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570-Catastrophic Wreckage
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently a group of high inclination asteroids hiding in Jupiter's shadow have been identified. Encounters with the giant planet's gravity could c...

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


  • Added: Dec 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Living Planet 20/12/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Best of 2019 - As the year draws to a close, we bring you our favorite reports and look back at some of the big news ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and WFIU


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
IE: Inside Europe, 12/20/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Italy's new anti-populist 'Sardines' movement shakes up the country's politics. EU lawmakers demand the immediate resignati...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
568-Tough Space Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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At its closest point, a small space rock comes to only 1/3 of Mercury's average distance from the solar surface and receives 9 times the amount of...

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


  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
World in Progress 12/12/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Cities vs. climate change - As the UN's climate change conference COP 25 wraps up in Madrid, we take a look at how ci...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
IE: Inside Europe, 12/6/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Drama and division at NATO’s 70th birthday party. Tensions escalate between Greece and Turkey. A damning assessment of pres...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
World in Progress 12/05/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: We visit two very different parts of the world where mining is raising big concerns among local communities: In Australia,...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
566-October Fest
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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October of 2019 was a record breaking month for my team the Catalina Sky Survey during which we discovered 240 Earth approaching asteroids. This di...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Living Planet 11/29/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
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This week on the show: Toxic flow - We look at river systems under pressure and what that means for biodiversity; human health and the livel...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
565-Ancient Crater
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In ancient times, Aboriginal people in southwestern Australia quarried fine grained rock on an ancient hill called Barlangi Rock to make very sharp...

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Living Planet 11/22/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The Invisibles - We explore ‘invisible’ polluters – noise, light and air. And we visit an exhibition in Berlin, question...

Bought by KRZA, WRGY, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Brickellia floribunda
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I can’t believe I almost let November go by without at least mentioning desert broom (Baccahris sarothroides). It is the native plant the folks lo...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 04:52
564-Heavy Traffic
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In the space of less than 13 hours four small space rocks zipped through the Earth-Moon neighborhood. All of them were discovered by my team, the N...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Living Planet 11/15/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: New species and old breeds - This week we have stories of discovering new species, those that have made a home out of an ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Solidago missouriensis
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I grew up in Kentucky where the state flower is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea. I wonder how it was cho...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:32
Winterfat
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winterfat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described by a G...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:43
Spectrum 11/12/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: You be careful out there - Indoor plants aren’t as good for you as you might think, why 12 million seahorses died (and ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
ASTERACEAE in the Chihuahuan Desert
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name is slender goldenweed or spiny zinnia....

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 05:14
Living Planet 11/08/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Planes, Trains, Automobiles - Lower prices helped democratize air travel, but flying is one of the most carbon-heavy acti...

Bought by KRZA, WRGY, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Living Planet 11/01/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Adaptation & Change - How do we inspire the fundamental changes that are needed to safeguard our planet? On this program...

Bought by WRGY, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Living Planet 10/25/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Not so fantastic - We're taking a look at our plastic world — from the oceans, to its place in our homes, to its origi...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
561-Hannes Is Back
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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During the monsoon rainy season, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate, Hannes Groeller took a vacation in his native Austria. Returning to begin the fa...

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


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
560-Wet Nights
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Siding Spring Observatory, Credit: www.destinationsjourney.com
One of the most frustrating situations for an asteroid hunter is a night when the stars are shining bright above the mountain but the humidity is s...

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


  • Added: Oct 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Living Planet 10/19/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Extinction and invasion This week on Living Planet, we hear about the people protesting extinction — our own, to be exact....

Bought by KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 18, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Living Planet 10/11/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the Show: Struggle for survival - This week, we look at how melting sea ice is threatening the survival of polar bears in the Arct...

Bought by WRGY, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3