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JWST Finds No Atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1c
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c, which is one of seven rocky planets orbiting an ultr...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 04:00
Trillions of Worlds With No Stars
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Astronomers estimate that there are more free roaming planets in our galaxy than there are planets in orbit around stars. In fact, rogue exoplanet...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 04:00
Constant Wonder - The Never-bored Naturalist Who Plumbed the Ocean Depths
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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In the depth of the sea, where the sun is powerless to send a single ray of light, there live many strange beings. Of these sea folk, we know nothi...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Family Discovers that Nazi Grandfather Aided French Villagers
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Burkhard Bilger shares the surprising truth about his grandfather's life and service in Hitler's Germany, it's the latest episode of the Constant W...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Rogue Planets: Not All Exoplanets Orbit Stars
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
One of the most exciting recent discoveries in astronomy has been the existence of planets around other stars.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Dreams and the Deep Mysteries of the Unconscious Mind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Sleep and dreaming. It's when the unconscious mind can process events, solve problems and organize memories. But a mere 20 years ago, little consen...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
Subsurface granite on the Moon? The anatomy of a lunar hot spot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Matt Siegler from the Planetary Science Institute shares his team's surprising findings about the granite formation that might lie beneath Compton-...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Constant Wonder - The Batman of Mexico (and the World!)
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Undoing Dracula's nasty reputation, impossible! Reversing the undeserved reputation of bats, now that's a different task all together. And the bat ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 2
An essential ingredient for life in the oceans of Enceladus
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Chris Glein, a lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, joins Planetary Radio to talk about the discovery of phosphorus in the oceans of...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WJCU, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Constant Wonder - Discovering Both Reverence and Humor in Dying
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The miracle of life filled Christopher Clark with a heightened sense of awe, even as he was slowly dying. We'll get to know the Chris Clark story i...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 1
Mars' Axial Tilt: A Key to Gully Formation
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Caltech and Brown University’s Jay Dickson joins Planetary Radio to discuss the mysterious formation of gullies on Mars.

Bought by KVSC, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Constant Wonder - Finding a Personal Place in the Wild World
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A transformational summer spent with skuas, penguins, and seals.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Comparing the rivers of Earth, Mars, and Titan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Sam Birch, an assistant professor at Brown University, explores what we know about the alluvial rivers of Earth, Mars, and Saturn's moon Titan.

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KVSC, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
Constant Wonder - Power Struggles in the Peaceable Kingdom
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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It's a dog-eat-dog world, and that's probably for the best.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Humans to Mars by the 2030s? NASA Associate Administrators weigh in
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's Curiosity rover captured this view from atop Mont Mercou, a rock formation at the base of Mt. Sharp on Mars, during its 3086th sol, Martian day, of exploration., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Planetary Radio, Mat Kaplan, senior communications adviser at The Planetary Society, takes us to the 2023 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KVSC, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 15
2Fast 2Curious: Finding the source of the fast solar wind
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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James Drake from the University of Maryland joins Planetary Radio to talk about the latest results from NASA's Parker Solar Probe as it soars close...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, KVSC, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
The disappearing act of Saturn's young rings
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Richard Durisen and Paul Estrada join Planetary Radio to discuss their research on the surprisingly recent formation of Saturn's rings and why they...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KIYU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Constant Wonder - Body, Soul & Memory: What would you do with a lock of George Washington's hair?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Clippings of Washington's hair were, for some, like a "selfie." For others, they were used to claim racial superiority.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 2
The oldest organic molecules in the known Universe
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomers using JWST detected the oldest and most distant complex organic molecules yet in the galaxy SPT0418-47. The galaxy is over twelve billion light-years away but from our perspective on Earth, it is directly behind a foreground galaxy that is onl, Credit: J. Spilker / S. Doyle, NASA, ESA, CSA
Justin Spilker joins Planetary Radio to talk about his team’s detection of the oldest organic molecules in the known Universe.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KPRG, KIYU-FM, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Starstruck with Sarafina El-Badry Nance
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sarafina El-Badry Nance’s Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark debuted on June 6, 2023. Starstruck shares Sarafina’s emotional and inspiring journey to becoming an astrophysicist, and the powerful role space science can play , Credit: Penguin Random House
Sarafina El-Badry Nance joins Planetary Radio to discuss her new book, Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark.

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


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Constant Wonder - Fear and Wonder in the Natural World
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt makes a case for becoming rooted in nature. Sometimes, even with potential risks.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - In Uganda, Healthy Communities Make for Healthy Wildlife
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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At the edge of the windy, impenetrable forest, disease can break through. From animals to humans, from humans to animals. The first ever wildlife v...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
The Science You've Enabled
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA’s Biomass Production Chamber at the Kennedy Space Center replicates the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or on other planets to grow fresh crops. NASA scientists Bill Knott, left, and Tom Dreschel examine the growth of crops., Credit: NASA
The second round awardees in a Planetary Society grant program will explore extreme life in super-salty lakes, and study how future Martians will g...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KIYU-FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Exoplanet enigma: Unpacking the discovery of a "forbidden" planet
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist’s conception shows the gas giant TOI-5205b transiting, or passing in front of its host star. This world has been called the “forbidden planet” because of its size and proximity to its small red dwarf star, which goes against our current unders, Credit: Katherine Cain/Carnegie Institution for Science
Shubham Kanodia, the lead on a paper about a so-called “ forbidden planet,” TOI 5202 b, joins us to talk about this strange world and why it's upen...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WNED Buffalo, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Constant Wonder - Rough Sleepers: A Doctor's Quest to Help the Homeless
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Tony was an unhoused man who was hunting for a purpose in the world and defended weak people. Women called him the Night Watchman, he would stay up...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 1