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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending July 14, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: As Tensions Rise on Korean Peninsula Newly-Elected South Korean President ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Toronto's islands hurt by Lake Ontario flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: An empty car on Centreville Amusement Park's log flume., Credit: Veronica Volk
Flooding has continued along Lake Ontario for two months -- like some slow-motion natural disaster. And it’s still creating problems in Toronto, th...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, North Country Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 7
368-Asteroid Alert
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending June 23, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Labor Party's Jeremy Corbyn Surprises Pundits with UK Election Gains; U.S....

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Lake Ontario and Montreal are flooded. Can this dam help?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Tom Piekunka has stacked sandbags along his property line in hopes of keeping the rising water at bay., Credit: Veronica Volk
Flooding continues for a second week along Lake Ontario – and there’s no end in sight. Many residents – and New York’s governor – say the solution ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
Lessons learned -- and missed -- from a deadly water crisis
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Operators monitor Wellington's raw water, water going to residents, and tap water from the town treatment plant., Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Before water contamination emergencies hit Flint, Michigan, a crisis in Canada became deadly. When E. coli invaded the drinking water in Walkerton...

Bought by WCPN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
354-Returnee
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
350-Asteroid Defense
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Earth approaching asteroids are part of our environment.

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
345-364 Days
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A small asteroid orbits the Sun in less than a year.

Bought by KENW, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
341-Ballooning To Space
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A ride under a balloon can give you several hours to enjoy the wonders of the Earth and its curvature against the back drop of space.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KKRN, and KRWG


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending March 17, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump's New Travel Ban: Same Hateful Policy in a New Package; Links Betwe...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
335-DART
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Testing a way to deflecting an incoming asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth.

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
334-Last 19 hours
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Asteroid hunters have the ability to find small space rocks before they explode in our atmosphere and maybe even to tell you where to find pieces o...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, KUPR low power FM, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
333-Whoppers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Large dangerous asteroids are out there for asteroid hunters to find.

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KENW, Radio Newark, KUPR low power FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
328-The Heat is On
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
2016 is the warmest year the Earth has been in the more than 180 years of record keeping.

Bought by Radio Newark, KENW, KMXT, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending January 27, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump, Russia and How U.S. Provoked a New Cold War; Organizing Social Sel...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Homeowners fear damage from new Lake Ontario regulations
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: In 1973 waves crashed over Zieres' family's breakwall and flooded their home., Credit: Provided
INTRO: There’s a simmering controversy on the northern border of the United States -- it’s all about water. For the first time in over fifty years,...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 5
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending January 13, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Obama's Break with Israel's Settler Expansion Too Little, Too Late; Trump ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1