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Juno Journeys to Jupiter’s Moons
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An image of Ganymede obtained by the JunoCam imager during Juno’s June 7, 2021, flyby of Jupiter's icy moon., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Dive into the latest discoveries about Jupiter’s moons, Ganymede, Europa, and Io, with Scott Bolton, the principal investigator for NASA’s Juno mis...

Bought by KVSC, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Episode 325: The first Grammys
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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Video game scores have earned a category of their own at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Join us for a look at each of the nominees!

Bought by WBAA, WXXI Rochester, Vermont Public, WKAR, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Episode 324: Eímear Noone
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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We talk with the "Irish queen of game music" and the first woman to conduct at the Oscars.

Bought by WBAA, WXXI Rochester, Vermont Public, WKAR, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Celebrating NASA’s Artemis I mission to the Moon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artemis 1 begins its successful lunar mission.
Jeremy Graeber, the assistant launch director at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, joins Planetary Radio to recount his experience on the night of A...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WMUU-LP, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Adam Minter: The Promise of Autonomous Vehicles for Rural America
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Minter
Have you ever been so tired behind the wheel that you needed to pull over to rest? Well, that’s one of the problems autonomous or self-driving vehi...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Planetary Radio stories with Mat Kaplan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sarah Al-Ahmed, the new host of Planetary Radio, shaking hands with Mat, creator and former host of the show after their last in-person recording on Dec. 22, 2022., Credit: Bruce Betts/The Planetary Society
New host Sarah Al-Ahmed bids a fond farewell to Mat Kaplan, Planetary Radio’s former host, in a special interview as Mat shares stories from his tw...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Episode 323: Kena: Bridge of Spirits
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Many artists collaborated to create the soundtrack to Kena: Bridge of Spirits, including composer Jason Gallaty and the traditional Balinese orchestra Gamelan Çudamani.
Hear Kena: Bridge of Spirits' atmospheric and emotional original score.

Bought by WBAA, Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, KECG, WKAR and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
755: Time Beyond The Clock / 756: Living With Loneliness, 12/31/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Living With Loneli...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Planetary Society All-Stars Review the Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals emerging stellar nurseries and individual stars in the Carina Nebula that were previously obscured., Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
For his last episode as host, Mat Kaplan welcomes many of his Planetary Society colleagues for a review of a spectacular year of space exploration.

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Artemis 1 Orion capsule comes home
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft on board the USS Portland after its historic journey around the Moon., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Host Mat Kaplan greets the Orion capsule that has just returned from the Moon.

Bought by KIYU-FM, KWMR, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Episode 322: Kristin Naigus
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Multi-instrumentalist Kristin Naigus in her studio.
Hear our interview with the video game industry’s go-to woodwind soloist and music that features her playing.

Bought by Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, WBAA, KECG and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Good Night Oppy! Hello Mars!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A Mars Exploration Rover crosses the Red Planet in this artist's concept., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Bill Nye and Planetary Society members join Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity scientists at a screening of the excellent new documentary about the...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Celebrating Planetary Radio’s 20th Anniversary with Bill Nye
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Host Mat Kaplan reports from the Red Planet on Planetary Radio's 20th anniversary.
Join the Planetary Society’s CEO and others as we mark Planetary Radio’s entry into its third decade.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WJCU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KRZA, KCNP and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 321: Babylon's Fall
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: A team of composers led by Hiroshi Yamaguchi scored the 2022 action role-playing game Babylon’s Fall. The original soundtrack contains over five hours of music.
Sometimes, fantastic video game scores come from games that fail commercially and critically.

Bought by Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, WBAA, KECG and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Giving the University of Arizona Mirror Lab a spin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Radio host and his Mirror Lab tour guide Buell Jannuzi with one of the seven huge mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope. , Credit: Mat Kaplan
Join us for a tour of the University of Arizona’s Mirror Lab where they use a giant, spinning oven filled with molten glass to create the primary m...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Voyager Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Linda Spilker and Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan check out the geysers emanating from a model of Saturn's moon Enceladus at JPL., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker has now taken on the same job for the Voyager Interstellar Mission.

Bought by KIYU-FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, WJCU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 320: Animal Control
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: In the 2006 game Okami players take the role of white wolf Amaterasu, the Shinto sun goddess. The original score uses traditional Japanese instruments.
Hear a musical menagerie of themes from video games with animal protagonists.

Bought by WBAA, Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, KECG and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 319: Game Brass Spotlight
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: The members of The Game Brass explore the vastness of outer space on their 2022 album BRASS EFFECT, which features over 40 musicians.
Classical chops meet video game music with brass ensemble The Game Brass.

Bought by WBAA, Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Ann Druyan wishes you a happy Sagan Day
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Carl Sagan was a co-founder of The Planetary Society., Credit: The Planetary Society
Celebrate Carl Sagan’s birthday with his longtime collaborator and life partner Ann Druyan.

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
739: Going For Broke: Change Of Address / 740: Traditional Knowledge, 11/5/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Change of Address" - In the first episode of a three-part series on the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Man...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
DART smacked an asteroid! So what’s next in planetary defense?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's concept shows the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE spacecraft, in its orbit around Earth. In 2013, the mission was brought out of hibernation to hunt for more asteroids and comets in a project called NEOWISE., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test was a brilliant success. The leaders of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office tell us what’s next in th...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Episode 318: Inon Zur
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Inon Zur has composed soundtracks for blockbuster video game series like Fallout and Dragon Age.
Award-winning composer Inon Zur joins us this week to talk about his music for titles like Fallout 4, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Sybe...

Bought by WBAA, Vermont Public, WGTE Public Media, WKAR, KUCO and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Meet the new Planetary Radio host!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New host Sarah Al-Ahmed is introduced by current host and Planetary Radio creator Mat Kaplan in this week's episode.
After 20 years at the helm, Mat Kaplan introduces the person who will take over Planetary Radio when the new year begins.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KCNP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 317: Horror
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: The 2022 cinematic horror game Immortality charges players with unraveling the mystery of an actress’s disappearance. Nainita Desai composed a haunting original score.
Hear spine-tingling scores from Resident Evil, Dead Space, A Plague Tale and more.

Bought by WBAA, Vermont Public, KECG, KUCO, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Eyes on the Sky: Spacewatch and the Catalina Sky Survey
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: One of the Catalina Sky Survey/Steward Observatory telescopes on Mt. Lemmon prepares for another night of asteroid hunting., Credit: CSS/Steward Observatory
Meet leaders of two of the most successful Earth-based searches for asteroids, including many thousands that could threaten Earth.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12

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