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Living in Space!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Will humans in the distant future build and live in tremendous space habitats like the one picture here? The first steps are being taken by NASA, SpaceX and many other organizations., Credit: Skyframe Research & Development/Peter Rubin, Iron Rooster Studios
Mat Kaplan talks with participants in the National Space Society’s recent Space Settlement Summit about human destiny in space. There’s a consensus...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
A Visitor From the Stars: ‘Oumuamua
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist's impression shows the first detected interstellar asteroid: `Oumuamua. This unique object was discovered on October 19, 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawai`i. `Oumuamua seems to be a dark red highly-elongated metallic or rocky object,, Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
The first confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system is a needle-shaped asteroid given the Hawaiian name ‘Oumuamua. Karen Meech leads the ...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Bob Richards and Moon Express
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of Moon Express MX-9 Sample Return Ascent, Credit: Moon Express
Moon Express Founder and CEO Bob Richards shares an inspiring vision for a return to the Moon. It includes introduction of a sophisticated line of...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
André Bormanis and Emily Lakdawalla on Life, the Universe and Everything
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This beautiful view of the Lagoon Nebula was acquired in May–June 2015. It’s about 55 light years wide, and is just over 4,000 light years from our solar system., Credit: Adam Block / Mount Lemmon SkyCenter / University of Arizona
Join us for a wide-ranging, salon-style conversation about space exploration, science, art and more. Mat’s guests are astronomer, television produ...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Searching for ET With Pete Worden
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array in New Mexico, Credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Are we alone? The nearly sixty-year effort to answer that question has gotten a big boost from the Breakthrough Initiatives, funded by Yuri Milner ...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
One man's 'Search for America'--listening to what ordinary folks think about democracy
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Lars Hasselblad-Torres, a Vermont writer, artist and educator, is making a road trip across the country to find out what regular people have to say...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 15:40
Pamela Gay and the Image Detective
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Night image of Italy from space, Credit: NASA/GSFC
Astronomer Pamela Gay is probably best known as co-host of the Astronomy Cast podcast, but she is also Principal Investigator for the CosmoQuest vi...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Dawn: Ten Years of Exploration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Occator Crater on dwarf planet Ceres, with its now less mysterious bright spots or areas., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
Dawn Mission Director and Chief Engineer Marc Rayman helps us salute the ion-engine powered spacecraft that first orbited asteroid Vesta in the mai...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Celebrating Cassini…Live!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the Cassini spacecraft struggling to keep its antenna pointed at Earth in the moments before it burns up in Saturn's atmosphere., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
More than 1,100 fans of the just-completed 20-year mission to Saturn joined us for a live tribute. The Planetary Society’s Mat Kaplan and KPCC Scie...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Science Fiction Greats on Humanity’s Destiny in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: (L to R) David Brin, Geoffrey Landis, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven and Robert Zubrin at the 2017 Mars Society Convention, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Robert Zubrin of the Mars Society talks with Gregory Benford, David Brin, Geoffrey Landis and Larry Niven about terraforming Mars, the origin of li...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Interview w/ Theresa Brown, RN author of "The Shift: One Nurse, Tweleve Hours, Four Patients' Lives"
From: Out of Bounds
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Theresa Brown, RN is a NYT medical writer & author of "The Shift: One Nurse, Tweleve Hours, Four Patients' Lives" She works as an RN in PA.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Sailing on the Light of the Sun With Lou Friedman
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of heliogyro solar sail for 1980s Halley's Comet mission., Credit: NASA/JPL
The co-founder and Executive Director Emeritus of the Planetary Society returns for a conversation about the allure of sailing through space. Digi...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Planetary Radio Live on the Eve of the Eclipse
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mat Kaplan and guests at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on the evening before the Great American Eclipse, Credit: Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University
With hours to go before the Great American Eclipse, Mat Kaplan hosted a Planetary Radio Live session in front of 1,100 rowdy eclipse and space scie...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker’s Last Appearance Before the Grand Finale
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of Cassini passing between Saturn and its rings, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
It’s the Grandest Finale. The spectacular Cassini mission’s exploration of Saturn will end on September 15th when the spacecraft plunges into the ...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Dark Energy Attracts? Astrophysicists Jason Rhodes and Alina Kiessling
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astrophysicists Jason Rhodes& Alina Kiessling
JPL astrophysicists Alina Kiessling and Jason Rhodes were brought together by their fascination over the mystery of dark energy. They talk with Pla...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Planetary Radio Live! Living on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mars outpost concept, Credit: NASA
Will humans live, work and thrive on Mars? What challenges must be met before we can become Martians? On July 20th, the anniversary of the Apollo ...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
NASA Leaders on Getting Humans to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mat Kaplan leads a discussion at the 2017 Humans To Mars Summit with NASA Associate Administrators (l to r) Thomas Zurbuchen, William Gerstenmaier and Stephen Jurczyk, Credit: Christina Korp @Buzzs_xtina
The human journey to the Red Planet is long and hard, but Mat’s conversation with three NASA Associate Administrators at the Humans to Mars Summit ...

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  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Nikkita Oliver: Dare Me!
From: The Art of Risk
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Because she promised her students she’d never make them do something she wouldn’t do, Nikkita Oliver performed for the first time at the 2012 Seatt...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 43:07
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...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Greg Palast - Crosscheck OR How to Steal an Election
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Greg Palast, investigative journalist and author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, tells us about the successf...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Fania Davis - Healing the Wounds of Racism - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Fania Davis. Dr. Davis is Executive Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
Dr. Fania Davis - Healing the Wounds of Racism - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Fania Davis. Dr. Davis is Executive Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
Sister Simone Campbell - A Nun on the Bus - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Sister Simone Campbell, author of A Nun on the Bus- How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
Dr. Mathew Fox - The Physics of Angels - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Matthew Fox, internationally acclaimed theologian and spiritual maverick who has spent the ...

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Countdown to Jupiter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Juno will enter Jupiter orbit on July 4th. Mat Kaplan talks with the mission’s Principal Investigator, Scott Bolton at the Jet Propulsion Laborato...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8