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751 Ball Pit
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Kid In Ball Pit, Credit: WebMD.com
To the amazement of NASA scientists, when the NASA OSIRIS-Rex touched down on the surface of Bennu to obtain a sample, the sample collecting arm...

Bought by KRWG, KICI Iowa City, KGLP, RADIOLEX, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
750-Asteroid Slam(538)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: DART, Credit: NASA
Humans are slamming projectiles into space rocks. These experiments will give us the know how to deal with a dangerous space rock which has our num...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
749-Earth Glow(537)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Earth Glow, Credit: NASA/ESA
In 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts took an ultraviolet image of the Earth from the Moon which shows that like the Sun ,the Earth too, has a faint corona ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
744-Teddy’s Debut(532)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Opening the 60 Inch on Mt. Lemmon , Credit: CSS/U. Arizona
On a recent training night with Teddy Pruyne at the controls of our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, this duo discovered six new Earth App...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Raven Radio, WTIP, RADIOLEX, KGLP and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
743-Alex’s Catch(531)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroids, Credit: NASA
On a cold windy night, with clouds frustrating his search, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors while obs...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
740-Asteroid Billiards(528)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Vega's Asteroids, Credit: NASA
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART for short will test methods to make a dangerous asteroid miss Earth

Bought by KICI Iowa City, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KGLP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
728-Space Weather(516)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Earth Engulfed in Space Weather, Credit: NASA
Space is not all that far away. If a powerful solar eruption in 2012 had happened a week earlier, the blast of radiation would have caused wide spr...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, Raven Radio, Simply Beautiful and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Big Ponder #44: Ball Bearings
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Ball bearings — these mechanisms are all around us, inside our wheels and motors. Hidden away, we rarely see them, and most people don’t even know ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 1
597-Aging Satellites
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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If we don't place some new space weather observing satellites into orbit it is possible that you will wake up one day to no electricity, no cell p...

Bought by KCHW, KENW, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Big Pond #35: The Library and the Book
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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German and American libraries have influenced each other’s development tremendously over the last few centuries. During this time, the library has ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WNYO, KICI Iowa City, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 4
The Working Edge: Part Three of a Seven Part Series on the Ocean Edge
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we begin to present the ocean edge in thematic ways with The Working Edge, outlining the various social structures, industries, exchange,...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:12
The Hard Edge: Part One of a Seven Part Series on the Ocean Edge
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Thames Barrier, U.K.
This week with "Hard Edges" we kick off a 7-part series dedicated to the ocean edge, exploring what takes place there, from the real to the symboli...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2019
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
EP 8 When Vermont's "Precision Valley" Changed The World
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso
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The tools, techniques, and the methods which make mass production possible were pioneered at the Robbins & Lawrence Armory in Windsor, Vermont. But...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
Arctic Leadership
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The conversation continues this week about the future of the Arctic. In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will argue that now is t...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:31
Shell Resigns the Arctic
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Royal Dutch Shell's conical drilling unit Kulluk, Credit: (Reuters / Zachary Painter) / Reuters
In late September Royal Dutch Shell announced it has terminated oil exploration and drilling efforts in the Arctic, citing disappointing explorator...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:12
Watermark, (Pt. 5)
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure its use, how it is valued, and how (...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:22
World Ocean Radio Global
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week marks two major milestones for World Ocean Radio. First, this episode is the 300th audio broadcast since World Ocean Radio first aired in...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:10
$53 Million for Fish
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Fishermen unload their catch of Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Monterey Bay, California, Credit: Gerick Bergsma 2010 | Marine Photobank
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced its Vibrant Oceans Initiative, a $53 million, 5-year effort to boost fish populations in Brazil, the Ph...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:34
East by North by West
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Undersea Cable Map , Credit: Barry Ritholtz
Climate conditions are rapidly changing, opening sea routes to major development, shipping, and underwater cable systems. In this episode of World ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:16
231: Water, Water Everywhere
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Fresh water as a resource is under constant threat by over-consumption, toxins, pollutants and waste from industrial and agricultural production. I...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
230: An Ocean Irony
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Floating Classroomm, Credit: Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the stark juxtaposition of two ocean stories, extreme in their differences, lin...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
223: Reciprocity Part I
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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There is no single fix to deal with the many challenges facing the world ocean. The ocean community has identified various strategies such as mitig...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
220: Fisheries Crime
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Photo courtesty of ISSF, Credit: Andy Maluche
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss efforts being made my Interpol and other organizations to combat unreported fis...

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:14
218: Toward New Definitions of Value
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We continue to look for solutions to our most pressing future challenges: fresh water, food, energy, health, and security. In this episode of World...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
208: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The maritime industry is a major index of the health of the global economy and is a significant economic contributor to employment the world over. ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 06:40