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323-Big Splash
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An asteroid impacting into the ocean would create a big splash but not a tsunami.

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
321-Dangerous Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Humanity should be ready in the unlikely but potentially catastrophic situation in which a comet comes out of nowhere and is heading for planet Earth.

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


  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
313-Martian Motherlode
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Using ground penetrating RADAR on the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have discovered an ice deposit on Mars the size of New Mexico.

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


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
312-200 Yards of Trouble
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An asteroid which can come to within about an Earth circumference of the surface of our home planet needs watching.

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


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
308-Planning For Impact
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Planning for the unlikely event that an asteroid is on a collision course with planet Earth will minimize injury and the loss of life.

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


  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
307-Stepping It Up
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunting competition.

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


  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
305-Murky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A very close approaching asteroid is observed to pass through the Earth's shadow.

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
304-Close One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Tracking a small asteroid as it makes a very close approach to planet Earth.

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
294-Dangerous Duo
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters have discovered two more asteroids which could become a threat to planet Earth.

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


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
290-Screaming Aten
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An interesting object is spotted streaking across the night sky at the rate of 17 full moon diameters per day.

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
RACING TO ZERO -- Diana Fuller and Chris Beaver Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Diane Fuller & Chris Beaver, San Francisco, CA 9/12/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Chris Beaver and Diana Fuller talk garbage, waste, and full-circle recycling.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 14:32
287-Heavenly Palace
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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China is challenging America's historical preeminence in space exploration. At some point in the future, America may be still trying to get to huma...

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


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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
Scott A. Wolfe, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Community Health Centers
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week on Conversations on Health Care, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Scott A. Wolfe, Executive Director of the Canadian A...

Bought by WJCU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 2
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
Livelihoods, Poverty, and Climate Risk
From: Generation Anthropocene
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Perhaps you’ve noticed recently that there’s been a shift in way experts are approaching climate change. While much of the focus (rightly) continue...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 34:40
Vanishing Remains
From: Generation Anthropocene
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Student reporter Reade Levinson travels to Mongolia in hopes of witnessing a practice known as sky burial, in which bodies of the dead are prepared...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 18:49
Apocalypse Now?: Part 2
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A remade man.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm, WLPR , and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Rondônia
From: Generation Anthropocene
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In the late 1970?s, tens of thousands of Brazilian agricultural workers found themselves out of work due to technological advances on farms. To co...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:00

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