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285-Mars Impactors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A given piece of ground on Mars is more likely to be hit by a space rock than is an equal sized area on planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, Radio Newark, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
284-Dark Trails
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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After a meteor is no longer visible to the human eye it leaves a dark trail which can be followed by Doppler Weather RADAR. Researchers are using ...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
283-Micro-Astronomy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The history of our spot in the Universe is written in the composition of meteorites and other samples of materials we have obtained from space. Ev...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
270-Space Opals
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Opals from space are likely to have brought some of the water we drink to planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
269-Gamma Ray Eyes
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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With gamma ray eyes one half of your sky would be dominated by two huge bubbles coming from the center of the Milky Way.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
268-Mars Weather Report
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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You will need long woolies and a spacesuit to survive on Mars.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
RDD: The Great Lakes with Ellen
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week, The Rough Draft Diaries takes a visit of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, a museum that spans hundreds of years on the Great Lake...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 06:24
260-Gliding to Space
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An engineless glider will take two humans and scientific gear to the edge of space.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
256-Pale Blue Dot
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The light reflected by a distant planet can tell us if we could live there.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
A Recipe is a Story: Heid E. Erdrich
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Hide Erdrich is an author of poetry and recently, a cookbook entitled Original Local: Indigenous Foods Stories and Recipes from the Upper Midwest. ...

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 50:26
Ideas Books - Sean B Carroll: The Serengeti Rules
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
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Biologist Sean B Carroll talks to Craig Barfoot about his latest book, The Serengeti Rules. We find out how wolves can change the physical shape of...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Pulitzer 100: Stories in Science (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Ideas Books: Frank Wilczek - A Beautiful Question, Finding Natures Deep Design
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
Caption: Ideas Books: Frank Wilczek
Nobel Prize winning physicist Frank Wilczek argues that beauty is at the heart of the logic of the universe, a principle that has guided his pionee...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:26
Women and Power: “Power Over” or “Power To”?
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 11
Caption: Gloria Feldt
Around the world, women are inspiring each other to envision a world where women lead, but quite differently. Women are spontaneously redefining po...

Bought by WCPN, KBBI Alaska, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KMUD, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
The Speed of Sound: Shearwater
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Jonathan Meiburg gets an interesting perspective of the United States as a world touring musician, not to mention that he just spent a large amount...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 3
RDD: The Land Bank
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today The Rough Draft Diaries meets Josh Murnen. He is the Vice President & General Counsel of the Lucas County Land Bank. Never heard of a land ba...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 06:06
223-Back Home
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A mysterious piece of space hardware comes back to Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Food Sleuth Radio, Jonathan Lundgren, Part 2 Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that regenerative agriculture could increase biodiversity, reduce pesticide use in food production, protect our bees, and offset most ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Harness the Sun
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Philip Warburg
American is standing on the brink of an extraordinary revolution: an energy revolution.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Speed of Sound: Courtney Barnett
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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I probably don’t have to motivate you on the importance and excitement behind Courtney Barnett. The Aussie exploded onto our collective radars wit...

Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bat Flight
From: North Country Public Radio
Series: Natural Selections
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On this edition of Natural Selections Martha Foley and Curt Stager discuss why bat flight differs so much from bird flight

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 05:03
99% Invisible #170- Children of the Magenta (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The deadly pitfalls of aviation automation.

Bought by KLCC, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #165- The Nutshell Studies (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The deadliest arts and crafts project.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WMUU-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
Killing Maine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Mike Bond
Some of America’s most corrupt politicians can be found in the state of Maine. According to a Gallup Poll last year, citizens rate their legislator...

Bought by KVSC, WRGY, and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #160- Perfect Security (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The very brief moment when you knew your stuff was safe.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WMUU-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17

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