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650-Jupiter(396)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Jupiter, Credit: NASA
Jupiter has been observed throughout human history and is so bright that you can even spot it under the artificial light dome of one of our cities....

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
649-30 Days of Traffic
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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During a recent 30 day period asteroid hunters spotted 88 small space rocks passing through our neighborhood. Their diameters ranged from the leng...

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
648-Smoky Nights
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Smith Telescope McDonald Observatory, Credit: McDonald Observatory
Until recently smoky nights at the observatory were rare. Now they have become more common place as wild fires continue to devastate portions of th...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
646-Young Martian Volcanoes
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Recent explosive volcanic deposit around a fissure of the Cerberus Fossae system. , Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/The Murray Lab
Relatively recent volcanic activity observed on Mars suggests that where subsurface martian magma and frozen water meet is where microbial life cou...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
The role of public health agencies in community well being, with Andy Wessel
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the role of the public health department - from obvious activities, such as educating the public about COVID-19 - to ac...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
The First Amendment and Free Speech in Digital Spaces with Lata Nott
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the parameters and jurisdiction of the First Amendment, as well as how we can better navigate issues and challenges inv...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
643-Space Vehicles
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: SpaceX Starship, Credit: SpaceX
New Rocket engines will revolutionize space travel to the Moon and Mars.

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  • Added: May 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
642-Vesta Fragment
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: The Asteroid Vesta, Credit: NASA
An impacting object hit the asteroid Vesta making a 10 mile diameter crater and in the process blasted loose fragments which have been orbiting th...

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  • Added: May 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
When Your Country Doesn’t Trust You (AAPI Heritage Month Story)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we hear from US Congressman Andy Kim about how the power competition between China and the US creates fear and anxiety on the home...

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  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
641-Backyard Astronomy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Hubble Image, Credit: NASA
In March and April every year amateur astronomers, around the world, in Messier Marathons, attempt to view all of 110 objects in the Messier cata...

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  • Added: May 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
640-Rocks or Rockets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters have discovered a curious object. It appears likely to be either a rock ejected from the Moon or a piece of space junk from a hu...

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  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
20 Years in Afghanistan: Was it Worth it?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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US military forces have occupied Afghanistan for almost 20 years and now, President Biden says it’s time to end the war. But Afghanistan is still f...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The World Doesn’t Revolve Around You
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we look at what happens when you think you know what you’re doing and don’t listen to the people you are trying to help. Our guest...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, Classic107.3, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
From Nobel Peace Prize to Civil War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations Michelle Gavin about how this happened, Amnesty ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
635-Exploring Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
We are lucky to be alive in an age when anyone with an internet connection can participate in the exploration of Mars. Your unique brain-eye combi...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Filibuster or Bust
From: Jennifer Bassett
Series: Talking Feds
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Senator Whitehouse, Bill Kristol, and Jennifer Rubin, join Harry to break down the most important and challenging topics on the Senate’s plate, inc...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 50:29
  • Purchases: 1
634-Meteor Goes Splat
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On 28 February 2021 at 9:54PM a large slow moving fireball meteor was observed over England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. The Wichcombe m...

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
633-Dress Rehearsal
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Bright Fireball Meteor, Credit: NASA
The situation that asteroid hunters both train for and dread is the discovery of a large space rock on a collision course with planet Earth. Recent...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
632-Couch Potato
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Vesta, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski is the first person in our group and perhaps the first person in the world to discover a potential...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Why Farmers are Fighting in Modi's India
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with experts and journalists about India’s new agricultural reforms, why farmers don’t like it, and how platforms like Fa...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Democracy in Peril + A Resurgent Russia
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we’re partnering with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University to talk about the state of dem...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Brexit: What Happens Now?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we talk with Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole and two political activists on opposite sides of the Brexit debate.

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
627-Toughest Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Eros, Credit: NASA
In 2020, my team the Catalina Sky Survey discovered 14 extremely tough asteroids which regularly travel closer to the Sun than the planet Mercury. ...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
How White Supremacy Fueled the Attack on the Capitol
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, former FBI special agent Michael German explains why the bureau deprioritized the threat posed by white supremacists. Then, historian Ne...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
625-Record Year
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 2020 the asteroid hunting community discovered 2,946 Earth approaching space rocks orbiting our Sun. My team, the Catalina Sky Survey, led the ...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 14