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801-Jacqui’s PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Astronaut on an Asteroid , Credit: NASA (Advanced Concepts Program)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting with our small but mighty Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when sh...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KKRN, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Human Rights, or Right to Exist? Perspectives on Israel-Hamas War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates predicts how war in Israel could ripple through the Middle East. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with Trita Par...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
On Borrowed Time
From: Mateo Schimpf
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A tech reporter’s precarious race to stay in the US.

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  • Added: May 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
787-Far Out
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Milky Way Rising Over the Gila Wilderness, Credit: David Thornburg
In 2024, Voyager I is 163 times further from the Sun than we are and is the most distant, human made, traveler in the night.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
786-Comet 31
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Enke, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered his 31st comet while asteroid hunting in Leo with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Ariz...

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
When the Press Becomes A Casualty of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The dangers of conflict reporting past and present

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A World in Turmoil: 2023's Defining Moments
From: Mateo Schimpf
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That's a wrap.

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
777-Psyche Bound
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Psyche Spacecraft, Credit: NASA
The NASA Psyche Spacecraft will use a multispectral imager, gamma and neutron spectrometers, and other instruments to map, measure, and characteriz...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Will Netanyahu’s Long War Wash Away Saudi Arabia 2030?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How the War in Gaza reality-checked the region

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
International Relations Expert Seth Kaplan: Fragile Neighborhoods Repairing American Society One Zip Code at a Time
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the importance of strong neighborhood and community relationships to the health of nations… and discuss how many neighb...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
“OK Boomers” Get Back to Work
From: Mateo Schimpf
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While many Baby Boomers have already left the workforce behind, almost half are considering coming out of retirement in search of a new purpose in ...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Putin Meets Kim: A Handshake Worth A Thousand Guns?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Desperate times call for desperate measures

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Regulating Big Tech: Is TikTok Still on the Clock?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Time moves slowly... so slowly

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Wagner’s Wake: Rubles, Rebels and Russia’s Unraveling
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Coups from Moscow to Niamey

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Putin’s Prigozhin Trap, with Anne Applebaum
From: Mateo Schimpf
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He was on the plane, right?

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Global Race for EVs in On… Why Detroit Unions are Slamming the Brakes
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Will the U.S. power down on electric?

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mutinies, Memes and Mind Games
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What do Tetris and Twitter have in common?

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Oil and Water: What Happens When Arid Empires Turn Off the Tap?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Oil and water may make an empire, but they can also break it.

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
War Games: The High Stakes of North Korea’s Nuclear Armament
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Does anyone win in nuclear war?

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
January 6th and the Global Far Right Revival
From: Mateo Schimpf
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When President Trump incited his followers to storm the US Capitol, he punctured a 220-year-old tradition in the United States of America. Two year...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 4
The Mystery of Putin’s Wealth
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we try to follow the money trail to better understand the connection between Putin’s power, his oligarchs, and whether econ...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Lt. Col. Alex Vindman and the New Cold War with Russia
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In an interview with Ray Suarez, retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman speaks about his time in the Trump White House, the consequences of the politicizati...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Resolving the Misinformation Link to Conflict
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we’ll dive into a deeper understanding of some terms we’re all now much more familiar with terms like misinfo...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Resolving the Misinformation Link to Conflict
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we’ll dive into a deeper understanding of some terms we’re all now much more familiar with terms like misinfo...

Bought by WKSU, KTNA, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Putin Back Together the Russian Empire
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at three pieces of the puzzle– Belarus, Georgia, and Armenia–and how each post-communist republic’s struggle to define its...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4