc is the tenant lawyer who took on Donald Trump in one of the most famous cases in New York City real estate history. Rozenholc preve...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:52
Lifestyle Improvement Radio on The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living
From: Rebeca R.
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Listen to our conversation with Dr. Amid Sood, Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Rochester, MN) and author of the book The ...

  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 51:12
Celebrate Yuri's Night With Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Credit: Susan Karlin @SueKarlin
Happy Yuri’s Night! We’re partying under Space Shuttle Endeavour in the first of two shows featuring interviews from the worldwide celebration of s...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
ALLAN WOLPER TALKS TO FATHER BRENDAN FORDE
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Father Brendan Forde is a Franciscan priest from Ireland who preaches peace and serves the most vulnerable people in Central and South America. Fat...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:10
Ashwin Vasavada, Leader of Scientists Roving Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory became the project scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory Project in January 2015., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The new Mars Science Laboratory Project Scientist is not new to the mission. Ashwin Vasavada has worked on the Curiosity rover since 2004. Emily L...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
HERA Heroine Julielynn Wong and Printing Medical Tools in Deep Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Julielynn Wong and her alter ego, Dr. “J”, Credit: Jared Chambers
Julielynn Wong came directly from her 30-day long HERA IX deep space simulation to our microphone. We talk with her about the experience, and her p...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
SoundsLA - Fire Engine Sirens
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Fire engines roar through the city with their sirens warning cars to move out of the way. For most of us, these sirens are nothing more than that, ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 01:01
NASA’s New Planetary Defense Office
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Chelyabinsk 2013 explodes over the city on February 15, 2013., Credit: YouTube
Lindley Johnson has just been named NASA's first Planetary Defense Officer. He's joined on this week's PlanRad by astronomer Kelly Fast, the new m...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Civilizations Among the Clustered Stars?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Messier 5 is a globular cluster containing hundreds of thousands of stars. It is about 25,000 light years from our solar system., Credit: ESA/Hubble
New research indicates that globular clusters—collections of up to a million stars—could provide stable environments for life, along with opportuni...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, WMUU-LP, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5

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