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338-Psyche Bound
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A spacecraft will be launched to visit a small metal world whose composition is likely to be worth 10,000 quadrillion dollars on today's market.

Bought by WTIP, KRWG, KUPR low power FM, KREV-LP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Life of the Law #104: Heroin Town
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: addiction, alexander kim, canada, cited podcast, Crosstown Clinic, Dave Murray, diacetylmorphine, Dianne Tobin, fentanyl, gordon katic, Health Canada, Helsinki declaration, heroin, heroin addiction treatment, Kevin Thompson, legal heroin, NAOMI, NPA, over, Credit: Travis Lupick
Doctors usually treat heroin addiction with methadone, but it doesn’t work for everyone. So what do you do? At a small clinic in Vancouver BC, they...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 48:30
335-DART
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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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
333-Whoppers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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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
325-Marrakech
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An observatory near Marrakech, operated remotely from France and Switzerland, is discovering new members of our solar system.

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


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
324-Newborn Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Astronomers are able to view the rare occurrence of planets in formation with the ALMA radio telescope in Chile.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KUPR low power FM, KENW, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
322-Dust Stories
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Tiny messengers from outer space enter our atmosphere every day.

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


  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
319-Lost and Found
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters rediscover and object first observed 15 years ago. It might be a candidate for mining in the future as space colonists look for r...

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


  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
314-Our Number
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The extremely unlikely scenario of an impactor with our number on it.

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


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
306-Egg Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The NASA/JPL Mars Curiosity Rover discovers a meteorite on Mars.

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
303-CRASH
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Traveling to Mars is a risky business.

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Where Humans and Animals Meet (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-A new solution is being tested against birds getting stuck in airplane engines or picking a farm field clean. -A nature-inspired design for invent...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', KEDT, WMUU-LP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 8
Finding Center
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Teeba Alkhudairi, hooping in Dubai desert
Horse whisperers, Muslim astronomers, hula hoopers find their spiritual and physical centers.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
Jonathan Cedar, Co-Founder, Biolite
From: From Scratch
Series: From Scratch
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Biolite is a company that produces clean, portable stoves for cooking off the grid in developing countries as well as for camping. The stove reduce...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:00
Nina Dudnik and Seeding Labs: Enabling Scientists to Battle Global Diseases and Feed a Growing Population
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Nina Dudnik of Seeding Labs on equipping scientists worldwide to maximize their full potential to battle glob...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 41:18
253-Lunar Village
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The world's spacefaring community is preparing to build a village on our moon.

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


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Critical Materials
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A government laboratory works to maintain supplies of some little-known metals.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cactus Water Filter
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Cross-section of a prickly pear cactus, Credit: Susanne Bard
The drought-defying interior of the prickly pear cactus holds a secret to purifying water.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Pluto’s Big Discoveries
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A trickle of data from the New Horizons spacecraft is building into a flood of new findings.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Storks & Junk Food
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Storks in Europe are forgoing migration to Africa because of the ready availability of human food from landfills.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Douglas Jackson and Project C.U.R.E.: Empowering and Equipping Medical Professionals Worldwide
From: Arch Street Press
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Dr. Douglas Jackson, president and CEO of Project C.U.R.E. Learn how Project C.U.R.E. delivers medical suppli...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 57:18
World Champion Dragonflies
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: The body and wings of the dragonfly Pantala flavescens have evolved in a way that lets the insect glide extraordinary distances on weather currents The body and wings of the dragonfly Pantala flavescens have evolved in a way that lets the insect glide ext, Credit: Greg Lasley
One species of dragonfly traverses vast oceans to breed.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Methane Leak Lessons
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The massive methane leak in California’s Aliso canyon highlights the global side effects of the fossil fuel industry on the atmosphere.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, WEZU, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Insects vs. Birds
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The loud noise of insects causes some birds to delay the onset of their song in the morning.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, WEZU, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Health in the Heart and Mind (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Sudden death in young people is rare, but through early detection of inherited heart conditions, better precautions can be taken. Plus, HIV infecti...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6