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746-Followups(534)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroids, Credit: NASA
Without followup data, many if not most of the Earth approaching objects would be lost as they move away from us leaving us with no idea when they ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KICI Iowa City, KGLP, Raven Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
745-100 Moons(533)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Schmidt Telescope Mt. Bigelow, Arizona, Credit: CSS/U. Arizona
A small telescope makes a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the celestial visitors to our neighborhood

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, KGLP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
727-Dust Moons(515)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Kordylewski's strange "dust moons", Credit: J. Slíz-Balogh
The discovery of two large ghostly neighbors approximately 65,000 by 45,000 miles in size at the L4 and L5 sites approximately 250,000 miles from b...

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
725-Mtn Ops(513)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Telescopes Mt. Lemmon, AZ, Credit: CSS/University of Arizona
My team, the Catalina Sky Survey, would not find a single asteroid without Steward Observatory's Mountain Lemmon Operations, or Mtn Ops for short. ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Are the Olympics Worth It? Athletes and Historians Weigh In
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode, we take a look at what it takes (and costs) to host the world’s largest sporting event during a global crisis. We hear from...

Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
IE: Inside Europe, 3/15/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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Jihadi brides and the children of Islamic State — Latvian lawmakers look to soften gun control — Boeing's 737 MAX is grounded: what now for Europe...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
510-Fourth Closest
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Ten hours and 46 minutes after my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard discovered a Toyota RAV4 sized space rock, now named 2018 UA, streaking...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WLPR , WTIP and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
494-Guard Down
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 2018, July and August were cloudy and rainy in both Arizona and Hawaii sidelining the worlds two most productive asteroid hunting surveys. A co...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
468-Peek A Boo Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A strange asteroid plays hide and seek with frustrated astronomers.

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
465-Returnee
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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After being lost for ten years, the asteroid 2010 WC9 was re-discovered about a week before it came very close to Earth.

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  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
464-Big Atira
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The recent discovery of an asteroid, whose orbit lies completely within that of the Earth, reminds asteroid hunters to continue to search near the ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KENW, WTIP, KRWG, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
IE: Inside Europe, 1/12/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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Is Turkey now on a charm offensive with the European Union? British Prime Minister Theresa May tries to shake up her government…but has it worked? ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Uruguay votes on legalizing marijuana
From: Ben Weisz
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On the eve of a vote in Uruguay's House of Representatives on the legalisation of Marijuana, Ben Weisz reports from Montevideo on a country yet to ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 06:51
The World with Tim Stackpool
From: Timothy Stackpool
Series: THE WORLD with Tim Stackpool
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Weekly series looking at the issues affecting the people of our planet

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:30
International Testing in Science and Math
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In response to international tests that show American students lagging, a number of programs supporting the study of science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
CrisisWatch 87 – Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Guinea
From: International Crisis Group
Series: Crisis Group Podcast
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2 November 2010: This month's podcast features an interview with Mohamed Jalloh, Crisis Group's West Africa Analyst about the violence in Guinea an...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:39
False Calm after Elections in Kyrgyzstan
From: International Crisis Group
Series: Crisis Group Podcast
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Four months after violence against immigrants, Kyrgyzstan is forming a new government. How will this contribute to stability? Crisis Group’s Centr...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:33
Myanmar Elections Could Reveal Border Tensions
From: International Crisis Group
Series: Crisis Group Podcast
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On 7 November, Myanmar will hold its first elections in 20 years. This could tear the border regions between Myanmar and China in ethnic conflict. ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
Iraq's Security Forces Post-US Withdrawal
From: International Crisis Group
Series: Crisis Group Podcast
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Perhaps the most important element in the formation of Iraq's government is the future of the security forces. Where do they stand, seven years aft...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:01
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Parallel Crisis
From: International Crisis Group
Series: Crisis Group Podcast
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A new Crisis Group report examines how the dysfunctional administration of the larger of the country’s two entities has paralyzed its decision-maki...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:30