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769-Green Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), Credit: Trevinca-Skies on Spain
Given the effects of climate change today who can predict what planet Earth will be like when C/2023 P1(Nishimura) comes back near our home planet...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KGLP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Medical or recreational? States Debate where Psychedelics Belong
From: Tradeoffs
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A wave of new research is showing the promise of psychedelics to help with mental health conditions —- like depression and post traumatic stress di...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 16:39
Medicare’s Open Enrollment Mess
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Confusing Medicare ads are everywhere!, Credit: Leslie Walker/Tradeoffs
Every fall, an avalanche of advertising bombards the phones, televisions and mailboxes of the country’s 65 million Medicare beneficiaries. Private...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 19:15
Prince: The Story of Diamonds and Pearls
From: True Tone Media Group
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The story of Prince's 1991 album "Diamonds and Pearls," as told through its hits and outtakes, live recordings, and interviews with members of the ...

Bought by WBGO and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
What's a Public Utilities Commission?
From: Possibly
Series: What does a Public Utilities Commission have to do with climate change?
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If we want to avoid the worst of climate change, it’s pretty clear that we need to start getting our energy from sources that don’t create greenhou...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 2
Durga Puja Cashes In
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Image of the Goddess at the Samaj Sebi Durga Puja installation in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Like all big festivals, Kolkata's biggest festival Durga Puja is big big business. Now a Durga Puja organizer wants the actual  art installation to...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
After a series of suicides, the USS George Washington returns to sea with more mental healthcare
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The USS George Washington is returning to sea after a six-year maintenance cycle when it remained in the shipyard in Norfolk, Va., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The deaths among Washington crewmembers occurred during a six-year period when the carrier remained in the shipyard for maintenance.

Bought by KPBS, KMXT, WRFA-LP, KUT, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 6
768- Capricornus Observatory, Csokako, Hungary
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth and Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M
In 2023 T. Maroti of the Capricornus Observatory, Csokako, Hungary discovered two Earth approaching asteroids which were passing through the night...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
IE: Inside Europe , 10/13/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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How Russia is using the Israel-Hamas conflict for its own ends No show for Syria in the Hague as the country is tried for war crimes And Ukraine'...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Unearth Your Genealogy Past with Find a Grave - Interview with Katrina Madsen
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Caption: The Not Old Better Show
Katrina Madsen, Community Manager at Ancestry.com for Find a Grave. We learn from Katrina Madsen about the history of Find a Grave, some of the rec...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 39:29
Journey to D-Day: Expert Guide to Normandy with Smithsonian Associate Kevin Dennehy
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
Our guest today, Smithsonian Associate Kevin Dennehy, is someone who can guide us through a journey to Normandy like no other. Smithsonian Associat...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Before 2011, the military forced out thousands of LGBTQ+ troops. Now, some are suing.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Jules Sohn (left), who now is the LGBTQ+ Liaison for the Los Angeles Police Department, is among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to upgrade the discharges of thousands for LGBTQ+ former service members., Credit: Courtesy Jules Sohn
The federal lawsuit seeks upgraded discharges for more than 30,000 former service members.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, KMXT, Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 8
767- A Really Tough Customer
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Nucleus, Credit: NASA
The more we learn about 322P/SOHO the stranger it becomes.

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WYAP, RADIOLEX, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
From: Tradeoffs
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In 2021, University of Minnesota health economist Hannah Neprash listened to a Tradeoffs story on ransomware in health care and was inspired to stu...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 24:29
Journalist Taras Grescoe's "THE LOST SUPPER. Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past."
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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⁠Host Diana Korte speaks with Canadian journalist Taras Grescoe, author of “THE LOST SUPPER. Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of th...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 10:49
After defeating affirmative action at most colleges, activists' next target is military academies
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New cadets line up at West Point for Reception Day June 26, 2023. The military academy's class of 2027 includes more than 1250 people. , Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy at West Point
In its June ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court excepted the nation's military academies. A new lawsu...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KLCC and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 8
Ernie Els, and Els for Autism is Changing the Culture of Sports, and Recreation for People with Autism.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Ernie Els, and Els for Autism is Changing the Culture of Sports, and Recreation for People with Autism. Across the CDC Surveillance sites 1 in ever...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
Ozempic Hype Forces Employer Calls on Obesity Coverage
From: Tradeoffs
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Employers are facing a big dilemma: How do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank? This we...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 21:56
A new school will train U.S. troops to fight a growing threat: small weaponized drones
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Spicer tests a "Nightfighter" anti-drone system at Fort Bliss, Texas in December 2022. The manufacturer says the system interrupts the radio signals that are used to control drones., Credit: Raquel Birk / U.S. Army
The Pentagon said the new institution - housed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma - will train about 1,000 troops a year to plan, install, and operate a variet...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KTEP, WHRV, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 6
Khalistan Returns
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The breakdown of Indian-Canadian relations is front page news in India., Credit: Sandip Roy
Khalistan - a word that used to be on the front pages of Indian newspapers in the 1980s has resurfaced in headlines thanks to the diplomatic row be...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
765 Bright Fireball
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Bright Fireball, Credit: Bill Stewart
Bright fireball meteors sometimes rain pieces of themselves onto the ground for meteorite hunters to discover.

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


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Up Close And Acoustic with Madrigal
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: The Madrigal album, American release, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic pic of my copy
At a recent vinyl record convention, having mostly struck out with my shopping list, I took a chance on an album with a cool, very 'of the period' ...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Sep 23, 2023
  • Length: 56:13
  • Purchases: 1
The 12 Million People Lost in a Maze of Medicare and Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
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Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 24:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Toilet Man
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak tours Kolkata's Durga Puja with the widows of Vrindavan. , Credit: Sandip Roy
India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sa...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Smithsonian Associates: Decoding the Cable Revolution: How 24/7 Politics Shaped a Generation and Our Democracy with Kathryn Cramer Brownell
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
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Smithsonian Associates: Decoding the Cable Revolution: How 24/7 Politics Shaped a Generation and Our Democracy with Kathryn Cramer Brownell

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 32:48

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