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416-Odd Ball
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system.

Bought by KENW, KKRN, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
415-Well Done
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A three football field sized asteroid survives on a harrowing path around our Sun.

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


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
414-Enormous Visitor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The impact of a 1,200 foot diameter asteroid would produce devastating earth quakes and wind blasts over many square miles on the Earth's surface.

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


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 31: Why Elephants Never Forget
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Aubrey Bertram traveled to East Asia to help animals that had been abused by humans. But a harrowing experience taught her that good intentions mig...

Bought by KUER, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 18:24
  • Purchases: 3
406-2 Close Ones
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In less than 24 hours, while observing with the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona , I discovered two 25 foot diameter ...

Bought by KENW, KKRN, WTIP, KSFR, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
400-Roving Venus
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the surface air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, NASA and JPL engineers are exploring the ...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
George Monbiot: Altruism For An Age Of Crisis
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Monbiot
When you think of the values emblematic of politics in the Occident, does the term “altruism” come to mind? Probably not lately. Our guest today on...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
398-Mars Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A visitor from Mars lands near Tata, Morocco on July 11, 2011. Pieces of it are worth 10 times their weight in Gold.

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


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
397-Spotting Meteors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Meteors, shooting stars, or falling stars are different names for the streaks of light in the night sky which are in reality the dying embers of t...

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


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Topher White: Connecting The Rainforest
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Topher White
Do you have a drawer somewhere filled with old cellphones collecting dust? Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to put those phones to good use...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
396-Jupiter
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Jupiter has been observed by humans through out history, shaped our solar system, and made it possible for Earth to form.

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


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
387-Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Florence is the largest asteroid in more than 100 years to approach the Earth.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KPIP-LP, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
384-Flying By
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid tests planetary defenses.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KRWG, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
A California Post G20 Climate Change Message
From: Stephen Baker
Series: Conversations & Special Programming
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There has been a lot of confusing talk in America since our new president took office this year. One of the confusing opinions is centered on how w...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 32:02
376-Active Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Some asteroids become comets giving rise to beautiful meteor showers.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KRWG, KENW, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
374-Brute
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large potentially dangerous asteroids are still being discovered.

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


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
368-Asteroid Alert
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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NASA's Scout and Sentry software systems allow asteroid hunters to study and keep track of potentially dangerous asteroids.

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KRWG, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
367-Future Impactor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A 33 foot diameter asteroid has about a 1% chance of impacting the Earth in the distant future.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KRWG, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
362-Asteroid Day
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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2017 Asteroid day events are being held at more than 500 hundred locations in 72 countries world wide. Participants at Asteroid Day events are enco...

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , KENW and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
360-Rolling In
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small space rock streaks past our home planet.

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


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
358-Bigee
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large potentially dangerous asteroids are still out there.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KRWG, KKRN, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
357-Double Trouble
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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About 16% of the Earth approaching asteroids larger than 600 feet in diameter have orbiting companions. How do we defend against such a complex obj...

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KRWG, KKRN, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
356-Seeds
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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What plant seeds will be left for interstellar travelers to take with them.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KTRT RADIO INC and more


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
354-Returnee
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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What had appeared as a solitary point of light returns to near Earth to reveal that it is two asteroids in a tight dance.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
353-Backwards
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A 2 mile diameter object bucks the solar system traffic by traveling in a direction backwards to all of the planets.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7