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615-Solar Storm Forecasts
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A large solar coronal mass ejection could put astronauts, airline passengers, power grids, electronic devices, and satellites at risk. Participa...

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


  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
610-Atmospheric Gravity Waves
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Atmospheric gravity waves seen from space, Credit: Jeff Schmaltz – (NASA)
Atmospheric gravity waves can be powerful. In September of 2018 two glider pilots surfed an atmospheric gravity wave created by high speed polar w...

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
608-Triple Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently amateur astronomer, Worachate Boonplod discovered the 4049th comet recorded in the imaging data produced by SOHO, the ESA/NASA Solar and ...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
606-Falling Stones
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Approximately 100 million metric tons of mostly sand grained sized space dust enters the Earth's atmosphere every day. Occasionally, larger pieces ...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
When Fate Unleashes a Rainbow
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Roses are red, violets are blue – except for the millions of people worldwide who experience color blindness, or color vision deficiency (CVD). But...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 21:58
  • Purchases: 1
599-Path to Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The human thirst for knowledge about our mysterious next door neighbor is about to receive more than a sip from robotic emissaries launched in 2020...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
598-Illusive Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groeller was observing in the constellation of Boötes with our 60 telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he d...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
597-Aging Satellites
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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If we don't place some new space weather observing satellites into orbit it is possible that you will wake up one day to no electricity, no cell p...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 13
Designing for: Developmental Disabilities & Alzheimer’s
From: Inclusive Designers
Series: Inclusive Designers Podcast
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As a result of living longer due to modern medicine, developmentally challenged individuals are also presenting with Alzheimer's and Dementia. What...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 31:12
Lighting Design and the Circadian System
From: Inclusive Designers
Series: Inclusive Designers Podcast
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How do circadian cycles affect our health, and can lighting design improve the balance? In this episode, we discuss the circadian system... what it...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 36:23
Designing for: Trauma-Informed Design
From: Inclusive Designers
Series: Inclusive Designers Podcast
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Designing a center for those suffering from abuse or trauma is a very serious undertaking. What are the design factors to consider to make an alrea...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 47:40
Designing for: Aging In Place
From: Inclusive Designers
Series: Inclusive Designers Podcast
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It’s a fact that today’s population is living longer, and most people want to stay in their own homes as long as possible... but just what do you n...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:02:10
Design Review: IDP goes to ABX
From: Inclusive Designers
Series: Inclusive Designers Podcast
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The annual ABX convention is a great place to get caught up on all the newest and greatest products and techniques of particular interest to Inclus...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 38:47
Design Review: IDP goes to NEOCON
From: Inclusive Designers
Series: Inclusive Designers Podcast
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Janet makes her way through Chicago’s annual Neocon convention and talks to the vendors that presented products of particular interest to Inclusive...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 50:18
Inclusive Designers Podcast- Overview
From: Inclusive Designers
Series: Inclusive Designers Podcast
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In this episode, we discuss who we are and why we are creating a podcast series on Inclusive Design.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 15:02
593-Kacper's First Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Kacper Wierzchos was asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he spotted a fuzzy obj...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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The Junot Files: Sally Rosenthal & Julia Marchesi, producers of "Mae West: Dirty Blonde" of "American Masters" series on PBS.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 26:48
592-Invasion
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Due to thoughtless outdoor night lighting on the surface and satellites in space the natural night sky is becoming a vanishing treasure. From cli...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WLPR , Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass with singer/songwriter Dave Adkins
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: A little bit outside the flattop box, Unreal Bluegrass
Dave Adkins discusses his new CD Better Days .

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 57:14
590- Noctilucent Clouds
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Noctilucent Clouds exist at more than 50 miles above the Earth's surface or about 4 times higher than the tops of the most intense tropical thunder...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
589-Defending Earth
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The International Asteroid Warning Network, or IWAN (Eye-Whan) for short has been established to link scientists who are discovering, monitoring, a...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW and more


  • Added: May 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
588-Encounter With Saturn
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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From 1663 to 2011, seven comets had close encounters with Jupiter and two had close encounters with Saturn. In May of 1936, Comet P/2020 F1 Leonar...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW and more


  • Added: May 02, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Back To Basics With Mutual Fund Investing
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: On The Money Minute
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Quick, one minute financial tips that everyone can use to live their one best financial life!

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
587-Quiet Sun
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Images of the quiet Sun during a solar minimum make it look like a relatively static peaceful place. Occasionally during solar minimum, at the Cosm...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Approaching Retirement From A New Perspective
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: On The Money Minute
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Quick, one minute financial tips that everyone can use to live their one best financial life!

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2

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