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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 KICI Iowa City, KGLP, Raven Radio, WTIP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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 KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, KGLP, RADIOLEX, KRWG and more


  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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...

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


  • 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
Answering the Call, Part 1: America’s New Mental Health Crisis Line
From: Tradeoffs
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Starting July 16, 2022, anyone in the U.S. experiencing a mental health crisis will be able to dial 988 for help. We explore what it will take for ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 25:04
  • Purchases: 1
Explaining "Code Red for Humanity" - Disorganizing Nature (Repeat)
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Duke's Gibson, Indiana power plant is the second largest coal burner in the nation., Credit: Photo by John Blair.
With the IPCC's most recent report clanging "Code Red for Humanity" we revisit our show with Jason Moore, author of Capitalism in the Web of Life, ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
624-In Coming
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard was asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he spotted a movi...

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


  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
The poison PFAS which is in most of us and wildlife!
From: Debra Grobman
Series: Green Under Pressure
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The stuff in Scotchguard and Teflon coatings is poisoning water supplies and never goes away It's even been found in animals on the North Pole! Wit...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
  • Length: 05:27
Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy
From: Great Lakes Today
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Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
A creative community that started with a little notebook.
From: Unthinkable.fm
Series: Slingshots
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Scott Belsky started Behance in 2005. Today, it's a massive digital community of creative people. But it all started with a little notebook.

  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 06:29
June 12 2015
From: Daniel Rosenbaum
Series: Wearable Tech Insider
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Wearable Tech Insider podcast for week ending June 12 2015

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 07:38
June 5 2015
From: Daniel Rosenbaum
Series: Wearable Tech Insider
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Wearable Tech Insider for June 5, 2015

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 1
Part Four: The Unspoken Crisis
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Marylouisa Cantu (left) with her case worker Lucretia Cox (center) and mother Star Tafolla, Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
Almost 17 percent of the babies born here in Dunklin County are born premature. According to data from the World Health Organization, if this were ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:10
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In the 1970’s, a series of laws ushered in a so-called “sunshine era” of government transparency. A new book examines the dark side of the Sunshine...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
Berkeley drafts cell phone health warnings
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Do you hold your cell phone against your ear? Your user manual probably warns against it. Bret Bocook knew how to use a cell phone. So he didn’t b...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
John Weaver reads from Robots Are People Too (5/28)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, from our readings for May. An early computer composed classical music!

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Blake Harris reads from Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined A Generation (5/22)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Video game titans do battle.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Landfill expansion pits Marin environmentalists against nation's largest waste company
From: KALW
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If you drive north from San Francisco and through most of Marin County, you get to the town of Novato. Turn east from Highway 101 and you run into ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:39
Regulating the Google Buses: the SFMTA's plan for private shuttles
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A Muni bus passes a "Google Bus" in San Franisco, Credit: Sven Eberlein
Private shuttles have been using Muni stops in San Francisco for a while. But they’ve mostly been smaller buses, for hospitals and universities. In...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:44
EdX President Anant Agarwal’s Plan to Change the World
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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ThoughtCast speaks with Anant Agarwal, formerly the Director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. An entrepreneur and ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: 11:32
Grapefruit Juice - A Dangerous Mixer
From: David Niesel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Every day, millions of people who take medications also drink grapefruit juice. I do. But most don’t realize the combination can be toxic and even ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
Hype Machine Radio - November 2012
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 1
Hype Machine Radio - October 2012
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Hype Machine Radio - September 2012
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Drones and the Postmodern War
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 06:40